LITERATURE Instruments.

Non-contact laser sensor

A full-color, four-page brochure describes the SLS 2000 laser sensor, a noncontact, laser-based industrial gauging sensor for measurements in numerous on- and off-line rubber and tire applications. The SLS 2000 is said to provide consistent accuracy, resolution and reliability. The brochure describes the Class II SLS 2000 compact, self-contained, high-speed, non-contact industrial dimensional gauging sensor, with detailed, but concise descriptions, photos and illustrations, and technical charts and diagrams. Other features of the Class II described include its robust sensor design for the rubber industry environment, capability to measure on dark rubber surfaces with reflectivity ranging from dull to shiny, and its insensitivity to ambient light, surface texture and color changes. (LMI Selcom, 21654 Melrose, Southfield, MI 48075)

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Thermocouples, RTDs

This piece of literature features temperature sensors most commonly used in the mixing of rubber and other abrasive compounds. Special consideration has been given to the abrasion resistant measuring tips, the notched mounting method configurations (commonly used in internal mixers) and the critical temperature response time requirements. These sensors are available in both thermocouple and RTD types. Special construction assemblies are also available. (Pyromation, 5211 Industrial Rd., Fort Wayne, IN 46825)

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Laser measurement

The company's web site (www.riegl.co. at/) provides information on the company, its worldwide subsidiaries and affiliates, its history and its diverse product line of non-contact, pulsed laser range finders, distance sensors, scanning systems and speed meters. The laser measurement scanners are said to provide accurate range measurement. (Riegl Laser Measurement Systems, 8516 Old Winter Garden Rd., Orlando, FL 32835)

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Thermal phase transitions

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is said to offer the ability to perform high-resolution profiling of surface morphology and nanostructure, studies of local materials properties, compositional mapping of heterogeneous samples and probing of sub-surface sample structure, according to the company. These advanced capabilities are said to be available due to the development of TappingMode and Phase Imaging. To evaluate the capabilities of AFM imaging of polymers in air at various temperatures, an application note discusses a series of measurements on various samples in the temperature range of-50 [degrees] C to +120 [degrees] C using a MultiMode AFM. (Digital Instruments, 112 Robin Hill Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93117)

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Color measurement

The company's systems brochure, titled "Color and appearance measurement solutions," highlights the company's quality control, color formulation and correction, and on-line integrated color measurement systems and how they can be used throughout every phase of the color management process. Full-color photographs, accompanied by brief descriptions, provide an overview of the company's portable, benchtop, on-line and software product lines. Descriptions include information such as sample reflectance area and geometry. (Hunter Associates Laboratory, 11491 Sunset Hills Rd., Reston, VA 20190-5280)

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Motion control solutions

The advanced motion control solutions guide is said to provide important information on the company's three product families covering motion control and synchronization, programmable limit switches and various feedback devices. Targeted at-the material handling, packaging and automated assembly industries, the solutions guide is said to display information covering the world's most flexible, cost effective product line that is also said to be ideally suited for all types of industrial and environmental operating conditions. In addition, the solutions guide can also be used to solve current and future application problems with newly expanded sections on application case histories and technical information. (Astrosystems Automation, 170 Wilbur Place, Bohemia, NY 11716-2416)

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Chromatography catalog

A full-color, 400-page chromatography catalog offers researchers a complete selection of new and proven equipment and supplies. The catalog includes columns and accessories for GC, LC and TLC. (VWR Scientific Products, 1310 Goshen Pkwy., West Chester, PA 19380)

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Weathering instruments

The latest version of the company's weathering, lightfastness and corrosion test instruments brochure is said to feature the most comprehensive line of instruments available for testing the durability of materials according to global test standards specified by ASTM, ISO, DIN, JIS, SAE and numerous others. The product line features instruments that incorporate a variety of light sources and can accommodate small, individual specimens to large or multiple components. Light sources include fluorescent, metal halide, carbon arc and xenon arc (both air-cooled and water-cooled). The product range includes numerous xenon instruments. It also features fluorescent devices. For testing the corrosion resistance of materials, the company offers both standard salt fog and cyclic chambers, and specialty chambers. (Atlas Electric Devices, 4114 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL 60613)

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Cure, reaction testing

Two fully automated instruments for monitoring the cure of liquid polymers and flexible and rigid foams, the SVNC scanning vibrating needle curementer, and the foam SVNC, are described in company literature. Through these instruments, users are said to obtain a complete fingerprint of both cure and reaction, without dependence on expensive rheological equipment, according to the literature. This is said to be valuable for evaluating raw materials, optimizing processes, controlling quality, etc. (Rapra Technology Ltd., Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, U.K. SY4 4NR)

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Sample processing

A six-page color brochure features the 2700 Sample Manager, a high-capacity, robotic xyz sample processing workstation designed for high-throughput laboratories using HPLC, LC/MS or flow injection analysis during mass spectrometry. The Sample Manager automates many laboratory procedures, including sample pretreatment, column selection, injection and fraction collection. (Waters, 34 Maple St., Milford, MA 01757)

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Laboratory equipment

This company's web site, http://www. heraeus-instruments.com, presents the manufacturer's full range of laboratory equipment. Features and applications are provided for heating and drying ovens, high temperature furnaces, centrifuges, workbenches, hot-air sterilizers and cooling systems, as well as operating instructions and possible further applications. (Heraeus Instruments GmbH, Postfach 1563, D-63405 Hanau, Germany)

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Load cell system

A five-page technology backgrounder describes the MiniSeries PillowBlock Tensiometer Load Cell System. These load cells are said to be the first physically compact product to implement a superior electromagnetic transducer technology for tension measurement in the 5-to-5,000-pound range on pillowblock-mounted rolls in web processing applications. (ABB Industrial Systems, 1175 John St., West Henrietta, NY 14586)

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