Appliance Design - September 2008 - (Page 10) NEwS watch monitoring in an easy-to-use system that can be used in various departments throughout hospitals, nursing homes, private practices, and rural clinics, as well as in ambulances and mobile facilities. In addition, Philips also launched the SureSigns Vital Signs Viewer (VSV) to complement its line of VM-series patient monitors. The VSV provides the benefits of central viewing and alarming without the complexity and expense of a traditional PC-based central station, the company says. The VSV displays data on vital signs and one waveform from up to 12 patient monitors at a time. (AHRI) has agreed to share its equipment and component performance standards with the Indian Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE). The agreement sets a framework that promotes a process for effectively sharing AHRI’s standards and provides ISHRAE with the ability to more easily disseminate AHRI’s standards among its nation’s standards developers; establishes a process to ensure ISHRAE is notified when AHRI standards are revised and updated; and it provides ISHRAE greater access to AHRI’s standards developers to assist them with technical issues. 2250 SERIES WOB-L® Brushless DC Piston Pumps and Compressors • • ShaRED StaNDaRDS. As part of a longterm partnership, the Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute 3D PRINtING FOR aLL. Shapeways, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, has launched a co-creation service that allows artists, UPLIFtING actUatOR Oil-less design Available with barbed or threaded ports PTFE Piston Ring Aluminum die cast components 24V DC Vacuum to 22.0" Hg Flow to 1.21 CFM Kataka linear actuator in extended and retracted states. • • • • • For more information on the 2250 Series, or our complete line of WOB-L® pumps and compressors, visit gd-thomas.com A novel, compact electromechanical linear actuator has been developed by Kataka, Copenhagen, Denmark, based on a technology it calls “the segmented spindle.” (The company’s name, Kataka, is Sanskrit for “golden chain,” in reference to the device.) The segmented spindle consists of uniformly shaped elements, which can be coiled together somewhat like a 3D zipper. In their uncoiled state, the segments resemble a flexible chain, which can be stored in differently shaped containers. When the elements are coiled, they form a spindle, which rises up out of its housing. In the initial version of the device, the actuator housing measures 50 mm x 125 mm x 380 mm, and the maximum stroke length of the spindle is 400 mm. The maximum load when pushing is 2,000 N (200 kg), and maximum load when pulling is 1,000 N (100 kg). Its speed at 1,000 N load is 15 mm/s. The power rating is 5 A max at 24 VDC. The actuator weighs 3.4 kg. Soren Sogaard Jensen, CEO, envisions a number of appliance applications for the device where it would be used to raise or lower an appliance to make it more accessible to older or disabled consumers. For example, it could raise a dishwasher or lower a vent hood to provide easier access. To see animations on how the device works, visit www.kataka.dk. < 10 applianceDESIGN AD04082THOM.indd 1 September 2008 2/28/08 10:12:02 AM www.applianceDESIGN.com http://gd-thomas.com http://www.kataka.dk http://www.appliancedesign.com
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