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"In addition to enhancing our product line-up, we plan to accelerate new product development by integrating STI's patented optical applications, expertise in device ruggedization, and value-added services with OMRON's own innovative automation, sensing and control technologies," said Yoshinori Matsueda, the newly appointed CEO of OSTI.

OMRON Finalizes Acquisition of SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; Creating Global Market Leader in Safety Business for Factory Automation

They're built by the zillions for laptops and they have a little bit of ruggedization for our application so they just don't break.

Glass cockpit reliability: primary flight displays are all but standard equipment in new airplanes, although some doubt their reliability. Avidyne says those worries are misplaced

Even many dual-use COTS information and communications technologies are not easily (or cheaply) adapted to military use, as they often require substantial modification, such as ruggedization or additional capabilities.

Come the revolution: transforming the Asia-Pacific's militaries

Certain asset management applications, such as equipment monitoring, also place very high demands on ruggedization and quality.

Blowing hot and cold: you have to be tough to survive in the automotive industry. You've got to be able to take the heat. And you can't be shaken when business goes cold. So when traditional consumer products like cell phones and others need to make the transition from life in the open air to life under the hood, major complications arise

Finite element analysis (FEA) is a modeling/simulation alternative, or more accurately, accompaniment to the tests, and is used to show current reliability or to improve ruggedization of a part.

COTS ruggedization simplified: yes, the military often buys the same parts from the same supplier you do. But how best to ensure that these civilian parts meet the military's requirements?

The ruggedization of COTS items, at the component or the device/unit level, allows for increased reliability, i.e., an increased MTBE Cost and labor benefit from less frequent downtime for repair.

COTS ruggedization simplified: yes, the military often buys the same parts from the same supplier you do. But how best to ensure that these civilian parts meet the military's requirement?

TABLE I VN SERIES DATA Electrical Data Max frequency 67 GHz Impedance 50 [OMEGA] nominal Velocity of propagation 69 % nominal Time delay 1.47 Ns/ft (4.82 Ns/m) Capacitance 29.0 pF/ft (95.1 pF/m) Mechanical Data Jacketed outer diameter 0.625" (15.9 mm) Outer jacket type PET braid Ruggedization metal braid over metal armor Minimum bend radius 1.5" (38.1 mm) Operating temperature -76[degrees] to 347[degrees]F (-60[degrees] to 175[degrees]C) Weight 0.175 lbs/ft (0.26 kg/m) Inner conductor solid Ag-placed Cu Dielectric PTFE Outer conductor Cu GrooveTube[R] TABLE II VN SERIES TYPICAL INSERTION LOSS (dB) Frequency Band Part Attenuation Connector SWR (GHz) No.

65 GHz VNA test port extension cables

These efforts led to successful product introduction from multichip module assembly platform, low-cost bumping, low-cost laminates design and fabrication, package ruggedization, package thermal enhancement, and CAD-based tools for package design, analysis, and optimization, and reactive flow modeling.

The ASME Fellow: a membership grade of distinction

CRI's ruggedization includes shock mount, rackmount, and high- or low-temperature modifications of SGI compute, visualization and storage systems used by the military to acquire, process, fuse and visualize mission-critical data.

CRI RUGGEDIZES SGI SYSTEMS TO MEET MILITARY SPECS

There are three general levels of ruggedization: semi-rugged, fully rugged, and ultra rugged.

Hit the road with rugged devices: looking for an all-terrain, all-weather device that won't let you down when the going gets tough?