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  1. Lucre

    What range of robitic arms with pressure sensitive control exist

    Depending on exactly what you need to achieve you might try looking at Intelligent actuator. You can get a fairly inexpensive ballscrew actuator that you can use as force feed back system. They start at about ~$900.00 http://www.robocylinder.com/ Good Luck
  2. Lucre

    corrosion protected pipe structure absorbs 2,500 amperes

    You might try contacting the people at the link below they produce an array of products for Corrosion control and Isolation up 100Kva if memory serves correctly.
  3. Lucre

    Calcium Chloride vs. Sodium Chloride and Mild Steel

    I am not a chemical anything but I was wondering if I could get some unbiased opinions re: CaCl vs. NaCl and its effects on mild steel or my car. I know that recently there has been a shift to use CaCl since it is a by-product of "Bruner Monds Method?" and it is lower cost. Is it...
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    Actuator

    You can get a complete system in perhaps one day from Intelligent Actuator for about 875.00. They run 24vdc with closed lood servo control, 16 programmable positions and can even be used as a crude type of load cell or clamp. they take about 2 minutes to program and can even be taught positions.
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    PLC brands comparison

    I have had experience both in programming and specifying numerous brands of PLC's including Siemens, Omron, Mitsubishi and have had plenty of opportunity to compare them to many others. While it isn't a shoebox micro the very best I have worked with and specified is the Giddings & Lewis MMC and...

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