Top 10 Accidental Scientific Discoveries

May 1, 2020

Did you know the heart pacemaker was discovered by mistake? Learn more about this, and 9 other brilliant accidental discoveries that have significantly impacted our daily lives.

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Doug has over 30 years tracking and reporting on new products and services introduced by industrial companies from around the world.

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Automatic Spot Finder IR Camera with 80×80 Pixels

An all-rounder imager for numerous industrial applications: From metal processing to plastics, in fire prevention tasks as well as in the automotive sector. The spot finder function allows accurate temperature measurements of moving objects.

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XPlanar: Flying Motion

Beckhoff sets new benchmarks with the XPlanar: free-floating planar movers move jerk-free and without contact over planar tiles arranged in an arbitrary layout. Travelling magnetic fields provide for exact and highly dynamic positioning. The result: maximum freedom in product transport, optimum machine design and maximum flexibility up to lot size 1.

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Laser Profile Scanner for Series Applications

Precision, versatility and a compact design are often decisive characteristics in industrial series applications. The new scanCONTROL 2500 laser profile scanners from Micro-Epsilon are specially designed to meet these high requirements while being positioned in a favorable price segment.

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Compressed Air System Filters

The F950 Series Inline Filter features barbs for 1/16” or 1/8” I.D. tubing. The F960 Series Filter has 10-32 UNF male threads with a barb for 1/16” or 1/8” I.D. tubing, and the F970 Series Filter is available with 10-32 UNF female threads or M5 female threads.

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High Accuracy, Non-Contact, Absolute Linear Sensor

Santest Model GY series are high accuracy, non-contact, absolute type linear sensors employing magnetostrictive, Wiedemann effect. An ultra-sonic wave generated by a moving magnet near a magnetostrictive wave-guide on which the sonic wave propagates to the head of the transducer.

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