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Motion Control Challenges for Deep-Sea ROVs

Deep-sea remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) present motion control design engineers with some difficult challenges. Applications may include ROV propulsion, position thrusters, dive vanes, rudders, or...

Advanced Capabilities of PXI-Based Semiconductor Test Systems

The ongoing challenge for today’s semiconductor test engineers is to identify and create new test solutions that can offer significantly lower test costs as well as address the...

Calibration Requirements for Testing Coupling-Decoupling Networks

Coupling-Decoupling Networks (CDNs) are the unglamorous workhorses that get “hitched up” to an impulse generator in order to perform impulse testing on powered equipment. As...

NASA Monitoring Technologies Shake Up Earthquake Prediction

The seconds to minutes of advance warning of an earthquake can allow people and systems to take actions to protect life and property from destructive shaking. Earthquake early warning...

Reducing Torque Measurement Uncertainty in Turbine Engine Testing

Torque is among the most important of all the measured quantities in applications ranging from characterizing high-power gas turbines, to determining the level of force required...

Military Wide Band Amplifier

Lansdale Semiconductor, Inc. (Phoenix, AZ) has announced the continued availability of the ML1590/BGA military wide-band RF amplifier, National Stock Number (NSN) 5962-01-280-2203. The ML1590 is supplied in (8) lead...

50 GHz Handheld Combination Analyzer

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (Santa Rosa, CA) has added six millimeter-wave models to its family of FieldFox handheld analyzers. The flagship model is the industry’s first handheld combination analyzer to...

Axial and Radial Seals

Morgan Advanced Materials’ (Windsor, UK) Seals and Bearings business offers quality axial and radial seal components for applications with severe service conditions. Morgan’s components are highly thermally...

31–36 GHz Receiver

Richardson RFPD (Geneva, IL), Inc. announced the availability and full design support capabilities for a new receiver from M/A-COM Technology Solutions. The XR1020-QH is a 31–36 GHz receiver with a noise figure of 3 dB...

720W AC-DC Switching Power Supplies

Acopian (Easton, PA) announced that the 1U Switching Regulated 720W ACDC Power Supply family is now RoHS Compliant and certified to UL Safety Standards UL 60950 (Information Technology Equipment), and UL 508...

RF Amplifier System

Empower RF Systems (Inglewood, CA) has begun shipping the Model 2180 RF amplifier system covering 1 to 2.5 GHz and delivering 2 kW CW of broadband output power in a 8U, air-cooled chassis. Features include: user selectable...

12A POL DC-DC Converters

TDK Corporation (National City, CA) has introduced the 12 Ampere TDKLambda iCH series of POL (Point of Load) non-isolated DCDC converters. Accepting a wide range input of 4.5 to 14 VDC, the series can operate from...

AdvancedTCA Chassis

Pixus Technologies (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) now offers a 15U AdvancedTCA (ATCA) chassis that exceeds 400W/slot cooling capability and meets stringent NEBS requirements. The Pixus chassis leverages the original Kaparel...

Product of the Month: Miniature Proportional Valve VSO LowPro

Parker Hannifin Precision Fluidics Division, Hollis, NH, announces its newest miniature proportional valve VSO® LowPro for OEMs looking for innovation in portability, comfort, and...

Laser Welding System

Dukane, St. Charles, IL, introduces a new Laser Welding System that allows clear-to-clear plastic welding without laser absorbing additives. The system incorporates a 2-micron laser with a greatly increased absorption by...

Series 320 Electronic Weld Head System

Amada Miyachi America, Monrovia, CA, announces the release of its Series 320 Electronic Weld Head System, designed specifically for applications requiring precise position and force control. Typical...

PANELBuilder Software and PanelPrinter

AXYZ International, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, is launching a new version of its PANELBuilder software along with a new optional printing device called PanelPrinter, which combines an advanced,...

FactoryLogix R3 Software

Aegis Software, Horsham, PA, announces that the third release of its FactoryLogix R3 software embraces the principles of Industry 4.0 and IoM including resource scheduling, configure to order, and a standardized...

Axiom 2 Dual Head Professional 3D Printer

Airwolf 3D, Costa, Mesa, CA, unveiled the AXIOM 2, a new dual extruder 3D printer featuring an easy feed filament load system, an enclosed print environment for heat containment, and an end-user...

Custom Grinding Wheel Arbor

Briney Tooling Systems, Bad Axe, MI, recently developed a custom HSK50E balanceable grinding wheel arbor for a CNC grinding machine to shape bone fragments for surgical grafting. Briney has comprehensive in-house...

Agility™ Series Slotless Motors

Celera Motion, Bedford, MA, offers the Agility™ series of slotless motors, ideal for scanning, pointing, measuring, and cutting applications that require extremely smooth velocity control and highly accurate...

PartMaker 2016 for Production Machining

Delcam Ltd., Birmingham, UK, has released the latest version of its PartMaker software for programming CNC mills, lathes, wire EDMs, turn-mill centers, and Swiss-type lathes. PartMaker 2016 includes...

CT-350 Vertical Machining Center

Absolute Machine Tools, Inc., Lorain, OH, introduces the new CT-350 five-axis Vertical Machining Center from Tongtai, which boasts high-end machine construction at an affordable price. The CT-350 is a “C”...

Mikron MILL P 800 U ST

GF Machining Solutions, Lincolnshire, IL, introduces the Mikron MILL P 800 U ST (Simultaneous Turning) to include milling and turning in a single machine. Highly efficient, the compact machine provides 31.5" of X-axis...

ROMER Absolute Arm PCMM

Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, North Kingstown, RI, announces its new, top-of-the-line addition to the ROMER Absolute Arm portable coordinate measuring machine product line. The most accurate ROMER Absolute Arm to...

Solutions for Spindle Centering and Work-Holding

Toolnet International Inc., Phoenix, AZ, introduces the Mowidec-TT non-contact spindle-centering system, which can precisely center tooling on Swiss-type automatic lathes without removing either...

Precision Ring Drive Indexer

Nexen Group, Vadnais Heights, MN, introduces the Precision Ring Drive Indexer, a highly flexible, durable, and efficient alternative to direct drive motors capable of 2x faster indexing than competitive options....

3rd Generation 3D AOI Inspection Systems

Saki America, Inc., Fremont, CA, announces its 3rd generation 3D automated optical inspection (AOI) line that accommodates dual lanes, XXL sizes, and increases throughput by 15%. The new BF- 3Di-D (dual...

Quantum Waterjet Pumps

TECHNI Waterjet, LLC, Lenexa, KS, introduces a second line of electric servo pumps (ESPs), the Value Range of Quantum ESPs designed to address the requirements of today’s competitive manufacturing industry. With one of...