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No Start Date for Idaho Nuclear Facility
May 23, 2013 3:18 pm | by John Miller, Associated Press | News | CommentsFrench nuclear services giant Areva SA no longer projects a date for building an Idaho uranium enrichment plant, aiming to avoid dashing expectations while its hunt for financing drags on. Work on the $3 billion Eagle Rock enrichment plant was meant to start in 2011.
Medical Approved, 400W AC/DC Power Supplies
May 23, 2013 3:01 pm | by PD&D Staff | Micropower Direct | Product Releases | CommentsThe MPU-400M series, available now from MicroPower Direct (Stoughton, MA), is a family of compact 400W AC/DC power supplies that are certified to EN 60601 3RD edition. These power supplies offer a unique combination of high power, safety features, robust performance and compact construction.
Direct-Connect Industrial Camera Series
May 23, 2013 2:49 pm | by PD&D Staff | Cognex Corp. | Product Releases | CommentsCognex Corporation (Natick, MA) has announced the Cognex Industrial Camera (CIC) series, a new line of GigE Vision digital industrial cameras designed for easy integration with VisionPro and CVL vision software.
Sensorless, Brushless DC Motor Driver
May 23, 2013 2:37 pm | by PD&D Staff | Texas Instruments, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsTexas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX) has expanded its sensorless, brushless DC (BLDC) motor driver portfolio with a new device designed for high efficiency and low noise, which requires a low external component count of only one capacitor.
Engineering Update #11: Navy Launches Drone from Aircraft Carrier
May 23, 2013 1:46 pm | by Eric Sorensen, Multimedia Coordinator | Videos | CommentsOn this episode of Engineering Update, the Navy has launched a drone the size of a fighter jet from a warship, the emergence of polymer-based flexible circuits, and a lightweight sound camera.
Researchers Forward Quest for Quantum Computing
May 23, 2013 1:24 pm | by Caron Lett, University of York | News | CommentsResearch teams from UW-Milwaukee and the University of York investigating the properties of ultra-thin films of new materials are helping bring quantum computing one step closer to reality. An on-going collaboration between physicists from York and the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA, is focusing on understanding, tailoring, and tuning the electronic properties of topological insulators at the nanoscale.
Tesla Uses Stock, Note Sale to Repay Government
May 23, 2013 1:21 pm | by Tom Krisher, AP Auto Writer | News | CommentsTesla Motors, which makes a highly acclaimed $70,000 electric car, has paid off a startup loan from the U.S. government nine years early. The Palo Alto, Calif., company said it wired in a $451.8 million payment to the government on Wednesday. The money, coupled with two prior payments, paid off a $465 million loan Tesla got from the Department of Energy loan in 2010 to foster development of advanced-technology vehicles.
Photos of the Day: Triton UAV Takes Maiden Flight
May 23, 2013 1:18 pm | by U.S. Navy | News | CommentsThe Navy's newest unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft platform, the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), completed its first flight from Palmdale, Calif. May 22, marking the start of tests which will validate the Northrop Grumman-built system for future fleet operations.
Rolls-Royce AE 3007 Powers First Flight of Triton UAV
May 23, 2013 1:10 pm | by Rolls-Royce | News | CommentsRolls-Royce has congratulated the U.S. Navy for achieving its first flight with the Northrop Grumman Corporation-built MQ-4C Triton aircraft. Triton, a high-altitude, unmanned aircraft, is powered by a single Rolls-Royce AE 3007 engine.
Small Brushless Dual-Shaft Motor
May 23, 2013 12:44 pm | by PD&D Staff | Product Releases | CommentsAllied Motion (Netherlands) has announced the KinetiMax 32EB-DS, an extremely compact brushless DC motor with a dual output shaft. This KinetiMax is an outer rotor motor and has two identical shafts and two identical bearings capable of handling high side loads on both sides of the motor.
Precision Positioning Systems Go Nano
May 23, 2013 12:37 pm | by PD&D Staff | Pi (Physik Instrumente) L.P. | Product Releases | CommentsPhysik Instrumente (PI) (Germany) has introduced a new series of miniaturized, piezo-motor-driven linear positioners. The small dimensions make these new positioners the ideal choice for high precision motion in confined spaces.
Boosting Small Controller Performance
May 23, 2013 12:34 pm | by PD&D Staff | Beckhoff Automation Llc | Product Releases | CommentsIn order to increase controller scalability while enhancing user functionality and flexibility, Beckhoff Automation (Savage, MN) has introduced the new CX9020 Embedded PC. The CX9020 is suitable for a wide range of PLC and motion control applications in small and medium sized machines, systems or buildings.
36 V Digital Potentiometers
May 23, 2013 12:28 pm | by PD&D Staff | Microchip Technology Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsMicrochip Technology (Chandler, AZ) has announced two new volatile, SPI digital potentiometers (digipots)—the MCP41HV31 and MCP41HV51 (MCP41HVXX)—its first to operate at 10, 12, 18, 24, and particularly 36 volts, for systems requiring wide signal swing or high power-supply voltages.
Weidlinger Launches PZFlexCloud Using CliQr Technologies to Set New Standard for Finite Element Software-as-a-Service
May 23, 2013 10:48 am | by Weidlinger Associates, Inc. | News | CommentsWeidlinger Associates, Inc., the developer of PZFlex, the popular 3D virtual-prototyping and wave-propagation analysis software, and CliQr Technologies, a leader in cloud application management software, announced the launch of PZFlexCloud on CliQr’s CloudCenter platform.
EWI Expands Additive Manufacturing Capabilities via Direct Metal Laser-Sintering Technology
May 23, 2013 10:33 am | by EWI | News | CommentsWith the recent addition of a high-performance EOS direct metal laser-sintering DMLS system at its technology facility, EWI now offers manufacturers a unique package of 3D metal printing services supported by the company’s technical expertise in materials joining.
