Emech & Enclosures

Standex Electronics has announced two series of high-voltage power reed relays, one surface-mount and one axially leaded. MHV series of miniature high voltage reed relays are surface mount and measure 17.2 x 10.5 x 8.5mm. They can switch up to 1kVdc (or ac peak) and withstand a minimum of 3kVdc. “Off-state leakage current is in the nanoampere range, and dielectrics ...

CUI Devices has introduced dozens of illuminated tactile push button switches, in packages as small as 3.4 x 3.4 x 1.5mm. Colours span blue, green, red, red-blue, red-green, white and yellow, and there are actuator heights from 0.35 to 6.3mm, operating forces from 160 to 300gf, and lives up to 100,000 cycles. “These illuminated tactile switches carry surface mount or ...

Cambridge-based Titan has announced a steer-by-wire system for vehicles “from electric hypercars to automated trucks which has been designed to meet demand from lower-volume manufacturers who need a bespoke system”, it said. The 48V electric motor that operates the steering rack was developed in-house along with the rest of the mechanical system and the control unit. All of it is ...

As advances in autonomy multiply the number of cameras and sensors on vehicles, drones and robots, a purely electrically driven method can help keep them all clean, write Texas Instruments staff members. In the same way a dog instinctively shakes itself clean, ultrasonic lens cleaning technology uses precisely controlled vibrations to self-clean camera lenses when they become dirty or wet. ...

Cherry has announced quieter operation amongst other up-grades to its long-running MX series of keyboard switches, with the introduction of MX2A types. At the same time, it revealed a keyboard, Xtrfy K5V2, built with the switches. The original gold cross-point contacts are retained and changes are largely details, with, for example. a move from cylindrical spring to an barrel spring to ...

Test Research of Taiwan has revealed its latest automatic solder paste inspection machine using 3D vision, that can also inspect bumps, flux, mini LEDs and bare boards. Called TR7007Q SII it has a 9.8μm 21Mpixel camera and RGB+W lighting, and can be equipped with coaxial lighting. It supports communication protocols including IPC Connected Factory Exchange (CFX), IPC-DPMX and IPC Hermes 9852. ...

Frore Systems is developing a thin flat device cooler that pumps an airflow without using a fan. Called AirJet, it comes in two versions: Mini 27.5 x 41.5 x 2.8mm Removes 5.25W from IC with 85°C die Consumes 1W 1750 Pascals pressure 0.21 CFM flow 21dBA sound output Pro 31.5 x 71.5 x 2.8mm Removes 10.5W from IC with 85°C ...

Electromechanical components including pushbutton switches, rocker switches, and illuminated tact switch buttons for power circuits and interfaces by Marquardt are available from TME. The components are for use in general industry and heavy machinery as well as consumer devices.  Rocker switches are available as mono-stable, bi-stable and tri-stable models with SPST, DPST and DO3T contact configurations. They are designed to ...

Chomerics is aiming its latest thermal interface gel at thin heatsink bonds. GEL 50TBL (TBL – thin bond line) offers 5W/m.K bulk thermal conductivity and, “at a minimum bond line thickness of 0.05mm, the apparent thermal conductivity exceeds 10W/m.K”, according to the company. However, “the material is primarily for thin bond lines and is not typically intended for use as ...

Lexium is a cobot from Schneider Electric, intended to work alongside humans without a cage or other exclusion. Cobots – collaborative robots – need to be inherently safe around people, and as such need to be lightweight, move at moderate speed, not be too strong and have no sharp edges. “Traditional industrial robotic systems must be designed into processes from ...