Help in Building Reporting Monitoring and Control Solutions

Pune, India -- Viklele Associates has announced release of their Black Diamond SCADA v1.0 for beta trials. Black Diamond is a highly configurable, scalable and reliable SCADA solution.

Black Diamond SCADA is packed with innovative features to simplify building a robust industrial process control and monitoring solution. It offers an integrated reporting, monitoring and control functionality for use across industry verticals.

Unlike conventional SCADA solutions, Black Diamond SCADA does not require any scripting / programming for even most complex of process monitoring requirements.

Right from defining data channels, process tags, computed / memory tags to defining trend screens, process diagrams with control action and a variety of data reports – every aspect is highly configurable.


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Manufactured in a Class 10,000 clean room are RNase, DNase, and Pyrogen free

Lelystad, The Netherlands & McMurray PA, USA -- Pre-capped sample storage tubes from Micronic Europe are manufactured under US Federal standard 209E Class 7 cleanroom conditions to ensure cleanliness and sterility.

Available with a choice of Thermo Plastic Elastomer (TPE) caps - Micronic pre-capped tubes also offer busy laboratories a convenient and cost effective way of minimising the time spent on capping sample storage tubes.

Micronic pre-capped tubes feature internal double rings at their top for securing caps in place and prevent popping during freeze/thaw cycles. Tubes are available in U- or V-bottom interior shapes and 0.50 ml, 0.75 ml, 1.10 ml, 1.40 ml, 2.50 ml, and 7.50 ml volumes.

For laboratories looking for high integrity storage of samples down to 196 ºC, Micronic also offers a range of screw top tube to suit almost any application.


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Contact-free DC-Operated Rotary Position Sensors Measure Angular Displacement of Rotating Elements up to 120º

Pennsauken NJ, USA -- Providing absolute output proportional to shaft rotation over a total range of up 120º, Macro Sensors RSE 1500 series of rotary position sensors are ideal for measuring the position of quarter-turn valves, flue dampers, weir gates, dancer arm tensioners, and a myriad of other applications involving fractional-turn shaft movements.

These DC-operated rotary position sensors from Macro Sensors are also useful for high reliability applications such as pedal, throttle-lever, or actuator position sensing in aircraft, marine, construction, and agricultural vehicles.

Although their shafts can rotate a full 360º, the RSE 1500 Series Rotary RVDT Position Sensors measure shaft angle position over a nominal range of 120º. Sensors can operate in 0° to 30°, 60°, 90°, or 120° rotation ranges.


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New family of Xeltek programmers with 32bit ARM7/9/11 RISC MCU implementation best served, as always, by making customer service the highest priority

{Caption: Xeltek SuperPro 500P Programmer}

Thief River Falls MN, USA -- "Xeltek has been committed to providing the best value and services in the industry for the past 20 years. SuperPro 5000 series Universal programmers, with 62,000+ device support and dual operational modes (engineering and manufacturing) features, has led the industry for the past several years," said Sam Kim, CEO/President Xeltek Inc.

Digi-Key, a distributor of Xeletek programmers, and Xeltek have been business partners since December of 2003. Since then both companies have benefited from the partnership and both have become very successful.

Digi-Key Corporation had its beginnings in 1972 when Dr. Ron Stordahl had the idea to package electronic parts in small quantities to fellow electronic enthusiasts. After creating a modest inventory and creating a marketing plan geared towards hobbyists, the company grew and has become one of the fastest growing electronic component distributors in the world.

Digi-Key’s stimulus for growth comes from a customer-centered business philosophy. This philosophy is a simple business principal – to provide customers the best possible service.

Digi-Key's foundation is built on these principles, which have led the company in a mere 6 years to move from the 16th to 5th largest component distributor in North America.


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Thermo Fisher Scientific Enables Rapid and Accurate Analysis of Selenium in
Shampoo Ensuring Compliance with EU Cosmetic Products Legislation


CAMBRIDGE, UK -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has released a new method guide for the analysis of selenium in shampoo. The method, which aligns with the European Union commission directive 97/73/EEC stipulating the methods of analysis necessary for checking composition of cosmetic products, features the ThermoScientific iCE 3000 Series atomic absorption spectrometers.

These spectrometers include deuterium background correction as standard and offer a fast and accurate solution for the analysis of selenium in shampoo. The iCE 3000's wizard-driven SOLAAR software also provides simple spectrometer optimization and method development tools.

The method is detailed in an application note, App-Note-43050, entitled "The Determination of Selenium in Shampoo by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry".

Pityriasis capitis, more commonly known as dandruff, and seborrheic dermatitis, an inflammatory disease of the skin, are treated with selenium disulphide, which is contained in lotions and shampoos. After rinsing, selenium disulphide residues may remain on the scalp and can enter the body through broken or damaged skin.


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