Catalog Features Expanded Product Lines

New to the Remke Master Catalog is the family of Stainless Steel Liquidtight Connectors.

Remke Industries is introducing their new master catalog – Catalog 60 – which features new products, expanded product lines plus additions to the technical reference and cross reference sections.

• New to the Remke Master Catalog is the family of Stainless Steel Liquidtight Connectors. 
• The catalog features a Type 304 stainless steel body and ferrule
• The family of Dome Cap Cable Glands has been expanded in Catalog 60. 
• Also available are a variety of nickel-plated brass Dome Cap connectors in NPT, Pg or Metric threads. 

Read more about Remke’s new catalog at www.pddnet.com

Companies Enter Distribution Agreement For North America

Thief River Falls, MN and Youngwood, PA– Electronic components distributor Digi-Key and Powerex announce that the companies have entered into an agreement for the distribution of Powerex products in North America.

• In stock and available for immediate shipment from Digi-Key are Powerex’s IGBT modules, Intelligent Power Modules (IPMs), thyristor power switches, DC/DC converters, and high power diode modules.
• These products are now available for purchase on Digi-Key’s US and Canadian websites.
• Powerex products support numerous markets, including AC, DC, and Servo Drives; aircraft; alternative energy and distributed power, etc

Read more about Digi-Key and Powerex’s distribution agreement at www.pddnet.com

Multitasking Architectural Database Available

New York— (Business Wire) —McGraw-Hill Construction announces that the multitasking architectural database MADCAD will be available via McGraw-Hill Construction’s Internet portal, construction.com.

• MADCAD provides architects, builders, contractors, government inspectors and educational institutions access to building codes via the Internet.
• The MADCAD system currently includes the new International Building Code as well as 15 codebooks from each of the model building code providers.

Read more about McGraw-Hill’s new database at www.pddnet.com

Connectivity Toolbox Allows Easy Integration

Waterloo, Canada – Maplesoft announces the availability of the MapleSim Connectivity Toolbox.

• This new product enables users to export high-performance MapleSim models into Simulink.
• Using this toolbox models are highly efficient due to MapleSim’s symbolic preprocessing and optimized code generation.
• In addition, this toolbox allows engineers to better understand and more easily reuse their models with the help of MapleSim’s analysis tools and design documentation abilities.

Read more about Maplesoft’s Connectivity Toolbox at www.pddnet.com

Company Seeks Partners For Improved Drinking Water Project.

Professional Analytical and Consulting Services (PACS) are looking for project partners that will help improve drinking water quality through a new process to return used granular activated carbon (GAC) back to its unused status.

• Ideal partners are activated carbon users who send GAC off-site for reactivation.
• PACS would execute the cleaning process on used GAC and again characterize the cleaned product.

Read more about PACS’s project on improved drinking waster at www.pddnet.com

New Automation Catalog
 
New Hyde Park, NY– Techno Linear Motion Products release their new 144-page Linear Motion Products Catalog, the H835.

• Complete with a comprehensive technical section that outlines various automation applications, questions and solutions.
• The H835 also contains Techno’s updated linear motion product offerings. 
• Divided into 5 easy-to-understand chapters.

Read more about Linear Motion’s new catalog at www.pddnet.com

Smash-And-Burn Product Testing

Intertek announces that its laboratories are being featured in the new television special titled, Testing the Limits.

• Testing the Limits demonstrates the “bang, crash, boom” testing that a product must endure before it ever makes it on a shelf and into the hands of the consumer.
• The show is chronicled by two Intertek engineers as they take viewers on an exclusive, behind the scenes journey into the world of product safety and performance testing.
• Testing the Limits gives the public a never-before-seen look into the exciting world of product testing.

Read more about Intertek’s television experience at www.pddnet.com

Die Casters Report Sourcing Returning to the U.S.

In a recent survey of U.S. die casters, 78 percent reported that they have seen die casting parts come back from overseas during the last two quarters.

• According to these reports, die cast components are returning to the U.S. for three main reasons: concerns about part quality, customer-supplier proximity and overseas logistics.
• Another prominent reason components are returning to the U.S. is because OEMs want closer proximity to their supply base.
• Manufacturing logistical issues with offshore sourcing have become more prevalent, according to some industry experts.

Read more about die casting parts coming back to the US at www.pddnet.com