Increasingly, safety requirements for humans, systems, and the environment are being mandated by law according to the latest state of technology. The standard IEC/DIN 61508 defines four safety integrity levels (SIL). For safety-critical applications, PCB Piezotronics offers vibration sensors with SI…

Developed specially by Sensile Medical for EVER Pharma under the brand name D-mine®, this wearable microinfusion pump recently received European CE certification and has already been launched in several European countries. The compact, patient-friendly infusion pump is used for the continuous subcut…

Pick up rollers from the pallet, turn, transport, and insert into the packaging machine: With the help of a mobile industrial lever lift, this can be done by a single person. HOVMAND, the world’s leading manufacturer of versatile lifting aids, will showcase a selection of its lift models for simplif…

From an evolutionary biological perspective, they are ancient, but their potential is only now gradually being discovered: So-called electromicrobes are currently under special observation by many scientists worldwide in the sustainability debate. They can produce and transfer electrons – essentiall…

In corrosion-promoting environments, stainless steel is considered the material of choice. However, more affordable solutions, such as high-quality powder-coated parts, are often sufficient. For example, the INOCON clamp connectors made of aluminum, thanks to their powder coating, remain undamaged e…

Introducing AeroTrak®+ Remote Airborne Particle Counters (APCs)—offering cleanroom professionals top-notch reliability and no-hassle operation. They're designed to cover a wide range of particle sizes to meet the needs of your clean manufacturing environment. Rapid setup and ease of operation make t…

In a controlled environment cleanliness is measured by the amount of airborne and surface particles present within the area. The highest contributing factor of contamination is caused by personnel in the form of fibers, hair, skin flakes and bacteria.

A person in a sitting position produces about 100…

Microplastics have arrived in society in a double sense. Chemically-analytically, they have already been detected in the gastrointestinal tract, blood, lymph, and liver of animals¹, and even in human stool². Microplastics have also become a political issue for the general public – an incentive for r…

Cleanrooms are areas designated for critical applications, where a controlled dust-free, uniformly tempered atmosphere with constant relative humidity prevails. Using extremely powerful ventilation systems and filters, the number of airborne particles is minimized. The dense enclosure with personnel…

On July 5, 2019, all eyes in the space flight control center at TU Berlin were focused on five small objects in space: At 3:40 PM local time, scientists attempted to establish contact with the pico-satellites they had developed and built. The satellites BEESAT-9 and -10 to -13 are now five of a tota…