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Company: Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp., Lincoln, R.I., phone: (401) 333-2770.
Product: Ten-color Astraflex CI Flexographic Printing Press – with this press Windmoeller & Hoelscher is now offering its customers even shorter set-up and change-over times, while supplying them with the true competitive advantage of more sophisticated printing capabilities.
The new press is available with the following specifications: 52-inch and 64-inch width; print repeat range 15-inch – 32-inch; fully automatic, shaftless winders for 40-inch or 52-inch roll diameters; 10 Flexorex CC computerized decks around a 90-inch diameter Hastalloy nickel plasma coated, double-walled drum; available with a wide range of options including Turboclean automatic wash-up, Portalift automatic cylinder changeover, video web inspection, and in-line stations and a wide range of other modules to suit customers’ needs.
Windmoeller & Hoelscher designs, manufactures and distributes flexographic and gravure printing presses, blown and cast film extrusion systems, multi-wall equipment, plastic sack and bag machines, as well as form-fill-seal machinery for the converting and packaging industry.
Company: Philips Image-Optics Modules, Slatersville, phone: (401) 762-3800.
Internet address: www.philips-pcg.com for information about the following product, or www.philips.com for more information about the company.
Product: FFM3020 Series – a true 12-bit, 3072-by-2048 full frame digital camera module for professional OEM applications. The FFM3020 is designed for customers who demand high resolution joined with high dynamic range. It is available in monochrome or color version.
The devices consists of two boards – one containing the Philips FTF3020 monochrome or color progressive scan CCD image sensor, and a second board containing a Philips patented double correlated sampler, CCD driving electronics, A/D converter and power stabilization. Two 65 mm-flex cables allowing maximum configuration capability in the camera system connect the boards.
It is externally triggered to acquire images at a maximum of two frames per second, at full dynamic range and maximum resolution. The integration time is externally controlled by the applied trigger pulse.
Market: Targeted mainly at the digital photography market, but other potential uses include medical, scientific and machine vision applications.
Company: Sprintout Internet Services, Providence, R.I., phone: (401) 421-2264
Internet address:www.sprintout.com
Product: Content Integration Software – It is designed to provide professional business applications without the time and hassle usually required of programmers and developers to produce custom integration programming. The software modules give business managers and developers the power to create new content on-the-fly for their Web sites without custom programming.
Sprintout’s applications give users the ability to immediately add or modify news, job postings, and FAQ content on their Web sites. The highly flexible applications can easily be customized to meet user needs and preferences. Developers can simply and rapidly tailor Sprintout applications for users without having to deal with complex programming.
There are three applications now available: news, job postings, and FAQ. The news application enables users to create, delete and modify news releases as well as providing graphic upload options for photos and other illustration to accompany news releases, so users can add fresh content with any frequency they choose. Advanced features of the software include automatic date setting and archiving old news releases. The job-posting application lets business users advertise open positions on their Web site. It includes advanced security features, manual and automatic release capabilities. And the FAQ, or frequently asked questions application saves users time- and labor-creating, updating and editing FAQs.
Users do not have to be expert programmers to use the new software. All applications include complete, concise and easy-to-follow documentation.
Market: Business users.
Company: Siemens, Medical Systems, Inc., Electromedical Systems Division, Danvers, Mass., phone: (978) 907-6300
Product one: Infinity SC 9000XL patient monitor – It features a 12.1-inch screen, making it the first large screen, high acuity, portable monitor currently available. Its super bright display shows up to eight waveforms and makes smart use of color and screen messages for at-a-glance comprehension. The SC 9000XL delivers continuous monitoring throughout the patient care process, eliminating the need for separate, low acuity transport monitors. Caregivers can monitor their patients at bedside, or simply pick the unit off its docking station and go to the ICU, the operating room, or the recovery room without changing monitors or cables each time the patient is moved. The monitor’s two hours of battery power ensure the continuity of patient data during transport.
Product two: Infinity Patient Monitoring System, Version VE – latest version of Siemens software enhances the clinical utility of the Infinity systems in the areas of cardiac care, adult and neonatal intensive care, and anesthesia. It also supports Siemens new Infinity EEG Pod, adding a comprehensive range of neurological parameters to its modular monitors.
In addition, the Cardiology Reviewstation’s storage capacity for full-disclosure waveforms has been expanded from 24 to 72 hours and now accommodates 12-lead ECG and hemodynamic waveforms. The CRS’s clinical utility has also increased to include customized set-up modes and printed reports and the export of selected clinical events to a database. Infinity monitors can now also be used to calculate and store drug deliveries and titrations at the patient’s bedside.
Another, customer requested, enhancement of the program allows for a privacy mode. It allows for continuous, silent monitoring behind a blank screen, which allows patients to sleep more easily and protects their privacy during visiting hours.
Market: Healthcare.
Company: DeskTop Labels, Minneapolis, Minn., phone: (800) 241-9730.
Internet address: www.desk-toplabels.com
Product: Eye Catchers – A new line of brightly-colored labels. Colors include: awesome orange, gushing green, sunny yellow and blushing pink. They now come in sheets measuring 8.5-inches by 11-inches for both laser and ink jet printers. All colors are also available in four other sizes, including a single label sheet and one-inch circles on a sheet of 27.
Market: Ideal for all areas of business, including mailings, marketing and sales memos, office applications, production, engineering and for labeling hazardous waste materials.
