Astris Energi Launches Fuel Cell Test Product.Business Editors & Energy Writers Astris Energi Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB: ASRNF), leading developers of alkaline fuel cells and related products, Wednesday announced that after two years of beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the its TESTMASTER family of test loads, test cells and control software, it has introduced the new model, TL4A Test Load for fuel cells and batteries. The TL4A Test Load has evolved from its model TL4, which was extensively tested and evaluated in five R&D laboratories in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Jiri K. Nor, president of Astris. It is an electronic load with microprocessor intelligence, that has the ability to operate under either manual or remote control and communicate with a computer over a serial link. State-of-the-art features such as electrode and temperature sensor inputs satisfy the most demanding researchers, Nor said. Proprietary circuitry is used to measure the electromechanical The use of electricity to run moving parts. Disk drives, printers and motors are examples. Electromechanical systems must be designed for the eventual deterioration of moving components that wear over time. The first TVs were electromechanical systems (see video/TV history). potentials by means of the so-called "resistance free" method. This technique offers the researcher an additional insight into the inner workings of the fuel cell or battery and has become a valuable tool in making product improvements. The new test loads were first deployed internally in Astris labs in Mississauga and in Benesov, the Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. . For ease and simplicity of use, up to 32 loads may be daisy-chained on a single cable which carries both power and information. The powerful TESTMASTER program, which controls data acquisistion and graphical presentation, runs on a PC computer in the Windows environment (1) (upper case "W") Refers to computers running under a Microsoft Windows operating system. (2) (lower case "w") Also called a "windowing environment," it refers to any software that provides multiple windows on screen such as Windows, Mac, Motif and X Window. . "TESTMASTER and those new test loads save us a lot of time," said Senior Astris Engineer Joe Hasal. "I can't think how we could do without it, taking readings by hand -- with graphics and real-time display on screen, it is awesome." "Sales of Astris demonstration fuel cells and related scientific products have been growing steadily," Nor said, "and we expect a further uptrend with the launch of this new product." NOTE: Any statements contained in this release that are not statements of fact may be considered "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined under U.S. federal security laws. Forward-looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual events or results. |
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