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Ah, Hollywood. While the movie business has been doing quite well at the box office lately, many in the industry still haven’t quite realized why. Obviously the rise of 3D flicks has given people a reason to actually leave the home and go to the theater — in part because the experience is much better, and seeing movies in the theater is a social experience. Of course, now that 3D televisions are starting to come to market, there may start to be some more challenges there, and the way to deal with that is to improve the experience and make it even more worthwhile.

So what’s Hollywood doing? They’re just making it more expensive. Yes, they’re jacking up the prices on 3D movies, in a typical short-term strategy. Rather than recognize how this might just drive more people to more seriously consider getting a 3D setup at home, Hollywood’s simplistic business modeling seems to be “let’s see how much we can squeeze out of people as quickly as possible.” There is no recognition of the value of building up a longer term relationship and providing reasonable value at a reasonable price. And then they’re going to complain about people not going to the movies, and blaming file sharing, rather than recognizing that they’re driving willing customers away with much higher prices.

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The world of mobile technology has never been more… lets just say, mobile. Things are becoming smaller, processors are getting slimmer, memory cards are getting thinner, and so it seems about right that the technology that runs on them becomes smaller.

W Phone is a bit of a weird device. A watch phone that comes with a multi function controller that pretty much does everything a phone is suppose to do, but in your pocket, ear, anywhere.

That got me thinking, what would be a cool new technology that took advantage of this? What I have come up with is something a little new, and somewhat special.

I would like to see a wallet that is electronic, watch that has a HD projector, and my favorite idea, a dog tag chain that syncs with my future HD2. A dog tag chain for the HD2 would be the best accessory that HTC should make for the device. My ideal device would be a dog tag, a little similar to the Jabra dog tag, but thinner and displays the devices status and all. The best part of this could be the Wifi sync system that uses the new wifi router feature of the HD2.

I can say, that is not the best idea of an ideal hardware for a Windows Phone. If you have a better idea of an accessories that should be in the market, then comment below.

Starcraft 2 Patch 6 change log and patch notes

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Baetsen is establishing a new scrape wood processing plant in Son, a suburb of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, for the processing of 200,000 tons of waste wood per year. This corresponds to a performance of approx. 50 t/h for 250 working days at a rate of 16 hours per day.

For this new plant, Vecoplan will deliver almost all the machine technology necessary to process the waste wood. most of the completed end product will be used in chip board production.

For this reason, Baetsen has attached great importance to the quality of the completed product and has, therefore, incorporated a non-ferrous separation and an additional extraction for light fractions into the plant concept.

Besides the reusable ferrous and non-ferrous fractions, a total of three main fractions will be manufactured. The largest fraction, approx. 80%, will be manufactured for the chip board production. About 10% of the material flow will be used as fuel with a grain of
< 35 mm, while the remaining 10 % is dust, < 5 mm. At this plant, Vecoplan can take credit for the overall planning, procedure development together with the end customer, delivering the whole machine technology (except for ferrous and non-ferrous separation elements), installation and commissioning. In particular, the support during the approval procedure for the plant and the cooperation with building companies were the key points in completing the order and managing this project. Vecoplan will not only deliver the machine technology, but also the complete electrotechnology that will guarantee the fully automated operation of the plant.

The ultrasonic welders USP-ROTOR series, has been made and projected with the most modern technologies (CAD, CNC). These machines are manufactured following customer’s needs. The using of multi-positioning revolving tables, makes the cycle go faster. Also the insertion of automatic ejection systems allows you to increase the productive cycle. The loading of the pieces to be weld is usually made manually. The welders USP-ROTOR can be supplied with ultrasonic generators with power from 500 to 3000 watt, frequency of 20 or 36 Khz.
The choice of the generator is made following the shape of the piece to weld.
The USP–ROTOR welders are equipped with a cycle control with microprocessor.
These welders are supplied with machinery guards, made of anodised aluminium tubular and transparent polycarbonate panels. The access doors to the working zone are equipped with safety micro-switches.

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WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania, March 3, 2010–Sonobond Ultrasonics announced today that it will be exhibiting three of its ultrasonic bonding machines at the IDEA 10 Show at the Miami Beach Convention Center, April 27-29. In making the announcement, Sonobond’s Vice President, Melissa Alleman said, “We are very excited to be participating in the International Engineered Fabrics Conference and Expo. Sonobond is a leading provider of reliable, environmentally-friendly machinery for a wide variety of nonwoven applications. We are looking forward to demonstrating how our equipment provides the fast, cost-effective bonding so essential to manufacturers of filters, medical disposables, and similar products. Sonobond will have three of its bonding machines — plus a video of our filter bag machine — on display. In addition, we will have samples of filters and feminine hygiene products assembled with our units. We invite those coming to Miami for IDEA 10 to visit us at Booth #2208.
According to Vice President Alleman, one of the Sonobond units on display at IDEA 10 will be the SeamMaster™ High Profile Bonder. This unit is similar in appearance and operation to traditional sewing machines. However, it uses no thread, glue, or other consumables. The machine is ideal for applications involving bulky materials, hand-guided operations with tight tolerances, and for working around curves. That’s because it features a large pattern wheel and a high clearance above the bench. The unit also has production speeds that are up to four times faster than sewing machines and up to ten times faster than adhesive machines.
The SeamMaster™ High Profile Bonder is especially useful for the production of medical disposables — such as gowns, face masks, and mattress covers — because it helps manufacturers satisfy OSHA regulations for barrier seams. The SeamMaster™ can also be installed with a special fixture for sewing pleated filters. The unit is available as a stand-alone model or as a modular unit for easy integration into the production process.
The SureWeld™ Ultrasonic PlungeBonder™ is the second of the three Sonobond units that will be exhibited at IDEA 10. This powerful and versatile machine seals large, multiple-layer or difficult-to-bond materials. It can accommodate different thicknesses and multiple layers of materials in just one hit. This unit confidently seals box-style filters and filter bag ends.

Bodine Electric’s permanent magnet DC (PMDC) gearmotors set the industry standard for reliability, quietness, and low EMI in North America. Designed for demanding applications such as medical and laboratory equipment, conveyor systems, factory automation, packaging machinery, and printing equipment. Low-voltage models are ideal for battery-powered or solar applications.

PMDC Motors
•Three frame sizes, with voltages of 12, 24, 90, 130 and 180 VDC, and rated power of 1/50 HP to ½ HP (15-373 Watts).
•High starting torque and predictable linear speed torque characteristics.
•Can employ dynamic braking and can be reversed while running.
•Permanently lubricated ball bearing construction for maintenance-free operation.
•Heavy gauge steel housings to prevent stray magnetic fields.
•Resin-impregnated windings for reliable performance.
•Skewed armature slots for quieter operation and to minimize cogging.
•Optimized permanent magnet field to prevent demagnetization even in extreme conditions.

PMDC Gearmotors
•Standard and custom PMDC motor designs are paired with a wide selection of parallel shaft and right-angle gearheads (including hollow shaft models).
•Parallel shaft gearheads feature first-stage helical gearing.
•Right-angle models have forged bronze worm gearing for long life and unmatched quietness.
•Torque ratings range from 3.3 to 660 lb-in. (up to 75 Nm).

Motor Speed Controls
Our DC motor speed controls are precisely calibrated to match our PMDC gearmotors for optimum performance.
•Filtered or unfiltered DC output.
•NEMA 1 and NEMA 4 rated enclosures and chassis models available.
•Two-year system warranty for stock products, when purchased together as a control-gearmotor package.

Custom Solutions
We have developed a new brush-wear monitoring system for our family of 42-frame PMDC gearmotors and motors. OEM versions of the type 42A products are now available with built-in electronic brush-wear sensors, magnetic encoders, and EMI filters.

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European Sales Offices: UK/France – Mr. Phil Blakeley, e-mail: [email protected]; Sweden/Germany – Mr. Johnny Persson, e-mail: [email protected].

Corporate Contacts: Ms. Avis Weisman, e-mail: [email protected]; tel. (773) 478-3515, ext. 409 (U.S. office) — Marketing Coordinator; or Edmund Glueck, Manager – Marketing and Product Development, ext. 361 (U.S. office).

Eilersen will be present at the Hannover Fair : Hall 7, Booth D22.

Eilersen is dedicated to the development, manufacture and supply of high quality shockproof industrial sensors based on a capacitive measurement principle for the measurement of force and weight.

All our products will be on display.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

The advantages of potentiometric travel and angle measurement are well known to its users for long times: good accuracy, very high resolution and reproducability, long life time and especially the easy and uncomplicated utilisation. This allows even not unstudied service staff to conduct a functional analysis using a simple Multimeter.

However, during the connection of a potentiometer, certain things have to be observed, if the potentiometer shall take maximum use of ist unique properties:
On the one hand, the potentiometer shall be supplied with a constant voltage, on the other hand, the signal pickup has to be very high ohmic. Apart from the availability of high ohmic signal inputs, such small signals generally are liable to be disturbed if the signal path is across longer lengthes. Additionally, it happens quite often that the actual length or angle of the transducer is much larger than the travel or angle actually used in the application.

To disburden the user from the potential necessitiy of purchasing extra hardware for this, Novotechnik already offers signal conditioners that exactly do the jobs described above: generally, uncomplicated connection of a potentiometer and the possibility to redefine the output slope in order to adopt it to the actual travel or angle.

To perform the redefinition of the output slope much easier as before, Novotechnik has developed a new signal conditioning unit that – by usage of state of the art components – strongly eases the Teach-In of a nominal slope.

The 2-points Teach-In of the nominal slope is done easliy by using 2 Buttons to teach the respective set point. The Teach-In can be inhibited by a switch to avoid erratic overwriting of teached data. Additionally, the device incorporates both voltage and current output, user selectable by another switch.

Conclusion: The new MUP400 is in conjunction with a potentiometer ideally suited for measurement tasks where a standard interface is needed and easy installation is desired and high accuracy at a reasoable system cost has to be fulfilled.

ROLLON expands the range of products of the TELESCOPIC RAIL family, offering to customers the new slides with extended stroke type DSE43 and DME63. These new models broaden the best-selling telescopic products, whenever long strokes, rigidity of the system and ‘custom fit’ strokes are the most important requirements.

The following are some of the many advantages that the product offers:
– Strokes over 150% of total length (rail)
– High load capacities
– High stiffness
– High vibration resistance
– ‘Customized’ product

Dayton, Ohio — The powerful, high-speed MH50-series robots have an extremely flexible design, allowing them to be used for a variety of applications, including coating, dispensing, material cutting, handling and welding. The long reach of the MH50 model and the extended reaches of the MH50-35 and MH50-20 make these robots ideal for processing large parts. In many cell layouts, the extended reach models can eliminate the need for an external track, decreasing system cost and simplifying programming. Internally routed cables and hoses maximize system reliability, minimize interference and facilitate programming.

Wide work envelopes with small interference zones allow the MH50-series robots to be placed in close proximity to workpieces and equipment, reducing floorspace requirements. The robots have brakes on all axes and can be floor-, wall- or ceiling-mounted for layout flexibility.

The MH50, MH50-35 and MH50-20 robots use Motoman’s dynamic, next-generation DX100 controller that includes patented multiple robot control technology to easily handle multiple tasks and control up to eight robots (72 axes), I/O devices and communication protocols. Featuring a robust PC architecture with unmatched memory capacity, the DX100 uses a Windows® CE programming pendant with color touch screen. The energy-saving DX100 controller features faster processing speeds for smoother interpolation, advanced robot arm motion, built-in collision avoidance, quicker I/O response and accelerated Ethernet communication. Its extensive I/O suite includes integral PLC and HMI pendant displays, 2,048 I/O and a graphical ladder editor that can provide system level control. The DX100 controller supports all major fieldbus networks. It is compliant to ANSI/RIA 15.06-1999 and other relevant ISO and CSA safety standards.

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USB Balancer is a portable and innovative instrument developed for the balancing of any rotary element. In the new version of the software we have developed some specific functions for the aeronautical sector and especially for the balancing of propellers of Ultralight Aircrafts
• portable triaxial instrument for a simple and quick balancing of a rotary element, suitable to be used in the most difficult industrial sites
• direct connection with the USB port of the PC that, in a few minutes, allows to balance a propeller installed on the aircraft
• software easily to understand with guided procedure. At the end of the procedure the software gives to the user, both in a graphic and a written way, the instructions for the correction of the unbalancing
• very robust instrument, resistant to high shocks and with protection IP67 that does not need any maintenance
• triaxial reading of the acceleration with selection of the unbalancing level according to the position of the sensor
• handy instrument easy to transport and use also thanks to the absence of any photocells and additional external electronics
• automatic reports at the end of the balancing with indication of the data of the aircraft, the initial and the remaining unbalancing and the effected corrections.

RX62T group underlines Renesas’ contribution to further miniaturization and lower costs in high-level motor and inverter control systems, increasing efficiency and reducing noise.

Nuremberg, embedded world 2nd March 2010 – At Embedded World in Nuremberg, Renesas Technology Europe today announced the release of the new RX62T, the third family of products in its broad RX Platform series of MCUs. The RX Platform is built around the new RX CPU and comprises the next generation of MCUs which integrate the functions of Renesas Technology’s existing 16-bit and 32-bit MCU products. The new RX62T Group comprises 40 individual products. In addition to the high speed, high performance, and low power of the 32-bit RX600 Series, the new RX62T group features improved inverter control timers and analog functions required for today‘s inverter control applications.
Furthermore, these microcontrollers help to reduce system costs and power consumption in various applications, such as air conditioners, washing machines, solar inverter solutions, lighting control and PFCs. These typically require increasing levels of functionality and environmental friendliness.
The RX62T microcontrollers include a multifunction timer pulse unit 3 (MTU3), which can drive up to two 3-phase motors. They also integrate a newly-developed 16-bit general-purpose PWM timer (GPT) that can drive a single three-phase motor. As a result, the RX62T products can drive up to three 3-phase motors at the same time with a single chip. The timer uses the same clock at 100 MHz, which is the CPU’s maximum operating frequency. This enables it to achieve a wide range of width measurements for PWM output waveforms with a 10 ns resolution.
Improved analog functions for system cost reductions and improved ease of use in motor vector control applications have also been implemented in the new RX62T family. It features two 12-bit A/D converter units and one 10-bit A/D converter unit, and can capture analog input values from up to 20 channels at a minimum conversion time of 1 ms.
The two 12-bit A/D converters can easily be used for sensorless vector control methods, like three-shunt or single-shunt current detection. As each of the A/D units can be triggered by timer units and sample three phases in parallel, an independent motor control for two separate motors can be applied.

Pneumatic Manipulator Partner column mounted version, with a vacuum tooling head for handling pails, vacuum beeing generated by a “Venturi” ejector.
Well-trained design staff are able to develop state-of-the-art equipment, which ensure the operators ergonomic use of the Manipulators.
Every project is developed according to the instructions given by the EEC standard 98/37 “Directive on Machinery” and after a careful and a methodical analysis of the risks.

FR type is supplied as a set which would include a bush and a shaft. Constructed with combination of a load carrying outer cylinder and a load free ball recirculation cover, it is engineered to smoothly handle compound motions. For ease of mounting, the FRA type which has the FR bush pre-installed into a factory made housing is also available.

High load capacity & high rigidity
High load capacity, high rigidity, and long life are achieved through bearings place all around the inner space between an outer cylinder and a linear shaft.

Smooth motion
Although it is an all-ball bearing construction, load carrying bearings are designed to align along the linear movement to provide smooth motion in both linear and rotational directions.

High accuracy
Each set of a shaft and a bush is matched and controlled to ensure smooth and highly accurate motion.

liminating dust and increasing the surface cutting area improves productivity by 35% versus traditional vacuum sanding and by 60% versus non-vacuum sanding.

The superior dust extraction of the Carbo CleanAir system keeps the abrasive grain exposed to cut through paint and primer by continually removing the dirt that can clog paper and leave wild scratches. The end result is that Carbo CleanAir discs cut faster and last longer so productivity gets a boost and dust takes a hike .

Less Dust Means More Productivity!
The overall abrasive area of a Carbo CleanAir disc is similar to that of vacuum discs with traditional 6 hole dust extraction. However, the complete coverage of 181 vacuum assist holes coupled with the Carbo CleanAir back-up pad creates a virtually dust free sanding surface with no clogging and allows the abrasive grains to continually cut for the life of the disc. Increased productivity means

HARO Technologies Int. is an expert in the design and manufacture of sharpening since 1947. To meet market demand HARO Technologies Int. designed and developed through its long experience a range of dedicated machines including the newest “Starline” for sharpening hobs tools and gear cutting. Its high-tech equipment has enabled Siemens to offer specific programs for hobs straight or helical adjusted for the shape of the wheel, receiving data taking reduced to its simplest expression. The machine is equipped with a sensor that observes the longitudinal and angular positions of the cutter can be implemented quickly and accurately the sharpening operation.
The accuracy of the cutting tool depends entirely on his performance and regrinding. Today many users of cutting machines have made the leap into buying a grinder modern meets current standards of accuracy and quality. Reasons legitimized by the experiment showing that the return on investment is quick and profitable. Here is a list of improvements and gains generated by these new grinders Starline:

• Sharpening as AAA hob straight or helical
• Increased resistance of cutting edges
• A greater number of gears cut between two sharpening
• Less change of hobs on the gear hobbing machine and less downtime of production.
• A replacement set of hobs less frequent, lower tooling costs.
• Procedures for presetting integrated, reducing the setup time on the gear hobbing machine itself.
• A pre control confirming the quality grinder sharpening without dismantling, enabling immediate correction if necessary.
• A gain and continuity of quality cutting.

Results obtained in fields as diverse as automotive, shipbuilding, production of gearboxes, cement, prototype and repair, and the production of hobs, etc.………….
SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING to check automatically the diameter, tooth depth, true running, calculation of pitch and cutting length, and automatic positioning of the tooth. All these data are automatically stored.
HARO HOB inspection software after regrinding can be checked by the probe system for rake angle, lead face, cross face, indexing error and accumulated error with interpolation with axes X, Y and A.

Intertec has developed a new range of steam heaters for field instrumentation protection applications. Offering a choice of vertical, horizontal or panel mounting styles, with four power outputs ranging from around 65 to 490 W, users can easily select the appropriate heater for all common enclosure-scale freeze/condensation protection or temperature maintenance applications.

The new STEAM range has been developed from the most popular sizes of finned convection heater profiles in Intertec’s electrical heater range. These Intertec-designed anodized aluminium profiles have all been field-proven in enclosure heating applications over many years, and in many tens of thousands of applications.

Steam heating is still employed in many refineries and other plants, because steam energy is produced as a byproduct of the core process, and because it is a simple alternative to electric heating.

Two of the options in Intertec’s new steam heater range are designed to mount vertically to provide convection heating. They are physically compact and suitable for smaller-scale heating requirements: in freeze protection applications the outputs are typically 65 and 130 W respectively when used on typical lines offering steam at a pressure of three bar and a temperature of 130 degrees C. A third convection option is designed to mount horizontally and provides a typical output of 490 W. The fourth element has both flat and finned sides to allow it to be mounted against a panel or on the side of equipment; it delivers around 200 W of combined convection and conduction heating output, providing a useful design alternative for some process applications. The sizes of the four heaters are 5 x 5 x 15.5 cm, 8 x 8 x 22.5 cm, 22.5 x 21.3 x 10 cm, and 5 x 21.3 x 22.5 cm.

Ressorts Masselin is able to manufacture any technical spring for valve actuators from 0.2mm wire to 94mm bar diameter. Our springs are manufactured according to stringent ISO 9001 standards for major OEMs in the Petroleum and Nuclear industry . Our products are currently shipped worldwide .

This technical capacity enables us to also deliver big size springs for heavy duty applications such as : trains, military vehicule, heavy duty trucks…