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Accelerate Your Vibration Analysis
September 14, 2009 12:20 pm | Product Releases | CommentsWilcoxon Research (Germantown, MD) introduces two compact industrial accelerometers, the 780B and 780C, rounding out the family of narrow, low-profile, and lightweight sensors. Both sensors are 100 mV/g general purpose vibration sensors, with the 780B featuring a + 10 percent sensitivity tolerance, and the 780C featuring a + 15 percent tolerance.
Precise Peristaltic Pump
September 14, 2009 12:19 pm | Product Releases | CommentsRandolph-Austin (Manchaca, TX) has released the TP 1000 V, designed as an extremely precise meter or bottling peristaltic pump. The pump can be operated in a semiautomatic mode or be fully integrated through a RS-232 connector as an automatic filling or metering machine.
Feature-Filled Balance
September 14, 2009 5:28 am | Product Releases | CommentsGardco (Pompano Beach, FL) has developed the FX-iWP, the first waterproof and dustproof compact precision balance, which incorporates the reduced-sized Super-Hybrid Sensor to provide quick readings with high precision. Six models are available from 120g x 0.0001g to 3200g x 0.
Impact-Resistant Gangway
September 14, 2009 5:27 am | Product Releases | CommentsSafeRack (Sumter, SC) has announced its redesigned SafeRack G4 Gangway. The G4 uses metal-stamping technology to create a stronger gangway that is at the same time lighter and smoother to operate. The G4’s parts, most often aluminum, are stamped out in a tool-and-die process and then formed by bending the metal into the required shape, eliminating the need for welding.
Hazard-Safe Sensoring
September 14, 2009 5:26 am | Product Releases | CommentsBalluff (Florence, KY) introduces the Micropulse ProCompact linear position transducer, which is designed to be rugged, accurate, and protected against environmental hazards. The Micropulse utilizes non-contact magnetostrictive technology in a welded, hermetically-sealed stainless steel housing, which provides long-term reliability and service life.
Go Ahead And Weep
September 14, 2009 5:25 am | Product Releases | CommentsLa-Man (Port Orange, FL) has developed a series of Extractor/Dyers that are designed as a point-of-use filter to efficiently remove moisture and contaminants from compressed air systems. The Extractor/Dyer is a two-stage filter designed to operate most effectively within twenty-five feet of the point of use.
Lilly To Eliminate Thousands Of Jobs In Reorganization
September 14, 2009 5:01 am | News | CommentsSeptember 14, 2009 NEW YORK (AP) — Drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co. says it will eliminate thousands of jobs and reorganize into five business units in an effort to slash costs and speed up development of potential new drugs. The Indianapolis company says it will reduce its work force to 35,000 by the end of 2011.
AFL-CIO President Sweeney Steps Down
September 14, 2009 4:51 am | by Sam Hananel, Associated Press Writer | News | CommentsSeptember 14, 2009 PITTSBURGH (AP) -- John Sweeney, stepping down after 14 years at the helm of the AFL-CIO, urged union leaders Sunday to keep up the fight to reform health care and overhaul labor laws so workers can form unions more easily. "We're on the cusp of the greatest advance in labor law reform in 70 years, but we're taking heavy fire from the corporate captains of deceit," Sweeney told about 1,000 union members at the federation's convention.
EU Predicts Exit From Recession In 3Q
September 14, 2009 4:28 am | by Aoife White, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsSeptember 14, 2009 BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union said Monday that the recession in the euro-zone and EU will likely have ended in the third quarter with the resumption of modest economic growth. In an update to its May forecast, the EU cast doubt on strength of the upswing, saying it won't change its prediction for the euro-zone and EU economies to shrink by 4 percent this year.
China Files WTO Complaint Over Obama's Tariffs
September 14, 2009 4:22 am | by Joe McDonald, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsSeptember 14, 2009 BEIJING (AP) — Beijing filed a World Trade Organization complaint Monday over new U.S. tariffs on Chinese tires, stepping up pressure on Washington in the latest in a series of trade disputes. The conflict is a potential irritant as Washington and Beijing prepare for a summit of the Group of 20 leading economies in Pittsburgh on Sept.
Paralyzed Welder Gets A Lift
September 14, 2009 4:08 am | News | CommentsSeptember 14, 2009 MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Jordan Kay is proving that no job is out of reach. Kay, a welder training in Minot, was in kindergarten when he was paralyzed in a car accident. His dream to become a welder in a mechanics shop might have been dashed but for the help and ingenuity of instructors at North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton.
Pratt May Move CT Jobs To Japan
September 14, 2009 3:59 am | News | CommentsSeptember 14, 2009 EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Pratt & Whitney says it's finished formal negotiations with the Machinists union but hasn't made a decision on the future of more than 1,000 employees in Connecticut. In a statement released Sunday, the jet engine maker says it's evaluating the union's proposal and an offer from the state.
Breakthrough Value With Manufacturing Footprint Optimization
September 11, 2009 11:39 am | by Raj G. Konanahalli and Russ Dillion, AlixPartners LLP | Articles | CommentsSeptember 15, 2009 Chances are, your competitors are quickly rightsizing their manufacturing footprint in response to today’s deteriorating global market conditions. Improving operations within facilities is likely not enough. In order for companies to be competitive in this economic environment as well as going forward, manufacturing footprint optimization (MFO) will need to be a strategic priority.
The Real Cost Of This Recession
September 11, 2009 11:28 am | by Mike Rainone, Co-Founder of PCDworks | Articles | CommentsSeptember 15, 2009 It’s finally gotten to me. I have given up on innovation, invention, small business, hard work, and sacrifice as a means of rescue, and I don’t mean from our current economic tribulation; I mean rescue from the economic and social misery which has frayed the fabric of our country.
What Does 1 Million Miles Mean to America?
September 11, 2009 10:50 am | by by Anna Wells, Editor, IMPO | Blogs | CommentsSeptember 14, 2009 Anna Wells, Editor, IMPO I have to admit I was somewhat disappointed in the article I recently read on GM’s 1 million milestone in the company’s fuel cell test fleet vehicle experiment. While this is an impressive feat, I didn’t find the facts as uplifting as I’d hoped.
