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CyberOptics SE500ULTRA SPI Awarded for Excellence in the Asian Electronics Industry
CyberOptics Corporation announces that it has been awarded a 2012 EM Asia Innovation Award in the category of Test & Measurement / Inspection Systems – SPI for its SE500ULTRA. The award was presented to the company during an April 26, 2012 ceremony in Shanghai during NEPCON China.
11kW permanent magnet synchronous motor without rare-earth metals
Hitachi announced a 11kW highly efficient permanent magnet synchronous motor co-developed with Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd., without using magnetic material containing rare-earth metals such as neodymium and dysprosium. The motor employs an iron-based amorphous metal(1) in the core, the heart of the motor.
Volvo announces major new orders for hybrid buses
Volvo Bus UK has won orders for 174 new hybrid buses as part of the Green Bus fund for England, including its single largest ever hybrid order of 77 double deck buses for Arriva.
Intertronics Quick And Simple Adhesive Solution
A quick and simple solution was required to provide added security for one of Ford Components Manufacturing Ltd’s laminated metal shim pack products. Known as edgepeel, the pack provides a number of shims, to specific customer requirements, that can be quickly and easily selected at the point of assembly thus speeding up production. These thin steel shims are normally held together by their oil coating, but in a specialist application, a more r...
Power Integrations Found to Infringe Fairchild Semiconductor Patent Rights
Fairchild Semiconductor announced that a jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware found Power Integrations, Inc. infringes a Fairchild U.S. patent covering primary side regulation. Power Integrations products found to infringe include certain LinkSwitch II and LinkSwitch-CV products, including the LNK603-606/613-616, SC1092, SC1097-99, SC1103, LNK632DG and LNK623-626. The same jury also found all asserted Fairchild patents val...
Agilent Technologies, Centellax Announce Agilent Will Acquire Centellax's Test and Measurement Business
Agilent Technologies Inc. and Centellax today announced they have signed a definitive agreement for Agilent to acquire the assets of Centellax's test and measurement business. Centellax, a privately held company, designs and manufactures key technology and products such as bit-error ratio testers and signal generators used for testing high-speed digital communication systems and components.
New SOURIAU Industrial Connector Website with E-catalogue
SOURIAU relaunches its industrial website with a new intuitive e-catalogue. This catalogue will cover the broad range of metal, plastic, circular and rectangular connectors used extensively in industrial, medical, instrumentation and renewable energy where robust interconnects are required.
EnOcean starts new University Programme
EnOcean has launched a new university programme. This initiative will educate the university community about energy harvesting wireless technology and open up students’ career opportunities at EnOcean. The programme addresses Electronics, Software or Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and other related courses. A key element of the programme is 13 month placements (internships) for students.
New X-Plane Technology from Nordson DAGE Earns a 2012 Innovation Award during NEPCON China
Nordson DAGE announces that it has been awarded a 2012 EM Asia Innovation Award in the category of Test & Measurement/Inspection Systems – AXI for its new X-Plane Analysis – Sub Micron X-Ray Inspection System Option. The award was presented to the company during an April 26, 2012 ceremony in Shanghai during NEPCON China.
BPM Microsystems to demonstrate new solution for in-system device programming at the 2012 SMT Hybrid Packaging Exhibition
BPM Microsystems will demonstrate its new in-system device programming solution in Hall 7, Stand 648 at the upcoming SMT Hybrid Packaging Exhibition, scheduled to take place May 8 - 10, 2012 at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg in Germany.