Open sesame: XML emerges as the new key for open manufacturing

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Software vendors predict that Extensible Markup Language (XML) may become the lingua franca of open manufacturing systems with its capability to facilitate timely sharing of manufacturing information between control devices and automation systems in the plant floor. In addition, it features enhanced electronic commerce capabilities. Recognizing XML's market potential, Microsoft Corp launched its XML- based plant floor integration software in Mar 1999.

All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing, Production management, Manufacturing NEC

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Tracking sensor deterioration to prolong useful lifecycles

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Electro-Chemical Devices, Inc. (ECD), has commercialized a technology, namely, the TR23 Sentinel electrode system, which alerts engineers when sensor degradation begins, so that they can replace the electrode proactively. The money saved in replacement sensors using Sentinel systems is application dependant, but can be substantial.

ELECTRONIC & OTHER ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT, Product introduction, New Products/Services, Electrical equipment and supplies industry, Electric equipment industry, Sensors

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New wave-pump technology is successfully demonstrated

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The seadog wave-pump harnesses the mechanical energy of ocean swells or waves and uses it to pump water to land-based hydroelectric turbines. Seadog is designed to extract a small amount of energy from a portion of the wave front as the wave passes by.

Other Electric Power Generation, Electric services, Motor and Generator Manufacturing, Motors and generators, Wave Power, Wave Power & Tidal Elec Generators, Analysis, Design and construction, Technology application, Electromechanical devices, Ocean wave power, Hydraulic pumps, Electric industries, Hydraulic rams

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