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Enter PR & News at TempSensorNEWS.com Southampton PA, USA -- If you had not noticed, we are now publishing news headlines just above the place that we've used for news story headlines, images and introductions for the last few years. For the last few months they have tracked each other. No longer! The latest news on temperature and moisture sensors and related subjects will be published on TempSensorNEWS.com (Alternately known as TemperatureSensorNEWS.com..both addresses point at the same website). The really good news for all those who have hesitated to submit stories, is that there is no requirement to register before submitting a story. Just type away, add links and point at the website where details may be found! What are we going to put here to replace the stories we used to publish?
ANN ARBOR MI, USA -- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Advanced Photonix, Inc.(R) (AMEX: API) announced that it has received two Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts totaling $200,000 to determine the feasibility of utilizing terahertz (THz) technology and their T-Ray 4000 product platform for defense applications. Both contracts are with the United States Air Force (USAF). Each contract is a Phase I feasibility project in the maximum amount of $100,000, with an expected duration of nine months from the start of the project. If either project is deemed successful, the Company can elect to apply for Phase II awards to further develop the technology. If awarded, the contracted amounts could range up to a maximum of $750,000 per project, with a maximum funding duration of two years. The Company will own the rights to any developed technology and is free to commercialize it in both private and/or military markets. The first contract is for non-destructive testing (NDT) application development and proposes to demonstrate the feasibility of using the Company's current THz products to measure aircraft specialty coatings during the curing process.
A Garmin GPS prize will be awarded within two weeks Burlington MA, USA -- The ITC InfraMation Newsletter for May 2007 is now available online. If you are not already an email subscriber, you'll be a little late to their very informative and interesting news of thermal Imaging. This month Gary Orlove and his merry FLIR Men announce a thermal image contest looking for your best, most awesome images. Their crazy marketing people want to create a new ad campaign that stops people dead in their tracks; that shows off the quality of FLIR cameras. They will be awarding a Garmin Nuvi 350 Pocket Vehicle GPS Navigator and Personal Travel Assistant (a $642 value) to the person submitting the best image.
Stennis Space Center MS, USA -- NOAA has deployed the first two of eight new hurricane buoys off Puerto Rico in an effort to fill a gap in important weather data coming from warm, storm-generating waters there. Six more hurricane buoys will be placed in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean before the hurricane season ends in November. These buoys measure wind, wave, barometric pressure and air and sea temperatures to determine hurricane formation or dissipation, extent of wind circulation, maximum intensity and center location. Hurricane buoys provide year-round data for analysis and forecasts of other marine disturbances, but are more robust than other weather buoys because they contain an internal back-up system.
First Digital Temperature Sensor Provides New Chain-Mode Function for Determination of Physical Location Dallas TX, USA -- Dallas Semiconductor, a wholly owned subsidiary of Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM), introduces the DS28EA00, a 1-Wire® digital temperature sensor with ±0.5°C accuracy and a new chain-mode signaling and protocol feature that quickly and automatically determines the physical location of individual sensors in an environment where multiple sensors are connected to a common 1-Wire line. The DS28EA00 is ideal for applications that require accurate multipoint digital temperature measurements with minimal wiring complexity and cost. Each DS28EA00 has its unique 64-bit registration number that is factory-programmed into the chip. Data is transferred serially through the 1-Wire® protocol, which requires only one data line and a ground for communication. The improved 1-Wire front end with hysteresis and glitch filter enables the DS28EA00 to perform reliably in large 1-Wire networks. Unlike other 1-Wire thermometers, the DS28EA00 has two additional pins to implement a sequence detect function. This feature allows the user to discover the registration numbers according to the physical device location in a chain, e.g., to measure the temperature in a storage tower at different height.
SensorTran and ODI to Offer A Combination of Best-of-Breed Temperature Sensing and Interconnect Systems Bringing Advanced DTS Monitoring Capabilities to Subsea Environments for the First Time HOUSTON TX, USA --(BUSINESS WIRE)--SensorTran, a leading provider of advanced distributed temperature sensing (DTS) systems, and ODI (Ocean Design, Inc.), a leading provider of subsea interconnect systems, announced at the Houston OTC (Offshore Technology Conference) 2007 a cooperative agreement to create subsea fiber optic sensor deployment schemes, provide system performance data and simplify project design and installation for offshore oil and gas projects. With this agreement, the companies will be working together to install optical sensing fiber through a variety of subsea connectors for the first time, providing offshore engineers unprecedented monitoring capabilities that were not feasible until now. ODIs high-reliability, wet-mateable connectors, cable assemblies and junction boxes are used worldwide for offshore oil and gas, defense, oceanographic and research applications. SensorTran will be working with ODI to install optical sensing fiber inside umbilical power cables, on risers, pipelines, jumpers and through wellheads. Combining SensorTran DTS with ODI interconnect technology will provide offshore engineers with critical temperature data that will enable them to operate assets more efficiently.
Larsen-B Ice shelf Montreux, Switzerland --As climate change continues to make headlines across the world, participants at the 2007 Envisat Symposium last week are hearing how Earth observation satellites allow scientists to better understand the parameters involved in global warming and how this is impacting the planet. The cryosphere is both influenced by and has a major influence on climate. Because any increase in the melt rate of ice sheets and glaciers has the potential to greatly increase sea level, researchers are looking to the cryosphere to get a better idea of the likely scale of the impact of climate change. In addition, the melting of sea-ice will increase the amount of solar radiation that will be absorbed by ice-free polar oceans rather than reflected by ice-covered oceans, increasing the ocean temperature. Average temperatures in the Antarctic Peninsula have risen over the last 50 years by half a degree Celsius a decade and are having an impact on the ice shelves and glaciers. Innsbruck University's Professor Helmut Rott has been observing the accelerated retreat and break-up of the Larsen Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula in the face of this warming through radar images acquired by European Space Agency (ESA)s ERS and Envisat satellites.
Palo Alto CA, USA -- AdSem, Inc., the pioneers and developers of unique Silicon (Si) and Germanium (Ge) Negative Temperature Coefficient (NTC) thermistor technology has announced the start of industrial production of unique medical thermistors. The very small size of the sensitive elements, as small as 0.25 mm x 0.25 mm (0.10" X 0.10") in crossection) with 2 meter long leads makes them attractive for catheter uses or applications where the sensor needs to travel a long distance through a narrow openings to the test site in high humidity/water environment, like the human body. Both the Si and Ge catheter thermistors developed by AdSem are chemically stable in water (as opposed to standard ceramic thermistors) and have significantly higher thermo-sensitivity (-5.0 %/degree for Ge and -7.3%/degree for Si at room temperature) than ceramic thermistors or any other temperature measuring devices.
Bow NH, USA ---The Food Safety Regulations in Northern Ireland 1995, in the USA and most of the world, mean that accurate and continuous temperature monitoring is essential for the safe storage of food and to demonstrate due diligence. A typical freezer warehouse environment may contain foodstuffs stored in coolers, freezers or deep coolers at a variety of temperatures. Manual temperature monitoring can be time consuming and subject to human error. And if monitoring is not continuous, fluctuations or temporary faults and failures in equipment may go completely undetected. Any such compromise on food quality can affect business, customers and ultimately put people's health at risk. Sensatronics temperature and cryogenic monitors provide a reliable, scalable, remote, easy to set up and use system to manage, monitor and alert to changes in temperature. Sensatronics Temperature Monitors connect directly to your network. Probes placed where needed collect temperature data which is sent back to the unit.
Award Recognizes the 100 Most Promising Companies Driving the Future of Technology Burlington MA, USA - April 26, 2007- Red Herring today announced that RedShift Systems is a Finalist for the Red Herring 100 Award, a selection of the 100 private companies based in North America that play a leading role in innovation and technology. "Commitment to Affordable Optical Thermal Imaging" "Our selection as one of the top 200 private, innovative technology firms reinforces our commitment to bring affordable optical thermal imaging solutions to applications such as thermography, fire fighting and security/surveillance that previously could not afford to implement this critical technology", said Stuart Nixdorff, Vice President of Business Development and Co-founder at RedShift. "We will continue to change the dynamics of the infrared marketplace when we begin delivery of our Thermal Light Valve passive optical filters and OpTIC optical thermal imaging camera modules later this year."
CROISSY-BEAUBOURG, FRANCE -- Cedip Infrared Systems has announced the CARTHAGE series of advanced video processing modules for researchers and integrators looking to develop and build their own thermal imaging systems. CARTHAGE electronic imaging modules provide researchers and integrators with a turnkey solution to transform an IR Focal Plane Array (FPA) detector into a powerful thermal imaging system. Designed and built to comply with current military and aviation quality standards - CARTHAGE electronic imaging modules are capable of delivering a high quality, processed image stream for a wide variety of applications scenario. The ruggedised modules are offered either as stand alone units or pre-integrated with detector and imaging lens assemblies. Compatible with most commercially available cooled (MCT, InSb, QWIP or microbolometer) infrared sensors - CARTHAGE modules are available in a range of configurations enabling Cedip to offer a fast, real-time video image processing solution that can be integrated into almost any thermal imaging system.
Moore's NCS DAQ System has been running since February 2005 in an environmental chamber at temperatures up to 221°F to prove it will work in Middle Eastern applications NORTH HILLS, CA USA Moore Industries has been continuously running its NET Concentrator System® (NCS) data acquisition system at temperatures hovering around the boiling point of water for more than two years in an environmental chamber, just to prove a point. Fred Adt, director of quality assurance at Moore Industries, explains that conventional testing and life-test procedures are not enough when products are intended for use in severe operating conditions, such as in the Middle East. The NCS is intended for use as a remote control and data acquisition system in unheated and un-air conditioned enclosures, so it has to endure wide temperature extremes. The MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) for the NCS, determined in accordance to the Bell Core reliability model, exceeds 300,000 hr@25°C, explains Adt. But this model isnt good enough for Moore Industries. Adt wants to find out how long the NCS will really last.
At INTERPHEX 2007- Visit Booth 3218 To Learn More About Their NAVLAP Accredited Temperature Calibration Services Minneapolis MN, USA --Burns Engineering announces that it is now a NVLAP accredited metrology laboratory (lab code 200706-0) performing NIST traceable calibrations that conform to ISO/IEC 17025. Currently available are five and three point calibrations between temperatures of -196°C and 500°C. Secondary standard Platinum Resistance Thermometer (PRT) and industrial PRT calibrations are performed by comparison to a precision Standard PRT or SPRT. The National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP), of the Standards Services Division at NIST, accredits public and private laboratories based on evaluation of their technical qualifications and competence to carry out specific calibrations or tests. Burns offers fast turn-around and competitive pricing for calibration services, building on a 46 year history as The Temperature Measurement Expert.
Sensicast's NEW System improves monitoring and efficiency, facilitates compliance, while lowering costs INTERPHEX 2007
More Thermography Education on the Web! Montpelier VT, USA - Snell Infrared is now offering a series of regularly scheduled webinars designed for thermographers who use thermal imaging for both condition monitoring and building applications. These webinars combine the expertise of a large and experienced independent knowledge provider with the convenience of an online training interface. Each seminar is taught by the same trusted experts for whom Snell Infrared is internationally recognized and are presented in real-time with an interactive question and answer period. The courses are about 75 minutes in length and are available for $79 USD per person/per session. The first webinar, "Getting Started with Infrared in Residential and Small Commercial Buildings", ran on April 19. [ED NOTE: The Snell Group kindly let me "sit in" on that presentation. It was run by Mr. Rob Spring, an experienced thermographer and excellent instructor. It was extremely well organized and presented. ..
Self-Adhesive or Cement-On- Super Fast Response-SA1XL Series 5-Pack Stamford CT, USA --OMEGA introduces the next generation of their surface mount fast response thermocouples. The new SA1XL surface thermocouple achieves response times of less than 0.15 seconds. These surface thermocouples are constructed using a Kapton/ fiberglass junction insulation along with a fiberglass-insulated lead wire. The SA1XL can be used as a self-adhering thermocouple for temperatures up to175°C (350°F) or it can be cemented in place for use at temperatures up to 315°C (600°F) For more demanding applications, Stainless Steel Overbraid is available; Consult Sales for pricing, or see the Product Specs PDF.
Bedford NH, USA -- The guide on the HomeSeer website is the first in a series of guides focused on helping homeowners plan and choose a home automation systems. The guide includes a no-nonsense, step-by-step approach that addresses the "what" and "how" of home automation and also includes a summary of the pros and cons for the most commonly used home automation technologies. You'll have to fill in a form to get the free guide, but that's a pretty low cost to get a good introduction to this growing area of home energy efficiency and comfort optimizing technology. Note that it is just in time for Earth Day!
Saffron Walden, UK -- The Unistat Nuevo range is the latest introduction to the comprehensive portfolio of high performance Unistat thermoregulators from Huber UK (www.huber-uk.co.uk). Each model in the Unistat Nuevo range is designed to provide users with state-of-the-art thermal control that will enable them to increase process yields, achieve greater final product purities and gain reliable and repeatable results at lower running costs. The Unistat Nuevo range offers active mechanical cooling from -120°C to +300°C. Units feature a powerful variable-speed pump with a soft start that gives the highest possible flow rates enabling the safest and fastest ramp rates - protecting your reactor and maximising the process performance.
Practical Applications of Infrared Thermal Sensing and Imaging Equipment, Third Edition by Herbert Kaplan Bellingham WA, USA -- SPIE has released the third edition of Herb Kaplan's popular book on IR Imaging applications. The second edition of this text was published in 1999, and since that time many improvements have taken place in instrumentation performance and versatility. This third edition reviews these many changes and how they impact the way thermographers operate, deploy, calibrate, and test these new instruments. Practical Applications of Infrared Thermal Sensing and Imaging Equipment, Third Edition Author(s): Herbert Kaplan ISBN: 9780819467232 Publication Date: Mar 2007; 192 pages; Softcover; In print Prices: $46 / $56 (SPIE Member/List)
No wonder their motto is : Infrared For Everyone! Burlington MA, USA -- OpTIC is RedShift Systems brand name for its Optical Thermal Imaging Camera engines. Each OpTIC engine (or module) is a complete subsystem that can be easily integrated into an OEMs existing or future product offering. In addition, each RedShift OpTIC engine contains a Thermal Light Valve (TLV) filter and necessary electronics and optics. Both the OpTIC 1080 engine, with an 80 x 60 array of pixels and the OpTIC 1160 engine, with 160 x 120 pixel resolution, will be available to OEMs looking to develop the next generation of affordable thermal imaging products that will truly introduce affordable thermal imaging products to mass-markets.
MARCH TEMPERATURES 2nd WARMEST ON RECORD FOR USA Asheville NC, USA -- March 2007 was more than five degrees F warmer than average throughout the contiguous U.S., making it the second warmest March on record, according to scientists at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. Precipitation was above average in much of the center of the nation, while the Southeast and much of the West were drier than average. The global average March temperature was fifth warmest on record. U.S. Temperature Highlights For the contiguous U.S., last month's average temperature of 48.1° degrees F made it the second warmest March on record (based on preliminary data). It was 5.6° degrees F (3.1° degrees C) warmer than the 20th century mean of 42.5° degrees F (5.8° degrees C). Only March 1910 was warmer in the 113-year national record.
Adds Industrys First Closed-Loop Control Around Fan Speed and Temperature Andigilogs aMC8510 and aMC8520 Provide More Reliability, Lower Power Consumption and Better Acoustic Management for DC Brushless Fan Cooling Solutions INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, BEIJING, April 17, 2007 -- Andigilog®, the fabless semiconductor company providing intelligent thermal management solutions, has expanded its product line with two new products. The aMC8520 is the first device in the industry to provide closed-loop speed control with thermal temperature compensation in a single device without the use of microcode. It provides a highly integrated solution for fans that run more quietly and reliably, increasingly important requirements in the PC market. For PC applications as well as communications, consumer electronic and industrial systems requiring open loop performance, the Andigilog aMC8510 uniquely offers both analog and digital speed control of DC brushless fans to address the critical issues of managing system temperature, fan noise and power consumption. DC brushless fans using this device now can be run more efficiently due to intelligent speed management over the complete duty cycle, allowing the system to run cooler with less power and less noise. Power, reliability and acoustics continue to present challenges for designers and users of fans in applications in computing, consumer, communication and industrial areas, noted Susie Inouye, research director and principal analyst at Databeans. Andigilogs new intelligent fan controllers provide much-needed solutions to address these challenges.
CROISSY-BEAUBOURG, FRANCE -- Cedip Infrared Systems has announced that the first consignment of novel miniaturised thermal IR cameras to the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) N.V, for incorporation into their new Tracker UAV system, will be delivered during 2007. Subject to receipt of several large contracts by EADS further contracts are expected by Cedip Infrared Systems during 2008. The design of the Tracker UAV system (known in France under the name DRAC) is expected to significantly improve reconnaissance capabilities for civil and military authorities. The user-friendly system, which can be prepared for operation in a matter of minutes, offers excellent flight characteristics and robustness even under extreme operational conditions. Tracker is a tactical drone with hand-launchability for missions at close range. The system meets the highest performance requirements even under complex operational conditions. The Tracker UAV system, developed by EADS, delivers state-of-the-art over-the-hill reconnaissance and surveillance, close range attack success analysis and remote location, identification, classification and tracking of targets. Each system comprises two airborne vehicles, TV-operated from the ground, one of them carrying a novel miniaturised thermal IR camera developed by Cedip.
They Offer Free Online Advice and Parts for Maytag Appliances and More Leading appliance repair website helps thousands of people every day with Maytag appliance parts, diagnostics tips and DIY instructions Canton, MI, USA (Vocus/PRWeb ) April 13, 2007 -- Maytag appliance TV commercials are famous for their lonely repairman waiting to get the chance to service one of Maytag's dependable products, which include refrigerators, cook-tops, stoves, microwave ovens, dishwashers, washers and dryers. Consumers who do find their appliance has stopped working will often pick up the phone and call the appliance repairman. Surprisingly, many broken appliances can be fixed by people with no experience in appliance repair. Ken R. of Delray Beach, Florida, recently managed to repair his Maytag oven. "Last November, two days before Thanksgiving, with 30 guests scheduled to arrive, I decided to use the self-cleaning feature on our Maytag oven. Two hours into the four-hour cleaning cycle, the cleaning function stopped with an incomprehensible error message on the control panel. The oven wouldn't work at all."
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