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FOX Goes Green for Red Carpet Arrivals of The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards

FOX, in partnership with the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, will bring clean energy to the 63RD PRIMETIME EMMY(R) AWARDS airing live Sunday, Sept. 18 (8:00-11:00 PM ET live/5:00-8:00 PM PT live) on FOX. Solar panels will provide power to the Primetime Emmys red carpet and, for the first time ever, FOX will donate the solar panels and the red carpet to local charities after the event. In addition, the 390-foot red carpet is the largest ever to be lit entirely by low-energy LED and fluorescent lighting.

This year’s red carpet is made from 25,000 square feet of locally-sourced recycled carpet, produced in the only LEED-certified carpet facility in the world. Made from 50% recycled content, the carpet will be donated after the awards to the Ronald McDonald House Long Beach and to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles.

 

 

Read more: http://tv.broadwayworld.com/article/FOX-Goes-Green-for-Red-Carpet-Arrivals-of-The-63rd-Primetime-Emmy-Awards-20110914#ixzz1Xxp8nSrg

Tax-financed ‘green jobs’ hucksterism haunting Team Obama

Tax-financed ‘green jobs’ hucksterism haunting Team Obama

Even as President Barack Obama criss-crosses the country (only in battleground states, natch, come the ’12 election) to sell his latest jobs plan, his administration’s abject failure to pick business winners stands on full display in Fremont, CA. There, solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC — recipient of $535 million in taxpayer-backed loans — is shutting its doors, slumping into bankruptcy and now crawling with federal agents and GOP-led congressional investigators.

Meaning this administration doesn’t just lean anti-business (notwithstanding its penchant for playing footsie with mega-investor Warren Buffett, General Electric Co. Chairman Jeff Immelt and the Wall Street moguls who make campaign contribution). Team Obama also doesn’t seem to have a clue when it comes to discerning the difference between reasonable bets on a company’s future and politically correct fliers on losers unprepared for stiff competition. And Solyndra is proving to be just that.

via DETNEWS | Weblogs | Daniel Howes’ Blog.

Green Tech Today 1 | TWiT.TV

Sarah and Kiki kick off TWiT’s newest weekly show for the eco-minded geek. Neighborgoods founder and CEO Micki Krimmel on sharing local, flow batteries as explained by stick figures, and the weekly green beat features eco-cement!

via Green Tech Today 1 | TWiT.TV.

Electronics Assembly Made Flexible

MBX developed special production, picking, tracking and staffing procedures and built proprietary software to improve scheduling, balance workload distribution, and perform other manufacturing tasks.

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New Uses for Old Batteries

ABB and GM test Chevrolet electric vehicle batteries for storage and back-up power uses as well as selling power back to the grid. 

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Six Sigma White Belt Introduction


Learn what is needed to become a Six Sigma White Belt with this introduction video from SixSigmaTV.Net

2010 Version of LabView Implements Customer Ideas

The latest edition of National Instruments’ flagship graphical programming environment features faster compiler technology, pulls in customer ideas and enables integration of third-party FPGA designs.

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New IPC Report Shows 13 Percent Decline in Worldwide PCB Production in 2009

IPC’s World PCB Production Report for the Year 2009 was published today. It shows that worldwide PCB production declined 13 percent in 2009 over the previous year, based on estimates in U.S. dollars developed by the IPC World Market Consensus Committee. World PCB production was estimated at $44.22 billion in 2009. Production in North America, estimated at $3.43 billion, declined nearly 17 percent in 2009. The tide began to turn in mid-2009, however, and analysts are predicting 12 percent growth in the worldwide PCB market in 2010.

The World PCB Production Report presents estimates of PCB production in U.S. dollars and local currencies by country and by 10 product types. Metal core boards were added to the report for the first time this year, along with the committee’s forecasts of significant growth in this product market.

Asia’s share of PCB production has grown to 86 percent of the world total. China is the world’s top PCB producer with a 34 percent share. China has taken some of its share growth from other Asian countries, most of which saw their shares reduced in 2009. North America now produces 8 percent of the world’s PCBs based on value.

This year’s report features special commentary on China by Dr. Hayao Nakahara, and a special analysis of market demand for high-speed PCBs by Mark Hutton of BPA Consulting. They are members of the IPC World Market Consensus Committee along with Phil Plonski of Prismark and Michael Gasch, an independent consultant in Europe. Working with their own data and data from IPC and other sources, the IPC committee developed the estimates in the report through a consensus process.

The World PCB Production Report is published annually for IPC members. To read or download the report, members can follow this link to a log-in page and then to the report: www.ipc.org/World-Report-2009. It can also be found in the members-only area of the IPC website on the market research page.

Filed under: Boards Tagged: PCB industry data, world production

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Causes and Solutions for Solder Ball Defects

Industry expert Bob Willis explains the impact of flux and solder mask on solder ball defects in this video based on the  National Physical Laboratory Defect Database.

The defect database allows engineers to search through a range of defects covering components, printed circuit boards, solder joints and assembly problems. The aim is to add more defects each month to complement the online submissions with further support from the industry to make this a global resource to industry. It is available at no charge to allow engineers to submit defects online with full details and solutions to current problems.

Additional defect videos and more are available on the IPC YouTube Channel.

Filed under: Assembly, Technical Tagged: electronics assembly, solder ball defects, solder flux, solder mask

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Types of Industrial Equipment and Machinery for Sale

Manufacturing equipment for sale is available in all shapes, sizes, styles and prices. It all depends on what you are looking for. With sellers going out of business or cutting back or getting rid of surplus equipment, there are many types of machinery on the market for someone who is looking for a deal.

When you are looking for something specific, it is sometimes difficult to find it because it is defined in a different way or is listed under a subheading that you didn’t find. Some of the major types of industrial machinery and equipment include:

Electrical and electronic components such as:

  • Bar code devices such as scanners or verifiers that are used to read the bar codes
  • Batteries and accessories such as chemical or physical that includes solar cell or thermal
  • Connectors such as electrical or optical that conduct or transfer signals from cable to cable
  • Circuit protection devices such as protection from voltage or current surges
  • Data input devices such as a mouse or keyboard
  • Meters, readouts and indicators such as panel meters or digital readouts
  • Passive electronic components such as inductors or capacitors

Material handling and packaging equipment such as:

  • Material handling equipment such as forklifts, conveyors or winches
  • Packaging and labeling equipment such as labeling or packaging as part of automation
  • Web handling and processing equipment such as plastic films or metal sheets

Test and measurement equipment such as:

  • Analytical instruments such as equipment to analyze material samples or record data
  • Calibration instruments such as precision instruments or accuracy meters
  • Multimeters and electrical test meters such as ammeters or voltmeters to measure electrical signals
  • Recorders and loggers such as digital or analog sensors
  • Sensing and measurement instruments such as measurement of variables such as humidity or temperature

These are just a fraction of the thousands of types of equipment, machinery and instruments that are used in various types of manufacturing processes. There are manufacturers devoted to building and construction, imaging and video equipment, laboratory equipment and scientific instruments as well as mechanical components or more complex optical components and optics. Others include data acquisition and signal conditioning, fluid power components or sensors, transducers and detectors.

Some equipment is very simple to manufacture and easy to operate, while others are much more complicated not only to create, but their operation many times requires skilled personnel who have been required to acquire specialized training to run the equipment. This is especially true with medical and hospital equipment and others that are used for detailed analysis.

Whatever you are looking for, it can be found but only if you know where to go to look for it. Our specialized service will provide you will a free place to look for the equipment and then allow you access to the seller so that you can negotiate your own terms. If you need financing, we can provide that at a low cost for equipment over $250,000 if you are a United States resident. Why not give it a try – all you have to do is register what you are looking for.

For more information please visit our web site at www.businessbuyersregistry.com