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In a commentary a few weeks ago, I rebutted dangerously silly arguments put forward by New York Times columnist Paul Krugman about how the United States should pressure China to drop its support for the US dollar. Although there is far more happening in the world outside of Mr. Krugman’s brain than within it, fresh drivel from the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner compels me to turn my focus there once again.
In today’s column, Krugman analyzes the Greek debt crisis, arguing that the best solution for Athens would be to simply inflate away its debt burden with printing press money. Krugman laments that this sensible option is being foreclosed by the monetary priggishness of the German heavyweights in the European Union, who are ‘foolishly’ seeking to prevent inflation and impose fiscal discipline.
His theoretical justification is put forward in a familiar Keynesian recipe: deficit spending leads to inflation and growth, which leads to greater employment and rising GDP, which makes debt payments much easier to bear in relative terms. He laments that Greece does not control its own currency and is therefore unable to pursue such a policy on its own accord. He implores US policy makers, who do control their own monetary policy, to take heed of the danger and avoid such a course.
In simple terms, Krugman believes that inflation is the best cure for burdensome debt problems. To prove his arguments, he points to the course followed by the Unites States in the decade after the Second World War. In 1946, due to unprecedented military spending during the war, US public debt as a percentage of GDP came in at a staggering 122 percent – which is even higher than the 113 percent currently weighing on Greece.
Krugman endorses US policy at the time which, he claims, concentrated on fostering growth instead of taking measures to drastically cut the post-war debt. He notes that by the end of 1956, the federal debt had not diminished in nominal terms, but had become much easier to bear because of the decade of GDP growth that inflationary policies had created.
He neglects to mention that during the five years from 1945 to 1949, federal spending dropped by 58% and taxes fell by 12%. Meanwhile, the budget deficit fell by 66% in 1946 and was in surplus from 1947 to 1949. In other words, although we did not pay down our nominal debt in the decade after the war, we did succeed in massively shrinking government and the burden that it places on society. Could it be that this had something to do with the post-war boom, or should we give all the credit to the monetary policy? (It is important to point out that our national debt did initially decline from 1945 to 1949, but the extra spending necessary to finance the Korean War reversed that trend.)
Also, after the war ended, American factories quickly retooled production from military hardware to consumer goods. The products not only created a domestic boom in living standards, but were also in high demand in war-ravaged Europe. The late 1940’s and 1950’s produced some of the largest US trade surpluses (in relative terms) in our history.
Today, government spending is rising at the fastest pace on record (not fast enough for Krugman) and our trade deficit is growing as well. In 2011, the government is forecast to spend $3.8 trillion. To truly replicate post-war fiscal policy, in the next four years: federal spending would have to be slashed by $2.1 trillion to $1.5 trillion, tax revenues would have to be lowered from $2.4 trillion to $2.1 trillion, and the federal budget would have to record a $650 billion surplus. Since Krugman would never support these spending and tax cuts, he must feel that similar success can be achieved solely through the monetary policy of inflation.
In his column, Krugman warns that the biggest danger of the austerity measures necessary for Greece (and the United States) to pay down debt organically is the deflation that would ensue. Like most of his academic peers, Krugman believes that falling prices are the economic equivalent of kryptonite, guaranteed to bring low even the mightiest economy.
He is wrong. We need deflation. As a result of a phony boom in assets, prices levels are still too high relative to the earning power and productivity of American workers. Falling prices will cushion the blow of recession (by allowing people to buy more with their paychecks and savings) and will eventually encourage people to spend when prices fall low enough. Deflation is the only way to save us from the much greater horror of inflation, or hyperinflation, which Krugman argues is not actually that bad.
Inflation can’t save us from lower real wages and falling living standards, it will simply change the manner in which we are impoverished. With deflation, workers’ wages fall; with inflation, consumer prices rise. Deflation hurts, but inflation can spiral out of control, especially with an Administration addicted to spending.
In Paul Krugman’s world, deep structural problems can be solved simply by printing currency. I wonder whether he thinks all the Americans in debt should be given little basement printing presses to counterfeit away their troubles.
Krugman’s advice will appeal to his fans in government and academia, but won’t help the average American. If we dare to follow his lead, a Greek tragedy will be played out in American garb.
Peter Schiff
for The Daily Reckoning Australia
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Digital artist Aaron Koblin has a fantastic knack for creating innovative, beautiful, fascinating works that merge the worlds of data and technology with art. Using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, he created The Sheep Market by commissioning 10,000 online workers each to draw a left-facing sheep. Ten Thousand Cents created a representation of a $100 bill, also drawn by 10,000 turkers. Now, he’s back with a video project, and is creating a crowdsourced music video for Johnny Cash’s song, “Ain’t No Grave.”
The Johnny Cash Project, as it’s named, seeks to have every single frame of the music video redrawn by hand. Contributors can take advantage of the tools on the site, which greatly simplify the process of drawing a frame, though it’s a little daunting for those with short-attention spans or limited graphical abilities. The drawn frames are then compiled into a constantly evolving version of the music video.
For true fans of Johnny Cash, it’s a great opportunity for them to connect further with the late artist. And Koblin has put a lot of thought into making watching the video much more compelling and engaging than typical YouTube fare — viewers can direct the video to use different frames based on a number of dimensions: rating, number of brush strokes, or a number of artistic styles like “realistic” or “dotted.” It makes for a very rich experience; I’ve already watched the video a number of times. As we’ve said many times before, there are many opportunities for artists of all types to connect with their fans in new and interesting ways. In this case, Koblin’s creativity has helped him to tap the imagination of and connect more deeply with his own fans, while also offering something compelling to fans of Johnny Cash’s music, potentially expanding the fan base of both artists.
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Every now and again, something comes up that is so curious it just needs to be mentioned, regardless of how paranoid it makes us look. The emerging scandal over manipulation of the silver market is one of those things. Some have said it is the largest fraud in history. To make the story even more dubious and enthralling, we shall start … at the beginning:
How many US presidents have been assassinated while in office? (That’s right, the story begins here.)
The answer is four.
Of those four, how many were sound money advocates (favoured gold or silver backing of the currency) and had sound money as one of their key policies?
All four of them.
Lincoln favoured silver backing of the currency after the America Civil War. McKinley and Garfield fought for the gold standard against their presidential opponents. Kennedy managed to reintroduce silver backed dollars before being knocked off. Those silver backed dollars were subsequently taken out of circulation by the Federal Reserve. The “Dead President’s Society” conspiracy is its own story, but not one to be covered here.
The next intriguing bit of history comes from the Credit Rivers case, an obscure but insightful 1968 U.S. court case that bears on whether or not bank money is “real” money. But before we get into that case, one has to understand a basic concept of contract law. For a contract to be binding there must be an exchange of consideration, which is something of value. That is why gifts are not legally binding exchanges. The giver does not receive consideration in return.
The importance of the Credit Rivers case comes from the fact that the presiding Justice recognised that fiat currency is not valid consideration, as it is simply created out of thin air by banks. “Only God can create something out of nothing” is the famous quote from the case. For all the proceedings from that case, you can go here. But the main point is that the Justice (of the Peace) held that the bank could not foreclose on the house in question, as the loan it had created was not valid consideration.
Justice Mahoney then held that the bank could not appeal the decision, as it failed to pay the $2 court fee for lodging such an appeal. Amusingly, the bank had paid this fee, but had done so in the same fiat currency that was previously held to be worthless, thus invalidating their payment!
Justice Mahoney died in a fishing accident after giving his decision. His precedent was not followed.
You may be wondering how on earth is all this relevant to the latest development out of the gold and metal market.
Well, to understand the concerns that people have, you have to understand the history. Now, on to the more recent developments.
Precious metals trader Andrew Maguire informed the commodities trading regulator, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), that there was substantial manipulation of the metals market occurring on a regular basis. For example, he alleges that by purchasing Bear Stearns, JP Morgan had gained control of the precious metals market and was using this control to make significant profits. Other savvy metals traders caught on and simply hung on for the ride.
The CFTC didn’t seem particularly interested in his claims, so Maguire gave them several predictions, based on the manipulations that metals traders expected. Those predictions were completely accurate, but the CFTC simply stated that it was investigating, as it had previously done.
Imagine the police had an informer telling them that a rape would occur, when it would occur and who was going to be the perpetrator and the victim, but they merely watch it happen and then “investigate”. That is what the CFTC did.
Andrew Maguire was thoroughly annoyed at this point and went to GATA, the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee. GATA has campaigned to expose such market manipulation for many years. The organisation is frequently ridiculed by the mainstream press. But with Maguire’s claims it is now apparently armed with the credible witness it needs.
Representatives from GATA appeared at a CFTC hearing, armed with their new whistle blower’s information, and promptly blew the commodity regulator’s committee out of the water. Unfortunately, the camera filming the testimony happened to break shortly before the GATA chairman began speaking. It began working again shortly after he had finished.
Andrew Maguire, the whistleblower, was recently subject to a hit and run traffic accident. All major media organisations have cancelled their scheduled interviews with GATA. The press is not covering the developments.
It has since emerged that the London Bullion Market trades on 100 to 1 leverage, meaning that for every ounce of real gold, there are 100 ounces of paper gold being traded. If, or when, people try to take delivery, there could be a dramatic shortage, leading to a huge spike in the gold price.
Some have estimated the size of the fraud to number in the trillions.
[Editors note: Please take the time to inform yourself of developments in this story. Only a fraction of it was covered here.]
These two interviews are a good place to start:
Interview with the whistle blower and a GATA representative
Interview with the GATA board and the whistle blower
Nickolai Hubble
for The Daily Reckoning Australia
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Investors are digging at the key levels on U.S. Australian indices. Let’s see if they can defend their territorial gains. Or if they have overshot already and will be forced to retreat.
Enthusiasm for the war on Dow 12,000 was dampened in America when the Labor Department revealed that new jobless claims were up by 24,000 thousand last week. This shows us that the changes in America’s job market are structural, not cyclical. When you off-shore your manufacturing base, Wal-Mart becomes your largest employer and average wages fall (as they have been, in real terms, since 1974).
But Australia doesn’t have anything to worry about, does it? China’s GDP grew by 11.9% in the first quarter, according to figures published yesterday. You can see the immediate local effect of that China boom in Gloucester Coal’s announcement that in secured a 100% rise in coking coal prices from its Asian customers. This theme – coking coal – was one Dr. Alex Cowie recently wrote about in Diggers and Drillers, although Gloucester was not the stock he recommended to take advantage of the high prices.
Is there anything alarming in the China data? Well, maybe. The National Bureau of Statistics reported that real estate prices rose 11.7% in March year-over-year. Hey…that’s not a bad month is it? And it followed February’s year-over-year gain of 10.7%.
Nah….no chance that there’s a real estate and fixed asset bubble in China fuelling demand for Aussie resources is there?
Meanwhile, back in New South Shanghai, Kevin Rudd is doing his best to collaborate with his partners/overlords in Beijing. The Daily Telegraph reports that the Rudd government will offer a savings scheme designed to boost the deposits of the Big Four banks, cutting the need – often cited in this space – of funding new mortgage lending from foreign borrowing.
This would inflate, or at least maintain, the Ruddbubble in Australian housing.
To be fair, the article did not exactly describe the scheme in precisely those terms. It said investors will qualify for a special savings rate if they agree to “lock up” the money for a longer period of time. It’s designed to promote a culture of saving in Australia, which wouldn’t be a bad thing.
But, in theory, locking your money up in a high-yield savings account exposes you to the ravages of inflation. In addition, it negates one of the chief benefits of being in cash to begin with – liquidity. It’s nice to have your own money to do with as you please whenever you choose. Perhaps the simpler reform would be to not tax interest earned on savings at 50%.
Don’t hold your breath, though. Governments everywhere are in money-scrounging mode. How else are they going to pay for $300,000 bar tabs (although, to be fair, if we had to implement the foreign policy of a government that didn’t realise it was bankrupt, we might need a drink too). Keep in mind that when you work for a for profit business, these kinds of expenses are simply verboten in a recession. But if you’re working on the public dime, have another whiskey brother!
Maybe the Feds are toasting their own success in saving the world from itself (or capitalism from itself, as the critique goes). But not so fast! Global curmudgeon and policy fix-it man George Soros says that the old problem – too much corporate and private sector debt – has been replaced by a new problem – too much public sector debt.
In remarks reported by The Economist, Soros told a dinner audience that, “The success in bailing out the system on the previous occasion led to a superbubble, except that in 2008 we used the same methods.” By ‘methods’ we assume he means the process of paying down old debt by taking on new debt (otherwise known as Ponzi finance).
“Unless we learn the lessons, that markets are inherently unstable and that stability needs to be the objective of public policy, we are facing a yet larger bubble….We have added to the leverage by replacing private credit with sovereign credit and increasing national debt by a significant amount.”
It is not just the total amount of debt that presents the long-term problem. It’s the cost of servicing that debt. Returning back to our friends at the Bank of International Settlements we produce a chart from their paper. It shows that adding to the public debt imposes a major burden on the economy and becomes an even larger percentage of GDP the further you go out in time.
Granted, thirty years is a long time. No one even knows what’s going to happen tomorrow. But the issue here is that the reliance on debt (especially short-term, interest rate sensitive debt) makes an economy even more unstable in the way Soros described. This is different, and worse, than the natural state of volatility in free markets. But we’ll get to that in second.
The BIS paper authors write that “When a country starts from an already high level of public debt, the probability that a given shock will trigger unstable debt dynamics is higher. The risk is increased when public debt is already on a steep upward trajectory, as is it is now in several countries.”
But Australia? The May federal budget may show a smaller future debt and deficit than expected, thanks to the rebound in export prices and the strong terms of trade Australia currently enjoys. But as we’ve pointed out, the health of government “revenues” depends to a large degree on property and China. And those are pretty slender reeds to lean on.
What Australia has going for it is that the public debt as a percentage of GDP is small, relatively speaking. What it doesn’t have going for it is that the government is increasing its role in the economy and committing more money to long-term programs on what could be really bad assumptions about the cost of borrowing and the regularity of national income. And to repeat, the country is a net capital importer.
But hey, someone else can figure out what to do about all that in the next election cycle. And somebody else can worry about paying it off later. The Soros emphasis on public policy – and the way in which it is embarrassed at a deep level of belief in Australia – seems sensible. But it’s a kind of well-meaning idiocy.
By the way, ifyou don’t like disussions on liberty and the proper role of government in regulating society, you’ll want to give the rest of today’s DR a miss. But if you’re in for that sort of thing…read on.
We’re going to paint with a broad brush and say most well-meaning government interventions in public and private life are designed to promote equality of outcome, social justice, or reduce the seeming unfairness and volatility of life in market economy.
But have you ever wondered if, in the earnest attempt to eliminate risk in our society (financial, physical, emotional), we’re actually make people less safe and society more inherently risky?
Wear your seat belt. Don’t binge drink. Don’t drive too fast. Be politically correct. Be tolerant. Be diverse. Be multi-cultural. All these commandments coming down from the Nanny State on high are given to use presumably because we are too stupid or unthinking to look out for ourselves, or too unsensitive to the feelings of self-worth held by others.
We won’t eat right unless told what to eat or invest enough to provide for our retirement unless compelled to. And in the world would be better, in the words of principal Skinner, “If nobody was better than anybody else and everybody was the best.”
But what if all this bullying, nonsense, nannying, and government coercion is eroding the very healthy and natural ability to identify and manage risk? We’d argue that in nature, the ability to identify risk promotes survival. The amygdala – that tiny part of our brain that controls the fight or flight instinct – is evolution’s way of keeping us on our toes. It reminds us that in the tens of thousands of years human history, the margin between life and death has been pretty small.
Over most of human history, people haven’t had surplus time or energy to think about what to do with surplus, quantitatively or qualitatively. You spent most of your time surviving and finding food. And this pursuit, knowing what to fear was probably your most important survival skill.
But we live in a world of profound and seemingly endless abundance and surplus today. It’s a product of the division of labour (which has been so successful most people don’t even know what it is), cheap energy, and cheap credit. We’d argue that all of these things have dangerously dulled our sense of risk and exaggerated our expectations of what to expect from life, each other, and our public institutions.
Wealth, material wealth anyway, is a product of surplus. And surplus is another way of saying profit. It means combining raw materials, labour, and your talent to make the whole worth more than the sum of the parts.
In this respect – by communicating accurate prices so people can make informed decisions about what to buy and sell – the free market delivers extraordinary outcomes. It unleashes the sheer productive capacities of millions of people who do completely unpredictable and unplannable things with their life that no central committee could possibly organise.
The trade off for such an open system that produces so much surplus, choice, and income mobility is instability and relative inequality. Unless you are in a rocking chair, you can’t really be moving and staying put at the same time. But for some reason, some people find this instability – a natural feature of a dynamic system – threatening. They want to freeze things and give up growth and change for the sake of predictability and security, which they would choose as personal goals.
To be fair, change freaks some people out. To be ideological, the people (usually in government) opposed to the instability of the free market just don’t like what other people choose to do with their economic liberty. They find prosperity morally vulgar and are offended by obvious inequality – failing to see that free markets have elevated all people everywhere to standards of living that would have been unimaginable even 100 years ago.
One possible explanation is that the meddling central planners of the world are just egomaniacs who get off on telling other people how to live. More worrying is that these people actually believe they are right and that someone should have the role of regulating, with the power of the State to coerce, how people behave in the minutest detail.
That’s not to say – and we’re winding up our rant here – that you can’t have good government. But we’d say it would be much smaller and less morally ambitious than today’s institution. Today’s big government exists for the sake of perpetuating itself. It’s finding that harder and harder to do as it sucks up – and eventually kills – the lifeblood of the productive economy, taxes in the form of suplus on personal and corporate incomes.
Mind you none of this is in defence of the predatory financial capitalism run by Washington and Wall Street oligarchs that’s been masquerading as the free market. As Ron Paul correctly pointed out last week, the current system is more accurately described as “corporatist” in which the banks, the defence contractors and corporations of size (to use a PC term) lobby, cajole, and generally purchase favourable laws from legislators (on the right and left) that are themselves bought and paid for.
Frankly, the whole thing could use a little creative destruction. And no matter how badly its defenders (like Bernanke) fight for it, the system is inherently fraudulent and wasteful of resources and capital.
And in addition to that, it’s just ethically offensive. We won’t miss it or mourn it when it’s gone. As we mentioned last week, we don’t encourage people to get involved with that political system at all. It’s like snogging with a vampire. We’d urge you to deprive that system of your time, talents, and creative energies.
The best defence of liberty begins with financial independence. And taking care of your own money and your own life is something you don’t need to go to the ballot box to do. And you don’t have to take anyone else’s money either. It also puts you in the position of helping people you really can help – your friends, family, and neighbours.
So why isn’t financial independence the highest calling in public life? Hmmn. Granted, a high material standard of living is not the same thing as a high quality of life. And we’d even say that spiritually, there are more important things. But it’s something to think about over the weekend.
Returning to the markets, for investors, we’d continue to sound the warning: be ‘ware the lofty indices. Be vigilant with your trailing stops and stop losses. And enjoy the weekend!
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ZP28-6A / 9A Pneumatic Automatic Full Range Tension Plastic Strapping Tool
Powerful tension, Max. 350Kgs (3500N) for heavy duty plastic strapping jobs.
NEW FEATURES:
l Enhanced motor structure advanced both tension and sealing performances.
l Enhanced structure of worm and worm wheel to accelerate tension speed.
l More precise and easier adjustment on Tension Force Adjustment Valve.
l Faster and shorter Sealing Time from 0 up to 4.8 seconds.
l New feeder wheel, strapping grippers and tension arm assure stable tension force.
l Lighter product weight.
SPECIFICATION FOR ZP28-6A:
l Suitable for polyester (PET) or Polypropylene ( PP)
l Strap width: 13mm ( 1/2” ) to16mm (5/8” )
l Strap thickness : PET 0.55-1.27mm ( .022 – .05 inches )
PP 0.75mm- 1.27mm ( .029- .05 inches )
l Air hose requirement: minimum 1/4” I.D. (Coupling, mountings and
fittings must not fall below this )
l Air pressure requirement: minimum 6 bar (6Kg/cm² / 87 PSI) up to 7 bar (7kg/ cm²/ 101.50 PSI )
l Sealing time adjustment : 0-4.8 seconds.
l Sealing efficiency : 85+ – 5%
Max. strap thickness 1.27mm ( 0.05”) is allowed. However, a changeover of blade ( part no. 2885 ) is required.
ZP28-9A is also available for 16 & 19 mm strap width ( 5/8 & 3/4 inches )
You are highly welcomed to contact ZAPAK team for your interest in testing the above new version unit.
ADI in Sheffield Village, Ohio has designed and built innovative custom machine systems for industrial applications for more than 50 years. Their latest problem-solving design, a de-burring system that removes burrs from hobbed gears, was constructed using a series of drive platforms.
The Application
For the de-burring system to succeed, ADI required a linear motion technology that could perform under 50,000 lbs of load in a dirty, industrial machine-tool work area. De-burring is the process of removing burrs, or excess material, from large gears (70-120” in diameter). Eventually, these gears will be used as the driving mechanism for applications such as crane turn tables and energy efficient wind turbines.
The de-burring machine rotates the gear through the robotic grinding station, then through each brushing station for an assured, smooth end-product. Excess material not removed, could result in noise, binding and installation problems. Three drive platforms as well as the robot and brush stations, riding on PBC linear bearing system, adjust to the locations for various sizes of geared rings.
The Problem
50,000 lbs of load and harsh environment restricted what technology ADI could use for linear motion. Ball-bearing systems would deteriorate with vibration and spall shafting under the heavy load. Excess dirt, dust and particulate can collect in the ball cages, resulting in stalling and catastrophic failure. The drive platforms, though very important to adjust for different gear sizes, are seldom used for day-to-day functions; thus requiring a linear system that needs little lubrication.
The Solution
For this application, ADI favored plane bearing technology due to its ability to thrive in contaminated environments and sustain even disbursement of forces versus the small point of contact provided by ball-bearings. Additionally, the bearings need to prevent stick-slip, a common problem to bearing systems which are not routinely in motion. Simplicity® plane bearings require little to no upkeep maintenance, excel in harsh environments and handle heavy load applications. This is due to the bearings’ design and FrelonGold® liner. Simplicity® bearings can run for years under constant or intermittent use. The low friction, self-lubricating system requires no additional grease or oil (as long as application is within design criteria)–providing a reliable, smooth and long-lasting linear motion system!
High temperature, high force & high precision
Thermomechanical analysis is a widely used tool to investigate expansion, shrinkage or softening of samples as a function of temperature under a defined load. Main focus is the determination of the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of polymers, composites, metals, ceramics and glasses.
The newly developed TMA 402 Hyperion® accommodates specimens up to 30 mm long, whose thermomechanical properties can be investigated under a force of up to 3 N. A built-in force sensor ensures that forces can be reliably adjusted with mN-accuracy. Everything is completely software-controlled.
A Variety of Application Fields:
Its flexibility and the wide range of different measurement possibilities make the TMA 402 Hyperion® the instrument of choice in countless application fields:
– Analysis of the glass transition and softening point
– Characterization of visco-elastic properties of polymers
– Optimization of sintering processes of ceramics
“Electromechanics for tomorrow’s world” is the motto of the Schaltbau GmbH presentation at the Hanover Trade Fair. The main emphasis is on the generation of energy from renewable sources, electro-mobility and automation for special requirements. For more information visit Hall 11, Stand D27 at the Fair, or www.schaltbau-gmbh.com.
The railway sector and floor conveyor technology have been banking on Schaltbau products for years now. But the battery contactors and charging connections in particular are also suitable for electro-mobility on the road. A further field of application for Schaltbau products is renewable energy. There is already a snap-action switch installed in the brakes of a wind park. Contactors are used in central power inverters in photovoltaic power stations. The third theme at the Hanover Fair is automation. Schaltbau products are used particularly in situations in which the safety level of a plant is high, or the operating conditions are very rugged. This includes extremes of temperature, under-water applications and very dusty surroundings. The S850 double NC snap-action switch, for instance, meets the requirements of the new Machine Directive 2006/42/EC, which came into force at the end of 2009. Plug connectors by Schaltbau, such as the DN series and the M1 Plus, are particularly suitable for use in rugged conditions. Appropriately, the M1 is installed in a sewage plant.
Precise measurements despite oscillations and vibrations
Legal regulations such as the National legal for trade requirements (German abbreviation FPV) ensure the stated amounts are really inside the packing. Modern checkweighers check use either random sampling or a 100% check to find out if the stated amounts are undercut or exceeded. Depending on production speed and external interference effects, considerable requirements are placed on the checkweighers to do just that. For example, if a production plant is exposed to strong vibrations caused by wind or a tram passing by the building, the measurement values are falsified, rendering them useless. A great deal of expertise is required to make sure checkweighers supply reliable results despite such environmental influences.
ZP24-6X Battery powered LIGHT DUTY TENSION combination strapping tool
ƒÜ ¡§3 Year Warranty¡¨ on Brushless Motor and Smart ECU ( Electronic Control Unit)
Ć Adjustable tension from 15 kg up to 80 kg ( PP ) and 20kg up to 120 kg (PET)
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Ć Automatic tension. Automatic friction welding and cutting. No metal seals required.
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Ć 14.4V 3.0Ah NiMH high capacity rechargeable battery.
Ć BOSCH 30 minutes charger.
Ć Optional hanger reduces operational fatigue.
Ć Specifications :
*suitable for polyester ( PET) or Polypropylene (PP)
*Strap width : PP 9mm-16mm ( 3/8¡¨-5/8 ¡§ ) ,PET 9mm-13mm (3/8¡¨-1/2¡¨)
*Strap thickness :PP 0.55mm ¡V 0.80mm ( 0.022¡¨- 0.03¡¨ )
PET 0.45mm -0.60mm (0.018¡¨ ¡V 0.024¡¨ )
*Sealing efficiency : 90 +-5%
Proven – and can be used in many different applications
Stapling is a proven technology that has been formed
one element of connective technology for many years now: stapling with a counter-anvil, stapling without a counter-anvil with and without clamp systems for blind stapling and nailing with staples.
As well as carton closures, MEZGER supplies a wideranging
palette of innovative potential applications in industrial manufacturing.
New developments make stable and durable connections
of very different materials possible in a simple and cost-effective manner.
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Advantages
– Stable and durable connections
– Connection of very different materials
(including cardboard, pasteboard, wood, plastic,
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– Impervious to the effects of the weather
(such as temperature, humidity and salt water)
– Theft-proofing through the sealing effect
(as staples that have been removed and
replaced are clearly identifiable)
– Complicated manufacturing processes, such
as pre-drilling, cleaning, thread-cutting and
the like are unnecessary
– Simple and cost-effective
Marposs Thruvar 8 gage mounted inside the workhead spindle measures plunge ground workpiece internal diameters (ID). allowing easy access for workpiece load/unload. The gage features a Quick setup mechanism to reduce setup time to less than 30 seconds. also minimizing part changeover costs.
The Thruvar 8 measures workpiece inner diameter as the part is ground. and the measurement of workpiece size is monitored in realtime.
Morse LNC Delrin Chain Couplings Available in Two Series N400 + N600
Features:-
• Corrosion Resistant – Where corrosion is a problem – Delrin Couplings are a must.
• Pollution-Free Couplings – A neat way to keep things clean.
• Economical – Cost less to install and maintain.
• No Lubrication – No dirt catching problems with grease.
• Quiet – Runs quieter than metal couplings.
• Safe – Smooth outer surface of Delrin Chain
• Where corrosion is normally a problem from atmospheric conditions.
• For food processing, textile and other machinery which avoids the use of oil or grease.
• For the safety feature of the smooth outer surface without a cover.
• For centrifugal pumps and steady load applications.
Available with minimum plain bore, finished bore with standard keyway and setscrew, or TL taper bore.
Morse Delrin Chain Couplings for Applications up to 5000 RPM and from Fractional to 45kW
N400 Series 1/2 ” pitch chain- 2 through 21kW
Available from stock with minimum plain bore, TL taper bore or bored to suit.
N600 Series 3/4 ” pitch chain – 1.1 through 45kW
Available from stock with minimum plain bore, TL taper bore or bored to suit.
Eco Factor: Sustainable house powered by solar energy.
Bridge Development Corp. has unveiled the designs of the world’s smallest sustainable house that can comfortably accommodate a family of four. Dubbed Nano Living Systems, the prefabricated house is equipped with SIPs and ready for solar panels, a green roof and rainwater harvesting systems.
Eco Factor: Zero-emission vehicle powered by electric engine.
Renault has unveiled the final designs of its upcoming all-electric vehicle, the Fluence Z.E., which makes use of technology from the company’s Japanese partner Nissan. The company is claiming that the all-electric vehicle will have the same cost of ownership as a conventional diesel-powered vehicle.
For some reason, and nobody knows exactly why, the healing process for open wounds can be sped up by applying suction to them under a tightly-sealed bandage. The negative pressure this creates has been benefiting patients for decades but because mechanical pumps are expensive and they need a constant electricity supply the technology is not readily available, often where it is needed most – in the developing world. A newly developed basic negative pressure pump that doesn’t require electricity, is cheap to manufacture, lightweight to transport and can be left in place for days could change that…
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We all know bottled water is bad, but sometimes you may find yourself in a situation where thirst demands you buy a bottle rather than sip off a dirty gas station bathroom sink. Fortunately, companies like renewal premium spring water – ‘The Eco-friendly water bottle’, environmentally friendly bottles made from plants offer consumers a choice.
As families are increasingly moving to a more sustainable lifestyle
the bottled water industry is quickly trying to adapt to stay
relevant. This $11 billion business actually declined slightly in
2009 and there was a flurry of activity among traditional beverage
companies to try and adapt. PepsiCo introduced Eco-Fina with 50
percent less plastic. Coke introduced a “plant bottle” which actually
still contains 80% plastic from crude oil and Nestle introduced
Re-source made from 25% recycled plastic. The reality is that plastic
is still derived from crude oil and takes up to 1000 years to break
down naturally.Other brands like ‘re:newal premium spring water’ are taking a
completely different approach to change the business but introducing a
plant bottle made entirely from corn. The resin (known as PLA) is made
completely from plants and can be returned to the earth in its natural
state. re:newal is one of a small group of companies using this
material and re:newal is unique in combing natural spring water with a
100% biodegradable bottle and label.
The only unfortunate thing about this bottled water (besides being bottled water) is that the facility is located in Florida. In an ideal world, the few times we find we need bottled water, we would have options to purchase petroleum-free plastic bottles holding locally sourced water. The transportation of water across the country certainly bears a heavy carbon footprint and must be considered.
Disclosure: I was sent free samples of these products to review. No prior assurances were given as to whether the review be positive or negative.
