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Products: Electronics & Computers
Mornsun America (Hudson, MA) has introduced the K78xx-2000 Series of three terminal switching regulators that are suitable for linear regulators. The series offers input ranges spanning 4.75VDC to 18VDC, with positive or...
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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Mill-Max (Oyster Bay, NY) has introduced the 829 series of single-row, right-angle strips for applications calling for a spring-loaded connection that lies parallel to the PC board. This low-profile, right-angle...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
HEIDENHAIN (Schaumburg, IL) offers RCN 2000, RCN 5000, and RCN 8000 Series angle encoders that provide improved mounting tolerances due to the better axial and radial deflection behavior, as well as the torsional rigidity, of the...
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Products: Medical
The PLXO-250 connectorized phase-locked crystal oscillator from EM Research (Reno, NV) operates at 250 MHz in a miniature connectorized package (1.5" × 0.6"). It features low spurs (-70 dBc), low harmonics (-50 dBc) and...
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Products: Medical
SensAble Technologies (Wilmington, MA) has introduced the FreeForm Version 11 software release, a 3D modeling program for designers to apply changes to multiple pieces of a model simultaneously. Instead of holding a...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Thomson (Wood Dale, IL) has introduced the 400 Series profile rail linear guides, available in 4 meter lengths, in sizes from 15 to 45 mm in 5 mm increments, for extended joint-free rail transfer, even in smaller-sized...
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Products: Materials
Thermally Conductive Silicone
The MED-2955 from NuSil (Carpinteria, CA) is designed to have low volatility and low ionic content for more sensitive electronic devices or processes. It is non-cytotoxic and can be used as a cure-in-place adhesive or potting compound between electrical/electric components and heat sinks as part of a thermal management...
Products: Medical
Evonik (Parsippany, NJ) has introduced CYROLITE® Protect, an acrylic-based multipolymer compound that has been developed for medical devices that include antimicrobial agents. It is designed for FDA...
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Products: Materials
The Specialty Photonics Divison of OFS Fitel (Avon, CT) has launched a new design tool for engineers that provides “at a glance” properties of a wide range of materials offered for optical fiber coatings,...
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Products: Medical
The HD Camera Recording System from Panasonic (Seacaucus, NJ) is capable of recording up to 12 hours of HD images on a single 32 GB card. It is designed with three newly developed MOS 1⁄4" image sensors that provide...
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Products: Electronics & Computers
AVX Corporation (Greenville, SC) offers multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) arrays in 0405 and 0508 packages and four-element arrays in 0508 and 0612 packages with capacitance values ranging from 1 pf to 2.2...
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Products: Medical
VISIONx Inc (Quebec, Canada) offers the VisionGauge® digital optical comparator in vertical configuration. In the vertical configuration, parts are mounted flat on the system’s XY stage and the optical axis if...
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Products: Medical
Evergreen Telemetry (Phoenix, AZ) has introduced a new type of portable instrument, that displays a stream of real-time data on the user’s wrist from battery-operated remote probes. The wireless modules...
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Products: Medical
A new miniature, screw terminal type binding post from Keystone Electronics (Astoria, NY) is suitable for 22-15 AQG wire and used in high-density PCB packaging. Rated at 15 Amps, the posts feature compact,...
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Products: Medical
The Lee Company (Westbrook, CT) has introduced the Quiet Operation High Density Interface (HDI) Solenoid Valve to improve patient comfort by reducing actuation noise by 50 percent. A typical solenoid valve has an...
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Products: Medical
Matrox Imaging (Quebec, Canada) has announced the Matrox Supersight e2 high-performance computing (HPC) platform is now equipped with ATI FirePro™ Professional Graphics from AMD. The platform offers high-bandwidth...
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Products: Medical
New Scale Technologies (Victor, NY) has introduced the miniature M3-L closed-loop linear motion module, featuring 0.5 micron position resolution and a total package size of less than 27.5 × 13 × 7.5 mm. It is...
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Products: Medical
Meggitt Sensing Systems (San Juan Capistrano, CA) offers the Endevco model 2222C piezoelectric accelerometer, with a sensitivity of 1.4 pC/g and frequency range of 1 to 10k Hz (±1 dB). It is designed for general...
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Products: Motion Control
KNF LABOPORT® Filtration Series diaphragm pumps from KNF Neuberger (Trenton, NJ) are suitable for a range of applications in the lab, including flask filtration, vacuum blotting, vacuum manifold, and vacuum dessication. They...
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Products: Imaging
Mahr Federal (Providence, RI) has introduced the MarCheck measuring and evaluation unit for its high precision Linear 100 universal length measuring instruments. Results are shown in large digits on the...
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Bud Industries (Willoughby, OH) offers electronics enclosures for medical electronics applications, including cabinet racks, NEMA boxes, plastic enclosures, server racks, and other rack equipment. The enclosures are made...
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Products: Materials
Medi-Solve Coatings (Natick, MA) offers patented multi-layer and mono-layer guidewire coating systems that provide lubricity and abrasion resistance. The two layers are formed using an aqueous solution system that does not...
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Products: Motion Control
STEUTE Meditech (Ridgefield, CT) has introduced the dual-function, Series WF-MED rocker-style foot-operated control for medical equipment. Optional design features include reed contact or microswitch digital...
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Mission Accomplished: Medical
When compressed air mixes with jet fuel and is ignited in a turbine engine, the temperature can reach 3,000 °F. As a result of this fiery exhaust, the turbine spins and then forces the air through...
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Mission Accomplished: Electronics & Computers
What does it feel like to return to Earth after a long stay in space? Until now, it has been difficult during astronaut training to realistically simulate the...
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Mission Accomplished: Medical
Many people are familiar with the popular science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation, a show featuring a blind character named Geordi La Forge, whose visor-like glasses enable...
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Features: Medical
In today’s competitive marketplace, medical pump OEMs and their associated design engineering personnel are incorporating strain gauge technologies into...
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The flat-profile MMP sensor from Metallux (West Conshohocken, PA) is suitable for medical technology positioning applications, including adjusting the position of operating tables and indicating fluid levels in devices such as...
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Products: Materials
Porvair Filtration Group (Ashland, VA) has expanded its range of BioVyon™ porous polymeric, composite, and functionalized materials for the healthcare industries. Using proprietary processes to immobilize materials such as...
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