May 2006
Osram - it is one of the most traditional brand names in the world, synonymous with light around the globe and first saw the light of day 100 years ago. On April 17, 1906 the brandname of OSRAM was entered in the Trademark Directory of the Imperial Patent Office in Berlin. Who would have thought 100 years ago that one day the name would stand for one of the largest lighting manufacturers in the world with sales of 4,3 billion euros?
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News and products
Analytical Instrumentation
The breathing soil - soil CO2 emissions play a crucial role in global carbon balance
J Pumpanen, University of Helsinki and C Helenelund, M Laakso and M Uusimaa, Vaisala Corporation
Beware of all that hot air
Low sulphur fuel analysis using gas chromatography
D Griessel, ABB Analytical
Going down to 50 ppm
Drives, Motor Control, Protection and Switchgear
Evaluation of an advanced harmonic filter for adjustable speed drives using a toolbox approach
S Hansen, Danfoss and L Asiminoaei, F Blaabjerg, Aalborg University
A good model never hurt anyone
Centralised or de-centralised - mutually exclusive philosophies?
P Strzalkowski, SEW Eurodrive
Driving to the core of the matter
Sensors, Switches and Transducers
Instrumenting a better way forward
G Bryant, Countapulse Controls
Making the manual automatic
4-in-1 monitoring with laser
N Suter and L Botha, Laser Measurement
Another blinding flash of light
Standby and Backup Systems
Power failures can cost you your business; and even your life!
A Hoffmann, Hoffmann Group
Planning removes the need to panic
Standby and backup systes - it's the system that counts
D Baxter and E Henderson, Cummins Diesel South Africa
Power on command, soon only with a genset
UPS technology - what is a redundant system?
C Williams, CompuPower
If you really need redundancy, then really get redundancy
