Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Merlin Power Management, is providing Thruxton Motorsport Centre with a ‘plug and play’ solution to power up a range of services during race championships help at the Andover Race Circuit. The state-of-the-art power supply system is being used for a wide range of power support functions including power to the paddocks, ticket huts and Thruxton’s campsite for the toilets and showers.

Basler’s latest Application Note PC-5051B02, explains how to select the appropriate BE1-50/51B model for IAC or CO replacement.

Use of a traditional lay-on protruding door has a number of advantages in electrical or electronic control enclosures since it ensures the greatest usable door area almost to the width of the frame and can often open to 180º even when cabinets are mounted side by side. EMKA have therefore developed an extensive range of hinge types under the 1030 series umbrella, so as to ensure that builders of custom and standard panels can easily find a suitable item for flange returns within the 16mm to 25mm range, or greater.

Kaspro USA has released the newest generation of its popular Galaxy series of Operator Interfaces. The new Galaxy-101 model caters to the growing demand for widescreen technology in industrial and building automation. The 10.1” TFT Widescreen (16:9), with its 800 x48 resolution, is perfectly suitable for the use of bright vivid graphics in up to 65,536 colors. The 50,000 hour lifespan rated displays are housed in an industrial grade ABS enclosure and facilitate an operating temperature between -10C (14F) and 55C (131F).

As well as refurbishing the Mechanical and Electrical installations in the Queen’s Building at the Royal Courts of Justice, principal contractors, Structuretone, has also added two mezzanine floors to provide accommodation for the Family Division Associates and a dedicated training and conference suite. Turning to emergency power protection specialist, Computer Power Protection (CPP), to provide standby power for these new facilities as well as its CCTV, computers and communications, CPP has installed an integrated power protection solution from Scorpion Power Systems.

Westermo Lynx switches are being used in the FALCON tactical communications systems being supplied to the MOD by a BAE Systems led team. Westermo has already received equipment orders in excess of £500,000 for shipment in 2009 with the estimated total order requirement for Ethernet Switches valued at greater than £3M over the duration of the project.

Heavy duty electrical protection is a speciality of FDB Electrical who have recently announced their IP65 rated FDB 19 series for applications throughout industry from construction sites, mines and quarries, to the protection of stage lighting systems where thyristor spikes can trip conventional RCD’s.

A new series of 120W DC/DC modules designed specifically for worldwide railway applications has been announced by Martek Power. The CMS120 Series will interest designers of railway power supplies since they feature a very wide input voltage range, meet all relevant railway standards including EN50 155 and work across a broad operating temperature range without derating.

Tumbler Technologies + TRUMPower announces the new TMC60 series of 37.5-64 watt medical grade AC/DC switching power supplies. These convection-cooled power supplies are a very compact 2 x 4 x 1.18 inches and competitively priced for OEM quantity.