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The production of static electricity in electronics manufacturing is inevitable. But electro-static discharge (ESD) can damage components, resulting in rework, repair and recall.

– Non toxic
– Complete range for all applications
– Ready to use dilutions as well as concentrates

– For use on all glass surfaces around the office and assembly areas including monitors, test equipment and anti-glare filters
– Non-smearing
– Non-flammable, alcohol free
– Safe to use on all coated glass
– Use with AAC100

PCC1000 is Kyland’s solution for IEEE1588 clock convertor. As a PTP (Precision Time Protocol) terminal in a precise synchronization network, it is calibrated by the standard timing system and assures the precise synchronization clock to all downlink IEDs and devices. It can support 1 100Base-FX or 1 100Base-TX input, 2 PPS outputs, and 1 IRIG-B outputs.Its fanless ribbed casing design and ability to handle a wide range of temperatures ensure high reliability in extreme industrial environments. Based on Kyvision3.0, CLI, WEB interface, it offers concentrative management.

Features
1. As the PTP (Precision Time Protocol) terminal in a precise synchronization network, it is calibrated by the standard timing system, and assures that all downlink IEDs and devices are synchronized with the main clock precisely.
2. Support 2 PPS(Pulse per Second) clock outputs, 1 IRIG-B clock output, and 1 100Base-TX or 1 100Base-FX clock input.
3. Support GPS time synchronization, support PPS clock and IRIG-B clock.
4. Support IEEE1588 v1/v2, BC(Boundary Clock), TC-E2E(E2E Transparent Clock), TC-P2P(P2P Transparent Clock).
5. Support hardware setting and getting timestamp in the physical layer.
6. Support G.8261 synchronous Ethernet.
7. Support CLI, TELNET, WEB, SNMP V1/V2 management functions.
8. Support network topology automatic generating, and centralized web management.
9. Device basic information and system running information query.
10. Necessary data port protection circuit meeting the requirements of industrial level 4.
11. EMI immunity exceeds industrial level 4 being adaptive to the harsh EMI environment.
12. Abundant power supply options, able to provide dual redundant power supply
13. Relay alarm output port with power loss alarming function
14. Uniform network management software of SICOM series: Kyvision3.0
15. Ribbed Alumnium heat disspension (patent), fanless design
16. Operating temperature: -40 to 85°C(-40 to 185°F)
17. DIN-rail or wall mounting
18. IP40 protection class

Namiki Precision Jewel Co.Ltd. launches Outer diameter 4 mm miniature size brushless gearmotor, model:SBL04-08-series.

These motors are the micro size with the diameter outer diameter 4mm
with a wide variety of reduction ratios as planetary gear head.
1.SBL04-0829PG337 OD 4 x 17.4 mm,
+ Stall torque 10.6 mNm,
+ No load speed 80 rpm
+ DC 3V
2.SBL0404-0229PG79 OD 4 x 16.2mm,
+ Stall torque 2.92 mNm
+ No load speed 345 rpm
+ DC3V

3.SBL04-0829PG18 OD 4 x 15mm,
+ Stall torque 0.8 mNm
+ No load speed 1470 rpm
+ DC3V

4.SBL04-0829PG4.3 OD 4 x13.8mm
+ Stall torque 0.8 mNm
+ No load speed 6300 rpm
+ DC3V

This motor is suitable for the actuator of micro robot,analysis
equipment and electrical valve.

INTEGRA has announced the introduction of the Voyager ™ adjustable spacing pipettor

Available now with six, eight or twelve channels the new Voyager™ electronic pipettors feature a revolutionary mechanism that alters tip spacing at the press of a button. Voyager incorporates a small motor that moves the center-to-center tip spacing quickly and smoothly at any point in a protocol, all with one hand. Users can preset up to three distinct tip spacings to accommodate almost any labware vessels. Voyager Tip spacing is adjustable from 4.5mm to 19.5mm.

All Voyager pipettors share the same easy-to-use Touch Wheel™ controller from the award winning Viaflo® pipettors, with intuitive programming and the industry’s first full-color display. Also, all Voyager pipettors are designed to utilize Viaflo Griptips. As a result, individuals can pipette without ever having a tip loosen and leak or fall off. A total of eight Voyager models are now available in volume ranges from 0.5ul to 1250ul. This unique product now allows users to easy work between 24, 48, 96, 384 cell culture and assay plates, tube racks, sample storage gel electrophoresis boxes and many additional labware formats.

INTEGRA is a leading provider of high-quality laboratory tools for liquid handling, media preparation, sterilization and cell cultivation. The entire organization is committed to creating innovative solutions which fulfil the needs of our customers in research, diagnostics and quality control within the life science markets and medical industry.

INTEGRA, comprising INTEGRA Biosciences AG and the Viaflo Corporation, maintains a worldwide network of over 90 independent highly trained distribution partners. INTEGRA Biosciences AG is headquartered in Zizers, Switzerland; Viaflo Corporation is located in Hudson, NH, USA.

For further information on the productivity gains achievable with Voyager please contact INTEGRA Biosciences AG on telephone +41-81-286-9530 or by email [email protected]. In the USA please contact Viaflo Corporation on telephone +1-603-578-5800 or by email [email protected].

Ishida Europe has extended its range of solutions for the weighing and packing of fresh, sticky products with the introduction of a new range of ‘Screw Feed’ multihead weighers, which allows the fully automatic handling of these types of products for the first time.

The new multihead weighers are particularly ideal for meat, poultry, fish and seafood, which cannot be moved by feeder vibration, or where manual product feeding is not economically viable.

Because of the very sticky nature of these products, most current weighing systems are either manual or based on a linear design that relies on operators to direct and control the supply and flow of product. The Ishida Screw Feed design, by comparison, utilises the familiar circular multihead weigher layout but incorporates unique rotating corkscrews to replace the traditionally used radial feed troughs. The use of these screws provides a powerful, controlled and fully automatic product feed to the pool and weigh hoppers.

Ishida has developed two screw feeder models. The first features 3 litre, stepper motor driven anti-stick metal hoppers and is particularly suitable for larger target weights and larger piece size applications, including on-the-bone products. It has a top speed of 80wpm.

The second version incorporates 1.5 litre pneumatic driven plastic scraper hoppers with a maximum speed of 60 wpm.

Both models incorporate the unique calculation processing software of the Ishida R-Series multihead weighers. Ishida says they will easily double packing speeds for the stickiest products, while significantly reducing giveaway thanks to their outstanding accuracy

As a result, weighing speeds and accuracy show an improvement of approximately 20% compared with the best linear weighing systems, says the company.

A user-friendly Remote Control Unit (RCU) allows ease of set up and changeovers to minimise downtime, and provides detailed production information.

“The new Screw Feed multihead weigher range is another innovative approach to fresh food weighing,” explains Paul Griffin, Ishida Europe’s Marketing Director.

“In particular, the machines are ideal for the dedicated weighing of two or three products. It means we now offer the widest variety of weighing solutions for fresh products, enabling us to tailor our equipment to meet individual customer requirements.”

Fabco-Air offers the next generation series of pneumatic crimping tools that will dramatically lower your total installed cost and increase the overall quality level of the installation. These pneumatic crimping tools are designed for joining PEX plumbing connections, splicing aircraft control cables and wire rope assemblies.

Available as hand-held or bench-mounted units, these automate the crimp installation process by crimping faster, neater and producing uniformly repeatable, reliable connections, time after time with less operator fatigue.

Custom jaws available as specials. Consult our engineering department today!

Bulletin FCT-JY07 can be downloaded at:
http://www.fabco-air.com/pdf/crimp-FCT-J407.pdf

Still don’t see what you want? No problem. Fabco-Air has a fully equipped machine shop and staff of engineers ready to help you build the special solution you need, so you can build the business you want.

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High-speed automatic rising barrier especially designed for access control in public and private parking lots as well as industrial sites. The G89E barrier has been developed to ensure an economical vehicle access control for lanes up to twelve (12) feet, while providing dependable efficient control and safe every day use.

Description:

1. Housing made of folded and welded 10-gauge steel sheet.
2. Lateral door for easy access to mechanism.
3. Wooden 1” x 4” pine arm painted with red reflective stripes.
4. Optioanl rectangular aluminum arm up to 12′.
5. Electromechanical assembly including:

– Available in 120 or 220V AC, 50 or 60 Hz. (220V AC, outside North America only).
– Lubricated speed reduction gearbox with worm screw.
– Primary transmission by pulleys and V-belt.
– Crankshaft-rod device ensuring smooth, progressive operation.
– Low voltage limit switches for maximum life and reliability.
– Auxiliary monitoring contacts supplied for detectors and gate arm position.
– Easily adjustable limit switches with mechanical and controller overrun protection.
– Barrier arm shaft mounted on two pillow blocks with welded arm support.
– Auxiliary vend outputs for door, gate operators.
– Built-in 500W Forced air heater.

6. Traditional solid state plugin or optional 10 IO PLC Controller (See G89PLC PDF Version)
7. Barrier anchoring by means of expanding bolts or threaded rods, thus allowing easy alignment with road-way (anchoring means available as option, to be defined depending on the type of ground). Fits over existing G89E bolt patterns.
8. Seam welded cabinet is constructed from 10 gauge galvanized steel with polyester powdered finish for superior corrosion resistance.
9. Dimensions: Approximately 42” Height x 15” Wide x 15” Deep

Technical Characteristics:

– Shaft output left or right, to be specified with order.
– Standard power supply 120V AC single phase ( ±8%).
– Frequency 50-60HZ.
– Reversing Motor 1/3 HP – 1625 RPM.
– Operating time 2 -4 seconds depending on arm length.
– Worm screw type life lubricated gearbox.
– Run timer, safety edge timer, auto close timer (jumper enabled).
– Operating Temp. –35° to +70° C.(-31° to 150°F)
– Net weight from 90 to 96 Kg (200-215Lbs), (arm included) depending on arm length.

Available Options:

– Wooden gate arm 4m (12′) or Aluminum arms4m (10-12ft). Articulating arms & Titan Flex arms.
– Push button controller, RF receiver, extrasensory or contact safety edge, internal access controller.
– Vehicle presence detector (three slots available).
– 10 IO controller.

Visitors to the Autosport International show at Birmingham’s NEC had the opportunity to get a taste of the Caterham Drive Experience. According to Caterham, there have been over 2,000 members of the public who took the indoor drift course with a professional driver at the helm of a Caterham Seven.

Caterham Drive Experience, which usually takes place at the UK’s top race circuits, like Silverstone and Brands Hatch, was made possible thanks to a partnership with Comma.

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Todd Woddy has an article in the New York Times on solar thermal power plants using biomass to generate power around the clock – Solar and Biomass Plants to Work in Tandem in China. A longer version can be found at Grist.

China’s plans to build 2,000 megawatts of solar thermal power using technology from a California company, eSolar, will also include the construction of biomass power plants to generate electricity when the sun sets.

The solar and biomass plants will share turbines and other infrastructure, reducing the projects’ cost and allowing around-the-clock electricity production, according to Bill Gross, eSolar’s chairman.

“That supercharges the economics of solar,” said Mr. Gross in a telephone interview, noting that the addition of biomass generation will allow power plants to operate at 90 percent of capacity.

Under terms of the deal announced Saturday in Beijing, eSolar will license its “power tower” technology to Penglai Electric, which will manage the construction of the power plants over the next decade.

Another Chinese company, the China Shaanxi Yulin Huayang New Energy Company, will own and operate the first projects to be built in the 66-square-mile Yulin Energy Park in northern China.

A local shrub grown in the surrounding region to fight desertification, called the sand willow, will supply fuel for the biomass power plants, according to Penglai Electric.

“It’s an economical use of a resource that’s already in place,” said Nathaniel Bullard, a solar analyst with Bloomberg New Energy Finance, a research and consulting firm. “That’s a very savvy move, rather than attach an energy storage system to the solar project.”

(A 107-megawatt project in California being developed by a Portuguese developer plans to use a similar biomass hybrid solar design.)

As The Times’ Keith Bradsher pointed out in his story, one issue with solar power plants in China is the large amount of land they require.

Eric Wang, a spokesman for Penglai Electric, wrote in an e-mail message that the relatively small footprint of an eSolar plant compared with other solar technologies proved attractive to the Chinese developer of the $5 billion project.

Things are looking up for DJ Pauly D. New York Post insiders claim that manager Larry Rudolph — best known for discovering pop star Britney Spears more than 10 years ago — has taken on the well-gelled mixmaster from MTV’s controversial reality smash Jersey Shore as a new client.

Speaking of Pauly D, the aspiring spinner and his Shore co-star, Jenni “J-Woww” Farley, hosted a party at McFadden Bar in Washington on Tuesday night.

We have a thing for bottle openers. They’re such a simple tool, and yet they come in such fun, random, and fascinating designs! Here are a few of our favorites that we’ve recently seen and coveted. Do you have a favorite quirky bottle opener of your own?

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"A commitment to human rights starts with universal standards and with holding everyone accountable to those standards, including ourselves… When injustice anywhere is ignored, justice everywhere is denied. Acknowledging and remedying mistakes does not make us weaker, it reaffirms the strengths of our principles and institutions."

Not Amnesty International’s words, but those of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last month in an address on the Obama administration’s "Human Rights Agenda for the 21stCentury". – Accountability, she said, was elemental to the administration’s approach, and it was under this principle that President Barack Obama had ordered an end to CIA torture and closure of the Guantánamo detention facility.

While Secretary Clinton’s words are welcome, the fact is that a year into the new administration, almost 200 individuals remain detained without fair trial at the Guantánamo prison camp, and accountability and remedy for the human rights violations committed against these and other detainees in what the USA previously called the "war on terror" remain more myth than reality.

It is nearly eight years, for example, since Abu Zubaydah was arrested in Pakistan. He was hidden away in secret CIA custody for the first four and a half years, subjected to torture and enforced disappearance, crimes under international law for which no-one has been brought to justice. For the past three years he has been in Guantánamo, still held without charge or access to remedy. The Obama administration continues to resist disclosure of what happened to him and others held in secret CIA custody.

Information which the administration had wanted to keep classified emerged in federal court earlier this month in the case of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, namely that he had been subjected to "enhanced interrogation techniques" for 14 hours over five days at some point in secret CIA custody.

In its written briefing to the court, the Obama administration argued that its predecessor had "justifiably" treated Ghailani as an "intelligence asset" rather than a criminal defendant, despite a pre-existing indictment in US federal court against him at the time of his arrest in Pakistan in 2004.

It added that the Bush administration had made the "entirely reasonable" decision to continue to hold Ghailani without charge as an "enemy combatant". Ahmed Ghailani was held in secret CIA custody for two years, and in Guantánamo for nearly three more years, before being transferred to New York for trial in June 2009. No one has been brought to account for the human rights violations perpetrated against him.

The impunity goes well beyond abuses in the CIA programme. Shortly before President Obama took office, for example, the Bush administration’s Convening Authority for military commissions confirmed that Saudi Arabian national Mohamed al Qahtani had been tortured in military custody at Guantánamo. Despite this admission, a year later, with Mohamed al Qahtani still held without charge in Guantánamo, no criminal investigation is known to have been opened into the torture allegations.

Earlier this month, a US federal judge found "credible" the allegations that Yemeni national Musa’ab al Madhwani had been subjected to acts amounting to torture and other ill-treatment in a secret US facility in Kabul before his transfer to Guantánamo where he remains detained without charge more than seven years later.

What accountability will there be for this abuse? None, it would seem, unless the current administration has a rethink about whether accountability and adherence to the USA’s international human rights obligations will truly be among its governing principles.

In litigation implicating the USA’s international obligations to ensure accountability and remedy for past human rights violations, the Obama administration has all too often adopted a stance that promotes impunity and blocks remedy. For example, in its first year it has:

• invoked the state secrets privilege to seek dismissal of a lawsuit brought by five detainees for the human rights violations, including crimes under international law, they say they were subjected to in the CIA "rendition" programme;
• opposed a lawsuit brought by four UK nationals for the torture and arbitrary detention to which they say they were subjected in Guantánamo, the administration arguing that it was "not clearly established" at the time of the men’s detention that they had the rights they said were violated and that the officials concerned were therefore "shielded" from civil liability. In December, the US Supreme Court sided with the administration and declined to take the case;
• intervened to petition a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed against John Yoo, a former Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the US Justice Department, for the role the lawsuit claims he played in unlawful detention conditions and interrogation techniques. The Obama administration argued that the context of "the detention and treatment of those determined to be enemies during an armed conflict… implicating matters of national security and war powers" counselled against the "judicial creation of a money-damage remedy";
• maintained the Bush administration’s denial of and opposition to access to lawyers and courts for those held at the US airbase in Bagram in Afghanistan, cementing the accountability gap for abuses committed there and the detainees’ lack of effective remedy for them;
• refused to release of photographs and other documentary material relating to detainee abuses.

When the USA assumed its seat on the UN Human Rights Council in 2009, the Obama administration said: "Make no mistake; the United States will not look the other way in the face of serious human rights abuses. The truth must be told, the facts brought to light and the consequences faced". A year on, the administration continues to look the other way when it comes to full disclosure of and remedy for human rights violations perpetrated by the USA in the name of "countering terrorism".

The change of tone the Obama administration has brought to the USA’s pronouncements on human rights is welcome. It must now match these words with concrete action, including on accountability, remedy, and ending the Guantánamo detentions in line with its international human rights obligations.

The world of high end kitchen design can feel a bit awkward and cold compared to the well worn patina on the wooden spoons passed down through your family. It’s easy to be standoffish, but when form meets function and beauty as it does in these new pieces from Matali Crasset — well then we’re all ears.

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In light of Tom Purves’ retirement from the position of CEO for Goodwood based Rolls Royce, German carmaker BMW announced the appointment of Torsten Muller-Otvos as the subsidiary’s new leader.

Having been with the BMW Group for the last 20 years, Muller-Otvos held a number of management positions in the Sales and Marketing Division, including the one which put him in charge with re-launching the MINI brand.

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Digg has been evolving fast in the past year and it’s not done yet. It has several new revenue streams which should keep it in the clear financially, at least for now, and it’s making some deep changes to the service in order to counter new threats like Twitter. One way is with the newish Digg API which significantly widened the options… (read more)

Not that this will make any difference to your morning or your life but Chrysler Group announced yesterday that Robert G. Liberatore has returned to the company as Advisor to the CEO, Sergio Marchionne.

“Liberatore will provide advice to the Company on external affairs issues,” Chrysler said in a statement.

Liberatore originally joined Chrysler Corp. in 1985 after working on Capitol Hill for 10 years, including four years as staff director for Senator Robert C. Byrd. He was elected an Officer of the Chrysler Corporation in 1993 when he held the position of Vice President – Washington Affairs. He retired as Group Vice President – Global External Affairs and Public Policy, DaimlerChrysler Corporation in 2007.

– By: Stephen Calogera

Storing garlic, shallots, and onions is one little problem in our kitchen. Like this reader, we’ve been looking for a way to store them that doesn’t leave papery garlic skins all over the counter. Here’s one clever way to store garlic, from Martha Stewart.

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Buying a foreclosed home for sale has been challenging but profitable for an agent in Maryland, who have decided to specialize as a buyer’s agent to get the full trust of buyers she represents.

People considering a career in the real estate sector can learn from her experiences, principles and decision-making strategies.

Urbana-based Mary Richeimer launched her company, The Buyer’s Best Realtors, as a buyers-only enterprise because she believes that representing the two sides of transactions sets off conflicts of interest. She added that her firm is the only buyers-only realtor in her region.

Richeimer has been buying properties for clients for nearly 20 years and has overcome various challenges in the real estate market. She said that she entered the industry after losing her job as a seller of laboratory equipment. She was helped by her neighbor who was a realtor, and after seven years, after her neighbor shifted to the traditional buying-selling system, she formed her buyers-only company.

When examining a foreclosed home for sale or a non-distressed pre-owned house, Richeimer said that she always looks at the property from the point of view of the buyer. She checks further if there are stains on the ceiling and gathers more information especially if she is dealing with people flipping houses. She added that she guides buyers through the home buying and ownership process, especially those who are buying their homes for the first time.

Richeimer had her record sales in 2008 and expects to increase her sales this year. She has two sales assistants, an office manager and she plans to hire another assistant soon.

In related reports, buyer’s agents are advising their clients to have some reserves, in addition to their down payments and closing costs. Agents said that buyers should have at least 6 months of loan payments left in their bank accounts after paying the closing costs.

Buyers are also advised to have at least one percent of the home purchase price for surprise expenses such as needed repairs and improvements, especially when they are buying distressed properties like VA foreclosures. It is now difficult to take home-equity loans for home improvements.

Prospective home buyers also need to participate in the home inspection so that they can ask questions and know the real conditions of the property.

To acquire a good foreclosed home for sale, prospective buyers can hire real estate agents like Richeimer who represents only buyers.