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With our new sensor we are able to measure on extreme hot steel surface temperatures up to 1380°C. In addition, on cold targets, the reflector lees range on natural surfaces is expanded to 50m,
– unrivaled repeatability +-0,5 mm (+-2mm bei T> 1000°C)
– up to 100Hz measuring output
– complete accessory pack of the standard series can be used
– unbeatable pricing
– customization possible

General Catalog
Index of Taps, index of Drills, index of Carbide End Mills
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Our new general catalog contains our updated products in the field of Taps, Drills, Carbide End Mills and HSS End Mills.

It gives also all related cutting conditions for the stated products.

Please visit our new web site: http://www.osgeurope.com

• MNd0072
• Material: NdFeB
• Property: N40
• Br: 1.27 to 1.31T
• BHc: e860kA/m
• iHc: e955kA/m
• BH max: 307 to 322kJ/m³
• Coating: NiCuNi
• Magnetization: axially magnetized or not magnetized
• Maximum operating temperature: 80°C
• Single weight: 300g
• Packing: packed in bags, then put in cartons
• Application: magnetic equipments
• Density: 7.4 to 7.5g/cm³

Although LVDTs are acknowledged for their accuracy and reliability there are some critical measurement tasks where dual redundancy is specified. Typical applications are in the nuclear transport and power generation industries where data signaling is used for control purposes. Measurement specialists RDP Electronics Ltd has developed an arrangement using a pair of LVDTs to offer extreme reliability of data signaling for these highly critical situations.
The operating principle of Linear Variable Differential Transformers (LVDTs) requires no electrical contact across the transducer position sensing element which for the user of the sensor means clean data, infinite resolution and a very long life. RDP has several decades of experience in the research, development and manufacture of LVDTs to internationally recognised quality standards and offers a comprehensive range for a variety of displacement measurement purposes.
Further guidance and advice on dual redundancy solutions can be obtained from the RDP engineering support team on 01902 457512. Specification information on the range of LVDTs can be viewed online at ‘ www.rdpe.com/uk/men-disp.htm .’
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Designed for mobile use, the new BOOSTER.PRO line covers a wide application spectrum. The perfect design matching of the high-value power components guarantees impressive ignition and welding characte ristics with always reproducible quality.

Welding power of 250 A or 320 A with duty cycle of 60 % and unique power to weight ratio – in a small package
Reliable also for tough outdoor application, even in unfavourable conditions.
For low- or high-alloyed steels and nonferrous metals
Bi-Power-Inverter: The 200 kHz-Bi-Power-Inverter successfully introduced already for the INVERTIG.PRO offers higher duty cycle performance and exceptionally low weight, along with optimum energy efficiency.

Simple and safe to use Perfect arc stability
Anti-dust ventilation tunnel Impact-resistant plastic front cover
Connection for remote control Job saving for three different settings of Hotstart and Arc Force Welding programs for Rutile electrodes Basic electrodes Cellulose electrodes with individually adjustable parameters for Hotstart and Arc Force

The LIGHTNIN G-Series achieves the required process results in water-like liquids, high viscosity blending or gas-liquid-solid applications.

The G-Series is the workhorse of the laboratory mixers. The NEW controller can be supplied with or without a digital readout for speed. Speed control is managed with one simple knob.

An Exceptionally Versatile Mixing System

Largest mixing capacities in the industry
NEW reversible rotation for up- or downpumping experiments
Patented mixing impellers provide maximum efficiency
Displays speed, 50 – 2,200 RPM ± 10 RPM
Single lever adjustment clamp – repeatable mixer positioning
Splash resistant wipe down design for cleanability
World-wide design, single phase 50 or 60 Hz

MAMCO Precision Switches has joined forces with Catalog Data Solutions to provide a comprehensive online product catalog to view and configure part numbers based on the attributes you desire. Please visit our website, www.mamcoswitches.com to configure or view the vaccum, pressure or differential switch of your choice.

Conax Technologies manufactures a broad range of common thermocouple assemblies as well as custom-engineered assemblies with special sensors and mountings. Conax thermocouples are available in nearly limitless combinations of termination styles, mounting methods and sealing assemblies, including direct mount styles, adjustable mount styles, spring loaded assemblies, weld pads, thermowells, transmitters and more. Thermocouples can be combined with the Conax-designed “soft sealant” technology sealing glands for excellent environmental sealing. Conax thermocouple assemblies have proven their durability and reliability in a host of industrial applications from processing plants to specialized laboratory and testing settings. Conax’s knowledge of the science of temperature measurement and the physical properties of materials used for sheathing and insulation enables their sales engineers to recommend the most effective solutions to your application needs. For more information on Conax Technologies Thermocouple Assemblies visit our website at www.conaxtechnologies.com or call the factory directly 716-684-4500.

Want more evidence that domestic demand in China is the real deal?

Check out the Korean export data that came out this evening. It soared a whopping 31% compared to estimates of around 23%.

Who buys from Korea? Well, we do, but the big buyer these days is China, and according to Bloomberg, exports to China were up a staggering 38% (shipments to the US were up 14%). Semiconductors, flat TVs, and petrochemicals all did well.

The bottom line: Demand from China — which is very much consumer in nature (at least when you’re talking about purchases from Korea — is hot.

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• China Test Driving A Yuan Hike With Select Industries

The infographic movie “The State of the Internet” by creative agency Jess3 conveys exactly what is meant by its title, with a special focus on highlighting a lot of numbers and statistics, ranging from the general demographics of Internet usage to launch dates of popular online social network sites.

You can watch the movie below.

See also Web2.0 in 5 Minutes. Via Flowing Data.

Is big government necessarily bad government? Ron Paul says “yes” and explains the reasons to Jack Cafferty.

Date: 02/26/2010
Channel: CNN
Host: Jack Cafferty

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An argument between a 23-year-old Army veteran who had recently come back from Afghanistan and his wife turned tragic Saturday night when he fatally shot her in the head in their Oak Lawn home, authorities said.

Joseph Jesk, 4612 W. 101st St., was charged Sunday afternoon with one count of murder, Oak Lawn Police Div. Chief Mike Kaufmann said. A bond hearing for Jesk is set for 9:30 a.m. Monday.

Police responded to a call from the home at 10:47 p.m. Saturday and found Jesk’s 23-year-old wife, Heather, lying on the basement floor with a gunshot wound to the head, Kaufmann said.

Heather Jesk was pronounced dead at 6:10 a.m. Sunday at the Cook County medical examiner’s office, and an autopsy Sunday ruled her death a homicide, authorities said.

Immediately after the shooting, Joseph Jesk fled from the home, but he called police 15 minutes later to turn himself in, Kaufmann said.

Jesk was taken into custody near 95th Street and Cicero Avenue, and it appeared that he may have been heading to the Oak Lawn police station, Kaufmann said. Officers discovered a knife in Jesk’s pocket when they arrested him, he said.

The Jesks had been at a benefit for another family member earlier in the evening, and police believed Joseph Jesk had been drinking, Kaufmann said. Family members told police that Jesk and his wife had gotten into a fight after coming home and had gone downstairs to the basement when the shooting occurred, he said, and that Jesk had also fought with his father earlier in the evening.

Jesk was discharged from a tour in Afghanistan in mid-January, Kaufmann said, although he did not know the reason for the discharge.

Mayor Dave Heilmann said Sunday that family members told police that Jesk had not been “acting normally” since returning from Afghanistan, and that Jesk had been recounting a violent story about two children in Afghanistan around the time of the shooting.

“There’s no reason for other residents in the neighborhood to be concerned. It’s a very tragic domestic incident,” Heilmann said. “Nobody knows what a soldier goes through. … Our prayers are with the family.”

The Jesks had been living in the basement of Joseph Jesk’s parents’ home, but were planning to move out Sunday to a new place in Crestwood, Heilmann said.

Jesk’s parents were not home at the time of the shooting, Kaufmann said.

Police were still on the scene Sunday afternoon at the Jesk home, and several cars were parked in the driveway. Neighbors who asked not to be identified said that the family had lived on the street for decades and that Joseph Jesk had two siblings.

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As Europe begins what’s sure to be a very hectic week, the volume of conflicting statements about the Greek bailout is truly stunning.

There have been multiple reports of some kind of deal worth $30-$34 billion, and yet check out what Germany’s Angela Merkel told German TV, according to the Sydney Morning Herald:

…the German chancellor denied any such plan was in the works, saying “there is absolutely no question of it”.

“We have a (European) treaty under which there is no possibility of paying to bail out states in difficulty,” Merkel told ARD public television.

Well, actually German will help a little:

“Right now we can help Greece by stating clearly that it has to fulfil its duties,” said Merkel, adding that Greece had to “show great courage” in order to resorb its deficits and restore its “lost credibility”.

Thanks a lot!

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The trade that everyone will think they’re a genius for dreaming up is to sell the copper spike we just mentioned. You know, sell the news, etc.

But the (non)-disruption in Chile isn’t the real story.

The real story, as pointed out by Waverly Advisers, is the build up LME copper stockpiles, which might suggest a top-out in demand, though even that’s not totally clear.

LME stock levels declined slightly for the week ended February 26 (see chart below), but the change was not significant  from our perspective (cancelled warrants remained below 3% of the total for the week).  The continued decline in Busan specific stock levels have however have caught our attention. With average weekly stocks down 6% from the prior week  (to a decline of  over 14% YTD) warehouse
levels in South Korea re starting to test our thesis.  With Chinese industrials now fully back on line after Lunar New Year any other potential signals of demand resilience will be of note.  We will continue to monitor the situation closely. 

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• Here’s What We Know Right Now About The Earthquake’s Effect On The Chilean Copper Industry
• Dr. Copper Says The Bull Is Alive!

Tom Ulrich has worked as a professional nature photographer for the past 35 years and will present 400 of his more than 600,000 images in a program Tuesday at Forest Park Nature Center.

John Mullen, chief naturalist at Forest Park, said he hopes the program inspires people to feel connected with the natural world and to look up for an amazing show over central Illinois in the coming weeks as waterfowl migrate up the Illinois River Valley.

Bald eagles already have started migration. Dozens have been seen in groups as large as 11 in one tree north of the McClugage Bridge.

Last year about this time, Mullen said he crested a hill at Lake Chautauqua just south of Peoria, and “the lake literally exploded and filled the sky with beautiful specks of white and black. Snow geese. An incredible sight. Incredible beauty.”

He said the air was filled with the cooing, whistling and cackling of thousands of snow geese.

A member of the Peoria Audubon Society told Mullen he had seen thousands of snow geese already massing south of Springfield, getting ready for the migration north.

“The miracle of migration means mass movement around the globe is starting,” Mullen said. “Once you witness it, it’s hard not to understand the world differently.”

He said Forest Park is sponsoring Ulrich’s program to share some of this understanding and sense of connection.

Ulrich’s photographs appear regularly in prestigious publications including National Geographic, Life, Audubon and National Wildlife. He has seven nature books that will be for sale during his presentation.

“I try to photograph species on the verge of extinction,” said Ulrich, who originally is from Illinois but now lives in Montana. “I have photographed the rarest duck, the rarest parrot, the rarest penguin. It can be challenging. There are a good number of polar bears out there, and there are quite a few little guys like poison arrow frogs.”

Ulrich said he’s witnessed vast changes in ecosystems over the decades of his professional life.

“I’ve seen quite a change with the stability of species since I started doing this in 1975. Sometimes it seems almost irreversible … like a losing battle,” he said. “My goal with these programs is to educate and entertain at the same time.”

Ulrich likes to return over and over to locations to create rich files of biodiversity. He was one of the first professional photographers to travel extensively in the Pantanal region of Brazil.

When he started going, the region was home to huge cattle ranches. Over the years, eco-tourism grew and has created an alternative economy committed to preserving natural habitats.

Mullen said we are witnessing the highest rate of extinctions in human history.

“Maybe for some species the decline is so severe it will be difficult to reverse, and those species will disappear,” he said. “But there is always hope we can turn this around. Humans are a brilliant species, and if they decide to turn this thing around, it could happen. It happened with condors. Wolves are another example.”

Mullen said it’s important to understand what we do in central Illinois is connected with what happens in some of the most remote regions of the world.

“Many of us will never get to some of these places, but this program helps us feel connected to them,” he said.

Clare Howard can be reached at 686-3250 or [email protected].

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In the hard-hit city of Concepcion, firefighters pulling survivors from a toppled apartment block were forced to pause because of tear gas fired to stop looters, who were wheeling off everything from microwave ovens to canned milk at a damaged supermarket across the street.

Efforts to determine the full scope of destruction were undermined by an endless string of terrifying aftershocks that continued to turn buildings into rubble. Officials said 500,000 houses were destroyed or badly damaged, and President Michele Bachelet said “a growing number” of people were listed as missing.

“We are facing a catastrophe of such unthinkable magnitude that it will require a giant effort” to recover, Bachelet said after meeting for six hours with ministers and generals in La Moneda Palace, itself chipped and cracked.

She signed a decree giving the military control over security in the province of Concepcion, where looters were pillaging supermarkets, gas stations, pharmacies and banks. Men and women hurried away with plastic containers of chicken, beef and sausages.

Virtually every market and supermarket had been looted — and no food or drinking water could be found. Many people in Concepcion expressed anger at the authorities for not stopping the looting or bringing in supplies. Electricity and water services were out of service.

“We are overwhelmed,” a police officer told The Associated Press.

Bachelet said a curfew was being imposed from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. and only security forces and other emergency personnel would be allowed on the streets. Police vehicles drove around announcing the curfew over loudspeakers.

As nightfall neared, hundreds of people put up tents and huddled around wood fires in parks and the grassy medians of avenues, too fearful to return to their homes amid continuing strong aftershocks.

Bachelet, who leaves office on March 11, said the country would accept some of the offers of aid that have poured in from around the world.

She said Chile needs field hospitals and temporary bridges, water purification plants and damage assessment experts — as well as rescuers to help relieve workers who have been laboring frantically since the magnitude-8.8 quake struck before dawn Saturday.

To strip away any need for looting, Bachelet announced that essentials on the shelves of major supermarkets would be given away for free, under the supervision of authorities. Soldiers and police will also distribute food and water, she said.

Although houses, bridges and highways were damaged in Santiago, the national capital, a few flights managed to land at the airport and subway service resumed.

More chaotic was the region to the south, where the shaking was the strongest and where the quake generated waves that lashed coastal settlements, leaving behind sticks, scraps of metal and masonry houses ripped in two.

In the village of Lloca, a beachside carnival was caught in the tsunami. A carousel was twisted on its side and a ferris wheel rose above the muddy wreckage.

In Concepcion, the largest city in the disaster zone, a new, 15-story apartment building toppled onto its side. Many of those who lived on the side that wound up facing the sky could clamber out; those on the other were trapped. An estimated 60 people remained trapped in the 70-unit apartment building.

Police officer Jorge Guerra took names of the missing from a stream of tearful relatives and friends. He urged them to be optimistic because about two dozen people had been rescued.

“There are people alive. There are several people who are going to be rescued,” he said — though the next people pulled from the wreckage were dead.

Concepcion’s main hospital was operating, though patients in an older half of the building were moved into hallways as a precaution.

Rescuers worked carefully for fear of aftershocks. Ninety jolts of magnitude 5 or greater shuddered across the region in the first 24 hours after the quake, including one nearly as large as the earthquake that devastated Haiti on Jan. 12.

Firefighters in Concepcion were about to lower a rescuer deep into the rubble when the scent of tear gas fired at looters across the street forced them to interrupt their efforts.

“It’s sad, but because of the situation you have to confront the robberies and at the same time continue the search,” Guerra said.

The sound of chain saws, power drills and sledgehammers breaking through concrete competed with the whoosh of a water cannon fired at looters and the shouts of crowds that found new ways into a four-story supermarket each time police retreated.

One woman ran off with a shopping cart piled high with slabs of unwrapped meat and cheese. A shirtless man carried a mattress on his head. Some of the looters pitched rocks at police armored vehicles outside the Lider market, which is majority-owned by Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Across the Bio Bio River in the city of San Pedro, looters cleared out a shopping mall. A video store was set ablaze, two automatic teller machines were broken open, a bank was robbed and a supermarket emptied, its floor littered with mashed plums, scattered dog food and smashed liquor bottles.

“It was a mob. They looted everything,” said police Sgt. Rene Gutierrez, 46, who had his men guarding the now-empty mall. “Now we’re only here to protect the building — what’s left of the building.”

He said police had been slow to reach the looted mall because one bridge over the river was collapsed and the other so damaged they had to move cautiously.

Ingenious looters even used long tubes of bamboo and plastic to siphon gasoline from underground tanks at a closed gasoline station. Others rummaged through the station’s restaurant.

Thieves attacked a flour mill in Concepcion — some toting away bags on their shoulders, others using bicycles or cars. One man packed a school bus with sacks of flour.

Many defended the scavenging — of food if not television sets — as a necessity because officials had not brought food or water. Even Concepcion’s mayor, Jacqueline van Rysselberghe, complained that no food aid was reaching the city. She said the federal government should send troops to help halt the looting.

In Talca, where old adobe buildings in the town center were flattened, many spent the night outside, huddled beneath blankets on lawn chairs, sleeping on a mattress hauled from a damaged home or sheltering in camping tents.

State television showed scenes of devastation in coastal towns and more still on Robinson Crusoe Island, where it said the tsunami drove almost 2 miles (3 kilometers) into the town of San Juan Bautista. Officials said at least five people were killed there and more were missing.

The surge of water raced across the Pacific, setting off alarm sirens and evacuations from Hawaii to Japan, but it did little damage.

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This was best possible way to end the Olympics for Canada.

 

Sidney Crosby, shut down most of the tournament, wristed a shot past Ryan Miller 7:40 into overtime after the United States tied it with 24.4 seconds left in regulation, and Canada survived a tense, taut game to beat the Americans 3-2 in the men’s hockey final Sunday. It capped Canada’s record gold rush in the Vancouver Games and set off a national celebration.

In one of the greatest games in Olympic history, Canada’s collection of all-stars held off a young, desperate U.S. team that had beaten it the previous Sunday and, after staging a furious comeback after falling behind 2-0, almost beat them again.

With Canada less than a minute away from celebrating the gold medal that its hockey-crazed nation expected, Zach Parise — the son of a player who figured in Canada’s finest hockey moment — tied it with Miller off the ice for an extra attacker.

The moment he scored, the sighs of disappointed fans probably could be heard from Vancouver to the Maritimes. Crosby, scoreless the previous two games, brought back the cheers with his second post-regulation game-winner of the tournament by scoring from the left circle. He also beat Switzerland in a shootout during the round robin.

 

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The general consensus is that the disruption to copper, as a result of the Chilean earthquake, would be minimal, but obviously there was only one way to go.

Take a look.

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• Here’s What We Know Right Now About The Earthquake’s Effect On The Chilean Copper Industry
• Here’s How The Markets Will React Post-Chilean Earthquake
• Chile Struck By Massive 8.8 Magnitude Quake

Filed under: Geneva Motor Show, Crossover, Hatchback, Skoda

In just a little bit now there’s going to be a party in Switzerland called the Geneva Motor Show, and Škoda is in on the BYOB action. The Czech brand will show off the facelifted Fabia, Fabia Estate and Roomster, along with their new engines. Both models get new grilles and so-called “3D-shaped headlamps” for “a more dynamic look” and to emphasize the width of the cars.

The power behind those new horizontals will be a new engine portfolio of four gas-powered units and two diesels that start at 60 horsepower and top out at 105. One of those gas engines, the 1.2-liter TSI with 105 hp, runs through a 7-speed DSG ‘box and returns 53.3 imperial miles per gallon (44.4 U.S. mpg). Follow the jump for the complete specs, and have a look at the two cars in the photos below.

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CHICAGO (STMW)  — A 56-year-old Chicago Police officer who did not report to work was found dead in Mount Greenwood home Sunday morning, apparently of natural causes.

The Morgan Park District police officer did not report to work Sunday morning, and officers conducting a well-being check found her dead in her West 115th Street home about 8:20 a.m., police said.

Police said the officer was a 21-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department.

Police are not commenting on the cause of death, but said it is not suspicious. Because there was no foul play and the family did not request an autopsy, the body was released to a funeral home and will not be examined by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

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