One of the biggest trends in today's industries is the move towards fully automated systems.The introduction of ethernet into the industrial environment has been one of the biggest enablers to this,but with organisations under increased ...
Ageing infrastructure is a major problem for almost every power utility in the developed world, and it's a problem that becomes particularly acute when the original manufacturer gives notice that support will soon be withdrawn for an asset ...
Ray Howarth,long term engineer at the Runcorn plant explains the ongoing success and improved levels of safety with the introduction of the company's Arc Flash Mitigation Programme InterGen is a global power generation company with plants ...
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A resilient system for data centre power protection and security is critical to business continuity and resilience. That's a given. Although there are various elements to a full turnkey standby power solution including; UPS systems, battery ...
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As of December 16, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 83.844 million mt, indicating a decrease of 975,000 mt or 1.15 percent week on week, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency . As of the same date, the ...
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SiSTEM Technology, a supplier of high quality processing equipment to the semiconductor and high technology industries, has announced that the Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) equipment it supplies from Picosun Oy is being used in the fast, ...
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Richardson RFPD, Inc. recently announces availability and full design support capabilities for a new line of high energy densityA figure of merit usually expressed in Joules per cubic inch for capacitorsA figure of merit usually expressed ...
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At present, a new production line for the "shooping" process (i.e. the spraying of the zinc layers onto the ends of the capacitor elements) is being installed at the second production floor of ELECTRONICON's main works at 2, Keplerstrasse ...
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The Low & Medium Voltage Division of Siemens AG has developed a new gas-insulated medium-voltage switchgear, 8DJH Compact, for secondary distribution systems up to 24 kV. This type-tested switchgear, which conforms to IEC 62271-200, is ...
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New cars and trucks sold in the United States during the 2012 model year returned an average of 23.6 mpg in combined city and highway driving, a record figure for fuel economy, the Associated Press reported. The gains, measured across all ...
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Solvay announces that it has signed a worldwide social and environmental responsibility agreement with IndustriALL Global Union. The official signing ceremony took place in the presence of Jyrki Raina, General Secretary of IndustriALL, ...
US fashion retailer Loehmann's Holdings has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for a third time and said it plans to sell substantially all of its assets. The discount clothing chain filed its bankruptcy petition with the US ...
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Fashion technology specialist Human Solutions has devised the portal architecture for Eurofit, a research project to provide an online platform for body measurements. The German company is also involved in the portal’s ...
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) welcomed the introduction of the Generalized System of Preferences Update for Production Diversification and Trade Enhancement (UPDATE) Act, legislation that would make U.S. imports of ...
BASF, the world's leading chemical company, will build a compounding plant for engineering plastics Ultramid® (polyamide) and Ultradur® (polybutylene terephthalate, PBT) compounds in Yesan, Chung Nam Province, Korea. The new plant ...
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