As the old saw goes, the proper tools make the job; this applies to painting as well. Purchase quality tools and materials. DIYers save on labor costs and can easily justify paying the price of quality tools. Tool quality and price vary ...
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Lemnis Lighting has a new line of LED lamps in its Pharox family with the 200-lm version priced under $5, but the low-lumen output of the initial products will limit the SSL applications in which the lamps can serve. Cost has stood as the ...
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Spansion Inc., provider of Flash memory technology, has won the 2011 City of Austin Environmental Awareness Award for its outstanding success in water conservation and greenhouse gas reduction. Spansion began a multi-year water conservation ...
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If you're looking for a portable heater to decrease the chill in your workspace or a small room in your home, you have two general options: convection and radiant. Choosing one over the other depends primarily on whether you want to heat ...
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A screw is a shaft with a helical groove or thread formed on its surface and provision at one end to turn the screw. Its main uses are as a threaded fastener used to hold objects together, and as a simple machine used to translate torque ...
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Once the joint and adjacent surfaces are completely dry, new caulk can be applied. Caulk, in general, is a non-porous, flexible material that adheres to the surface of building materials along a joint. While there are many different types ...
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Blow molding (also known as blow moulding or blow forming) is a manufacturing process by which hollow plastic parts are formed. In general, there are three main types of blow molding: extrusion blow molding, injection blow molding, and ...
China's Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp. And Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. Announced the launch of a new joint venture on Thursday. The steelmakers each have a 50-percent stake in a new tin plate plant in Wuhan, the capital of central ...
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Home entertainment Friends renovating their homes often ask what technology they should bake into their walls (with the aid of an electrician). But it’s risky to offer advice. Recommending equipment that can be added to an external ...
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Home entertainment Friends renovating their homes often ask what technology they should bake into their walls (with the aid of an electrician). But it’s risky to offer advice. Recommending equipment that can be added to an external ...
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The Coca-Cola Co in Japan has decided to opt for LED lighting in all new purchases of vending machines for beverage products in cans and PET bottles, starting from 2012. The company claims that its annual power consumption for vending ...
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The Coca-Cola Co in Japan has decided to opt for LED lighting in all new purchases of vending machines for beverage products in cans and PET bottles, starting from 2012. The company claims that its annual power consumption for vending ...
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For the first time, sister companies Bruckner and Kiefel Technologies have their North American operations under one roof, at a new headquarters in New Hampshire that opened 1 June. Bruckner, a supplier of cast film machinery and film ...
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It's been a tough go for the flooring industry, any industry, for that matter, since the housing market collapsed in the summer of 2006. For an industry still getting its feet wet, the recession could have spelled doom, which is what makes ...
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