‘User-Friendly’
An Engineeringtalk guide
Start with the news release
Micro stepper motors bring pictures into focus from
EMS, which we summarised at the time by saying "Electro Mechanical Systems has supplied Precistep micro-stepper motors to Life Optics to allow it to develop a compact, reliable and light-weight head-mounted microscope.".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Birchwood sealants prevent rust and corrosion from
Birchwood Casey: "Birchwood Casey offers a full line of eight different aqueous and solvent-based inhibitors and sealants to prevent rust and corrosion on all metal surfaces. ".
In November 2009, we covered the news from Dassault Systemes
- take a look at Dassault Systemes releases latest PLM 2.0 platform
which says: "Dassault Systemes (DS) unveiled the latest release of its PLM 2.0 platform at its recent European Customer Forum.".
Take a look also at the news release from Gas Data, GFM416 provides onsite biogas measurement,
as well as Comsol release accesses cluster-compute power from Comsol,
and TEC unveils rapid-prototype machines at ACTE from Tech Ed Concepts.
Latest stories...
Dragon Runner robot supports military troops (November 2009)
Qinetiq has been awarded a contract to supply almost 100 Dragon Runner robots, associated spares and technical services to support of current military operations in Afghanistan.
GE controller firmware has online programming (November 2009)
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has released its Versamax Micro Plus controller firmware revision 4.0.
Dezineforce showcases design suite at SC'09 (November 2009)
Dezineforce will be exhibiting at SC'09, the exhibition and conference devoted to high-performance computing, in Portland, Oregon, on 14-20 November 2009.
Micro-Epsilon introduces thermal-imaging cameras (November 2009)
Micro-Epsilon UK has set up a partnership agreement with Flir Systems, a supplier of infrared thermography systems, to offer a range of low-cost handheld thermal-imaging cameras.
Centa offers bespoke transmission designs (November 2009)
Centa Transmissions can create bespoke powertrain designs for wind, wave, tidal and solar power systems.
Instron website features Testing Solutions section (November 2009)
Instron, a provider of testing equipment solutions to evaluate the mechanical properties of materials and components, has launched an online technical resource.
Haydonkerk unveils programmable actuator with GUI (November 2009)
Haydonkerk Motion Solutions has introduced the Haydon Idea Drive stepper-motor linear actuator.
Ethernet I/O range cuts costs in remote monitoring (November 2009)
Amplicon's new Ethernet input/output (I/O) range is claimed to deliver cost savings to customers that want to monitor and control devices over an IP network.
Further reading
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User-friendly website eases fan choices
All the relevant support information and documentation for each project is available as a download, be it in PDF or DXF formats.
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Machinery safety website is more user-friendly
Procter Machinery Guarding has completed a major redesign of its website following an assessment by some of the UK's leading consultants specialising in website usability.
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