May, 2016
Futuristic Trends in Battery Charging Technology
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oped a charging method powered by rubbing two pieces of material together. One piece is metal and the other is a specially developed plastic. Both are coated with nanoparticles to increase the surface area and create more friction. The resulting material can be worn in clothing or shoes and generates electricity without any additional effort beyond normal movement. Friction charging has tremen-
dous implications for the real world. The everyday actions of interacting with our devices — swiping, clicking and scrolling — could potentially be harnessed to charge the battery. The friction of the device rubbing against our clothing in a pocket or purse could keep devices fully charged. Medical implants would have perma- nently charged batteries from the normal motions of daily life. Tribostatic charging, which is
the term for building an electric charge through friction, is used in industrial applications such as paint- ing. A negatively charged surface attracts positively charged paint mole- cules, resulting in a faster and more even coating when compared with tra- ditional paint application. The same principle holds true for powder coat- ings such as dry lubricants. Earlier this year, AMPware
introduced a hand-cranked smart- phone charger. About five minutes of cranking the foldout handle powers a phone for about an hour. The crank is built into a special case, which makes it convenient to carry and use. The AMPYMove uses the
motion of daily activity to generate electricity that is stored for later device charging. The device is also a technically advanced fitness tracker with a built-in incentive system. The more one moves, the more energy is stored to power devices. Our dependence on the devices
we use every day is not about to change, but the technology we use to keep them powered is evolving rapid- ly. Epec works closely with technology leading companies, such as Texas Instruments (TI) and Linear Tech - nologies, as they begin to develop the next generation of integrated circuits. Energy harvesting with breakthrough TI technology allows the development of systems that extract and manage nano power from a variety of sources, including solar, thermal-electric, elec- tromagnetic, and vibration energy. From solar powered sensors for wire- less monitoring of factories or farms to using body heat to power sensors on medical and fitness equipment, a com- plex ecosystem is now available to designers. Contact: Epec Engineered
Technologies, LLC, 174 Duchaine Boulevard, New Bedford, MA 02745 % 508-995-5171 fax: 508-998-8694 E-mail:
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Servicing Diaphragm Dispensing Valves Even more valuable to most is
accessed quickly by two Allen screws in the valve housing without remov- ing the valve from the line. The esti- mated time to remove the old insert, replace it with a new one and be ready to restart the line is about 30- 45 seconds. Users can analyze their labor
and maintenance costs and decide on an optimal cleaning schedule — choosing to continue to flush the valves each time, do so periodically or not at all — or instead, simply replace the inserts at the rate they prefer. This leads to significant cost savings on the purchase of solvent and its associated labor, equipment and disposal.
the fact that the technology brings the risk of expensive damage to valves due to material hardening down to nothing. With DMP technology, the
worst-case scenario becomes the need to take less than a minute to replace an inexpensive part, as opposed to shutting down for hours to repair or replace a costly valve.
Can You Benefit? DMP dia phragm valve technol-
ogy, ubfortunately, is not for every user. While the valve is compatible with most commonly dispensed mat - erials, users of particularly abrasive or caustic materials incompatible
with polyethylene will need to con- tinue to make do with conventional valves, which include metal or anoth- er appropriate wetted path. Techcon offers potential users a complimenta- ry service for testing the compatibili- ty of their dispensed material with a DMP valve. For those who are able to use it, the savings in materials and labor, and the potential boost in pro- ductivity are significant. Contact: Techcon Systems,
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