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Catalytic sensor
Control Instruments Corp., Fairfield, N.J.

The company's brochure on its catalytic sensor has been updated to cover the most accurate and up-to-date specifications. According to the firm, its catalytic sensor has a high standard for safe, reliable flammable gas detection in all kinds of environments, including open zone monitoring, chemical and petrochemical plants, drilling rigs, and production platforms. The sensor has an advanced design that gives superior tolerance against the effects of various poisons and inhibitors.

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Auto- mation handbook
Omega Engineering Inc., Stamford, Conn.
The Omegamation New Horizons Handbook has 124 full-color pages offering a complete line of state-of-the art automation products, including sensors, PLCs, HMI, enclosures, motion systems, power products and other items. With pages of comprehensive technical reference, this is the one automation tool you can't afford to be without, according to the company. It's free, and is loaded with Rube Goldberg cartoons. To see the company's product line, call 1-888-55-OMEGA (1-888-556-6342) or go to www.omegamation.com.

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Force sensors
PCB Piezotronics Inc., Depew, N.Y.
A 200-page catalog, entitled Sensors for Force, Load, Strain, and Torque, features piezoelectric force sensors, Torkdisc rotary torque sensors, and strain-gauge load cells, all with the capability to satisfy a range of test, measurement, monitoring, and control requirements, many in the auto industry. For a catalog, go to www.pcb.com. or call (800) 828-8840.

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Washers
Boker's Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.
The 2007 washer catalog includes more than 21,000 nonstandard washer and spacer sizes that come with no tooling charges. There is a variety of sizes, all available in more than 2,000 different materials, such as steel, aluminum, brass, copper, and nickel silver, plus nonmetallic materials such as Delrin, Teflon, and others. Outside diameters are from 0.08 in. to 5.14 in.

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