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April 22, 2009 | Volume 3, Issue 16 Subscribe | Advertising Services | Contact Us

Getting More From Your Pneumatic Devices
By Philipp Klaschka
Almost all manufacturing plants across America use compressed air, from pneumatic actuators to vacuum generators and blowing applications. What most companies are just now starting to realize is the actual cost of compressed air. “What do you mean?” you ask. “Air is free!” That may be true of the air we breathe daily, but it is a different story when it comes to compressed air.
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PRODUCT FOCUS

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CLEANROOM TIP OF THE WEEK

What is UV?
 UV forms part of the electromagnetic spectrum and the UV wavelength range is from about 10 to 400 nm, placing it between X-rays and the visible part of the spectrum. Though frequently referred to as “non-ionizing radiation,” the shortest ultraviolet wavelengths do bring about some ionization. The UV portion of the spectrum has been sub-divided for convenience.
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MANAGEMENT TIP OF THE WEEK

Stress Awareness
April is Stress Awareness Month. While each person is different and has different events and issues that cause stress, there are some issues that almost universally affect people.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
  • ITW Texwipe Receives ISO 13485:2003 Certification
    ITW Texwipe’s North Carolina manufacturing facility has been awarded the ISO 13485:2003 certification for the manufacture of Contamination Control Products.
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  • 12 Key Steps to Address USP Chapters <61> and <62> Changes
    On May 1, 2009 the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) General Microbiology chapters will be harmonized with corresponding microbiology chapters in the European and Japanese Pharmacopeias (EP and JP). The goal of pharmacopeial harmonization is to promote consistency of microbiology methods used by companies globally.
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  • New Method Could Lead to Narrower Chip Patterns
    Researchers at MIT have found a novel method for etching extremely narrow lines on a microchip, using a material that can be switched from transparent to opaque, and vice versa, just by exposing it to certain wavelengths of light.
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  • 'Near-Field' Radiation Therapy Promises Relief for Overheating Laptops
    Developing better methods to dissipate this heat has been listed as a "grand challenge" for modern electronics by the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS), a consortium of semiconductor manufacturers.
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  • Nanoribbons from Sliced Open Nanotubes Now Possible
    Researchers have been hampered in their efforts to fully explore the potential for graphene nanoribbons because they had no reliable way of creating the large quantities needed to conduct extensive studies. Now a team at Stanford University has developed a new method that will allow relatively precise production of mass quantities of the tiny ribbons by slicing open carbon nanotubes.
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Industry Calendar

April 20-24, 2009
PDA Annual Meeting
Las Vegas, NV

May 4-7, 2009
ESTECH 2009
Schaumburg, IL

May 11-12, 2009
Aseptic Processing in the Manufacture of Biotech and Pharmaceutical Products
Berlin, Germany

May 12-13, 2009
Best Practices for an Effective Cleaning Validation Program
Costa Mesa, CA

May 20-22, 2009
SEMICON Singapore
Suntec, Singapore

May 26-27, 2009
Cleanroom Microbiology for the Non-Microbiologist
Berlin, Germany

June 2-4, 2009
SEMICON Russia
Moscow, Russia

June 8-10, 2009
European Supply Chain and Logistics Summit 2009
Düsseldorf, Germany

July 6-8, 2009
American Glovebox Society Annual Conference
San Diego, CA

July 16-17, 2009
Overview of FDA Regulatory Compliance for Medical Devices
Costa Mesa, CA

July 19-23, 2009
SEMICON West
San Francisco, CA

August 24-26, 2009
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) and Drug Product Specification
Costa Mesa, CA

September 2-4, 2009
Technical Writing for the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Biotech Industries
Costa Mesa, CA

September 9-11, 2009 SEMICON Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan

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