Motion Control

November 9, 2001

Baldor Announces New Electric Motor Guide

Baldor Electric Co. (Fort Smith, AR) announced a new 32-page guide providing information on the differences between the protection measures available for...

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November 5, 2001

IRC Offers PTS1206 Series SMT Chip Sensors

IRC Inc.'s (Corpus Christi, TX) Advanced Film Division introduced a surface-mount chip version of its platinum film resistive temperature sensors for automotive,...

November 5, 2001

Thomson Airpax Debuts 20M020D Series Motors

Thomson Airpax Mechatronics (Farnborough, UK) announced its new 20M020D Series motors, which are available in both bipolar and unipolar winding configurations, measure 20mm x 16.4mm, produce 7.1mNm pullout torque at 200pps when driven with a 36Vdc chopper drive at 0.25A per phase, and weigh 23.5g. Offering 1.25W input power per winding, an 18-degree step angle, […]

November 5, 2001

Delphi and Electricore Develop NOx Sensor

Delphi Automotive Systems (Troy, MI) and Electricore Inc. (Indianapolis, IN) have been selected to receive a cost-sharing research award from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for approximately $1.85 million to develop a low-cost, commercially viable automotive nitrogen oxide (NOx) sensor for clean and more fuel efficient vehicles. The NOx sensor will monitor emissions of […]

Dynex, Ecostar Collaborate on Power Modules

Dynex Power Inc. (Ottawa, Canada) is collaborating with Ecostar Electric Drive Systems (Dearborn, MI) to fabricate prototype power semiconductor modules for potential use in electric vehicles and power conversion systems. Ecostar will be responsible for the design of the power module for application in the Ecostar systems, and Dynex will provide their power module process, […]

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Inpaq Technology Intros New MLV Series Varistors

Inpaq Technology Co. Ltd. (Taiwan) announced the new MLV Series of multi-layer varistors, which provide a high clamping ratio and a high...

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Suzhou Littelfuse Presents TMOC Series Varistors

Suzhou Littelfuse Co. Ltd. (China) announced its TMOV Series of thermally protected metal-oxide varistors that meet the UL 1449 standard for over-voltage...

Maxim Debuts New MAX6662 Temperature Sensor

Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) announced its new MAX6662 digital temperature sensor, which provides a measurement accuracy to within ±1 degree C from 20 to 45 degrees C, ±3 degrees C from -40 to 125 degrees C, and ±5 degrees C from 125 to 150 degrees C. It has an internal 12-bit ADC that […]

Communications Power

EPCOS Announces 0405/0402 Varistors

EPCOS (Munich, Germany) announced its two ceramic multi-layer varistors—in 0405 and 0402 case sizes—that are designed for integration into mobile phones. The 0405 varistors provide ESD protection to the IEC 61000-1-4-2, Level 4 standard (8kV contact, 15kV air discharge). They also act as EMC filters for dual-band mobile phones and suppress interference from the carrier […]

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October 26, 2001

Whedco Adds New Stall Detection to Stepping Motor Cube

Whedco, a subsidiary of GE Fanuc Automation (Ann Arbor, MI), has added a new stall detection feature to the Stepping Motor Cube...

October 25, 2001

STM to Close Rancho Bernardo Plant

STMicroelectronics (Geneva) announced that it plans to close its Rancho Bernardo, CA, 6in front-end wafer-fabrication production and transfer the fab's products, processes and equipment to ST's manufacturing facilities in Carrollton, TX, and Singapore. The move is targeted for completion near the end of the first-quarter 2002 and affects approximately 330 employees in Rancho Bernardo, near […]