Designed for the Most Demanding Users of IR Technology

Cedip Infrared Systems has chosen the Photonex 2006 exhibition in Stoneleigh Park, UK (18 - 19th October 2006) to display its new SILVER 660M IR camera to the UK public.

The new camera brings together Cedip’s proprietary high performance cooled Indium Antimonide (3-5µm) staring focal plane array detector with the latest ROIC technology. The result is a large format (640 x 512 pixels) cooled IR camera that delivers an outstanding 100 Hz full frame rate while maintaining extraordinary linearity, high resolution and uncompromised sensitivity (typically 15 mK). The SILVER 660M been designed for the most demanding users of IR technology, who need to perform thermal imaging at high spatial resolution with leading-edge sensitivity and accuracy - all at an affordable price.

SKF has acquired Precision Balancing & Analyzing (PB&A), Mentor, Ohio, USA and Monitek Australia, located in Brisbane, Australia. SKF is paying some SEK 60 million in total.

PB&A is specialized in the repair and upgrading of machine tool spindle mechanisms and has 40 employees with annual sales of USD 7 million. PB&A’s activities complement SKF’s spindle service operations and improve the geographical coverage of the US market.

SKF’s global certified spindle service network has now increased to 17 Service Centers, covering most industrialized manufacturing areas worldwide.

Monitek is a leading Australian predictive maintenance services company. It is a supplier of high quality vibration monitoring and wear debris analysis in the mining industry. Yearly sales amount to 4.3 Million Australian Dollars and the number of employees is 29. 

Magnatag Visible Systems, the leader in Magnetic WhiteBoard and Information Display Systems for the workplace, has introduced its latest workplace solution product, the RotoCube Rotating Kiosk Bulletin Tower. The free-standing rotating four-sided organizational system allows large amounts of information to be displayed, viewed and processed virtually anywhere in an office, store, church, factory or business. 

FTA-Pro provides expert guidance, avoids costly mistakes and ensures safety and reliability compliance

RICHMOND HILL, ON, Canada, June 27, 2006 - Dyadem International Ltd. today announced the general availability of FTA-Pro, an enterprise-level software application for improved fault tree analysis, a top-down approach to analysing potential product failures before they happen, beginning with each potential failure and predicting every way they could occur.

Through a user-friendly Windows-based interface, FTA-Pro helps avoid costly mistakes by offering advanced analysis and reporting capabilities that help prevent safety and reliability shortfalls for a wide-range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, transportation, electronics, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, chemical, oil and gas, petrochemical, defence, IT and general manufacturing. 

DoveBid, Inc., (http://www.dovebid.com), the world leader in capital asset auction and valuation services, announced today it is conducting its 11th global Industrial Manufacturing & Manufacturing Machinery Exchange auction online on August 23, 2006. Since inception, DoveBid’s Manufacturing Machinery Industry Practice has dedicated global resources to bring best-in-class solutions to market in support of worldwide industrial manufacturing industries.

Agency officials vow to diagnose and fix a glitch that has caused recent delays at LAX.
By Jennifer Oldham, Times Staff Writer
August 16, 2006

The Federal Aviation Administration defended its maintenance of a key landing system at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday and vowed to keep technicians working until they diagnose what caused the sensitive equipment to malfunction twice in one week.

The agency denied assertions by LAX officials after a brief outage Monday that there were systemic maintenance problems, saying the navigation aid is subject to rigorous, regularly scheduled testing and monitoring.

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By DAVID B. CARUSO
Associated Press Writer

August 5, 2006, 11:22 AM EDT

NEW YORK—Electricity experts have a message for thousands of New Yorkers exasperated by the blackouts that swept through the city in recent weeks: Get used to it.

The circuits that distribute power to homes and businesses in New York and other American cities are being pushed to their limits by rising demand for energy, and will probably continue to fail sporadically without billions of dollars in upgrades, experts said.

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Fairfield, NJ - Electrophysics announced that it has been awarded a second contract by NAVAIR Weapons Division, China Lake, for seven Emerald MWIR-InSb infrared cameras with an option to purchase one additional, to total eight. The cameras will be integrated into NAVAIR’s MANPAD program, designed specifically for force protection.

NAVAIR, a military leader in the research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) of guided missiles, advanced weapons, and weapon systems, provides the operating forces of the Navy and Marine Corps, other activities of the U.S. Armed Forces, and foreign allies with effective and affordable integrated warfare systems and life-cycle support to ensure battle space dominance. NAVAIR features several locations across the United States and employs nearly 32,000 military and civilian employees, manages approximately 150 acquisition programs and maintains over 4,100 aircraft in active inventory, including 96 individual type/model/series.