Intevac Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) reported financial results for the third quarter and nine-months ended September 25, 2004. Total revenues for the quarter were $34.9 million, compared to $7.6 million in the third quarter of 2003. Net income for the third quarter of 2004 was $1.3 million, or $0.07 per diluted share on 20.4 million […]
Bodine Electric Co. (Chicago, IL) announced that it will celebrate its 100th anniversary of producing fractional horsepower electric motors in 2005. The company has been designing and building electric motors almost as long as there have been electric motors. Brothers Carl and Paul Bodine founded Bodine Electric in Chicago in 1905. As a pioneer developer […]
Danaher Motion (Radford, VA), a strategic business of Danaher Corp. (Washington, DC), introduced its Thomson Electrak™ marine linear actuators, which provide boat...
Danaher Motion (Radford, VA), a strategic business of Danaher Corp. (Washington, DC), introduced its Guide to Seco DC Drives, a free 40-page...
Danfoss North America Motion Controls (Danfoss NAMC, Loves Park, IL) unveiled its new three-phase BG Series helical-geared motors, which are engineered to...
Advanced Power Technology Inc. (APT, Bend, OR) announced a new product line of standard power modules in the 62 mm x 108 mm SP6-P low-profile package for high-frequency operation and applications where size and particularly thickness is a concern. The low 12 mm profile offers minimum parasitic inductance, solderable pins for easy mounting to a […]
Advanced Power Technology Inc. (APT, Bend, OR) announced its new next-generation DQ Series of fast recovery epitaxial diodes (FREDs), which consists of 600 V, 1,000 V and 1,200 V devices, ranging in current from 8 A to 100 A, as die or in packages from TO-220's up to SOT-227's. The DQ FREDs are designed for […]
Pepperl+Fuchs (Twinsburg, OH) offered its new 2004-2005 Sensors Catalog. The 800-plus page resource includes complete features, benefits, selection guidelines, specifications, dimensions and...
Lambda Electronics Inc. (San Diego, CA) introduced a new family of dual-output power supplies that can deliver 200% of the nominal current...
Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) announced that Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology (TSST) has chosen Fairchild’s seven-channel, motor driver IC for its high-end,...
MEMSIC Inc., a supplier of CMOS-based micro electric mechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers/sensors, has entered into a cooperative marketing and sales agreement with the Sensors and Controls Business of Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX). Under the agreement, MEMSIC's thermal sensor technology will be made available to the wider automotive market through TI. Texas Instruments will […]
Taiyo Yuden USA Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) announced its new LS530, the latest addition to its line of compact dc-to-ac inverters for driving...
Wacom Technology Corp. (Vancouver, WA) introduced a mixed-signal IC, the W8002 chip, which is intended specifically for Wacom's newest "ultra-slim" cordless and battery-free pen that uses only an inductor and capacitor in a tank circuit. The pen is used in conjunction with a sensor grid. The W8002 is aimed at smart phones and PDAs. The […]
Enova Systems Inc. (Torrance, CA), a developer and manufacturer of mobile and stationary electric, hybrid and fuel cell digital power management systems, announced its newest series hybrid drive systems for heavy-duty, urban transit and delivery vehicles. The fuel efficient and environmentally friendly hybrid systems are applicable for Class 5 through Class 7 trucks as well […]
GE Energy (Atlanta, GA) announced an important addition to its Bently Nevada™ product offerings with the introduction of an all-new vibration, position and temperature monitor, the 1900/65 General Purpose Equipment Monitor. Targeting essential and balance-of-plant equipment, the 1900/65 is designed to offer affordable, stand-alone, multi-channel monitoring on those assets that require continuous machinery protection but […]