Technologies & Strategies That Enable R&D
Stencil printer has maximum print area of 500 x 550 mm
August 12, 2008 10:09 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe Model 5500 Benchtop Stencil Printer provides tooling for double-sided boards, dual squeegees mounted to high precision and linear slide bearings for repeatable side-to-side squeegee motion. It has dial adjustments that allow X, Y, Z, and R axis settings. Manncorp, www.manncorp.
Gas analyzer contains internal sample pump
August 12, 2008 8:13 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe Series 900 gas analyzer can determine any gas species with potential to be derivatized and can quantify the ppb/ppm level impurities in industrial processing and electronic gases. It uses standard chemical procedures and features 4-20 mA or voltage output. GOW-MAC Instrument Co., www.
Test gas blender features six controlled permeation channels
August 12, 2008 8:07 am | Product Releases | CommentsAutoBlend test gas blender is able to add multiple trace concentration components to a flowing gas stream. The six channels can contain up to eight compounds and the two dynamic headspace channels allow controlled addition of environmental background vapors. KIN-TEK Laboratories, Inc.
Small oscilloscope has 1 U height
August 12, 2008 5:33 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe ZZT4210 LAN oscilloscope allows users to attain high channel density and is available in two and four channels. It has a 300 MHz analog bandwidth, up to 1 GS/s real-time sampling, and up to 256M sample record lengths. ZTEC Instruments, www.ztecinstruments.
Processor blade withstands harsh environments
August 12, 2008 5:29 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe cPCI-3920 leverages DDR2 architecture, with soldered register and ECC memory at 400 MHz for up to 2 GB. It accommodates four COM ports; up to five, front-panel USB 2.0 ports; a front-panel VGA port; and PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports. ADLINK Technology, Inc., www.adlinktech.
Louvered plugs can withstand a push back force of 35 lbs
August 11, 2008 7:51 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe louvered plugs are available for through-hole ventilation applications while limiting liquid infiltration. The plugs have a diameter from .875" (22,2 mm) to 3.000" (76,2 mm) and a panel thicknesses from .125" (3,2 mm) to .250" (6,4 mm). Heyco Products Inc., www.heyco.
Calibrator offers accuracy to 0.4 ppm
August 11, 2008 7:48 am | Agilent Technologies Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThe Agilent 5530 Dynamic Calibrator includes a laser source, optics, PC-based electronics and Microsoft Windows-based software needed to measure machine tool positioning and accuracy. It contains a wide range of optics and accessories for a set of calibration measurements.
Microscopy Drives Analytical Instrument Changes
August 11, 2008 7:27 am | by Tim Studt | Articles | CommentsMany different types of microscopes and applications are used in today's research laboratories, as shown by an R&D Magazine survey.
Series covers range of 200 nm to 0.1 cm
August 8, 2008 5:23 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe 600-IR series microscopes and spectrometers enable users to run samples while maintaining accuracy and reproducibility. The series provides the capability of upgradeability and diffraction limited performance.
Transmitters have accuracy of & plusmn;0.5 & deg;C
August 8, 2008 5:16 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe wireless temperature transmitters are available in thermocouple or RTD models. It is equipped with a NEMA 4X weather resistant enclosure and software that can measure and transmit process and ambient temperature, RF signal strength and battery condition. OMEGA Engineering Inc., www.omega.
Warding Off Unnatural Blackout Disaters in Labs
August 7, 2008 8:10 am | Articles | CommentsThe first signs of springtime are generally welcomed in the Northeast. But for years, thoughts of warm sunshine, budding flowers, and singing birds were clouded over for Pete Borowski, senior systems engineer at Evans Analytical Group, with headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif.
Instruments provide tank-level monitoring
August 5, 2008 10:37 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe VersaLevel microwave radar level instruments include a full line of guided-wave and free-space radar level devices, both are suited for wide range of industries. The guided-radar level uses electromagnetic pulses, while the free-space radar features triple barrier gas-tight protection.
Optimization speed improved with software
August 5, 2008 10:24 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe Concerto v7 software tool for high-frequency electromagnetic design includes advances such as 64-bit processing support, distributed processing of simulations, and support for exploiting periodicity in designs.
Reactors operate up to 10,000 psi and 350 & deg;C
August 5, 2008 8:26 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe HPR Series Reactors vary in sizes from 50 mL to 8 L, and are controlled by an integrated processor that offers loop temperature control, closed loop speed control, pressure indication, over-temperature limit control, and ramp/soak programming. Supercritical Fluid Technologies, Inc, www.
Module features three-way signal isolation
August 5, 2008 8:20 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe DR900 universal signal conditioning module has over 100 input and out put analog conversion combinations. It is available as a linear or square root extraction model. Custom field calibration is available for all ranges while maintaining the factory calibration. Omega Engineering, www.
