Once upon a time,there lived a mechanical engineer who pondered a question that has bothered intelligent,curious children for years.Namely,what qualities would the glass in Cinderella's slippers need to have in order for her to walk and ...
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Wyke Farms has increased the price it pays farmers for milk by 5ppl and issued a stark warning to the rest of the industry that if they fail to follow suit the UK could be facing milk shortages this winter. Wyke, the UK's largest ...
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RAB Lighting has claimed that its previous 50,000 hour estimates for its LEDs have been too conservative,and based on the TM-21 standard it now says its LEDs should last 100,000 hours,the equivalent of 27 years of 10-hr per day use. The ...
A mechanical failure at a central Queensland alumina refinery has released an unknown amount of chemical waste into a residential area of Gladstone. Queensland Alumina's refinery in Gladstone is the largest in the world. The refining ...
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RAB Lighting has claimed that its previous 50,000 hour estimates for its LEDs have been too conservative,and based on the TM-21 standard it now says its LEDs should last 100,000 hours,the equivalent of using them 10 hours a day for 27 ...
Sources inform''Globes''that,following the failure,so far,of the plan to make money by buying Suny Electronics Ltd.(TASE:SUNY)bonds,and possibly use them to take over Partner Communications Ltd.(Nasdaq:PTNR;TASE:PTNR),Yaakov Luxembourg is ...
Tags: Phoenicia Flat Glass, Suny Electronics Ltd., glassmaker
US retailer Safeway Inc has joined the recall of ground beef products supplied by XL Foods over fears that it could be contaminated with e-coli. Ground beef sold at the self-service meat counter and full-service meet cooler at Safeway ...
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When the kitchen drain is clogged and the plunger doesn't help, a call to the plumber is in order. The plumber examines the situation, employs the tried-and-true snake to remove the clog, and quickly solves the problem. An experienced ...
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Steve Staedler, Dorner Manufacturing If something can break on a conveyor, Jeff Bonaparte has seen it . . . and repaired it. A maintenance technician at Sussex IM, a custom injection molding manufacturer for a variety of industries ...
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STMicroelectronics is considering breaking itself up,reports Bloomberg.It is thought that the profitable analogue business will be split from the loss-making digital business,while the ST-Ericsson joint venture will be sold-probably to ...
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Premature failure is a common fate for large-diameter (e.g., 8 in. to 10 ft) bearings in heavy-duty applications where rotations are frequent. In big rotating equipment, such as cranes, excavators, and tunnel boring machines, a slewing ring ...
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How MVR Evaporators Can Reduce Plant Operation CostsDavid Loschiavo, Project Sales Engineer-Distillation and Evaporation, SPX Corp., Jens Garnry Nielsen, Senior Process Engineer, SPX Flow Technology Danmark A/S Various evaporation ...
RAB Lighting has claimed that its previous 50,000 hour estimates for its LEDs have been too conservative,and based on the TM-21 standard it now says its LEDs should last 100,000 hours,the equivalent of using them 10 hours a day for 27 ...
Tags: RAB Lighting, LED, TM-21
This week's clutch of featured industry research from the just-food store highlights global food retail, functional food and beverages and baking ingredients in China. Growth Opportunities in Sports Nutrition This report details the ...
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The results of the quarterly Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation(MAPI)Survey on the Business Outlook indicate slowing growth for U.S.manufacturing over the next three to six months.But despite posting a 5 percentage point ...
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