Automation Fair: Belden expands line of symmetrical variable frequency drive cables
Control Engineering
Richmond, IN– Belden has expanded its line of variable frequency drive (VFD) cables that carry power from industrial ac drive systems to ac motors. Product additions include eight new symmetrical ground design, 3-conductor 16 to 2 AWG, VFD cables.
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Zero force: Optical touch switch replaces mechanical push buttons
Control Engineering
New Providence, NJ – Panasonic Electric Works Corp. of America offers the Sunx brand optical touch switch, the SW-101, a zero force replacement for mechanical push buttons commonly used in two hand control safety applications.
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Extreme design: Controller board optical switch, 36 layers, 2.5 Terabits/sec, 1.6 mi trace length
Control Engineering
Endicott, NY — Endicott Interconnect Technologies Inc. introduced a controller board that functions as the intelligence of a powerful, advanced optical packet switch. The controller board for a 64×64 port, high-performance optical switch designed by IBM Zurich Research Lab, claimed to be one of the most complex designs ever developed, is a core component in the OSMOSIS (Optical Shared MemOry Supercomputer Interconnect System) research for computer systems.
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