Innovative Lighting Partnership Highlights Significant Architectural Achievement
It’s brand new. It can be seen from miles around. It’s an architectural landmark that embodies key influences and inspirations from ancient Islamic art and traditions, melded with the artistry and geometries associated with speed, movement and spectacle. Its visual impact is all made possible by leading-edge LED technology. It’s the Yas Hotel, a 500-room, 85, 000-square-meter complex recently completed by Aldar Properties PJSC, Abu Dhabi’s...
New Dow Impact Modifier for Rigid Vinyl Material Greatly Boosts Impact, Gloss and Processing Performance
Producing vinyl window profiles remains a highly competitive contest that pits increasing performance against decreasing manufacturing costs. Dow Plastics Additives, a division of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:Dow), is now providing answers for both of these contrasting demands with their recently introduced Paraloid™ KM-X100 Pro impact modifier. Even while rigid vinyl demand for construction applications is forecast to be weak until housing starts...
Unlimited Design Variety Meets Energy Efficiency
The new, freestanding reception building at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors’ head office in Regensburg (Germany) shows the variety of applications of light-emitting diodes (LEDs); all the lighting functions – workspace, general room, effects and outdoor lighting – are handled by LEDs. In contrast to conventional lights LEDs make completely innovative lighting designs possible while saving energy too – for example, 35 percent alone in the case of...
New LED illuminated Encoders from GREATECS
The new LED illuminated Encoders (Series EC7) extend the product range of GREATECS. These Encoders contain a clear shaft which shines in a very attractive way, illuminated by high-quality LEDs. This new series finds many applications in studio technology, household appliances and automation technology. The new LED illuminated Encoders are available in different shaft varieties and LED colors. The standard colors are blue, red, green, orange – more...
Hitachi Gas Powered 18-Gauge Finish Nailer Cordless
Hitachi Power Tools announced the introduction of a new 2in. gas powered 18-Gauge finish nailer, the NT50GS. A combination of lithium ion battery technology and a gas fuel cell offers the convenience of a cordless tool with the power of pneumatic! Lightweight and loaded with features for performance, user comfort, and safety, this nailer is ideal for a variety of applications including molding installation, cabinet assembly, wainscoting, chair rail,...
Shell and Tube Heatexchanger made from Plastics
These are the impressing facts of the probably biggest shell- and tube heatexchanger made from technical plastics. NW 280, length 5.200 mm, more than 1.000 single capillaries in the dimension 5, 2 x 6, 0 mm, and a surface load up to 100 m2. An additional premier is that these heatexchanger are made in a special IR-Welding process. The benefit to us a IR-welded shell and tube heatexchanger is the immensely longer durability and there are no dead spots,...
Manitowoc GCK3045 Grove mobile crane
Manitowoc is launching a Grove mobile crane, the GCK3045, which will open up new jobs for customers in a wide range of city center and indoor industrial projects. The crane is the first from Manitowoc’s Grove brand that is ideally suited for work in congested urban areas. These cranes are often referred to as city cranes. It was designed with a focus on maximizing possible applications for greater utilization. The crane is a compact three-axle,...
VAST Composite Masonry Products in Green Building and Sustainable Development Projects
VAST Enterprises, LLC, announced that using its composite pavers in construction applications can contribute to six or more LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) credits. VAST produces green building products with its patented technology that transforms post-consumer recycled rubber and plastics into an environmentally friendly material: composite masonry. All VAST products are made from up to 95 percent recycled car tires and plastic...
Caterpillar Introduces C175-16 Diesel Generator Set
Caterpillar Inc. announces the introduction of the C175-16 diesel package generator set for standby, prime and continuous applications. The generator set is available worldwide in 60 Hz packages with ratings up to 3.1 MW and 50 Hz packages with ratings up to 3.1 MVA. The Cat® C175-16 generator set package was designed to offer a larger unit rating, higher power density, lower emissions and reduced installation costs. Meeting U.S. EPA Tier 2 requirements,...
Guth Lighting Beefs up Wall Pack Performance with LUXEON Rebel LEDs
Guth Lighting’s just-released SUNDOWNER LED family of wall pack fixtures leverages LUXEON Rebel LED technology to provide a never-before-possible 60-degree beam spread in a dark sky housing, improving visibility while also reducing the number of fixtures needed to cover a given wall expanse. Guth’s new LUXEON-based wall packs also extend luminaire life up to seven times, slash energy needs by 80%, support ‘green’ initiatives, and significantly...
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