Products

Handheld barcode terminal
DENSO ADC announced the latest version of its BHT-700 Series of 1-D and 2-D wireless handheld barcode terminals. The new BHT-710BWB-WM model 1-D barcode scanner terminal features the Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, whose smart-device capabilities allow the unit to be used in a wide variety of mobile application areas such as field operations, transportation and logistics, retail, manufacturing and healthcare.

The new terminal also features a fast, 624 MHz processor and 128 MB of RAM, as well as both Bluetooth and high-security WLAN (802.11a/b/g) wireless coverage, with up to 12 hours of continuous wireless communication from a single battery. The terminal’s advanced image-scanning software ensures reliable reading of high-density or poorly printed barcodes, while its large depth of field and rapid response scanning improves operator accuracy.  READER SERVICE #59



Video inspection system
General Tools & Instruments’ new line of video inspection systems offers a cost-effective way to visually inspect inaccessible or hazardous areas and diagnose hidden system problems and avoiding complete disassembly or teardown. Advanced units allow the user to record and transfer still images and video. Four systems are available with features that include color LCD monitors, flexible camera-tipped probes, probe extensions, mirror, magnets and pick-up magnets. READER SERVICE #60



Ecotainer
The Ecotainer from Floral Marketing Solutions is a new and environmentally friendly product made from plastarch (PSM), which uses corn starch as its main ingredient.  Ecotainers perform as well as plastic in an automated greenhouse environment, and have been successfully tested at more than 200 greenhouses throughout North America.  Floral Marketing Solutions has expanded its line to include 1204 and 306 plantable trays, which will be available fall 2010. READER SERVICE #61



Soil moisture monitoring system
Spectrum Technologies offers its WatchDog 1000 Series Logger Soil Moisture Station. The WatchDog 1000 is an affordable irrigation management system that lets growers monitor, compare and evaluate soil moisture at multiple levels in the root zone with a single WatchDog 1000 Series Logger. All the models record more than 10,500 intervals of data (219 days of information at 30 minute reading intervals) in fail-safe, non-volatile memory. The LCD screen displays current sensor readings and battery usage levels. READER SERVICE #62



ISO container
Demountable Concepts Inc. offers the new ISO Container Adaptor Frame (ICAF) that increases the versatility of straight trucks equipped with the Demountable Truck Body System. With the ICAF, a standard 20-foot ISO container can be quickly secured and transported by straight truck to a ship yard, rail head or job site on a Demountable flatbed truck body. Once the container is unloaded, the flatbed can be loaded with freight for the return trip, or vice versa.

With the Demountable Truck Body System straight-trucks can quickly and easily switch between multiple cargo bodies of the same or different type. READER SERVICE #63

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