TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION
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VX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions,
has
Elektron Technology announces new French distributor
for Bulgin and Arcolectric
French distributor for its connectivity brands – Arcolectric and Bulgin. Based in Rouen, Direct is a specialist independent distributor of electrical components for industrial electronics, with a strong presence in the rail, marine, aerospace and military market segments. The new distribution agreement is part of
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Elektron Technology’s planned expansion into the French market, supported by Direct’s strong web presence, sales team and local market knowledge. The Bulgin and Arcolectric brands perfectly complement Direct’s existing product range in the important area of connectors and switches, while ensuring the same high level of product support Elektron Technology customers around the world have come to expect.
Elektron Technology Tel: 01803 407700 Web:
www.bulgin.com
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Technology has announced the appointment of Direct SA as an important new
introduced the first vertical, top mount, SMT, wire-to- board connector specifically designed to meet the configuration, performance, and cost goals faced by industrial and solid-state lighting design engineers. Featuring AVX’s industry-proven dual-beam, 3mm, high spring force box contacts packaged in a protective insulator, the new 9296 Series vertical, top mount, poke home connectors provide maximum mechanical stability
and wire retention in addition to simple strip and insert wire loading and twist and pull wire removal. Designed to surface mount on the top of a PCB, the new one- to six-way 9296 connectors allow users to insert solid or stranded, plated or un-plated, 18-26AWG wires directly through the connector’s top aperture and are ideal for a variety of industrial applications, including: LED lighting, smart meters, building controls, fire and security systems, and industrial motor controls and drivers, among others.
AVX Tel: +1 843-241-2179 Web:
www.avx.com
Hi-rel Gecko connectors from Harwin H
arwin, the leading hi-rel enter 817
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and
SMT
board hardware manufacturer, has announced that its Gecko family of high performance connectors will be used on CubeSat miniature satellites being designed by Surrey Space Centre as part of the international QB50 programme led by the von Karman Institute, Belgium. The QB50 program will study in situ the temporal and spatial variations of a number of parameters in the lower thermosphere using a network of around 40 double CubeSats Carrying identical sensors. QB50 will also study the re-entry process by measuring and
comparing actual trajectories and orbital lifetimes during re-entry against predicted data. A third part of the programme will see about 10 double or triple CubeSats used for In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) of technologies including miniature sensors and the Gossamer-1 solar sail.
Harwin Europe
Better Battery Management T
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he new Hawker® BSI40™ battery status indicator is the latest battery rotation system from EnerSys®. It provides users with a cost-effective solution to manage
for warehouse
trucks and other mechanical handling equipment. The system enables life-long service reliability,
efficiency and
sustainability. It has been designed for use with the Hawker® Lifetech® HF range of high frequency chargers and can also be integrated with existing chargers by the addition of optional sensors.
The BSI40 panel is suitable for wall or rack- mounting and can manage up to 40 chargers.
Four panels can be networked which means a maximum of 160 chargers can be supported by a single system – more than enough capacity for most fleet users. The batteries can be configured in up to ten separate groups or families. In this way the BSI40 system can manage chargers and batteries with different specifications to provide operators with a high degree of flexibility, adaptability and scalability.
The product is suitable for new and retro-fit installations which enables
operators to introduce higher levels of control over existing battery and charger infrastructure with minimal investment. In doing so it offers a straightforward and affordable route into advanced battery fleet management.
The BSI40 battery status indicator is ideal for enforcing first in, first out battery rotation to promote balanced and optimised fleet utilisation. Proper rotation and charge balancing helps to ensure longer truck run-times between
changes and maximises EnerSys Motive Power battery performance and service life.
Selecting the best battery is also vital to maximising truck fleet up-time and improving profitability.
Fax: 0161 727 3809 Web:
www.enersys.com Electronics DECEMBER/JANUARY 2014
The silica gel adsorbers can be reactivated for re-use, by heating them at 100ºC (212ºF) for 4 hours in a ventilated oven. Molecular sieve adsorbers maintain an ultra-low relative humidity for extremely sensitive applications and cannot be reactivated. These are particularly useful for equipment operating under extreme temperature conditions as molecular sieves can eliminate any moisture dropout.
The use of panel mounting desiccators will not only extend the operating life of equipment. It can also help in extending the safe working environmental limits, in which equipment can work.
Brownell Ltd Tel: 0)208 965 9281 Web:
www.brownell.co.uk 39 Tel: 02392 314 545 Web:
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Panel mounting desiccators give assured protection
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rownell Ltd panel mounted desiccators have been designed to protect all kinds of electronic and electrical equipment against corrosion, dampness and contamination. Reducing any existing or incoming moisture to acceptable levels, will remove these problems.
indicators built-in to the units show
when reactivation replacement is required.
These plastic units use powerful adsorbing agents, either silica gel or molecular sieves. The saturation indicators are blue when the humidity adsorber is dry and turn pink when the maximum amount of moisture has been adsorbed.
Saturation or
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