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  • Reducing Hidden Costs in Electrical Systems

    By Dave Dahl, Rockwell Automation, et al Low power factor and high levels of voltage and current harmonic distortion, are a significant but often hidden cost in industrial operations. Without corrective measures, these factors increase electrical utility charges, impair equipment health, and prevent efficient industrial expansion.
    24 March, 2014 | 4 minutes
  • America Semiconductor signs Quest Components as distributor

    Quest Components will be a franchised distributor of high-power standard, fast and super-fast recovery rectifiers, low-power and bridge rectifiers, diacs, IGBT modules, SCRs, Triacs, TVS and Zener diodes.
    20 March, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Roxtec cable entry seals approved for IP69K

    The C RS T cable entry seals are for single cable or pipe penetrations and allow the routing of pre-terminated cables without cutting or splicing.
    18 March, 2014 | 1 minute
  • Microprecision Electronics achieves UL 61058 for snap action microswitches

    UL introduced the new norm to test appliance switches (previously under UL1054). By mid-2015 new products have to comply to UL61058.
    14 March, 2014 | 1 minute
  • Cicoil expands Flat Cable Configurator

    The “Drag & Drop” Flat Cable Configurator allows a user to easily design a custom cable in just minutes.
    12 March, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • Manufacturing Technology Orders Up and Down in January

    January U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $365.06 million, down 25.2% from December but up 1.3% when compared with the total of $360.31 million reported for January 2013.
    10 March, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Survey Indicates Growing Counterfeit Awareness

    The survey results indicate that educational programs are helping to increase awareness of the dangers of counterfeit electrical products.
    04 March, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Falcon Electric Achieves UL 508 Listing for UPSes

    SSG Series Industrial UPS and SSG-RP Series High Temperature UPS product families have achieved UL 508 listing.
    03 March, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • Roxtec seals up Carometec food production touch screen panels

    Carometec produces touch screen control panels, contained in a stainless steel enclosure, for use in slaughterhouses where they get pressure hosing at a temperature of over 80°C to kill all bacteria.
    28 February, 2014 | 1 minute
  • Global Power Transformers Market Growing

    Transparency Market Research says the market was valued at USD 17.12 billion in 2012, and is expected to reach USD 28.69 billion by 2019, growing at a rate of 7.7 percent from 2013 to 2019.
    26 February, 2014 | 3 minutes
  • General Tools & Instruments publishes Product Catalog

    Featuring more than 1,300 items, the 292-page, full-color glossy catalog covers existing and new products in categories such as Specialty Tools, Video Inspection, Electrical and many more.
    26 February, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • ABB opens fifth factory in Brazil

    The new plant will build compact power substations, motors, generators, drive systems, measurement equipment and low-voltage products.
    26 February, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Circuit protection market down in 2013

    The world market for miniature circuit breakers and residual current devices (MCBs and RCDs) is projected to go up, to nearly $10 billion in 2018.
    24 February, 2014 | 1 minute
  • Cabinets protect instrumentation on world’s largest LNG vessel

    Each of the 120 Intertec cabinets on Shell’s ‘Prelude’ floating liquefied natural gas project incorporates a unique form of semi-passive cooling technology.
    20 February, 2014 | 4 minutes
  • Harting receives AS9100C certification

    Harting's manufacturing plant in Elgin, IL, has been AS9100C accredited by UL/DQS for the manufacture of both backplanes and cable assemblies.
    19 February, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • Northwire hires Brad Steege and Joe Mustari

    Brad Steege and Joe Mustari are Subject Matter Experts that can address custom technical wire and cable, retractile cords, cable assembly and connector needs.
    07 February, 2014 | 1 minute
  • ABB upgrades electrical equipment at Clarabelle mill

    ABB replaced all of the electrical equipment including 5500KW motors, converter, transformer, motor control centers, switchgear and mechanical auxiliary equipment such as the cooling system pump skid, chillers and fin-fan heat exchangers.
    06 February, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • Festo signs three Distributors

    Festo signed distributors for Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Texas.
    31 January, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Timothy Croal Appointed President of SL Power Electronics

    Prior to joining SL Power Electronics, Croal was the Vice President/General Manager of AMETEK’s Programmable Power Division.
    28 January, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • Schneider Electric's Integration of Invensys

    By Bill Lydon, Editor With this acquisition, Schneider Electric significantly enhanced its position to serve the process industries and now has a complete portfolio of products to serve the entire industrial and process automation industry. This article highlights a few key aspects of the integration of the two companies.
    28 January, 2014 | 4 minutes
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