NEMA's ANSI C78.43-2017 Standards Focus on Single-Ended Metal Halide Lamps
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association has published NSI C78.43-2017 American National Standard for Electric Lamps. The standards consist of physical and electrical requirements of single-ended metal halide lamps operated on 60 Hz ballasts. The revision includes comprehensive ignitor requirements for LFSW ballasts that are available in Part 1 and two data sheets for 20W-C156 and...
Read More »IPC Appoints Don Dupriest Chair of the Technical Activities Executive Committee (TAEC)
IPC had elected Don Dupriest, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control as the new chair for the IPC Technical Activities Executive Committee (TAEC) for a two-year term. Dupriest offered his contributions in development of interconnect technology for electronic manufacturing. Previously Dupriest served as the member of IPC’s Hall of Fame and President’s Award recipient.
Read More »Pump Systems Matter Welcomes its New Members to Board of Directors
Pump Systems Matter (PSM) announces Jen Muir, President, JKMuir and Gary Cavey, President and CEO, Dynamatic® Drive Source International, Inc. as the new members to its Board of Directors. The new members will be serving for three-year term and work to develop long-term strategic plan for increasing demand for pump and pumping system training. PSM aims at providing training and tools for pump...
Read More »AFSA's Webinar Projects on Building Codes Affecting Sprinkler Installations
The American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) is conducting a webinar "Fire Sprinklers in the IBC and IFC" on April 25 presented by Russ Bainbridge, PE, CFPS, MS. The webinar provides an overview of the building codes affecting installation of sprinklers and potential conflicts between codes and NFPA standards are identified.
Read More »SAE Honored SwRI Engineers with 2017 John Johnson Award
The Society of Automotive Engineers presented two Southwest Research Institute engineers Chris Sharp and Dr. Cary Henry with 2017 John Johnson Award for Outstanding Research in Diesel Engines during SAE 2018 World Congress. The articles focused on heavy-duty diesel engine which studies about traditional and advanced technologies for achieving ultra-low NOx emissions. Their research is based on...
Read More »AIM North America Announces 2018 AIT Award to NASA Leader
AIM North America (AIM NA) Association for automatic identification industry names 2018 Automatic Identification Technology (AIT) in Government Award as Basil S. Jeffers of NASA. Basil Jeffers presently serving as the Project Lead Parts Engineer to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This award is given to an individual, committee, group, or organization from the government to those who...
Read More »MCAA to Induct Peter G. Martin in to Hall of Fame
The Measurement, Control & Automation Association appoints Dr. Peter G. Martin Vice President of Schneider Electric into MCAA’s hall of fame on Tuesday, April 24 during at Association’s Industry Forum in Houston, Texas. Previously Martin served as the chairman in 2017 and holds patents and published technical papers and articles. He was awarded with Life Achievement Award from the Automation...
Read More »Fluid Power Industry Products Shipments Increased by 7.8%
National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) released latest industry reports helps allow members to understand trends and anticipate change with trend graphs and data analysis for fluid power products. The report shows an increase of shipments when compared with February 2017 and February 2018. The charts are prepared by taking information from more than 85 manufacturers of fluid power products.
Read More »Kent Rochford Appointed as New SPIE's CEO
SPIE, International Society for Optics and Photonics appoints Kent Rochford as its CEO after Eugene Arthurs who will be retiring on June 2. Previously Rochford headed up NIST-Boulder Labs and the Communication Technology Laboratory (CTL) in Colorado. Rochford holds a PhD in optical sciences from University of Arizona and a BS in electrical engineering and an MBA from University of Colorado.
Read More »ASCÂ’s 2017-2020 Market Report Presents Overview of Mega and Macro Trends and Drivers
The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) releases 2017-2020 North American Market Report at 2018 ASC Annual Convention in Miami with the partnership of ChemQuest. The report consists of in-depth qualitative interviews such as buying factors, use trends, unmet needs, switching factors and insights into competitive joining techniques. This report enables its members to make business decisions.
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