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Last week, Rockstar was in the center of a controversial post in Gamasutra, where it was alleged that the company had been giving unfair working conditions to their laborers. Now, Rockstar has responded to the issue, albeit

A massive 1MV grid-connected solar power system is ready to supply power to the auction facility in Bordentown, NJ. The system is said to be the largest solar powered carport structure in the United States. Constructed in an area of 13,000 square meters, this carport includes 5,880 solar panels of 170W capacity. The whole panel structure is connected through 11 separate inverters to ensure that removing a single solar array does not disturb the entire energy supply. This means even in situations when one of the solar arrays is unable to supply electricity, the rest of the system can supply 90% of the total energy to the carport.

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A Stuttgart Sportcar, importador oficial Porsche, encerrou 2009 com um feito histórico. O Brasil tornou-se o maior importador Porsche na América Latina, superando pela primeira vez os números de venda do México desde a criação da Porsche Latin America, em 2000. A Stuttgart comercializou 553 automóveis entre janeiro e dezembro de 2009, enquanto o importador mexicano vendeu 533 unidades da marca alemã no mesmo período.

Para Marcel Visconde, presidente da Stuttgart Sportcar, alcançar a posição de maior importador Porsche latino-americano representou um bônus para um ano que começou sob o impacto da crise econômica deflagrada no último trimestre de 2008. “No começo de 2009, estimávamos que a venda de 400 a 450 veículos ao longo do ano seria motivo para comemoração”, recorda. “Superamos essa projeção por larga margem e ainda fechamos 2009 com o segundo melhor número de vendas da história da Stuttgart.” O recorde nesse quesito continua sendo o ano de 2008, quando foram vendidos 723 Porsche zero quilômetro no Brasil.

Visconde atribui o resultado de 2009 à recuperação da economia brasileira, iniciada ainda no primeiro semestre e consolidada no segundo, quando os números de vendas voltaram aos patamares pré-crise. “A posição de liderança na América Latina fortalece a o Brasil como mercado estratégico da Porsche”, explica. “Desde 2003, a Porsche vem constituindo uma base sólida de consumidores em função do lançamento do Cayenne. Criou-se uma comunidade maior e mais homogênea de clientes. Hoje, a linha oferece produtos que vão do esportivo conversível de dois lugares, como o Boxster, até o SUV Cayenne e o sedã Panamera, passando pelo cupê Cayman e pelo clássico 911.”

Em 2010, Visconde trabalha com a expectativa de um crescimento de vendas entre 10 e 15% em relação a 2009. “A Porsche tem um portfolio de produtos muito atraente, que encanta os clientes com lançamentos como o Panamera. Acho possível chegar ao final deste ano com 600 carros vendidos no Brasil”, finaliza Visconde.

Fonte: Porsche

The new man charged with keeping the peace between eBay (NSDQ: EBAY), Silverlake, Andreessen Horowitz, CPP and Joltid is former Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) president Miles Flint. Skype is appointing him to chair its new-look, 17-person board, CEO Josh Silverman tells Bloomberg.

Former chairman Michael van Swaaij exited in eBay’s eventual $1.9 billion November sale of 70 percent of the Luxembourg VoIP firm to the above consortium, after acrimonious negotiations. Flint left the handset maker in 2007, before it really started to slide, and was already a Silverlake adviser.

The choice of a handsets man is a logical one for Skype, which seems intent on refocusing on its core VoIP proposition, including getting its service on to consumer mobile phones. Flint has also has previous experience in managing competing interests, by running the London-based, Japanese-Swedish Sony-Ericsson JV.

It’s not just in the consumer area where Skype is moving. At the same time, it’s announcing David Gurle, the head of Thomson-Reuters’ collaboration services and Asian sales, has joined to replace Stefan Oberg as GM and VP of Skype’s B2B team.

Prior to Thomson-Reuters (NYSE: TRI), Gurle oversaw products including NetMeeting and Windows Messenger as head of Microsoft’s real-time communications division and struck carrier partnerships as alliances VP at VoIP firm VocalTec.

Bloomberg: “Skype has said it’s on schedule to generate $1 billion in sales in 2011.”

The shockproof digital load cell is based on a capacitive measurement principle where a non-contacting ceramic sensor is mounted inside the load cell body. As the load cell contains no moving parts and the sensor is not in contact with the load cell body, the load cell tolerates shocks, torsion, and very high overloads and sideloads. Therefore, the mechanical installation of the load cell can be done without expensive and complicated mounting kits and overload protection devices.

The electrical installation of the digital load cell is pure plug-and-play as the signal from the non-contacting sensor is directly converted, compensated and calibrated by a microprocessor to a digital load cell output in grams, kilograms, or Newton. Measurements and status codes are transmitted as RS485 data on a single wire coaxial cable (RG-58) which may be up to 100 meters long. The load cell cable can be replaced on-site if necessary.

The technology and mechanical design of the Eilersen load cells is covered worldwide by a number of patents.

Applications
· Dynamic weighing

· Process weighing

· Filling, batching, sorting and dosing equipment

· Vibration sorters

· Packaging machines

· Hopper scales

· Belt scales

· Conveyer scales

· Platform scales

· Big-bag equipment

· On-board vehicle weighing

Options
· ATEX (Zone 1, 2, 21, 22) version type BBLA

· ATEX II 2G Ex ia IIC T6

· ATEX II 2D Ex iaD 21 T85°C

· Mounting kit available

Spellman’s Bertan brand of 605C modular high voltage power supplies offer well regulated, fixed polarity outputs up to 20kV, which operate off a +28Vdc input (+24Vdc optional).

These fully enclosed modules are designed for bench top or OEM applications like spectrometers, detectors, imaging and electron beam usage.

The output voltage can be controlled by either a local internal potentiometer or by a customer provided ground referenced signal for remote operation.

Additionally ground referenced output voltage and current monitor signals are provided. A high voltage enable signal input allows remote control of the supply.

… and Mobile Laboratories

A Superior All-In-One Solution. . .
• Needs no LN2 — ever: because of the “run forever” Stirling-cycle cooler.
• HPGe detector element encapsulated in a high reliability cryostat, with no need ever to thermal cycle
on partial warm up.
• High stability digital signal processor built right in — no need for external electronics.
• Powered from a small 10–17 V DC supply, with a low waste heat output <20 watts: ideal for use in confined spaces and mobile labs. • Built-in battery back up keeps LDM running for up to 3 hours in the event of power failure. • Near silent in operation. The LDM100-GEM is an all-in-one HPGe gamma-ray spectrometer for use in a variety of applications ranging from counting labs to mobile laboratories. It requires only two electrical connections to be ready for use: a source of DC power (usually from the supplied AC/DC mains power adaptor, but equally well from a vehicle battery) and a USB connection to the host computer. There are no interconnecting cables required between subsystems. Liquid nitrogen refrigerant IS NOT REQUIRED to cool the HPGe detector. The high reliability miniature Stirling-cycle cooler takes care of this. The cooler has the additional benefit of being “all attitude,” that is to say unlike systems which employ liquid refrigerants, it can be moved at no risk, even while operational, important for mobile laboratory applications. All LDMs are based on the same technology employed in the ORTEC Detective line of HPGe nuclide identifiers. The ultra-reliable hardened cryostat and robust Stirling-cycle coolers, field-proven hundreds of times over, are now available for a laboratory instrument. The hardened cryostat design allows removal or reapplication of power at any point of the cool down cycle. No longer does a partially warmed detector need to be cycled back to room temperature before cooling restarts. Installation is simplicity itself — just attach to the stand and slide the detector up into the lead shield. Plug in the power cable and attach the USB cable to a PC or laptop. The initial cool down takes less than 12 hours, and you are ready to calibrate and count samples. • All-in-one Integrated Package — rugged and compact with no interconnections — quick and easy to install. • High Speed USB 2.0 connectivity: plug and play. • Battery Backup — the internal battery provides up to 3 hours of operation in the event of a power failure, battery charge is maintained by an internal battery charger circuit inside the instrument housing. • High Sensitivity — large (40% relative efficiency) HPGe detector. • Hardened Cryostat — the HPGe crystal is housed in an all-metal-sealed, ruggedized cryostat, and cooled by a highly reliable miniature Stirling-cycle cooler. NO molecular sieve is used. • High Stability Digital Signal Processor — built in to the system — no need for external electronics, just DC power and a USB connection.

The Matterhorn and the Gemmi cable cars are lubricated automatically. The automatic dispenser from simatec ag also now lubricates carrying cables and cable pulleys on cable cars and mountain railways. For this the operators of the Gemmi and Matterhorn cable cars trust in simalube. The dispenser, which has a capacity of 125 ml, is set to a time setting of 6 months, thus providing the optimal amount of lubricant at the required lubrication points in extreme temperatures both in winter and in summer. The railway management consider simalube indispensable: «Because it provides flawless and independent lubrication for the carrying cable and cable pulleys, it saves us a lot of time and money», says Arnold Zenhäusern, Managing Director of Gemmibahn AG. And Peter Julen, Managing Director of the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise cable car, adds: «Maintenance technicians
no longer have to climb up each pylon once a month at dizzying heights to carry out maintenance work.
This has increased the industrial safety of our operations considerably».

Areas of application for the dispenser Thanks to the flexibility of its installation, simalube can be used in a variety of locations. The following are typical applications for lubricants in cable cars and mountain railways:
– Cables
– Cable pulleys
– Car doors
– Cables and gears
– Drag bars (connection between the car and suspension gears)
– Ventilators and cooling systems
– Aggregates and motors

Advantages of the dispenser simalube offers the following advantages:
– The dispenser contains no toxic chemicals and thus complies with strict environmental regulations
– simalube operates reliably at temperatures ranging from –20ºC to +55ºC
– The different sizes of dispensers allow a wide range of applications (30, 60, 125 and 250 ml)
– simalube applies the right amount of lubricant at the right place, which makes sense from the ecological (environmentally friendly) and economical (cost savings) points of view
– simalube saves time and money
– It prevents sliding and rolling friction as well as rust, which leads to lower energy wear and thus reduces costs.

Complex maintenance of mountain railways
Cable cars and mountain railways play an important role in tourism in Alpine regions. Due to the technical development of cable cars and mountain railways and drag lifts, manufacturers and suppliers are facing increasingly high requirements.

Leading European finishing equipment manufacturer Guyson International has recently installed new advanced robotic capabilities into its Skipton demonstration and engineering centre. With this fully integrated working robotic cell Guyson is able to demonstrate advanced blast nozzle manipulation techniques and the cost saving and efficiency benefits its automated blast customers will achieve.

With the introduction of new industry proven CAD/CAM software technology, Guyson’s engineers are now able to produce accurate 3D simulations of the blast treatment on the component, showing actual blast cone coverage of all critical areas. The new Guyson technique speedily removes any customer concerns regarding achievement of part coverage by verifying the process before the machine is even built.

Guyson are recommending full adoption of this type of precision robotic blasting for clients who manufacture precision components with demanding surface engineering topography requirements and/or any subsequent validation issues, typically medical implants and aerospace turbine blades.

Adoption of these sophisticated new precision robotic blasting techniques from Guyson will also deliver very real investment cost savings with the potential total purchase price of a fully automated robotic precision blast system coming under £75K. These cost savings, compared to many alternative systems, are coupled with real daily running cost savings in compressed air consumption. This is achieved by using far fewer blast guns but these being dedicated to deliver the precision blast coverage required, rather than adoption of a blanket coverage approach with more guns needed to ensure sufficient media will hit the target. The Guyson precision blast approach also delivers lower media costs through lower wastage and also less media breakdown and furthermore allows a smaller and cheaper dust collector to be specified, also with reduced waste disposal issues.

WTW GmbH proudly announces their new ProfiLine 3000 series of single parameter handheld instruments.

All models have a rugged waterproof housing with IP 66/67 protection class. A separate battery compartment allows easy exchange of batteries or the use of rechargeable batteries. A technical highlight is the special silicone keypad with sealed surface and the feeling of “real” keys. It provides an excellent operation and is easy to clean. The instruments have continuous operation times of up to 2500 h with one battery pack (4 x 1.5 V AA).

Three model lines are offered:

• The 3110 Series for pH or conductivity measurement are functional and easy-to-use handhelds for standard measurements.

• The 3210 Series for pH, D.O. or conductivity measurement has a backlit graphical display, a plain text menu and a special CMC function to ensure that the measurement is taken within the calibration range. The series also has enhanced measurement capabilities.

• The 3310 Series for pH, D.O. or conductivity measurement is a true highlight: An automatic datalogger with memory for 5000 records and a 100% waterproof USB interface make them perfect for long-term recording in the field and for fast data transfer to a laptop or PC.

Auto weight sense and auto balance load manipulator for handling large size glass panels.
A Company needed to improve safety in the manual handling of large glass panels of different sizes (2m x 2m; 2m x 025m; 4m x 1m) and at the same time needed to ensure constant production output.

The ideal solution has been an INDEVA, Liftronic series.

HANDLING CYCLE:
– Gripping glass panels from trolley at 1500 mm height.- panel in vertical position inclined by 5°, leaned on the short side;
– Rotation by +90°/-90°;
– Release on assemly line at 600 mm height.- panel in vertical position leaned on the long side.
– Cycle time: average 1000 -1200 glass panels in 10 hours.

The system is equiped with self balancing gripping tool for handling glass panels of 50 Kg. The gripping is carried out by vacuum.
Technical feutures of the electronic load balancer (evolved industrial manipulator INDEVA):
– gross capacity: 140 Kg;
– net capacity: 75 Kg
– vertical excursion: 2800 mm
– lifting speed: 22.5 m/min
– power tension: 230 Volt – 50/60 Hz
– max absorbed power: 630 W;
– enclosure protection: IP 54.
– DOUBLE JOINT”ORBIT-ARM”:
– arm length: 3500 mm;
– max rotation on vertical axis 360°;
– COLUMN – 3000 mm high;
– Base platform suitable for being moved by means of a transpallet, complete with support for the end effector.
– Handles ergonomically designed; one finger tip handle;
Now the operator can handle glass panels for the whole working day with no effort. Handling large size glass panels has never been so easy: the INDEVA acts as an extension of the operator’s arm providing him power without typical constrictions of machines: no buttons to keep pressed and no load setting to select when changing the load weight. Safety against load fall and injuries to the operator are also ensured.

An INDEVA is the only solution to increase productivity, ergonomics and safety in the manual load handling.

in Czech Rep.
Introducing our new square, rectangular and round caps.
Example of price square caps :

30×30 = 0,030 EURO
50×50 = 0,068 EURO
80×80 = 0,230 EURO

Please write to us for the whole range and price list.

We are also capable to make any other part for much lower cost.
We are offering direct factory prices from our warehouse in Czech Republic.
We are looking for smart direct buyers and resellers worldwide.
Please, visit our web page www.elementrix.net to see the range of our products and feel free to ask for the quotation.

Oct-O-Flex™ Bevelled

•Strong rubber mat for outdoor use.
•Allows for wheeled access.
•Friendly for ederly and disabled people.
•Small drainage holes diameter 14mm complient for EU norms for public entrances.
•Withstand weather extremes of all seasons.
•Suitable for heavy foot traffic.

Dimension : 70 cm x 90 cm, 90 x 150cm et 120 cm x 180 cm
Thickness : 12,5mm

Call us on 0800NOTRAXEU
www.notrax.eu

High power strobe light with 15 Joule flash energy for outdoor use

• Protection IP 66
• Flash energy 15 Joule
• Flash frequency 1 Hz
• Continuous operation

The housing of BLE 15 is made by impact restistant grey plastic and an also resistant cap in different lens colours.
The mounting bracket is made by stainless steel and is developed for an easy installation.
An inserted pressure balance valve prevents the occurrence of condensation
inside the housing, what represents frequently problems in the outside application.
The BLE 15 is available in common supply voltages like 24 VDC or 230 VAC

With the FLEXUS, Deckel is launching a revolution in versatility, productivity and quality in tool production. Wherever high versatility with a high degree of automation is desired, the FLEXUS will show you what it can do – and even reduce nonproductive times.

So, for example, deburring, polishing, drilling or milling will be possible in parallel with tool grinding – and any other operation can be added to this variety, exactly to the customer‘s needs, including assembling, measuring and cleaning functions.

The abilities of the FLEXUS are focussed on the machining of highly complex tools such as:
– reversible carbide tips,
– drill bits,
– tool cutting segments,
– spherical tools.
In addition, the FLEXUS is the ideal solution to a wide spectrum of fully automatic special grinding tasks.

Thus, it is particularly suitable for small to medium size batches with frequently changing machining processes. This grinding centre is available as a single or double machine. The single machine can be subsequently retrofitted into a double machine.

WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania, December 16, 2009 — Sonobond Ultrasonics announced today that it now has 10 machines, plus several modules for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), that provide fast, reliable, and cost-effective ultrasonic bonding of woven and nonwoven textile products. According to Sonobond’s Vice President, Melissa Alleman, “Manufacturers and assemblers can confidently use Sonobond units to bond textiles that are 100% synthetic, as well as blends that have up to 40% natural fibers. Felted filter media are among the nonwoven materials that our machines handle effectively.”
The following is an overview of the ultrasonic bonding equipment for woven textiles and nonwovens currently available from Sonobond Ultrasonics.
The SeamMaster™ — for General-Purpose Ultrasonic Bonding
The Sonobond SeamMaster™ seals, “sews,” and trims nonwoven and synthetic fabrics in one quick, reliable step. The unit is similar in appearance and operation to traditional sewing machines, but uses no thread, glue, or other consumables. The SeamMaster™ fuses and seals seams so effectively that it can be used in the assembly of medical disposables that must comply with OSHA regulations for barrier seams. This makes it ideal for use in the production of gowns, face masks, and mattress covers. The unit — which is up to four times faster than conventional sewing machines and up to 10 times faster than adhesive machines — is also frequently used in the assembly of filters and protective products.
The SeamMaster™ High Profile Bonder
The SeamMaster™ High Profile Bonder has a larger pattern wheel and a higher clearance above the bench than the general-purpose SeamMaster™. This makes it the ideal choice for applications involving bulky materials, hand-guided applications with tight tolerances, and for working around curves. Like the general-purpose SeamMaster™, the High Profile Bonder has fast production speeds and virtually eliminates fraying or unraveling of bonded edges and seams.
The SeamMaster™ High Profile Bonder is especially popular with body armor manufacturers. They use this unit to seal the outer nylon shell of ballistic vests with the ballistic-resistant materials inside. The reliability of the bond helps the body armor comply with the latest National Institute of Justice (NIJ) submersion test standards (NIJ 0101.06) that require protection from submersion for 30 minutes, rather than protection from a spray shower.