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TamaRink supplies a full line of jacketed
piping that provides a more uniform
and steady control than electric or steam
trace pipe for transferring viscous materials,
including molten metal, coal-tar
pitch, polymers, and corn syrup.
TamaRink’s jacketed piping consists of
a heated outer pipe and an inner pipe
that transfers the viscous material.
Fully heating the inner pipe
provides more-uniform and
better control of the material.
The jacketed piping comes in
straight lengths, elbows, 90°, tees,
and valve configurations with various
types of flanges. Users can obtain pipes
with steel, stainless steel, Inconel, Monel,
or Hastelloy on the inside, and carbon steel
or a similar metal on the outside.
Inside pipe is available from 0.5 to 14 in.
inner diameter and outside pipe from 1 to
16 in. inner diameter.
TamaRink Jacketed & Specialty Piping
36 Lanides Lane
Leominster, MA 01453
Multifunction Cards
United Electronic has introduced its
new group of multifunction cards called
PowerDAQ PD2-MF-3M/12. The new cards,
which replace the company’s 1-MHz cards,
provide aggregate throughput rates of
3 MHz on either 16 or 64 analog input
channels with 12-bit resolution—
at no increase in price. They are
available for the PCI bus, and the
analog front end provides either
16 or 64 multiplexed inputs that
feed a 3-MHz, 12-bit analog–digital
converter. The cards come
with instrumentation amplifiers
for either high- or low-level signals.
Other features include dual
12-bit analog outputs, each running
at 200 kilosamples/s, 16 digital
inputs, 16 digital outputs,
and three user counter–timers.
United Electronic Industries
611 Neponset Street
Canton, MA 02021
Serial Radio
Locus’s new frequency-hopping,
spread-spectrum OS2400-485
radio operates in the license-free
2.4-GHz band, works in
high-interference environments,
and can be
configured
to operate in
point-to-point, broadcast,
or point-multipoint
modes with
built-in addressable, multidrop
RS-485 operation.
Its 32 channels allow multiple networks to
operate efficiently in the same area. The
radio has a rugged, industrial DIN railmountable
enclosure, comes shock- and
vibration-tested, can withstand extreme
temperatures, and carries a three-year manufacturer’s
warranty.
Locus, Inc.
5540 Research Park Drive
Fitchburg Center
Madison, WI 53711
AFM Probe
NanoWorld’s new Hybrid-Nitride AFM
probe for contact-mode operation has two
triangular cantilevers on one side and two
rectangular cantilevers on the other side of a
chip made from SU-8 epoxy material. Its silicon
nitride cantilevers have very low force
constants and integrated oxide sharpened,
pyramidal tips with a height of 3.5 µm.
All the cantilevers are stress-compensated
and have an 80-nm chromium-titaniumgold
coating on the back side for high laser
reflectivity. The tip is sited 4 µm behind the
free end of the cantilever. Special features
enable easy handling and prevent mechanical
contact between the chip and sample.
NanoWorld AG
Jaquet-Droz 1
CH-2007
Neuchatel, Switzerland
Radiology Work Table
Anthro now makes and markets Carl’s
Table for use in radiology facilities in the
United States and Canada. The table was
developed by AO Medical Products of Sweden
in cooperation with radiologists,
ergonomic experts, and sight physiologists
to provide an ideal workstation
for reading X-ray
and other images in hospitals,
clinics, imaging centers,
and veterinary and
dental facilities. Carl’s
Table, known in Europe as
the AW-170 table, provides
motorized height and tilt
adjustment to facilitate all
individual work positions,
whether sitting or standing. The tilting surface
supports the forearm and shoulders,
which decreases the risk of musculoskeletal
problems. Carl’s Table provides glarefree
lighting and includes a sound absorption
and privacy panel.
Anthro Corp.
10450 SW Manhasset Drive
Tualatin, OR 97062
Digitizers
Acqiris has introduced two new highspeed
3U single-slot PXI digitizers for
waveform recording with any PXI or CompactPCI
chassis. The DC140 and DE135
digitizers deliver bandwidths of 1 GHz and
500 MHz, respectively, and provide channel
multiplexing that allows users to select
single- or dual-channel data acquisition,
effectively doubling the available sampling
rate and acquisition memories. The two
digitizers integrate well with complementary
instrumentation modules used for
telecommunications, lidar, radar, semiconductors,
ultrasonic, mechanics, and
physics applications. Both units include
the Acqiris Ctrl I/O, a front-panel system
that simplifies system integration
and facilitates synchronization with
users’ existing systems.
Acqiris USA
P.O. Box 2203, 234 Cromwell
Hill Road
Monroe, NY 10950
Vacuum Pump
BOC Edwards has upgraded its 18B4
high-throughput vacuum pump and added
features that enable easier maintenance and
operation. The new version, the 18B4B,
includes a clean-out port and, as options, oillevel
and temperature-measurement sensors.
The new features reduce maintenance and
minimize downtime lost to low oil levels or
loss of heaters. The 18B4B’s clean-out port
measures about 200 mm in diameter and
sits atop the boiler, with access provided
through a removable panel for quick cleaning.
The two optional ultrasonic sensors can
be fitted to opposite sides of the boiler.
BOC Edwards
Manor Royal
Crawley, RH10 9LW, England
Digital Positioners
Flowserve’s two new series of high-performance
digital positioners provide quick
setup and calibration of either diaphragmor
piston-operated valves without the need
for additional handheld devices, software,
or configuration/calibration tools. The
explosion-proof Logix 3200IQ series and
intrinsically safe 500si series use state-ofthe-
art piezo technology and inner-loop
feedback to provide superior performance,
control, and reliability with minimal air
consumption. The positioners are compact,
lightweight, and modular, and are
useful in oil and gas production and refining,
chemical processing, pulp and paper
production, and other industries using
control valves.
Flowserve Corp.
5215 North O’Connor Boulevard,
Suite 2300
Irving, TX 75039
Data Acquisition
HEM Data has released Dawn 2.0, a personal-
computer-based software and hardware
system for acquiring engineering data
from an in-vehicle network for use in analyzing
a vehicle’s performance. It works
with networks conforming to the CAN and
J1850 standards. Dawn acquires data from
the vehicle’s sensors and also allows users
to add sensors to simultaneously gather
information directly with analog–digital
hardware. It displays data in real time as a
Y-T or X-Y plot, strip chart, or digital, analog,
or bar meter. Up to 64 channels of data
can be overplotted on one graph, and up to
100 graphs can be displayed at one time on
a monitor screen.
HEM Data Corp.
17320 12 Mile Road
Southfield, MI 48076-2105
Optical Table
Kinetic Systems has added the 5100T
series optical table to its Vibraplane line for
precise laboratory applications in the optical
field. The new table provides tuned and
broadband vibration damping and a flat,
stiff, highly damped surface with high natural frequency. The 5100T series is
available
in lengths up to 20 ft, widths up to
6 ft, and thicknesses up to 36 in. The
tables come standard with a ferromagnetic
stainless steel top skin, a carbon steel bottom
skin, and a proprietary epoxy-bonded
steel honeycomb core design that seals
entire rows of mounting holes to protect
the tables from spills and cleaning fluids.
Kinetic Systems, Inc.
20 Arboretum Road
Boston, MA 02131
Orientation Sensor
MicroStrain has introduced its new 3DMGX1
microsensor, which combines the outputs
from three angular-rate gyros with three
orthogonal dc accelerometers and three
orthogonal magnetometers. Its embedded
microprocessor
contains a programmable,
complementary
filtering
algorithm, which
blends the static
and dynamic outputs
of the sensors
to provide stabilized
pitch, roll, and
yaw measurements
under dynamic and static conditions. The
3DM-GX1 operates over the full 360° of
angular motion in all three axes and provides
orientation in matrix, quaternion, and Euler
angle formats. Typical applications include
platform stabilization, robotics, dynamic
antenna pointing, and biomedical research.
MicroStrain, Inc.
310 Hurricane Lane, Unit 4
Williston, VT 05495
Data Modules
National Instruments’ five new USB data
acquisition (DAQ) products make access to
the company’s DAQ hardware as easy as
plugging a USB cable into a computer.
The new USB family includes the DAQPad-
6015 and DAQPad-6016, which provide
16-bit accuracy and a maximum
sampling rate of 200 kilosamples/s. The
USB-9211 and 9215 deliver integrated
signal conditioning and are the first in a
series of single-function USB DAQ devices.
And the SCXI-1600 module provides plugand-
play USB connectivity to 40 measurement
modules within the NI SCXI signal
conditioning platform.
National Instruments Corp.
11500 North Mopac Expressway
Austin, TX 78759-3504
Information Management Software
Quality Systems’ latest WinLIMS, its signature
laboratory information management
system, provides extensive functionality for
environmental analysis, including simplifying
and speeding sample entry. A sample
taken at a remote site can be logged directly
into the WinLIMS database using a wireless
link or the World Wide Web. The sampling
routine, analytical parameters, and
other information can be automatically predefined,
which eliminates the need for
manual data entry. Quality assurance and
quality control procedures, necessary for
demonstrating the validity of the analytical
results, can be scheduled and operated
using WinLIMS.
Quality Systems International Corp.
445 Godwin Avenue
Midland Park, NJ 07432
Camera Control Software
Photron USA has released Motion Tools,
the first automated slow-motion-analysis
camera-control software package to reach
the market. The new software, designed for
use with the company’s personal-computer-
based high-speed video cameras, includes
automatic single-point tracking or a manual-
tracking capability that captures 1 to 4
points per frame. Optional modules available
for Motion Tools include a data acquisition
module that can record up to 16
channels of external ASCII data from load
cells, accelerometers, microphones, and
pressure transducers. The software’s
enhanced analysis feature can
track up to 18 trajectories simultaneously.
Photron USA, Inc.
9520 Padgett Street,
Suite 110
San Diego, CA 92136-4446
Locus’s new frequency-hopping,
spread-spectrum OS2400-485
radio operates in the license-free
2.4-GHz band, works in
high-interference environments,
and can be
configured
to operate in
point-to-point, broadcast,
or point-multipoint
modes with
built-in addressable, multidrop
RS-485 operation.
Its 32 channels allow multiple networks to
operate efficiently in the same area. The
radio has a rugged, industrial DIN railmountable
enclosure, comes shock- and
vibration-tested, can withstand extreme
temperatures, and carries a three-year manufacturer’s
warranty.
NanoWorld’s new Hybrid-Nitride AFM
probe for contact-mode operation has two
triangular cantilevers on one side and two
rectangular cantilevers on the other side of a
chip made from SU-8 epoxy material. Its silicon
nitride cantilevers have very low force
constants and integrated oxide sharpened,
pyramidal tips with a height of 3.5 µm.
All the cantilevers are stress-compensated
and have an 80-nm chromium-titaniumgold
coating on the back side for high laser
reflectivity. The tip is sited 4 µm behind the
free end of the cantilever. Special features
enable easy handling and prevent mechanical
contact between the chip and sample.
Anthro now makes and markets Carl’s
Table for use in radiology facilities in the
United States and Canada. The table was
developed by AO Medical Products of Sweden
in cooperation with radiologists,
ergonomic experts, and sight physiologists
to provide an ideal workstation
for reading X-ray
and other images in hospitals,
clinics, imaging centers,
and veterinary and
dental facilities. Carl’s
Table, known in Europe as
the AW-170 table, provides
motorized height and tilt
adjustment to facilitate all
individual work positions,
whether sitting or standing. The tilting surface
supports the forearm and shoulders,
which decreases the risk of musculoskeletal
problems. Carl’s Table provides glarefree
lighting and includes a sound absorption
and privacy panel.
BOC Edwards has upgraded its 18B4
high-throughput vacuum pump and added
features that enable easier maintenance and
operation. The new version, the 18B4B,
includes a clean-out port and, as options, oillevel
and temperature-measurement sensors.
The new features reduce maintenance and
minimize downtime lost to low oil levels or
loss of heaters. The 18B4B’s clean-out port
measures about 200 mm in diameter and
sits atop the boiler, with access provided
through a removable panel for quick cleaning.
The two optional ultrasonic sensors can
be fitted to opposite sides of the boiler.
HEM Data has released Dawn 2.0, a personal-
computer-based software and hardware
system for acquiring engineering data
from an in-vehicle network for use in analyzing
a vehicle’s performance. It works
with networks conforming to the CAN and
J1850 standards. Dawn acquires data from
the vehicle’s sensors and also allows users
to add sensors to simultaneously gather
information directly with analog–digital
hardware. It displays data in real time as a
Y-T or X-Y plot, strip chart, or digital, analog,
or bar meter. Up to 64 channels of data
can be overplotted on one graph, and up to
100 graphs can be displayed at one time on
a monitor screen.
Kinetic Systems has added the 5100T
series optical table to its Vibraplane line for
precise laboratory applications in the optical
field. The new table provides tuned and
broadband vibration damping and a flat,
stiff, highly damped surface with high natural frequency. The 5100T series is
available
in lengths up to 20 ft, widths up to
6 ft, and thicknesses up to 36 in. The
tables come standard with a ferromagnetic
stainless steel top skin, a carbon steel bottom
skin, and a proprietary epoxy-bonded
steel honeycomb core design that seals
entire rows of mounting holes to protect
the tables from spills and cleaning fluids.
MicroStrain has introduced its new 3DMGX1
microsensor, which combines the outputs
from three angular-rate gyros with three
orthogonal dc accelerometers and three
orthogonal magnetometers. Its embedded
microprocessor
contains a programmable,
complementary
filtering
algorithm, which
blends the static
and dynamic outputs
of the sensors
to provide stabilized
pitch, roll, and
yaw measurements
under dynamic and static conditions. The
3DM-GX1 operates over the full 360° of
angular motion in all three axes and provides
orientation in matrix, quaternion, and Euler
angle formats. Typical applications include
platform stabilization, robotics, dynamic
antenna pointing, and biomedical research.
Quality Systems’ latest WinLIMS, its signature
laboratory information management
system, provides extensive functionality for
environmental analysis, including simplifying
and speeding sample entry. A sample
taken at a remote site can be logged directly
into the WinLIMS database using a wireless
link or the World Wide Web. The sampling
routine, analytical parameters, and
other information can be automatically predefined,
which eliminates the need for
manual data entry. Quality assurance and
quality control procedures, necessary for
demonstrating the validity of the analytical
results, can be scheduled and operated
using WinLIMS.
Photron USA has released Motion Tools,
the first automated slow-motion-analysis
camera-control software package to reach
the market. The new software, designed for
use with the company’s personal-computer-
based high-speed video cameras, includes
automatic single-point tracking or a manual-
tracking capability that captures 1 to 4
points per frame. Optional modules available
for Motion Tools include a data acquisition
module that can record up to 16
channels of external ASCII data from load
cells, accelerometers, microphones, and
pressure transducers. The software’s
enhanced analysis feature can
track up to 18 trajectories simultaneously.