Aerospace Standard Helps Suppliers

The SAE International standard, ARP5757, Guidelines for Engine Component Tests provides a benchmark for aircraft engine component airworthiness, including hydraulics. Component suppliers may use this ARP (Aerospace Recommended Practice) to develop substantiation plans for new components. Aircraft engine manufacturers may use it to integrate components with overall engine certification plans. This one document lists a single set of guidelines acceptable to all involved, from manufacturers to certification approval authorities.

FMM20 Solenoid Diaphragm Metering Pump

KNF Neuberger, Inc.

The new FMM20 pump is a solenoid-driven diaphragm metering pump designed to dispense accurate volumes of 20 µlit/stroke, adj. 5-25 µlit. Featuring quiet operation, long-lifetime, flow-tight bi-direction, and choice of manifold mounting, hose barbs, or threaded ports. Material choices include PP/EPDM, PP/FFPM, or PVDF/FFPM. Applications include diagnostic equipment, ink-jet printers, and fuel cells.

Get USB-Based Data Acquisition Devices Starting at $99

National Instruments

NI USB data acquisition (DAQ) products range from low-cost, single-function devices to high-speed, 18-bit multifunction devices. In addition, all USB DAQ products ship with complimentary interactive measurement software for quickly acquiring, analyzing, and presenting data with no programming required. Compare specs and pricing.

FP2000 Configurable Pressure Transducer

Honeywell Sensing and Control / Sensors for Test & Measurement

Designed for the rigors of automotive engine testing, Honeywell's FP2000 Configurable Pressure Transducers are custom built from stock components, final calibrated, and shipped to you in two weeks or less. Choose from two accuracies, four outputs, six pressure ports, five electrical terminations, and 25 pressure ranges. View Honeywell's featured products.

Better Lenses = Better Inspection

As test strategies increasingly incorporate critical inspection steps, users insist vendors improve inspection equipment performance. Critical to that improvement is lens selection with the proper optical characteristics. Learn the lens parameters relevant to machine-vision activities and how to design lens specifications to meet your inspection needs.

Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes from Yokogawa

Yokogawa Corporation of America

Come explore the Yokogawa DL9000 Mixed Signal Oscilloscope on our newly launched microsite. Take a video overview tour, view competitive comparisons, and spotlights on the DL9000's unique capabilities. Discover why the DL9000 boasts more hardware, acquisition, display, and analysis capabilities of any MSO today. More on Yokogawa Corporation of America…

Test Methods Are All Wet

Testing of drinking water has seen an overall increase recently, even more so in developing countries. New techniques are being built into instrumentation to detect a number of safety concerns in water, from metals and inorganic materials to bacterial toxins. Methods currently used to detect contaminants are the inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS), ion chromatography, and gas chromatography. These test and measurement methods lead the way in ensuring your drinking water is safe for consumption.

Loggers Leave Your Temperature Rising?

Certain data loggers are designed to operate in extreme environments. Yet one group of engineers discovered that identical units were erratic at different temperature ranges. Problem? The signal processing chips in the units were custom built, and had both positive- and negative-temperature-coefficient components. The lesson? Reliability in extreme environment loggers is only as good as the temperature sensitive components within.

Connect Industrial Ethernet Without Tools

This Industrial Networking article says industrial connectors often began life in more benign office/commercial environments. Connectors modified for industrial markets are predicted to reach $6 billion by 2010. Products include an industrial 8-pole pluggable RJ-45 Ethernet connector with insulation displacement contacts for tool-free field wiring.

LED Mounting Hardware, Lightpipes, Lenses, and LED sockets

Contact us for a FREE sample of our LED mounting solutions here. We have thousands of parts and part combinations in stock that can meet your exacting requirements. Click on the photo and visit us for a complete look at our LED cable sockets, Moisture-Sealed Light Pipes, LED lenses, spacers, and MORE!

Simultaneous Connection of Air, Fluid, Vaccum, and Electricity

Besides custom designed multicouplings, Stäubli has also developed the CombiTac:

• Complete solution to fulfill your needs
• Complete pneumatic system
• Wide variety of modules to configure the best solution for your application
• Complete range of equipment
• Three types of quick-release couplings
• Numerous electrical connectors
• Six sizes of housings

Testing High-Voltage Breakers Online

Circuit breakers used in power systems perform critical functions of fault detection and circuit disconnection. Because faults are abnormal conditions, they can occur infrequently with years often elapsing between breaker trips. Infrequent trips make periodic testing a necessity, but it can be difficult to properly test live circuits without interrupting normal operations or damaging equipment. T&D World reports on a portable test set that performs live trip testing on high-voltage circuit breakers in electrical transmission and distribution systems. The test set uses current sensors to measure amperage and synchronize injection of additional power in terms of frequency and phase.