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ENGINEERING LITERATURE
Dirak launches
new global
website
Dirak has introduced a new global
website, representing a dramatic
improvement in content,
appearance, and navigation to the
previous site. The new website has been
designed in
direct response
to Dirak’s
customer
research. The
result is a
customerdriven
site, created from an in-depth
understanding of what customers require
from a global, technical website.
The new website features two
platforms. A SuperStructure site serves as
a corporate portal for the Dirak Group
allowing users to select their local regions
and highlighting corporate news and
events. The individual Country Sites
feature strong product and technical
information in the local language with
region-specific content.
Check it out at ....................................www.dirak.com
Guides for your book shelf
and the latest brochures
Every month, your hard working Industrial Technology team brings
you the best of the latest industry guides, the most interesting
catalogues, and news of important updates to supplier web sites
When you’re designing
new products, how
much thought do you
give to the fact that
many of the users of that product
might be either elderly or disabled?
Well, a new guide is now available to
help you ensure that the ICT systems
you design and manufacture are
more useable by these groups.
A wide range of application areas
and technologies are covered - from
household appliances and transport
to biometrics and information
displays. The information contained
in the Guidelines document, and
more in-depth detail, can be found at
www.tiresias.org/guidelines. Tiresias,
which is the RNIB scientific research
unit’s website, also offers in-depth
information on more than 2,000
devices, some 1,000 agencies for
blind and partially sighted people,
current and future research across 33
countries, and more than 100
scientific and technological reports on
topics ranging from smart cards and
biometrics to Braille and tactile data.
Dr John Gill, Chief Scientist at the
RNIB, who produced the Guidelines,
said that the greater enjoyment of life
of people with disabilities and older
people lay in the hands of our
engineers and technicians. “They are
the people who design and make ICT
systems and we urge them to look at
the recommendations contained in
Guidelines and to give some thought
on how greater improvements can be
made,” he said. “The need to do so
grows apace as, added to the several
millions of Britons with disabilities,
we have to help the increasing
number of older people.”
Want a copy? ...............www.tireias.org/guidelines
Control solutions
Feteris Components
Feteris has produced a new
overview brochure on its range
of industrial sensors and HMI
components, all conforming to
the highest technical standards
and sourced from worldleading
manufacturers.
The brochure covers
potentiometers, displacement
sensors, inclinometers, angular
rate sensors, pressure sensors,
load cells, strain gauges,
joysticks, foot pedals and
trackballs. Key markets include
machinery, equipment, ship
building and medical devices.
Electric motors
Baldor
Baldor has published its first
catalogue of stocked electric
motor products following its
acquisition of Reliance.
This heavyweight 580-page
volume details thousands of
Baldor Reliance motor choices
including premium efficiency,
severe duty and explosion
proof, washdown, DC, vector
and brake, plus many
application-specific types
including pump, HVAC and
farm duty. Power ranges for
stocked lines extend from
0.015 to 750 kW.
Sealing rings
IEC
This new brochure from IEC
covers the Fey range of laminar
sealing rings and retaining
rings, suited to a range of
applications including roller
bearings, wheel set bearings
for rolling stock, continuous
casting plants, transmission
systems, power systems, and
many others.
The Fey laminar rings can
be used as external or internal
ring sets, as well as combined
in one groove, as a result, the
increased deflection optimises
the seal.
Fastening systems
Spirol
Everything you could want to
know about fastener
automation is contained on a
new CD guide from Spirol.
The company offers a range
of equipment for fast and
reliable fastener installation
and parts feeding of pins,
compression limiters, bushings
and inserts. Full details of
these products and the
company’s engineering
services can be found on the
CD. You’ll also find intuitive
video guides for each product
range.
Shaft guidance
Schaeffler UK
A free, 175-page reference
guide to shaft guidance
systems, including linear
bearings, shaft support blocks,
rail guidance units and housing
units, is now available from
Schaeffler UK.
As well as providing
technical data on individual
products, the ‘Shaft Guidance
Systems’ catalogue also
includes useful information on
load carrying capacities,
friction, lubrication, design of
bearing arrangements, and
much more.
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INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY • May 2008