Sensor has magnetic personality Tru-Position Magnetics claims its TPM sensor can do what no other sensor can: accurately measure the X, Y, and Z position of an object through any solid (non-magnetic) material. It consists of four Hall-effect devices (HED) arranged in a circular pattern, like slices...

Capstan-drive pump Medical laboratory equipment and other analytical instruments often deal with minute volumes of samples and reagents. The MBP 2000 handles precision volume-dispensing duties with a friction-based syringe-drive mechanism. It works like this: The syringe plunger is linked to a flat...

Butler, WI-- By adding an electrohydraulic circuit to a truck's braking system, engineers have created a new type of traction control. Used on Euclid Hitachi 60- and 85-ton off-road trucks, the new system is important for the off-road large-vehicle market. Such trucks typically don't come with...

Better living through biomedical polymers At The Polymer Technology Group, Inc., surface-modifying end groups (SMEs), chemically bonded to a base polymer during synthesis, help develop a new family of biomedical polymers. Among the polymers currently being evaluated for long-term use: an...