PCB Piezotronics has introduced the Model 401B04, an ICP sensor simulator that can be installed in place of an ICP sensor and accepts test signals from a voltage-function generator.
The Model 401B04 ensures the correct setup of measuring chains consisting of cable, ICP or IEPE signal conditioning and data acquisition systems.
It also verifies signal conditioning settings [...]

UK-based sensor and instrumentation specialist Impress Sensors and Systems has become an official distributor of Ashdown Control products.
Ashdown Control’s product portfolio strengthens Impress Sensors and Systems’s range of instrumentation and sensor products, which includes: sensors for pressure, temperature, level and distance measurement; process controllers; process indicators; data logging and recording systems; calibration equipment; and SIL2- [...]

PCB Aerospace and Defense - a division of PCB Piezotronics - has unveiled Series 113B and 102B frequency-tailored ICP and charge-output piezoelectric pressure sensors.
The quartz dynamic pressure sensors are claimed to have an extremely fast 1us response time, with resonant frequencies above 500KHz.
Frequency tailoring, a combination of mass balancing and microelectronics, is said to provide [...]

PCB Piezotronics has introduced the Model 1621-02A S-Type Load Cell, for precision measurement of multi-cycle, high repetition automotive component and system-test applications.
This sensor is housed in stainless steel and offers: a measurement range of 1,000lb (4.45 kN), 500 per cent full-scale overload protection in compression and tension and a six-pin PT-style connector.
This sensor features an [...]

PCB Piezotronics has reduced the price of its low profile and rod-end style load-cell sensors and improved its stock programme to provide immediate delivery.
The PCB Series 1200 Low Profile, Series 1400 Fatigue-Rated Low Profile and Series 1300 Rod End Load Cells are rugged sensors used in the automotive, aerospace, industrial and commercial-product industries.

The PCB [...]

AGY has introduced L-Glass, a low-loss glass fibre yarn for printed wiring board (PWB) applications.
The low dielectric constant (Dk) and low dissipation factor (Df) properties of L-Glass fibre are suitable for designs requiring increased signal speeds and better signal integrity than traditional E-Glass/epoxy substrate materials.
Scott Northrup, director of new business development at AGY, said: ‘Substrate [...]

Morgan Technical Ceramics’ CVD Materials business is offering its Performance Pyrolytic Boron Nitride material for use in the manufacture of the photo-absorption layer in thin-film photovoltaic cells.
Performance Pyrolytic Boron Nitride (PBN) is a good material for crucibles and evaporation boats used in producing the thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) cells, as well as for coating graphite heating [...]

Iwis Antriebssysteme and CoKG will introduce their Flexon hinged-slat chains and Mattop chains at ‘Motion, Drive and Automation’, to be held in Hanover, Germany, from 20-24 April 2009.
The polymer chains are made from Dupont’s Delrin acetal resin, which helps them prevent contamination and makes them energy efficient and easy to maintain.
FDA-approved Delrin combines high mechanical [...]

Victrex has published a technical brochure highlighting how its Peek polymer is replacing metal and other thermoplastics in a variety of gear applications.
The leaflet describes current industry-trends for gears, including higher performance and efficiencies, weight reduction, miniaturisation and lower costs.
The brochure describes in depth the demands of gears and how they depend on good tribological [...]

Huntsman Advanced Materials has announced the launch of Araldite EP1000AB, a nano-toughened epoxy paste adhesive.
for aircraft specification requirements at low, ambient and relatively high temperatures.
Specific, dispersed organic nanoparticles are incorporated into an epoxy system to give the adhesive good toughening features.
The average particle size is submicron, inhibiting micro-crack propagation while leaving the continuous cured epoxy [...]