The new TEX 05P from Atlas Copco Construction Tools is a lightweightdesign that builds on the company's established range of versatile chipping hammers.

A new range of radar level gauges based on advanced radar technology (FMCW) is about to be launched. There are three versions designed to be used in both simple and complex measuring applications. The radar level gauges claimed to be very reliable even under severe conditions, such as turbulence, or high temperatures and pressures. As a result, their sensitivity is much greater than that of earlier systems, according to Saab Tank Control AB, the Swedish company that developed the instrument.

A new network mirroring software solution, said by its manufacturer to provide the first continuous data protection for Sun Solaris systems, has been introduced by Qualix Group, Inc. The product, Qualix DataStar, reduces potential data loss, allows data recovery in minutes and speeds the resumption of business operations in the event of a system failure or disaster.

Computerised processing helps firms speed up visitor logging and internal changes to the access control system. At the IFSEC Fair, Bewator, a major supplier of access control solutions, launched Bewapass/Entro, a PC-based access control system, developed for ease of installation and use.

A new pacemaker, Polarity, offers a solution to an old dilemma. Using a new method to sense spontaneous heart activity, the more flexible and long-lived type of unipolar lead can now be used in the atrium as well. ”This is an important step forward, especially for children who need a pacemaker,” says the manufacturer, Pacesetter.

The large German shipyard in Wismar is the first in the world to build supertankers under cover. The ships are built in an indoor dry dock with an accordion-type door claimed to be the biggest in the world.The door is 64 metres high, 72 metres wide, weighs 280 tonnes and can handle wind forces up to 150 km/h. Several leading door manufacturers competed to win the prestige order.

Several new NMT 450 network services, estimated to be active in various countries starting 1997, will be supported by the new Benefon Sigma Gold NMT 450i mobile phone which is being introduced by the Finnish Benefon Oy.  As soon as the new system features are implemented into the network, the phone will give access to functions like number and name presentation of the person calling, indication of any waiting messages, and simplified international dialing. Further features are a 1250 mAh NiMH standard battery, allowing up to three hours of talk time and up to five days in standby position, and an in-built silent vibrating alert function in the phone.

A fully-automatic refuelling system is today’s and tomorrow’s answer to yesterday’s manual filling stations. ‘In the past, people didn’t place as high a value on time-saving, environmental consciousness, or safety as we do today. Modern people demand a high standard of service. So these factors are the starting point for the development of the world’s first full-automatic refuelling system in service’, explained Anders Dahlquist, Marketing Manager of Autofill Europe AB. The Swedish technical development company is now launching the new refuelling system in various European countries. A German oil company has definitely decided to test the system and orders have already been received from several European oil companies, as well as from American Shell.

Demand for strength in vehicle radiators is increasing throughout the world, as is demand for environmentally-friendly production processes. The brazing technology developed for the manufacture of recoverable copper/brass radiators by Outokumpu Copper Strips is therefore increasingly sought-after, especially in South-East Asia. This environmentally-friendly method requires only moderate investment in new production plant.