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Improve machine adjustment with this device

The Microshim is a precision adjustable shim for positioning large machinery, leveling grinding equipment, adjusting roll assemblies, leveling extruders and injection molding equipment and more. The simple, compact device comes in packs of four, and is milled from a solid…

This CO sensor has fast response and recovery times

The 4CM carbon-monoxide sensor was developed to meet the most stringent toxic-gas and mining standards. The 4CM is said to respond 12% faster to CO hazards and recovers in over half the time of the industry average for other sensors.…

Detect blocked feed chutes with acoustic wave technology

The Gladiator Acoustic Switch series is designed for continuous operation in applications in which detecting blocked feed chutes is important. The device has two acoustic wave transducers that pulse and receive each other’s acoustic echoes. Using this company’s specially developed…

This new handheld spectrometer is now smaller and lighter

The next-generation xSort handheld energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer now comes in a smaller, lightweight package. The instrument offers improved analytical performance, the company says. The xSort is designed for high-throughput elemental testing and spectrochemical analysis of a wide range of…

A longer lasting pH sensor for gas-scrubber applications

The new Rosemount Analytical Mode RB Sensor is designed for optimum sensor life in demanding scrubber applications. pH sensors are said to be most vulnerable to failure due to poisoning of the reference junction. The new RB sensor features a…

Peltier elements heat and cool this gas-sorption instrument

This company has added a compact thermoelectric thermostatting device to its line of accessories for its gas sorption instruments — used to measure pore size and surface area of materials and powders — and gas pycnometers. The device uses Peltier…

Two functions in one flow transmitter

The new Type 8022 flow transmitter and pulse divider combines the functions of the company’s 8021 pulse divider and its 8023 flow transmitter into a single device. This electronic module can display and further process the flow measured by the…

Intergraph releases latest versions of SmartPlant 3D  

Intergraph (Huntsville, Ala.; www.intergraph.com) has released the latest versions of its next-generation plant, offshore and materials handling design solutions, SmartPlant 3D, SmartMarine 3D and SmartPlant 3D Materials Handling Edition. Collectively known as Smart 3D, they are said to be the…

Aveva launches software to support multidisciplinary users

Engineering software developer Aveva Group, PLC (Cambridge, U.K.; www.aveva.com) released Aveva Engineering, a new product where the full definition of tagged engineering items (including equipment, lines and others) can be developed by multidisciplinary teams of specialist engineers working concurrently. Users…

Aveva releases Aveva Engineering  

Aveva  (Cambridge, U.K.; www.aveva.com) has released Aveva Engineering, a new product where the full definition of tagged engineering items (equipment, lines and so on) can be developed by multi-disciplinary teams of specialist engineers working concurrently. Users can benefit from more…