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Power Optical Fibers from Fiberguide


niversal Clad (UniClad) optical fiber from Fiberguide is designed for integration into fiber based lasers and OEM systems performing high power transmission. The fiber uses a large core-to- clad ratio to reduce stress transfer to its core, maintaining laser beam quality and improving focal ratio degradation in lasers used for cutting, welding, drilling, soldering and marking.


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UniClad fiber has a pure fused silica core and doped fused silica cladding with a polymer coating. The fiber has a fixed 500µm cladding diameter for 100-400µm core sizes, and proportionately larger cladding for 600-800µm core sizes, to make laser alignment and splicing easier.


Complete high power laser assemblies are also available.


Fiberguide Tel: 01455 556360 Web: www.fiberguide.com


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ick UK, the market-leading supplier of dust and gas emissions analysers and flow meter systems, is launching a new tiered package of service, response and maintenance options, following a restructuring of its support team to reflect customer needs. With a range of more than 30 particulate monitors, gas emissions analyser and flow meter systems, including leading products such as the Dusthunter, GM32 in-situ NOX and SO2 analyser, Sick has a well-established reputation for technological excellence. “Faced with increasingly stringent emissions legislation and the risk of fines and penalties,


it’s never been more critical for


operators to maximise the availability of plant and avoid unnecessary downtime,” said John Exford, manager Process Automation Division, SICK UK. “For example, combustion process and boiler plant operators must ensure that pollution monitoring and analysis instrumentation downtime is minimal, or they could be forced to shut down plant – a highly costly consequence for optimised continuous processes. It could mean a waste incinerator operator having to buy premium capacity elsewhere to prevent material build up.” In response to market demands, Sick has restructured its support teams in the UK to optimise it service to customers, delivered by a new tiered range of service and support options.


Depending on the customer requirements, SICK will offer guaranteed response options for its emissions gas analysis systems across all process combustion plant, with services differentiated on a 24 to 48 hour response availability, available on a 365 day basis. A range of telephone, online and emergency engineer call-out services are also available. The Sick UK team also offers full range of services for completing Risk Assessments and Method Statements as well as a full range of Health and Safety documentation. SICK Gas Analysis Systems and support services are relied upon by leading power generators, recycling and incineration plants, and other private and public combustion plant operators across the UK. Its range of technologies cover a range of applications from flame ionisation, Infra-Red, UV and laser-based spectroscopy, zirconia sensing, atomic absorption and interference analysis to colorimetric and light scattering technology.


SICK Tel: 01727 831121


Norbar Torque receives Japanese export boost


The Banbury-based company took part in two UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) programmes which were designed to help British companies develop new business contacts, which has resulted in Norbar more than tripling its sales in Japan in 2012. Norbar Torque has a long-standing distribution presence in the Japanese market, but was anxious to maximise opportunities with a targeted contact programme. The programme has resulted in the sales boost across a range of new and existing sectors, including aerospace, automotive, marine and wind power generation. “We have had a long-standing distribution arrangement in the Japanese market but with the help of UKTI have moved up a gear with significant sales increase,” says Owen Hillis of Norbar Torque.


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Amphenol launches new hermetic connector at Southern Manufacturing 2013


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s a global leader in hermetic glass- to-metal seal interconnect technology, Amphenol has the expertise and ability to offer connectors to support a wide range of demanding applications including aerospace, automotive, marine, industrial and other harsh environment programmes. At the show were the latest hermetic technologies and product ranges optimised for high temperature sensors and pressure feed-throughs as well as other high end applications.


Exhibited for the first time in the UK were the latest Heavy mate


F Series, a modular-based system which is intermateable with all other brands of rectangular modular-format connectors. Also on show were the latest AT, ATP, RT360, M8 to M12 and M23 to M40 product ranges of connectors. These flexible new highly reliable connectors were the focus of the company’s products exhibited at Southern Manufacturing this year.


Amphenol Ltd Tel: 01277 773200 Industrial Compliance SPRING 2013 Web: www.industrial-amphenol.com enter 813


orbar Torque, one of the worlds’ leading manufacturers of torque wrenches and torque calibration equipment, is making a major impact in the Japanese market.


EasiDrive Provides Safe, Economical Valve Operation


operations. The EasiDrive portable valve actuator securely and effectively operates valves in power plants,


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mith Flow Control has ushered in an affordable way for companies to safely manage valve


oil refineries, paper mills and chemical


processing facilities. One operator can efficiently operate multiple valves with a single tool while reducing fatigue and injury risk. The tool is especially effective on valves that require a high number of turns or are otherwise difficult to operate because of high torque or where adverse climates (sub-zero,


tropical, desert environments) make


operations more challenging. EasiDrive is a lightweight, portable and adaptable pneumatic tool. The tool’s custom engineered reaction device protects the user from the “kick” normally associated with other torque tools, eliminating the possibility of any injury associated with its operation.


EasiDrive also features a variable output torque, controlled by a choice of limited pre-set Filter Regulator (FRL) packs.


Smith Flow Control Tel: 01376 517901 Web: www.smithflowcontrol.com


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