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  • Do you know your arc-seconds from your gradians?

    By Mark Howard, Zettlex Angle sensors are generally rated and, just as importantly, priced according to their measurement performance. But performance is stated in a variety of ways and some manufacturers confuse matters by using crafty ‘spec-manship.’
    11 March, 2013 | 6 minutes
  • American Sensor Technologies publishes pressure Sensor Catalog

    The industrial OEM pressure sensor catalog features various sensor, transducer and transmitter products.
    By: American Sensor Technologies, Inc. (AST)
    01 March, 2013 | 1 minute
  • How to Choose a Non-Contact Infrared Temperature Sensor

    By Solutions Direct White paper includes some basic questions to help customers choose the correct fixed mount pyrometer.
    22 February, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • ASM publishes catalog of position sensors

    Catalog also provides engineers with a practical decision-making tool for selecting the right position sensor.
    22 February, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Dataforth publishes MAQ20 DAQ Brochure

    MAQ20 brochure describes Dataforth’s industrial data acquisition and control system, PID loop controller, and PEmotion data acquisition/test and measurement software.
    By: Dataforth Corporation
    19 February, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Advantech Achieves Hazardous Area Certification for I/O modules

    ADAM-4000 and ADAM-6000 series have been certified with Class I, Division 2 Groups A, B, C, D approval for use in hazardous locations where highly flammable substances may be present.
    By: Advantech Industrial Automation Group
    14 February, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • Mettler-Toledo publishes weigh module integration handbook

    Handbook provides expert advice on the design and application of load cells and weigh modules for tanks, silos, vessels, hoppers and conveyors.
    By: Mettler Toledo
    06 February, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • Background Suppression with Photoelectric Sensors – Challenges and Solutions

    Background Suppression with Photoelectric Sensors – Challenges and Solutions

    When using photoelectric sensors in simple diffused mode (a.k.a. proximity mode), the sensor uses the target to reflect light back to itself, eliminating the need for a secondary device such as a reflector.
    By: Gary Frigyes, Ed Myers, Jeff Allison
    05 February, 2013 | 7 minutes
  • Space Scientists to Keynote Sensors Expo

    Joseph Paradiso, Director of the Responsive Environments Group at MIT, and Raymond Arvidson, Participating Scientist on NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Mission will give keynotes on June 5 and 6.
    01 February, 2013 | 3 minutes
  • AST publishes Fluid Power Pressure Transducer Brochure

    Brochure highlights various sensor types including pressure transducers and transmitters, differential pressure transducers, and multi-variable transmitters.
    By: American Sensor Technologies, Inc. (AST)
    30 January, 2013 | 1 minute
  • GasSecure installs wireless IR gas detectors on offshore platform

    20 detectors were installed on the Gullfaks C platform in the North Sea by a team from Statoil, ABB and GasSecure.
    29 January, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • Emerson introduces online thermowell calculation tool

    Online tool offers an automated approach to thermowell calculation as opposed to the traditional way of utilizing spreadsheets.
    By: Emerson
    28 January, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • Micro-Epsilon updates Configuration Tools software

    Enhancements in scanCONTROL Configuration Tools v3.0 for laser scanners include optimised measuring functions such as profile analysis features and measurement value calculations.
    By: Micro-Epsilon GmbH & Co. KG
    24 January, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Det-Tronics Flame Detector Certified for SIL 2

    The X3302 Multispectrum Infrared Hydrogen Flame Detector was certified as Safety Integrity Level 2 (SIL 2) capable by exida.
    21 January, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Quick Disconnect vs. Hard-Wiring

    TURCK announces its latest white paper, Quick Disconnect vs. Hard-Wiring: Selecting a Connectivity System For Your Industrial Application. Providing a detailed comparison between quick disconnect and hard-wiring systems, the white paper assists readers in selecting the ideal connectivity system for their industrial applications.
    By: TURCK Inc.
    14 January, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Honeywell to upgrade printing at Nordic newspaper

    Honeywell will provide new input/output modules, bring the safety system in line with current standards, and increase redundancy in the drive system.
    By: Honeywell Process Solutions
    08 January, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • Cooper Crouse-Hinds transformers earn ATEX and IECEx approvals

    Ex-e GHG 410 range of safety and isolating transformers are suitable for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.
    20 December, 2012 | 1 minutes
  • Precision control for slow motion applications

    By Mark Howard, Zettlex As the market demands ever more precise position and speed control, some traditional electrical control, actuation and sensing methods are being discarded and new techniques are emerging.
    12 December, 2012 | 3 minutes
  • Moore Industries updates Website

    The redesign is now optimized to work with all major Internet browsers including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari.
    By: Moore Industries-International, Inc.
    11 December, 2012 | 1 minutes
    Sponsored By Moore Industries-International, Inc.
  • Phoenix Contact announces training classes

    Classes on safety, security, surge protection, Ethernet, wireless and I/O run from February through April 2013.
    By: Phoenix Contact
    06 December, 2012 | 1 minutes
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