News Archive - September 2003

All articles are ordered by the date they were published to the website.

• Asia Pacific bucks comms decline
• Infineon hones fault finding chip
• Mobile phones add $5 bn to economy
• Auto standard promises 'plug & play' compatibility
• SkyNet makes smart apartment
• Voith launches latest turbo coupling
• Yes, Rossi do planetary gearmotors, too
• Skidsteers sell like hotcakes at show
• Magnetically coupled rodless cylinders
• Extended temperature IR receiver modules
• Software industry faces shake-up
• ERG restructures Rome contract
• Receiver amplifier optimised for video
• Supplier body launched
• AIMEX 2003: as big as befits mining industry
• Piezoelectric substrates enhance performance
• Panasonic signs deal with Telstra
• Clever cordless drill/drivers
• Flatbed laser digital copier printers
• Carriers block stolen phones
• Part-picking verification sensors
• Dc-powered laser pointer
• Affordable solution for motor protection
• Remote monitoring, diagnosis and configuration
• Handheld spectrum analysers - rent or buy
• Flexible gigabit Ethernet solution
• All-digital capacitance manometer
• World-first lifting gear in powder metal
• WA mine to port rail success toasted
• Dixon’s new bellows seal stuns exhibition goers
• Gas system flowmeter sets new standards
• Shielded connector system
• Preventing conveyor belt wear
• Easy-to-use digital dosing package
• Qld bulk coal conveyors for the world
• Diaphragm metering pump range
• Mines fail to count the cost of high turnover
• Manufacturing solutions offer Linux support
• Peristaltic chemical metering pumps
• Flatbed laser multi-function centre
• Easy-to-follow waterproofing guide
• More inducted to the Hall of Fame
• Trasmittal planetaries in show debut
• Hydro 2000 pressure booster systems
• Data collection handheld colour computer
• ‘Revolutionary’ fuel meant for mining
• High performance, transaction-based co-emulation
• Ac drive meets IP66 washdown needs
• It’s not a trough or a pipe conveyor
• New generation 150V and 200V MOSFETs
• Infra-red heating in the auto industry
• Fluid control micro dosing pump
• Micro flipper solenoid valve
• Two-way drum pump converter
• Gibe worm ‘easy to avoid’ says Sophos
• Mining utility truck rolls off line
• Fast data throughput CAN device
• Flash microcontrolller family with on-chip debug
• Enlarged instrumentation handles line
• Lightweight aluminium cylinders shown for the first time
• Instant messaging and web conferencing tools
• WIKA expands manufacturing operations
• LabVIEW sound and vibration toolkits
• Flush diaphragm pressure transmitter
• Low profile, low voltage blue LED
• Bogging takes on whole new meaning with Warabog
• Rubber erases carry-back
• Hazelton SHW submersible pump finds swift success
• Online particle monitoring system on display
• Micro PLC with multi point interface
• Diamond chips sparkle after N-doping breakthrough
• First ‘USB On-The-Go’ embedded controller launched
• Blue LEDs exploit novel materials
• S7 digital input and output cards
• He’s seen the future and can’t wait
• Dry processing holds water
• VIPA 215 range of CPUs
• Alternative power supply for Siemens S7
• Profibus slave module for Simatic S7
• Hydraulic deadweight testers
• High efficiency synchronous step down regulator
• Industrial monitors suitable for kiosks
• Software simplifies Bluetooth stack implementation
• PC cable wiring configuration tester
• Ludowici not shaken by sale of vibrating screen
• Simatic alternative with increased memory
• Multifunction pressure calibrator family
• Hydrogeochemistry used to vector towards mineralisation under cover
• VIPA solution for Siemens S7-315
• High productivity tool for rough boring
• Probe light and extender kits
• Explosion-proof high-voltage optocoupler
• Innovative PC clock architecture
• Innovative lifting and lashing points launched
• Clearing those underground roadblocks
• Longwall alliance sets out its stall
• Highest powered MTU in class launched
• Proof of traction car in the software
• Simulators improve operator training
• Orica charges ahead underground
• Dana Corporation adds some Spicer to AIMEX 2003
• Analysers for the chemical industry
• RS232 data acquisition software
• Niobium solves FeRAM fatigue problem, says Epson
• Warehouse management software enhancements
• Technology for the pharmaceutical industry
• Hired electrical gear sparks interest
• IEEE form secure OS standard
• Mobile leaders talk up new standard
• China reinforces manufacturing role
• Advanced technology evaporative condensers
• Polymetron SA appoints new agency
• Cellular automata and the simulation of cave-draw
• Alliance offers warehouse solutions
• Automatic isolation switch tester
• Energy saving compressor has arrived
• Plate heat exchanger for when it really gets hot
• Stream diversion monitoring likely to become mandatory
• System controls remote cameras on PDA
• Video driver offers set top box solutions
• Thinnest stepper motor in the world
• RF predistorter shatters performance barriers
• Drop-in RF communication module
• Toolkit simplifies design validation
• U.S. gas detection range launched in Australia
• Demodulators simplify radio design, cut costs
• Achieving safety through competency
• Traverse model pallet truck.
• Firewire board in PC/104plus format
• Licence-free ISM band transceiver
• Look at this deal
• DMMs accessories available
• New coupling protects flanges from rusting
• Control design and simulation software
• Special value DMM accessory kits
• Coolgardie Mining has its hands full
• High standard MIG/MAG welding results with Kempomats
• HS wheel loader has a dash of economy
• Biometal fibre...artificial metal-based muscle
• Pad printing gives product identity
• Siemens upgrades Simatic’s functions
• Wheel loader gets efficiency makeover
• Maintenance service keeps the glass moving
• Slurry analyser slashes oxygen use
• Imported crawler tractor/mulcher now for hire
• “Easy iron” fabric testing technology
• Second line defence against viruses and worms
• Conductive EMI LCD cushion
• 1U rackmount uninterruptible power supply
• Basic fibre optic termination kit
• Low cost, high performance infra-red camera
• High barrier-height Schottky rectifiers
• Plant performance hits the real time
• Capture-at-source dust extractors
• Sensor industry’s first digital gauge head
• Two new small character inkjet printers
• New generation spa bath pump
• High speed automatic multi-weigher
• Automatic polarimeter with Flash memory
• Foam fill for underground fuel tanks
• Providing transparency in feed processes
• The ‘ultimate’ in ac motor control
• Display responds to ambient lighting
• Easy-clean pneumatic valve terminal
• Fuel processor improves cell performance
• Truck safety steps
• Handheld intrinsically safe digital tachometer
• ‘Unhackable’ data will go far
• Deep sea sponges reveal optical secret
• Can wireless bridge the broadband divide?
• Vibration measurement and analysis tool
• Altronics stirs up east coast distribution
• First dual 5-amp gate drivers
• Software extends TWTA tube life.
• High performance system host board
• Royalty-free processor combination
• 4-phase synchronous boost converter
• Hat lights for on-the-job illumination
• IBM buys out GSA from Telstra
• Broadband microwave solid-state amplifiers
• Stainless steel turning the easy way
• Industrial strength air circulators
• Australia & US expedite trade deal
• Milli-ohm breakthrough for power MOSFETs
• EMC solution for Firewire and USB 2
• Digital torque calibration testers
• Vigilante programmable safety system
• Return of the development dollars
• High frequency broadband ferrite chip impeders
• Aluminium load bearing swivel joint
• Expansion joint design and manufacture
• AEEMA awarded cluster grant
• Advantech expands CE .NET integration
• First DIMM register validation board
• Rugged and reliable pressure transmitters
• Industrial computer with XP Embedded installed
• General purpose RFID systems
• Hard case for test tool storage
• Smallest 80V buck regulator
• Workshop-based calibration service
• Pentium 4 platform for CompactPCI market
• Socket 370 Pentium III/Celeron card
• Energy chain interactive catalogue
• M27 connector now in 26 and 28-pin
• Remote mounted in-line flow sensors
• Performance-enhanced MOSFET chip set
• Two-port universal serial device gateway
• Custom-built horizontal humidity cabinet
• RISC platform speeds integrator development
• One-piece bin-picking sensor
• M16 connector with moulded plug body
• Cell phone LED multi-display driver
• Meat pads slash exporters' costs
• Intelligent easy lifting arm
• Master of on-site welding
• Microwave fibre optic thermometers
• Application-ready temperature solution
• SoC for hybrid LCD and digital TV
• Step motor specialist offers custom service
• Complete remote Modbus I/O solution
• ‘Simple Steps’ to reheatable home meals
• Valsir appoints national distributor
• 20-slot rack-mounted computer chassis
• Samtec and Teraspeed join forces
• Heavy duty metal enclosed isolator
• Software simplifies Bluetooth stack implementation
• Low-cost, pin-compatible real-time clock
• Non-destructive testing for inspection
• EMC compliant solid state relays
• Crouzet appoints new distributor
• IBM reveal details of hi-res display
• USB data acquisition and control
• Side-loading case packing machine
• Powder-coated industrial computer housing
• Removable rigid disk holds 35 GByte
• Design award control switches
• Hoist designed for cleanliness and hygiene
• Audio subsystem for mobile phones
• Data vault for Autodesk Inventor
• Coroguide catalogue integrated with EdgeCAM
• ERP request for proposal (RFP) kit
• Cost-effective industrial anti-fatigue mat
• Infineon ships ‘world's smallest’ SDRAM die
• Conventional PDA market in terminal decline
• ERP solution lifts productivity and service
• Energy saving screw compressor
• Dual, 2 x 2 LVDS crosspoint switches
• Open core partnership expands membership
• Servo motion system in a single package
• Electrode grinding machine with dust extraction
• 1.5A step-down switching regulator
• Pocket combustion gas analyser
• New hydrogen leak test method
• Resources expanded at Balcooma
• Orbital TIG tube welding tools
• Bio-Chem appoints Australian agent
• Waste conveyors increase productivity
• Workpiece handling without external power
• Straits buys MIM exploration portfolio
• Low k films enable volume production of 90-nm ASICs
• IEEE standard enhances portable battery performance
• Crouzet extends its range to dc motors
• Nanotechnology: Can it leap from lab to fab?
• Master Instruments takes best product
• Tailor-made solutions for explosive areas
• Mincor may have new Kambalda discovery
• Hydrogen vehicles top 1 million by 2015
• Thin film power resistor series
• Data racks and electronic enclosures
• Expansion cards for Z-World controllers
• Industrial thermal imaging camera
• Three new SMD power inductors
• More drilling at Widgiemooltha North
• Diamond drilling begins at Jaguar
• Drilling in full swing at Tomingley
• Black Cat lucky for Ramelius
• Iron Duke RC drill results
• Australian design cable dispensing box
• Power analysis option for digital oscilloscopes
• Multi-point serial-to-Ethernet bridge
• Additional modules for digital ScopeCorder
• Power supplies with foldback protection
• Single-cell, Li-Ion battery charger
• Battery-powered digital oscilloscopes
• Corrosion-free flange coupling
• Asset management implemented in Antarctica
• Effortless handling of heavy loads
• New slip ring from Insul-8
• Solvents help produce lasers in minutes
• Chartered ramps 0.13-micron process
• RSP Group expands into engineering
• Acid rock drainage handbook now available from AMIRA’s website
• Quality and cost drives flat panel market
• Gypsum may be a handy replacement for cement
• S-series slip ring for passing communications
• Curragh turns 20, celebrates by doubling reserves
• Micromine launches pay as-you-use software
• Australia’s gold production rises
• Stawell to host another Golden Gift