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Atlas Copco has unveiled the Nitrogen Purifier through Hydrogen (NPH). The NPH delivers efficiency improvements in on-site nitrogen generation, enabling businesses to produce high-purity nitrogen with reductions in energy use and costs. The NPH is designed to complement new and existing nitrogen generation systems. These systems typically consist of a compressor to supply the feed…
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Murata is expanding its wireless communication module lineup by introducing the new Type 2FR/2FP and Type 2KL/2LL modules. Designed to support the next generation of wireless connectivity across smart home, smart building, and industrial IoT applications, these compact devices feature tri-radio communication including dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), and Thread, with Matter provisioning. Across…
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Precision sensor supplier Micro-Epsilon has updated its non-contact laser distance sensor portfolio with a unit that is even more robust than its predecessor and measures distances up to 150m with an accuracy of <±1mm. Developed in-house by Micro-Epsilon, the new optoNCDT ILR 3800-100 is the successor to the ILR2250-100 laser distance sensor. The ILR3800-100 has…
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Diodes Incorporated announces the expansion of its automotive-compliant* LED driver portfolio by introducing the AL8891Q. This synchronous Buck LED driver with high-side current sense drives up to 2A from a wide 4.5V to 65V input voltage range. It supports up to 95% duty cycle, allowing the drive of longer LED chains. The device provides a…
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admin 24th December 2024 Design 23 Views FDB Panel Fittings Online store and sales partners Enclosure Solutions now offer these concealed enclosure hinges in natural finish zinc die, for use as they are or for overpainting to suit the cabinet. This allows a clean look exterior to the enclosure or cabinet while enabling full door…
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Listen to this article Between 1994, when the railway was privatised, and the pre-Covid year of 2019, railway passenger numbers more than doubled. Yet over the same period the railway’s cost to the taxpayer increased by 270%. With high fixed infrastructure costs, increasing passenger numbers should have decreased its cost to the taxpayer. Thus, as…
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Listen to this article At around 19:26 on the evening of 21 October 2024, train 1J25, the 18:31 Transport for Wales (TfW) passenger service from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth, collided with train 1S71, the 19:09 Machynlleth to Shrewsbury passenger service, also operated by TfW. The trains collided approximately 800 metres west of the passing loop located…
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Listen to this article The Permanent Way Institution’s annual electrification conference was attended by around 150 delegates and was opened by its president, Mona Sihota. While there remains uncertainty about future electrification, both the Midland Mainline and the Transpennine Route upgrades are well underway, and existing electrification assets (which power around 80% of UK rail…
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Listen to this article In 2009, the Great Western Electrification Programme (GWEP) was estimated to cost £1 billion. By 2015 the cost had risen to £2.8 billion. As a result, the programme was cut-back in 2017 with no electrification to Oxford, Bristol, or Swansea. This also led to a negative government perception of rail electrification…
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Listen to this article At the RSSB sponsored Vehicle/Track System Interface Committee seminar, RSSB’s Dr David Griffin and University of Huddersfield’s Dr Philip Shackleton explored how the industry might explore additional measures for the guidance of derailed trains. This work was commissioned to follow up a recommendation from the RAIB investigation into the Carmont accident…
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