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Dynamic Sealing Technologies, Inc. (DSTI) works with a number of clients to provide Direct OEM Replacement rotary union assemblies. For custom solutions, the DSTI design and engineering teams can interface with either manufacturers of the original equipment or with end users themselves.

“Our sole focus is on the design and manufacture of rotary unions. With this focus comes experience and a high degree of expertise. We know what materials, seals, bearings, platings and so on can and should be used for nearly any application. It allows us to maximize the life cycle and performance of each part. It’s a big reason why both OEM’s and end users consider us a key source for rotary union assemblies,” notes John Knoll, VP of Marketing.

To see how an engineered solution can help you minimize replacement costs by maximizing performance, contact a DSTI sales engineer today at 763.786.3758 or via email at [email protected].

The latest addition to the Spectra family of industrial warning devices from E2S is a range of 100 and 110dB trumpet horns designed to provide effective penetrating low frequency buzzer sound. The tone is generated electronically, and all units incorporate a volume control. The Spectra trumpet horns are a low current solution that replaces the traditional electro-mechanical generator; they produce an identical sound with the increased reliability of an all-electronic solution. All models are protected to IP65, are suitable for use in almost any location and are ideal for use in general signalling, industrial automation and safety systems.

The buzzers can also be fitted with Spectra flashing Xenon strobes, multi-function LED or Rotating Mirror beacons to give visual reinforcement of the audible warning. In addition, a choice of three tones is offered, which together with a volume control offer great flexibility for the installer. On the larger models, a 2nd stage alarm can be configured.

E2S is the world’s leading independent signalling manufacturer. Based in West London, England the company designs and manufactures a comprehensive range of signalling products for industrial, marine and hazardous area environments. Visit www.e2s.com to download detailed specification sheets.

March 2009 saw the release of SPC Vision V7.0. The latest version of Infodream’s SPC Software provides a number of new, additional benefits including increased functionality, a simplified and modernised visual appearance and an optimised database which significantly speeds up the system.

Interestingly, the new version of SPC Vision has been built on a ‘.net’ web ready platform, hinting at the future direction of infodream products – watch this space!…

Although versions 5 and 6 will continue to be supported, all new installations will be the latest V7.0

New or existing users who would like to upgrade and take advantage of the new features should contact us for further information

FISCHER FERITSCOPE® FMP30 now also available with Bluetooth® interface

The established FISCHER FERITSCOPE® FMP30 is now also available with an integrated Bluetooth interface for data transmission to pc or notebook. The Bluetooth® interface enables data transmission over distances of up to 10 meters. That makes data recording and reporting quite simple.

The rugged FERITSCOPE® FMP30 with plug-in type smart probe is suited for fast, non-destructive and accurate measurement of ferrite content on-site or in the lab according to the magnetic inductive method.

The measurement range is from 0.1 to 80 % Fe or from 0.1 to 110 FN. The measurement options are either measurable in Ferrit-percentage “%Fe” or in Ferrit numbers “FN”.

Applications are all measurements of the ferrite content in
• austenitic steel welds e.g. of tubing etc.
• normal construction steel with austenitic chrome alloy steel welded cladding e.g., in boilers, vessels, etc.
• duplex steel.

This easy-to-use instrument has an USB interface for a PC and printer connection and an optional Bluetooth interface. It offers memory for up to 20.000 measurements with up to 100 applications. Further a detailed statistical and graphical evaluation is possible.

The calibration of the FERITSCOPE® FMP30 is traceable to internationally approved IIW secondary calibration standards. The instrument therefore meets all requirements of ANSI/AWS A4.2 and DIN EN ISO 8249 as well as of the “Basler” standard.

Armacell has further enhanced the technical properties of its PET foams and is at thecutting edge of technological development with the new ArmaFORM PET AC.

Light weight and high mechanical strength in conjunction with residual flexibility and maximum service life – these are the main material requirements for modern composite materials. In recent years, PET foams have been able to secure an established place among the core materials for sandwich constructions.

As a pioneer in the field of PET foam technology, Armacell was the first manufacturer to succeed in greatly improving the flexibility of the material, thus qualifying PET foams for industrial applications. The central technical properties such as shear elongation, compression modulus and shear modulus were constantly optimized and in 2006 Armacell produced ArmaFORM PET 100, a PET foam which has since become the state of the art in the field of composites.

Now Armacell is again raising the bar for the competition: the new ArmaFORM PET AC foams display properties which have been enhanced even further. In comparison to the predecessor product, the shear elongation and therefore the damage tolerance and flexibility of ArmaFORM PET AC 115 have been optimized from 10 to 20 % (in accordance with ISO 1922). At the same time, other important technical values such as the compression modulus have been kept at the usual high level. With the new material Armacell not only has an advantage within the industry, but also improves the position of PET foams in competition with other core materials such as PVC, SAN or balsa.

To be in an even better position to fulfil the specific requirements of such diverse areas of application as wind turbine construction, transport and shipbuilding, Armacell now offers a wider range of the new ArmaFORM PET foams: ArmaFORM PET AC is manufactured in the densities 80, 100, 115 and 135 kg/m³.
PET foams have the advantage of high temperature resistance and withstand short-term curing temperatures of up to +180 °C. This heat resistance leads to considerable savings in composite production methods (e.g. the prepreg procedure). And there are further benefits: ArmaFORM PET foams are completely recyclable, they score well in the fatigue resistance test and no toxic gases are generated in the event of a fire.

Hirox is pleased to announce the release of a new 2D and 3D tiling software in real-time up to 100 Million pixels!

Increase the field of view up to 50 times and create 2D and 3D images up to 100 Million pixel!

• Real-Time 2D Tiling Feature

It is a constant challenge for optical microscopes to capture with a high optical resolution and a wide field of view simultaneously.
This original algorithm from Hirox achieves quick tiling in real time, increasing the field of view from 1200 x 1600 pixels up to 10000 x 10000 pixels (100 Million pixel), while retaining a high optical resolution.
This new process does not require a specified position to match tile to tile. The image will automatically begin tiling seamlessly in real-time just by moving the XY stage.

• Real-Time 3D Tiling Feature

In an optical system, 3D images are produced by vertically stacking the depth of field, focus point to focus point. However, at low magnification this method is not possible, because the depth of field is too high.
Until now, height information could only be gathered in the vertical axis. But by allowing the user to continuously stack the depth of field, focus point to focus point with the freedom to move horizontally, the user can create a 3D model with a field of view as if it were captured with a low magnification lens.
The solution is 3D Tiling, a combination of high magnification Z-axis image stacking and a wide field of view.

For more information, please visit our website (www.hirox-europe.com) or contact us by phone (+33 426 250 340), fax (+33 426 236 813) or by email ([email protected]).

The Hirox Europe Team.

The Advantages of a Lisk Solenoid Operated Valve are Clear:
Speed – Depending upon a number of factors, response times in the range of 5-15mS are not at all uncommon for a Lisk electromagnetic actuated valve.

Control – With today’s advanced controllers coupled with our abilities to produce solenoids with linear force curves and pinpoint tolerances, precision control is everyday at GW Lisk.

Customization – Our engineers specialize in special. Whether it is unique or corrosive media, excessive pressures, high flows, or extended cycle life, we can help. Our countless unique designs leave our customers with an engineering resource toolbox filled to overflowing.

Energy – It is the inherent nature of an electromagnetically actuated solenoid valve to develop higher forces at smaller air gaps. This means when your valve energizes and opens (or closes), power use can be cut way back while maintaining the same initial forces.

Sescoi is pleased to announce the release of Version 3 of its custom manufacturing solutions, WorkPLAN Enterprise for full enterprise resource planning (ERP) and MyWorkPLAN for efficient job management . Version 3 brings new advanced integration options and numerous additional capabilities.

The openness and interoperability now provided by WorkPLAN Enterprise V3 and MyWorkPLAN V3 will enable users to control costs and prepare quotations with unprecedented accuracy, bring better products to market more quickly, maximize return on investment for their existing software, and make the best use of the expertise within their companies.

Integration options start with Sescoi’s own software systems. Already able to link to the WorkNC automatic CAM system to accurately determine project part machining times, the V3 solutions can now also interface with WorkXPlore 3D, Sescoi’s high-speed collaborative viewer for advanced CAD file analysis and sharing. Combined, these systems facilitate collaborative and concurrent working for shorter lead times and higher efficiency, enabling companies to offer higher quality products to their customers, faster and at lower cost.

Links to third party software have been extended and both systems will offer an optional interface to advanced planning and scheduling (APS) systems, including those offered by Preactor and Ortems, enabling users to export projects for finite and infinite capacity planning and then re-import the results. For toolrooms or manufacturing departments within larger companies, optional interfaces with other ERP systems are available and the new V3 release will be SAP® certified.

Furnaces for continuous heat treatment using conveyor and gas-tight muffle in a protective atmosphere, with integral quench tank.

Heated by electricity or natural gas for typical working temperatures of up to 950 °C.

This furnace offers high precision and reproducibility and is intended for treating parts in bulk or positioned on the belt, weighing up to approx. 0.3 kg or more each, depending on their geometry and the desired result.

The gas-tight muffle makes the furnace very versatile and the adjustment time between two different treatments is kept as short as possible.

The range of furnaces is available for outputs of up to 1,000 kg/hour depending on the type of part and the required treatment. These furnaces can easily be incorporated in a full heat treatment line.

– PCB relay with forcibly guided contacts

– Protective separation between coil and contacts (leakage and creepage distances > 14mm); protective separation diagonally between left and right contact side (leakage and creeping distances > 5,5mm)

– EN 50205 type B

– 2 CO contacts

– Mean coil power ca. 1 W

– Holding power 0.31W

DITEC doors are now very well established in the large USA markets.

DITEC branch in Orlando, USA, together with Porto Rican company RefriAmmonia, which installs and manufactures big industrial and commercial refrigeration systems, both in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, has installed a new set of DITEC Sector doors in the new Nestlé warehouse, in Puerto Rico, where a wide range of products for the multinational food company will be stored and distributed.
The new logistic centre has been designed in order to ensure that the internal humidity and temperature are kept at a constant level in order to safely store perishable baby foods.

Sector rapid flexible roll-up doors are normally installed in all industrial and commercial locations where safety and speed are required due to the large number of goods handling operations.
The door is very compact and houses the motor, the control and safety devices, as well as the balancing systems.
Sector is a highly reliable and very safe door.
Compact and technologically advanced, it features a modular counterweighted balancing system with strong driving belts, ensuring a high level of operation and safety, as well as an INVERTER system to adjust speeds, accelerations and braking.
The motor, by operating at the lowest possible power, prolongs the operating life of the automation.
The self-supporting casing, located on the vertical uprights, allows the door to be easily and quickly fitted, thus making the installation stage much easier. The casing also houses and protects all the drive parts.

This new installation at Nestlé new warehouse further enhances Ditec automation popularity and reliability, in an industry where the brand goes hand in hand with reliability and quality.

Use : fixed crucible furnace for melting or holding the melted state of nonferrous metals.

Construction : access to crucible from top, manual cover closing.
Insulation : multilayer insulation with refractory bricks.
Electricity : 3 x 400V, 50Hz.

Heating : electrical coil resistors around crucible. Resistors mounted on ceramic tubes. Regulation : 1 thermocouple and a PID termperature controller. Documentation : certification CE and operating instructions in English.

Features of RigiMill

Suitable for high feed machining due to increased core size Longer tool life and excellent surface finish.

The RigiMill coating is based on the TT1040, TOPAL(UF10N+AlTiN) coating technology for hardened materials. Suitable for shouldering operations in Mold & Die applications

Program
RFE 2_M(2-Flute, Flat Endmill): Diameter 1 to 25mm, RFE 4_M(4-Flute, Flat Endmill): Diameter 2 to 25mm, RSB 2_L(2-Flute, Ball nose Endmill): Diameter 1 to 25mm.

We announce the introduction of a new line of air spray Automatic guns, AirPro™ Auto. The new AirPro™ Auto guns have superior features and benefits for high quality spraying in a variety of applications.

Features & benefits
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æCompliant, HVLP and Conventional spray technology
æFluid control knob for precision fluid adjustment
æIndexing Air cap for fast and accurate positioning in either the vertical or horizontal position.
æCompact , lightweight rounded gun with stainless steel construction
æConsistent spray pattern for a high quality finish

Key applications
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æGeneral Metal
æWood
æHigh Wear

SOCOMEC UPS has more than 25 years of experience in designing, producing and customising Static Transfer Systems. A leader in multiple-source and multi bus architecture, SOCOMEC has installed thousands of STS systems (LTM) in many sectors that have demonstrated their adaptability and high reliability.
Investing more than 10% of turnover in R&D, SOCOMEC has always incorporated new technologies to ensure optimum quality and performance. STATYS, the latest design in STS incorporates the most advanced technologies combined with long experience to guarantee seamless and reliable power transfers.

ADVANTAGE

– High reliability – Internal redundant design
Redundant microcontroller, SCR control, cooling and measurements, dual redundant supply.

– Operational security & Ease of use
Designed to prevent human errors: clear display, signals and prevention systems.

– Flexibility and adaptability to various types of applications
Compatible with every load (linear or non-linear with every Power factor and inrush current) and distribution system (single or three-phase, with or without neutral).

– Remote data access in real time and from any location
Wide communication skills (LAN, email, serial, dry contacts, BMS) and upgradeable for future needs.

– Compact design: saves up to 40% of valuable space
Compact Hot Swap 19” rack system (smallest on the market)

– Full support and service
Real-time monitoring and maintenance services.

STATYS also provides protection against:
– main power source outage
– failures in the upstream power distribution
– operator errors.

This CVl Welles Gflot near-infrared fiber-optic spectrometer is based on me symmetncal Ciecny-Turner design wth a 50-mm focal length optical bench and a 256-pixel inGaAs detector array: The spectrometer has a standard SMA fiber-optic entrance connector, a collimating and focusing mirror, and diffraction grating.

The detector array is connected to an electronics board with a 14-btt A-to-0 converter and US6 2.0 high speed interface This instrument is suitable for applications in the 1000-1750 nm range such as plastics and water absorbance. A 26-pln digital I/O connector facilitates external triggering and the control of shuttered and pulsed light sources.

The near-infrared fiber-optK spectrometer systems include basic software, a users manual, and USB interface cable Additional application software can be ordered separately. This instrument runs on USB power and does not need an additional power supply.

It is available now new Flange Calculation Software

The most accurate calculations according to
modified EN 1591-1 standard.
Improved gasket factors included (EN 13555).
[ref. Dicht 03/2008, M. Rotar, Flanschdichtungen richtig
auslegen)

– user defind flange and gasket dimensions
– standard flange, gasket and bolts dimensions
– up to 15 loading steps
– 25 flange materials
– 13 bolt matirials

The name DONIT TESNIT® today enjoys an unparalleled reputation among the world’s leading producers of sealing materials. A well-established brand name, top quality (ISO 9001:2000), catering to customer’s needs and a consistent policy friendly to both people and the environment (ISO 14001:2004) are DONIT’s major strengths. The company keeps a record of constantly growing revenues and currently services customers in more than 100 countries on all continents.

In addition to its concern for being at the forefront of the latest technological trends, the company boasts a wide product range, which apart from calandered gasket materials, elastomeric products, PTFE, composite and graphite-based sealing products includes insulation materials and gaskets for industrial application.

The calculated values are presented in the graphical form, where applicable and nonapplicable conditions are clearly visible.
– maximal & actual bolt, flange and gasket load ratio
– minimal required gasket surface pressure
– maximal allowed gasket surface pressure

Maxon continues to expand industry-leading technology
Maxon is pleased to announce the release of the next size of the KINEDIZER® LE burner.

The new 16” KINEDIZER® LE extends this revolutionary low NOx burner to a capacity of 75 MMBTU to accommodate larger heating systems including spray dryers, rotary dryers, kilns, process heaters, incinerators and vaporizers.

For the ultimate package in reliable, low emissions performance, KINEDIZER® LE offers a full complement of SMART products including SMARTFIRE® or SMARTLINK® MRV and SMARTLINK® Meter.

Simtronics ASA, the Norwegian fire and gas Safety Company, today launched a sophisticated, fully integrated, fire and gas detection system with suppression release capability. The system draws on the synergies within the organization to provide a unique, world class solution to a broad range of industries.
MultiSafe MX provides intelligent integration for a wide range of field devices for fire and gas detection. The system also supports a wide range of interfaces for third-party field devices and distributed control systems (DCS).
MultiSafe MX is SIL 3 approved to IEC 61508 / IEC 61511. The system is also certified for other applications, such as:
– EN54: conventional and addressable fire and gas detection
– EN12094-1: fire extinguishing control
– CEI 79-2: intruder detection
MultiSafe MX incorporates numerous cost-saving features including networking and loop distribution, as well as installation and maintenance tools.

“With the MultiSafe MX, Simtronics will target existing and new segments of the fire and gas safety markets. Not only do we move up the value chain, we also reinforce the synergies developed within the Simtronics business divisions” said Simtronics’ CEO Rune Martini.
Further information on MultiSafe MX can be downloaded from www.simtronics-fg.com.

For further information, please contact:
Mr. Rune Martini, CEO Simtronics ASA,
Phone + 47 48 07 80 80
Dr. Eliot Sizeland, Sales Director Detection Systems Simtronics ASA,
Phone +44 7930 899 474

Simtronics ASA (Oslo Stock Exchange: SIMTRO) works to prevent disasters from happening. The company is an international supplier of fire and gas safety systems, active fire fighting solutions and fire prevention systems. Simtronics’ flame and gas detectors represent the most accurate, reliable and robust safety technology available. The Company’s products, solutions and systems are used by the oil and gas industry as well as in shipping, petrochemical and other process industries and in mining. Simtronics has a well established market base in Europe with Norway, France, UK and Germany as the single most important markets. Simtronics’ heritage goes back to 1948

Health and Safety professionals are bombarded with data from all kinds of monitoring technology. Interpreting, disseminating and archiving this information are vital parts of the job. Now Casella CEL has simplified the task with its new data management software package that downloads and manages exposure data for a wide range of occupational hazards, including noise and dust.

Called Casella Insight, the software can download survey data gathered by monitoring equipment such as sound level meters, noise dosimeters and personal air sampling pumps, and allows it to be stored on a central database. Exposure data can then be managed by criteria such as person, place or process and viewed in tabular or graphical formats that uniquely combine multiple hazards simultaneously to allow an overall exposure calculation to be made.

Data can be imported from other devices and exported or sent to other users and colleagues, allowing for easy data sharing across organisations. An integral report wizard enables extremely comprehensive reports to be prepared, and the package also manages all the instrument calibration scheduling and storage of calibrations certificates.

Further information on Casella Insight is available from www.casellameasurement.com