CLN - Control Logic | January-March 2019

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o kick off 2019, we look at power, managing power and understanding power.

We have certainly come a long way from the humble light bulb, with now literally hundreds of options available to buy, manage, and maintain electricity depending on your application.

In this issue we look at PULS’ very efficient CP power supplies, lighting comparisions and evolutions, and the future of smart lighting plus what to look for in surge protection.

We look at the latest round of gadgets and tech, the world’s largest underwater cave and much more! Hope your 2019 is a successful one!

Michael Bacon

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CONTROL LOGIC

contents main feature 06 The future of substation communications

closer look 10 Puls CP Series

power supplies

product brief 14 | 16 | 19 | 23 feature 12 Smart lighting 15 Lighting comparisons 16 Surge protection design efficiency 22 Accurate measurement

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Red Lion’s Crimson 3.1 receives upgrade to IoT capabilities Red Lion has gone cloud, adding MQTT IoT cloud connectors to the Graphite, CR3 HMI’s, edge controllers and new Datastation. Support for Sparkplug, Amazon® Web Services (AWS™) and Microsoft® Azure® MQTT connectors is available through a free software update in Crimson 3.1. Machine OEMs considering Product as a Service (PaaS) business models or simply looking to add value to their products by gathering data to better maintain and service their equipment, will benefit from this enhancement.

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Australian scientists have invented a fitness tracker for cows

Novaris introduces new HSF series hybrid filter Novaris recently announced a compact hybrid surge filter with primary and secondary protection. Built within a safe all metal enclosure, the ‘HSF’ series arrives with the option of 40amp or 63 Amps and is available in both single and three phases. The hybrid surge filters are connected in series and provide all mode protection which means the HSF filters apply the best protection against lightning strikes for sensitive equipment or applications where power line faults are common, and space is at a premium. It is also safe, with its design ensuring that even under extreme fault conditions they will not catch fire or explode.

ePlan portal adds 62 Puls PSU

The ePlan data portal has expanded the Puls parts library. Users will benefit in their project planning to provide free access to all PULS product master data. It’s also available in six languages along with realistic 3D macros, wiring options for creating circuit diagrams and construction drawings.

The power supply data has a consistent high degree of detail and makes the digital planning of complex development projects life like reality by means of the EPLAN software solutions.

The CSIRO has partnered with agricultural startup Ceres Tag to develop what is basically a wearable for livestock.

It’s a smart ear tag that is designed to not only keep tabs on livestock, but tell what they’re up to. The device is being likened to a fitness tracker is because it actually produces similar data to smart watches. Not only will this be helpful for animals that have gotten lost or have been stolen, but it will even be able to clock odd movements so farmers will be able to tell if the cow is sick or giving birth. The tag uses on-board accelerometers to then push out alerts to the farmer when these irregular movements take place. The tags should improve the lifespan of the cattle, as well as last for the animals’ entire life. The CSIRO is hoping that it will be the first smart ear tag that is accredited for provenance to international traceability standards. So far the smart ear tag has been trialed on 100 cows at a CSIRO research station in QLD with great success.

SpaceX will take tourists to Moon

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SpaceX, a private spaceflight company and a key commercial partner to NASA, has recently made public its plans to send tourists around the moon.

SpaceX founder and CEO, Elon Musk, announced that SpaceX is working on the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), a launch vehicle to carry people into space.

Yusaku Maezawa, founder of a renowned Japanese fashion retailer will be one of the first to go via this venture with an expected launch in 2023.

Maezawa hopes to bring 6-8 artists with him during his 5-day trip to the Moon through a project called “Dear Moon.”

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Fancy a wireless automatic car tent?

Introducing the world’s first all-in-one automatic car tent designed to be the ultimate car accessory. This wireless car tent by Lanmodo provides protection to your vehicle from all weather environments such as rain, hail, falling debris or a scorching summer’s day.

It’s portable and can be installed within minutes. Operation is easy and remotely controlled by simply pressing a button.

When installed it can keep your car cool inside in the sun, and can withstand heavy objects like bricks and large hail stones. No more hail anxiety. When fully charged it can work up to 45 days, but can also be used on its own as a beach umbrella or camping tent big enough for 7 people. Not as silly as it looks.

Man vs. LED emergency luminaire

Emergency light fitting ‘6009’ by R. STAHL, conducted tests to determine if a Norwegian Explorer could react faster than its emergency luminaire in the event of a power failure (yep random right?). And not surprisingly Stahl’s technology in this LED emergency light fitting turned on before the Norwegian Explorer could react. In other news Stahl’s range of CCTV systems has been so popular, that production has literally doubled to keep up.

Camp on water with this tent

North American sportswear company SmithFly has introduced an insane floating tent. The ‘shoal tent’ allows you to sleep on water and is free from poles. The base of the floating tent inflates to provide a sturdy floating raft which doubles as your air mattress. The air pressure in the other two compartments ensures that the top will remain upright even during strong winds with the sides all detachable using heavy duty hooks and Drywall installing robots are here loops to prevent you floating downstream.

Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has released a video Datastation revival of a robot which can install a drywall much better than a human. This video shows ‘HRP-5P’ robot pick up a Red Lion have unveiled the new Datastation for its Crimson 3.1 platform. sheet of drywall, bring it over to a wall and use a cordless Leveraged from its universal predecessor, the DSP Datastation enables screwdriver to put it in place. The robot this all of this cross brand communication to over 300 protocols and unlocks valuable without any help or assistance from anyone. HRP-5P is data from orphaned or legacy equipment. The new and improved version not the only robot. It is one of the latest lines of robots from adds SQL, embedded OPC UA server, IoT cloud connectors together with AIST’s collection. All of these machines can be used in an updated responsive web server and real-time data logging features. everything from industrialization applications to bartending.

Novaris national distributor Control Logic has expanded its distribution network to be a national distributor of Novaris surge and electrical lightning protection products in Australia, based on a successful 15-year partnership with the brand. Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory join Control Logic’s existing networks in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, allowing Novaris products to be available nation-wide. Australian owned, the Novaris brand is suitable for any electrical application which include surge diverters and filters, spark gap arrestors, surge circuit breakers and more.

The Bermuda Triangle mystery is solved Some attribute supernatural forces to the many unexplained disappearances that have occurred over the years including aliens, the “lost” continent of Atlantis, and vortices into other dimensions. However a team of scientists have just discovered what makes the Bermuda Triangle (the water between Bermuda, Miami and Puerto Rico) so dangerous. Researchers from the University of Southhampton have reported that “rogue waves” are responsible for sinking hundreds of ships and ending thousands of lives in the 270,000 square mile section of the Atlantic.

To test the theory, the scientists built a model of the USS Cyclops, which went missing in 1918, and put it to the test against rogue waves in an indoor simulation. They found that the waves, which can swell to be over 30m high, quickly inundated the boat and caused it to sink.

Glasses free, hands-free AR HoloLamp’s technology is changing the game in AR by removing any wearable equipment that constrains the user, and by removing any barrier that traps the 3D content into devices like screens or VR headsets. Using HoloLamp, the 3D content exists directly in the user environment. HoloLamp applications are made with Unity, a leading global game industry software. The plugin uses advanced computer vision and machine learning technology to check and track a user’s position, ensuring that the projection alters the image as users move around. ‘HoloLamp Menu’ for example creates a projected tangible interface on each restaurant tabletop so that diners can select and view the dishes directly.

Block your senses & work hard!

Panasonic have created a wearable prototype device created to aid concentration by limiting one’s senses of sight and hearing. The ‘Wear Space’ weighs only 33 grams and is designed similar to a set of horse blinkers. The project employs a partition that controls the wearer’s field of view, as well as noise cancellation and filtering functions to block out any undesired sounds. No research has been conducted to test whether Wear Space works to increase focus and concentration, so you could end up looking a bit silly at your desk for no real gain. That small detail hasn’t stopped Panasonic seeking funding for Wear Space, though, which originally appeared on crowd funding sites. It’s been developed by Future Life Factory, a studio in the company’s design centre and caters to the those that work in open plan office where they can block out distractions and focus. Weird.

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For most substation communications, such as traditional SCADA, a reconfiguration time of hundreds of milliseconds is acceptable. However, there are new requirements arising from new applications that are mission-critical. An example is a GOOSE message containing a flag used for tripping, blocking, or unblocking. This GOOSE message must

be received within carefully defined time limits that may be in the millisecond range; not hundreds of milliseconds.The IEC 61850 Standard recognises this need, and specifically defines in 6150-5 the tolerated delay for application recovery and the required communication recovery times for different applications and services.

Standard Ring protocols such as RSTP have a recovery time orders of magnitude

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longer than IEC 61850 fast GOOSE requirements. The answer is to find a method that achieves “zero time” for recovery, which is achieved by sending data simultaneously down multiple paths. An interruption in one path has no effect on the other one.

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Zero recovery networks To address this need for zero recovery time networks, IEC 61850 mandates the use of the IEC 62439-3 Standard, specifically Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP) and High-Availability Seamless Redundancy (HSR). Both methods of network recovery provide “zero recovery time” with no packet loss. These are the only standard methods to ensure GOOSE and sample valued transmissions, without additional delays in the case of LAN defects.

The basic concept behind PRP is that a device is connected to two independent networks. Any message this device publishes is mirrored to both networks.

Subscribing devices, also connected to both networks, will accept the first version

of the message received, and discard the second version. If one network link fails, the mirrored message will still go through on the second network. The two networks don’t need to be identical, but they must not be connected to each other.

There are many benefits to using PRP for high-availability networks. The first of these is that PRP explicitly achieves “zero” fail over time, due to the use of mirroring frames across both networks. Another advantage is that the PRP networks can use any topology: star networks, ring networks, and any other connection. Most importantly for GOOSE messaging and sampled values, it is still possible for traffic shaping through VLANs, message priority, and MAC address filtering.

Things to consider when selecting HSR/PRP Both PRP and HSR can be applied as a solution to provide a high-availability network. It is useful to understand the benefits of each, and the strengths of each, when selecting which method to use for a specific network or application. Some things that need to be considered when selecting which protocol to use include:

High availability seamless redundancy (HSR) is a further development of the PRP approach, although HSR uses a different method to provide multiple paths for data.

All devices are connected in a ring topology.

Any message from the publishing device is duplicated and sent both directions around the ring. A destination device receives two identical frames on each port within a certain interval. The device uses the first frame received and discards the second frame. If a network link fails, only one frame is received, and this frame is used. Even with a large number of nodes on the network, the time difference between the reception of the two frames is negligible, so zero recovery time is achieved.

SCADA with GOOSE messaging

The use of IEC 61850 in substations often combines the traditional SCADA requirements of reporting and control along with protection signaling for blocking, unblocking, and permissive • Availability – While PRP handles n+1 contingencies easily, losing one signals. This protection signaling will use GOOSE device in a HSR network, the ring is no longer complete and n+1 messaging, which can be published over the contingency becomes a real issue. same SCADA network. As these GOOSE messages are mission-critical, a simple ring with • Total cost of ownership – This cost of ownership must include both RSTP is not sufficient. Dual redundant LANs capital costs, and operating and maintenance costs. require redundant GOOSE messages carrying the same data, which is not an ideal situation.

The general criterion then, for choosing PRP or HSR for a high-availability The solution is to use one of the high-availability network, is going to be size and complexity of the network. For small, simple, networks of IEC 62439-3. Either PRP or HSR and/or low cost distribution substations and industrial power systems, is sufficient depending on the application HSR can be a good choice. PRP is a better fit in transmission or complex requirements. Legacy devices will require the use distribution substations, where the size of the system is liable to be large, or of a RedBox such as Hirschmann’s RED25. where strong permit to work regulatory needs exist. For the vast majority of applications, then, PRP is going to be a better choice from both of The rise of the “fully digital substation”, and the performance and from a cost perspective. growing use of digital communications for all data, is driving the need for high-availability networks Doing a total cost of ownership analysis, including both capital in substations. IEC 61850 applications are now expenditures and the yearly rates return of operating expenditures, sending mission-critical data through GOOSE is crucial in selecting which is the best method to employ for your messages and sampled value messages. Simple application. ring network’s and dual LANs are not adequate for the task of high-availability in these situations.

The requirements for communication in substations are changing from the simpler requirements needed to support SCADA to the stricter requirements required to support advanced applications derived from IEC61850.

Mission critical GOOSE messages and control commands must be received by subscribing devices within a specific time window to ensure the reliability of protection and control performance. RSTP- based networks may not provide adequate transmission reliability for these critical messages because of the recovery time of network components after failure.

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CLOSER LOOK |

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ULS have been around a long while, 38 years in fact. In that time they have developed a reputation of being a market leader for size, reliability and efficiency. So when we heard that they were updating their popular CP series we were pretty excited – as excited as you can be for a power supply. This series is the most commonly used, based on its super efficiency and small sizing. We will be specifically road testing the bigger CP20.241 PSU while reviewing the new updated features across the CP range as a whole.

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first impressions Unboxing the CP20.241 we notice immediately that it’s very well built, it feels sturdy partly thanks to its all-metal enclosure whilst still being relatively light-weight.

Puls are well-known for producing compact products and this one is no different. This particular model has a 20amp output with a width of just 48mm – but still allows room for airflow, but more on that later. The voltage output is adjustable, and there’s a dual output terminal that will accommodate a decent sized electrical screw driver.

The CP-series is available in a variety of power combinations and complies with the demands of hazardous locations including Class 1, Div 2, IECEx and ATEX. It supports worldwide AC and DC network supplies with selectable models for 12, 24, 36 and 48VDC systems with current capabilities from 120 to 480watts.

Depending on your preference and industry type, Puls provides you the option of three terminal types including screw type, push in, or spring-clamps for fast installation.

If you work in a hazardous environment, you have the option for conformal coated versions which consist of a protective coating on the internal electronic components to protect from moisture, dust, shock and vibration. The medical and railway industries would be well suited with specific type approved versions available to ensure wider tolerances and derating factors.

What we found cool was the new redundancy versions, which integrate a decoupling function based on MOSFET technology. It basically means, that there is no need for additional redundancy modules saving space or spare parts. These are also available in hot-swap connectors to make the change-over process faster.

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We ran the CP20.241 against three of its highprofile competitors with interesting results. First off, the easy fuse break technology passed, with Puls maintaining minimal inrush current on startup. A reputable 20Amp brand “T” power supply showed a 93.1% efficiency emitting 33 watts of heat.

Using the same tests, the CP20.241 got a 95.5% efficiency emitting only 21 watts of heat, saving 12 watts of wasted energy from only 2.5% efficiency difference. This is partly due to a clever internal layout to optimise airflow. The image below shows its internal parts have been strategically placed to allow maximum air flow to run up the entire system.

Other comparisons included size and lifespan. On a din-rail, Puls came out the smallest of the three – roughly 30% smaller and a whopping +10.7 years for lifespan comparing to just 4.1 on brand ‘N’. Puls calculate the lifetime by measuring the electrolytic capacitors temps against the capacitor manufacture specs. Even the nearest rival was at 6.1. Not bad at all.

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“...there is no need for additional redundancy modules saving space or spare parts.”

Adventurer, coffee drinker and funny man Kade Miller talks shop and how the power industry is changing.

Kade, you’re involved with the power industry a lot these days, is there anything we should know?

Energy storage solutions like large-scale batteries will become commonplace. Batteries rapidly respond to supply/demand, dramatically increasing power delivery efficiency. Intelligent metering is also empowering utilities to collect more data, react faster and make more informed decisions.

final verdict Selecting the right power supply for the right application involves consideration of the input/output parameters, operating environment variables, approvals, and features. Puls design the smallest in the business, but they have also proved they are good at producing great efficiency too.

Puls golden rules of a 2% efficiency increase, lowers the thermal design by 10ºC doubling product life-time and doesn’t degrade the lifespan of the surrounding equipment. Puls definitely has the advantage over its competitors on paper delivering new industry benchmarks, but also in testing. Puls provides that reliability that many of us are after, but it also performs extremely well for its size, which is why we happily endorse the CP range of Puls power supplies.

hot air

What about its challenges?

Consumers and Regulators want cheaper, greener, more secure and reliable power. To achieve this operators need to solve capacity, interconnectivity and governance challenges, whilst ensuring they stay up to date with technology and cybersecurity.

Any tips?

Plan ahead and choose the latest technologies available.

What are these technologies that are proving popular?

Cellular routers, DPI firewalls and anything that makes the adoption of IEC 61850 easier!

What are you finding popular these days?

I find myself getting out into nature more, going hiking, exploring - plus I do enjoy researching and designing and inventing electronic devices.

Nice contrast. Has anyone told you, you look like someone they know?

Jim Carrey! He’s funnier but we’re both dorks and smile a lot. During my travels to China I was regularly called Jim Carrey, a resemblance perhaps? He’s an antivaccer though and I think that’s Dumb and Dumber.

Haha! now that you’ve said it... a little. You like to travel? Where would you go if you had a month off?

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It has to be South America for the warm weather and great food.

Sounds great (and a little dangerous). What about your favourite Australian destination.

My local coffee shop - Dish and Spoon. It’s all about exceptional service, they all know me and make me feel special, plus the coffee is excellent.

Awesome! Thanks Kade.

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FEATURE |

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...For example, the classic incandescent tungsten filament bulb that powered homes for over a century was replaced by compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs, to conserve more energy during the 1970s oil crisis. Though CFLs saved the day, they were bulky, did not fit well into fixtures, and had inconsistent performance and a low light output.

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CFL slowly started phasing out at the dawn of the new century as people turned towards lightemitting diodes (LEDs) as the perfect technological and economical solution for illumination.

According to market research firm Million Insights, the global LED lighting market is expected to value at $108 billion by 2025. Fuelled by technological innovations and inclination towards clean and green energy solutions, LEDs deliver high efficiency and help reduce energy prices.

Compared to traditional lighting systems, LEDs have a longer life cycle, use 50 percent less electricity, and do not require any maintenance. Also, LEDs use 100 percent of the electrical energy to produce light as compared to incandescent bulbs that convert 80 percent into heat and only 20 percent into light. Hence, making LEDs the preferred choice for both industry and domestic sectors helps to save huge amounts of electricity and cut costs.

>> timeline: history of LEDs

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RED DIODE

1962

French physicist George Destriau discovers light emission in zinc sulfide.

TRANSISTOR

1951

Russian physicist Oleg Lossew observes the ‘round effect’ of light emission.

ZINC SULFIDE

1935

Henry Joseph Round discovers inorganic materials can light up with electric current.

“ROUND EFFECT”

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INORGANIC MATERIALS

Development of transistor marks scientific steo forward in semiconductor physics.

First red luminescence diode (type GaAsP), developed by Nick Holonyak.

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Taking the mass route

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Greatness in efficiency, and not design, initially made LEDs a solution for the industrial sector.

However, mass-scale LED adoption in the domestic sector has augmented the scope of advanced designs and performance. The advent of industry 4.0., Internet of Things, and the demand for intelligent solutions at home has led industry players to further tinker with the common LED lightbulb. As connected domestic devices, automation, and energy conservation became the major lifestyle drivers, lighting companies had to introduce a solution that amalgamated the latest in tech, efficiency, aesthetics, and functionality, giving birth to ‘smart LEDs’ which seem to be taking the world by storm today.

If cars drove vertically you could drive to space in an hour.

Only 5% of the world’s ocean has been explored.

On average we spend 6 months of our lifetime waiting on a red light to turn green.

daylight availability, Ideally designed for energy efficiency and rather than just simplifying domestic lifestyle, smart lighting flicking a conventional technology entails automated controls switch, thus optimising energy that can be used to remotely command consumption. Smart LEDs can not domestic lighting. Conventional lighting only be controlled by smartphones or systems need to be manually switched tablets over WiFi or Bluetooth these days, but on or off, while in smart lighting, pre-set the growth of residential IoT has fostered the integration customised lighting modes can be fed of smart speakers and virtual assistants to control home into the system and controlled remotely. appliances. Today, Alexa on Amazon Echo, Google Where incandescent bulbs or a cluster Assistant on Google Home, Siri on Apple HomePod, and of bulbs need heavily loaded lighting Cortana on Harman Kardon Microsoft Invoke can control systems and a large volume of highlighting at home through voice commands. capacity switches, smart connected lighting systems just need an output The market is already seeing gesture controls and motion driver that directly powers the bulb detecting smart lighting technology, which will further without the need for increasing the decrease human-to-electrical interaction. Fuelled by the power capacity. growing popularity of smart cities, intelligent lighting has become one of the key interest areas of industry players to Using a smartphone or a handmake strides with newer designs and infrastructure for smart held device, home users can homes. According to a Market Study report, the smart lighting adjust lighting according to market is poised to surpass $24 billion by 2024 globally. occupancy, ambient light, and

The first LED with white light from luminescence conversion.

A new baby can cost new parents 750 hours of sleep in the first year.

First light-emitting diodes with 100 lumens per watt are produced.

250 LUMENS

2010

Japanese scientist Shuji Nakamura develops first brilliant blue LED and later the white LED.

Penguins used to be 6 feet tall.

LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES

2006

WHITE LEDs

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New semiconductor materials allow LEDs to be produced in green, orange and yellow.

BRILLIANT BLUE LEDs

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LED COLOURS

23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.

LEDs with gigantic luminous efficacy of 250 lumens.

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2 Boosted Mini Electric Skateboard Boosted have unveiled their third generation Mini electric skateboard and they’re slimmer, shorter and sleeker than ever. Coming in two models, the model S affords an 11km range and a speed of 30km/h whilst the model X can get you 22km of range and a top speed of 32km/h. http://buy.boostedboards.com/boards

3 Light Phone 2 Sick of phones becoming too techy? Try a minimalist phone, designed for the bare essentials. No Instagram, no Facebook, no Tinder. Just a good looking minimalist phone that can make calls, send texts and set alarms.

Modern life essentials without the distractions. http://www.thelightphone.com

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4 Microsoft Surface Hub 2 Designed to bring any small home office or boardroom into the future, the device is built around a massive 50.5-inch 4K display which can be split into four individual screens to make video conferencing and collaborative work a breeze, or a nice piece of wall art for your empty space. http://www.microsoft.com

5 Man of Many x Whisky Loot Ltd Ed.

The three limited edition whiskies include a 15-year-old Tomintoul 15, a whisky from distilled Aussie beer barley aged in ex-Jack Daniels barrels and finished in French oak, and a unique Italian expression featuring sweet Marsala aged malt in rich Laphroaig barrels. http://www.whiskyloot.com/man-of-many

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Efficacy ratings vary significantly among different technologies and applications. A light bulb’s efficiency is a measure of emitted light (lumens) divided by power it draws (watts). A bulb that is 100 percent efficient at converting energy into light would have an efficacy of 683 lumens per watt (lm/W). To put this in context, a 60to 100-watt incandescent bulb has an efficacy of 15 lm/W, an equivalent CFL has an efficacy of 73 lm/W, and current LED-based replacement bulbs on the market range from 150 lm/W for the latest LED area luminaires.

ot so long ago, light bulbs were light bulbs.

Today you can choose from incandescent, halogen, fluorescent, LED or discharge lamps. It’s hard to believe that it took nearly 60 years to perfect the incandescent light bulb which can only convert 5% of energy into light.

So how do we select which light technology is best for any given application? Efficacy, colour performance and controllability are key visual factors for choosing a light source. Price also is a determining factor that includes initial cost, operating cost and service life cost. Secondary factors include technology material environmental compatibility, lamp operating ambient temperatures and performance issues.

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Colour performance To predict accurate colour performance, Colour Rendering Index (CRI) is a quantitative measure of the ability of a light source to faithfully reproduce the colour of an object when compared to the colour it looks like under natural daylight. The higher the CRI, the more accurate the colour rendition.

Because the incandescent lamp is an artificial light source, it has a very broad spectrum with even illumination. Halogen is similar, however CFL and LED have gaps in the emission spectrum. Its lower CRIs mean that some wavelengths have zero emissions, while others are skewed abnormally high. These characteristics give rise to the typically blue appearance of LED lights, and the blue-to-green appearance of CFLs. Life-time cost

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Consider how much a lighting source costs to purchase and operate over the course of a system’s lifetime and then weigh it against the service life and luminous efficacy. Incandescent bulbs being made of a tungsten wire dangling toward gravity are only rated at 2000 hours while LED’s whilst a lot more expensive expect to last 100,000 hours. This makes LEDs cheaper over 10 years.

What’s best?

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Each application must be weighed on its merits to determine the cost benefits tailored to your specific needs. However, all data seems to favour LED technology, partly thanks to its high-performance diodes that provide excellent luminous efficacy and a maintenance-free life. It provides lower CO2 emissions for the same light output as the conventional bulb, whilst providing better resilience to harsh industrial environmental conditions such as extreme temperatures and explosive atmospheres.

Lighting efficiency Service life

Environmental compatibility Starting behaviour Ambient temperatures

LED 35% converted into light 100,000 hours

LIGHT BULBS 5% converted into light

No mercury, reduced CO2 emissions Full light output after a few ms

Very good

-60ºC up to +70ºC

25,000 hours

FLUORESCENT 15-20% converted into light 16,000 - 50,000 hours

~ms

Up to 300s

Up to 120s

-60ºC up to +60ºC

-60ºC up to +60ºC

-30ºC up to +60ºC

2,000 hours

GLOW DISCHARGE 15-20% converted into light

Contains mercury, pollutes environment

Contains mercury, pollutes environment

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ower protection products have come a long way. They are more robust and are full of the latest technology to ensure your equipment and data is protected in a storm. But how do you decide what is best for you? what qualifies power protection products to be of high quality?

Surge protection devices are sacrificial.

They are designed to absorb large amounts of energy during an overvoltage event.

Normally this overvoltage event comes in the form of lightning or switching surges.

Occasionally the overvoltage can originate from grid disturbances that cause a continuous overvoltage. Some examples are a Line to Neutral fault, Line to Earth fault, a broken neutral or MV/HV injection into the LV system.

It all starts with the design, and industry leading manufacturers are now building their range utilising metal enclosures rather than plastic...

The thermal disconnection systems used in surge protection devices tested per the IEC 61643-11 and UL 1449 standards can deal with slow heat build-up and end of life disconnection with a current limited source.

Real world failures do not adhere to the testing methods of these standards and a simple 415V injection into a 275V MOV based product yields a catastrophic failure where the thermal disconnect does not have enough time to release. An MV or LV injection into a spark gap based protection unit will guarantee continuous current flow through the product. Both situations generate a lot of smoke, heat and flames.

Aluminium has a melting point of 660˚C (1,200˚F) whereas plastics used for injection moulding have a melting point under 200˚C (400˚F). Manufacturers like Novaris feature surge protector enclosures that shields the rest of the switchboard from generated heat In the event of a catastrophic failure.

SPARK GAP FILTER HSF 1/3 phase hybrid Novaris has developed a new range of hybrid spark gap filters designed for standard switchboard depths with current ratings up to 63A. A hybrid spark gap uses both MOV and spark gap technology with a triggering circuit to provide robust protection while also providing a very low let-through voltage.

This combination will ignore LV continuous overvoltages while also negating the effects of follow-on current exhibited by standard spark gaps.

SURGE DIVERTER SDD Series Novaris SDD DINsafe Surge Diverters offer powerful performance at domestic MSB and industrial DBs. The SDD diverters are housed in DIN compliant, failsafe metal enclosures and are fully compliant to AS/NZS1768-2007 and to AS/NZ3000 wiring rules.

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SIGNAL PROTECTOR Slimline Signal Series Novaris SL range of plug-in signal line protectors provide surge protection for most twisted pair signalling schemes.

Ideal for the protection of PLCs, instrumentation, fire and security systems, telecommunications and telemetry systems, railway signalling, SCADA and other industrial monitoring and control equipment

SPARK GAP FILTER SmartVPN Novaris SGF surge filters provide optimum Class I MSB and DB protection using robust spark gap technology in combination with a low pass L-C filter for critical equipment up to 250A per phase.

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Additionally, Novaris surge protectors earth the aluminium housing inside the product. If there is a component rupture within the device, it can short to earth and blow the incoming fuse instead of leaving broken plastic and live components exposed. Using aluminium for the product enclosure is obviously a more expensive design choice, but an important one to ensure that SPDs are safer and more robust than plastic alternatives.

“Surge protection devices are sacrificial. They are designed to absorb large amounts of energy during an overvoltage event.�

What about pluggable cartridges?

An obvious drawback to using a metal enclosure is the fact that it cannot accommodate pluggable modules. There are two main reasons why manufacturers do not consider this to be an important issue.

1. Common mode surges

2. Higher kA

Most surge energy that a diverter is exposed to is common mode, applied to all lines at once. The common mode surge can originate from 3 phase switching surges, direct and indirect surges causing earth potential rise, and induced surges from lightning. This means that if a single module has failed then the other modules are going to be severely degraded. Best practice would be to replace all modules each time a module fails. If this is the case, then replacing the whole unit with a fresh product requires similar effort and the same cost.

Using an example from the Novaris range, their SDD3-100275-A surge protection units has an Imax of 100kA and a Inominal of 40kA in a 4- module 72mm wide DIN enclosure. This means the product can handle 15 x 40kA surges in the same dimensions of a product that can handle 1 x 40kA (Imax) surge. The user can save 15 x 3 phase module replacements for the life of the product by selecting a unit with a higher kA rating.

Why are active alarms important?

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Most surge protection devices on the market utilise a plastic flag on a spring with a mechanical switch arrangement for monitoring the surge protection device. This arrangement does not monitor the integrity of the SPD back up fuse. This inherent failing forces other manufacturers to recommend inordinately large back up fuse ratings. This means that proper coordination with upstream overcurrent protection devices cannot be achieved. To overcome this, you should ensure your surge protection features active electronics to monitor not only the state of the surge protection components, but the SPD fuse and the AC power feed. An LED display and relay state will provide peace of mind as it provides a guarantee that the device is properly connected and protecting the system.

Electrical storms continue to cost Australian businesses millions each year, and its only getting worse. Australian company Novaris, has led the charge with their design philosophy, which has seen them as a surge protection leader around the world. High quality materials, metal enclosures and industry leading technology is helping to provide a robust and safer product for all businesses wanting the best protection for their equipment.

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are you getting value for money ?

Apparent power (kVA)

Reactive power (kVAR)

Real power (kW)

cut power bills with power factor correction Control Logic partner with ABB to offer a turn-key no upfront payment solution to eliminate poor power factor penalties.

avoid penalty charges improve energy efficiency increase service life and load capacity no upfront

payment solution

With network tariff changes affecting many businesses, you could be paying a substantial increase in your electricity costs. Under new network tariffs, charges are now calculated in kilovolt amperes kVA (real power kW + reactive power kVAR) with those deemed to have a poor power factor being charged for the reactive power they draw from the network.

Ask us how to improve your power factor utilising a cost-effective solution that delivers long term savings for your business.

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machine safety Aram Dehghani

Two Hand Control device or ‘THC’ is a protective measure for safety systems that requires simultaneous actuation of both hands in order to initiate and to maintain any hazardous operation of a machine. It protects only the operator, and not the person standing near you. Since both hands are required for enabling movement, both hands of the operator are protected. An example of this is controlling a press machine by a THC device.

Other characteristics

Selection & design According to AS4024.1501/1503 standards, a risk assessment will need to be performed to ascertain the category or performance level required to control the hazardous movement.

Based on these results and to create the output signals required, a safety relay or safety controller will be recommended to evaluate the THC signals. Additionally, the hardware and software (if applicable) used in the design of the safety system will also need to be validated according to the AS4024.1502 standard.

Another way of defeating is to block one signal so that one signal is permanently sent to the safety system. When a signal is blocked the operator can use only one hand to create a movement and the

SOLENOID INTERLOCK

AZM400

Schmersal’s AZM400 solenoid interlock features motor-driven bolt style locking and RFID-tag technology to ensure the best safety zone exclusions in PL e / Cat. 4 / SIL3 systems. Field of application include machinery with heavy doors, transportation, plant construction safety doors and motorised gates where excess holding forces of 10K Newtons are required. Includes bistable operation, electric and manual release, enhanced diagnostics, actuator teaching and actuator misalignment technology for high tolerance in door misalignment.

To provide measures against ‘defeat’ for your THC device, accidental actuation prevention means such as shields or covers can be used in the design of the THC device. In addition, the design of the actuator must take into account how much force is required to initiate signals to prevent from accidental actuation. Actuation of both hands is required to initiate a movement. For example using only one hand or using one hand and another part of the body still allows the other hand to potentially become a hazardous movement.

To facilitate this, a minimum distance of 260mm between the two actuators is required. Covers can be installed on the actuators to prevent the use of one hand and another part of the body.

SAFETY RELAY SRB-E Series Schmersal Protect Safety Relay provides advanced multifunctional configurations up to 12 different application settings.

Save large inventory stock by standardising on one model which can be programmable for a wide array of uses including, standstill, safe time, cascade, and safety guard monitoring with numerous amount of input channels. The SRB-E is suitable for use with all conventional safety sensors and electromechanical equipment in PL e / Cat. 4 / SIL3 systems.

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other hand can still get injured. To prevent from this defeat possibility, the safety system has to be designed to accept two signals only when they are created within 0.5 seconds of each other. Both actuators are then released in order to initiate another movement the next time.

Aram Dehghani

SAFETY CONSULTANT, FS ENG (TÜV RHEINLAND, #8723/ 14, MACHINERY)

RFID MONITORING RSS36 The RSS 36 RFID guard monitoring sensors provides a high degree of protection against tampering and has direct steel mounting technology, to prevent magnetic interference and metal filing fouling. Available with dual channel PL e / Cat. 4 / SIL3 contacts, a maximum of 31x RSS 36 can be connected in series at CAT 4 integrity level to reduce standard Cat 4 wiring requirements and enable the advanced safety diagnostics features.

With over 20 years of safety experience, Aram Dehghani is a Safety Consultant at Control Logic’s Safety Services division. A Control Systems engineer, he holds a TUV certification for functional safety of machinery specialising in the design, installation, commissioning and validation of safety control systems including risk assessment and hazard analysis. Book an appointment with Aram by calling Control Logic on 1800 557 705.

ASSEMBED E-STOPS CEPY1-1001 ABB surface mount assembled E-stops stations are quick to install and provide a solid full body switch to handle extreme abuse that won’t fall apart in an emergency. Available in dual contact configurations and many button styles, the CEPY1 compact range is an efficient solution reducing both installation time and cost thanks to its all-in-one-design.

It is currently the market leader for dust and water resistance to suit the most demanding environments.

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unning is a sport that both men and women enjoy, whether they’re racing in a 5K or a marathon, or competing for a team or their country while speeding around a track. But no matter the venue, it’s pretty common to see men clock faster times than women do.

“By adulthood, some men have up to 20 times more testosterone than women do...”

Given that both men and women train equally hard, why is it that men, on average, are faster runners than women? Even the world’s fastest man is about a second speedier on the 100-meter dash than the world’s fastest woman: Usain Bolt did it in 9.58 seconds, versus the late Florence Griffith Joyner’s time of 10.49 seconds.

The answer to this gender bender is multifold, but it has a lot to do with hormones and body size, doctors say. Before girls and boys hit puberty, their bodies are fairly similar. During puberty, however, boys experience a surge of testosterone. By adulthood, some men have up to 20 times more testosterone than women do.

Testosterone plays several roles, including telling the body to create new blood cells, keeping bones and muscles strong and prompting growth spurts. A man’s leg is about 80 percent muscle, compared with about 60 percent muscle in a woman’s leg. That extra muscle can help men run faster with in addition to men having larger fast-twitch muscle fibres, which help with sprinting, more so than women.

In addition, women have more estrogen than men do, which leads them to have a higher percentage of body fat than men have. Body size is another factor. Women, on average, have smaller lungs than men do, meaning their maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max) is lower.

The VO2 max for a sedentary woman is about 33 milliliters of oxygen per kilogram of body mass per minute, while a young sedentary man’s is about 42 ml/kg/min, according to a 1998 study in the Journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.

In elite runners, VO2 max is higher, but men still top women. Basically the amount of oxygen produced at maximum exertion is greater in males than in females, which means that women have to work harder to breathe in oxygen that they can deliver to their muscles.

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Women’s hearts also tend to be smaller than men’s, which means they have a smaller stroke volume, or the amount of oxygenated blood that the left ventricle pumps out in one beat. To top that off, women also have less hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen to the body’s tissues, including the muscles.

Biomechanics and running As far as biomechanics, men usually have longer legs than women do, meaning they have more room for muscle, as well as a longer stride length. Wider hips also means their running stance is not as efficient.

This isn’t to say that women with wide hips can’t run, but it’s one of the many factors that explain why women, on average, aren’t as fast as men.

| SPORT

sports calendar JAN to MAR ‘19.

Rugby Sevens New Zealand Sevens | 26-27 Jan Sydney Sevens | 1-3 Feb USA Sevens | 1-3 Mar Canada Sevens | 9-10 Mar

Soccer

African Cup of Nations | Cameroon | 12 Jan - 3 Feb

Golf

WGC-Mexico Championship | 21-24 Feb Players Championship | US | 14-17 Mar WGC- Dell Tech. Match Play | US | 27-31 Mar

Cricket

Sri Lanka tour of Australia | Jan-Feb

Tennis

Australia Open | Melbourne | 14-27 Jan Indian Wells Masters | US | 4-17 Mar 2019 Miami Open | US | 18-31 Mar

Marathon

Tokyo Marathon | 3 Mar SA 100K Track Championships | 26 Jan

Cycling

World Track Championships | POL | 27 Feb - 3 Mar

Formula One Australian Grand Prix | 17 Mar Bahrain Grand Prix | 31 Mar

To sum it up, women’s lungs and hearts have a smaller capacity to breathe in oxygen and pump oxygenated blood, respectively, and they have less hemoglobin in their blood to carry that oxygen.

Moreover, women tend to have less lean muscle and shorter legs than men do, as well as wider hips, which makes running less efficient.

It’s quite impressive; even with these disadvantages at baseline, some women are still quite competitive with men.

Horse racing

Pegasus World Cup | US | 26 Jan

Life saving

Surf Life Saving Championships | GC | 30 Mar

Extreme

Winter X Games | Aspen | 23-29 Jan

Surfing

Gold Coast Men’s Pro | 3-13 Apr

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accurnactye e t efficeim n e r u s a me FEATURE |

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he efficiency of a power supply has a direct influence on reliability. It is essential – especially in the case of convectioncooled devices – on the one hand for a small and on the other hand a reliable power supply. Without additional ventilation, heat can only be dissipated to a limited degree and the designer of a power supply must be very careful to achieve the lowest possible generation of heat. Even the other essential system elements benefit from low power losses and therefore also minimal heat generation.

An increasing number of power supply manufacturers thus strive for high efficiency.

This article should help users determine the accurate efficiency and thus the power losses of a power supply so that they don’t have to rely completely on data sheets with often optimistic and scarce information.

Efficiency is a figure that helps one carry out a proper comparison of different power supplies. However, system designers and users of power supplies are even more interested in the heat which remains in the power supply – i.e. the power losses. Since these power losses cannot be electrically measured in a direct manner, one can only consider the difference between input and output power.

It is important to keep in mind that seemingly small differences in efficiency mean a big difference in power losses. The values for modern power supplies lie between 92 and 95%. The user might have the impression that one or two percent of difference wouldn’t play a big role. However, this is a misconception.

Because it is not the absolute value of efficiency but rather the difference from the ideal value of 100% what matters most.

At high efficiencies, even small increases produce a significant reduction in noload losses. With increasing efficiencies, measurement accuracy keeps gaining importance.

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Multim eter, which is the wattmeter o (meas ureme r power ana ly nt) too l of ch ser oice?

Minimum efficiency changes produce plenty of influence on noload losses

product brief POWER SUPPLY CP10.481 The CP10.481 by PULS delivers high efficiency, advanced inrush current limitation, active PFC and a wide operational temperature range. It features a power reserve of 10% up to +60°C and 20% up to +45°C. Additionally, the CP10 can deliver three times the nominal output current for at least 12ms which helps to trip fuses on faulty output branches.

DC/DC CONVERTER CP10.241-60 Only requiring 39mm of Din-rail space, the CP10.241-60 is designed specifically for railway & transportation applications. EN 50155 certified, it is covered for aspects such as temperature, humidity, shock, vibration, EMI and other parameters.

The unit features a DC-OK signal contact for remote monitoring, and quick-connect spring-clamp terminals for a reliable connection even when mechanical vibration and shock are involved. It also features an extreme temperature range from -40°C up to +70°C with full output current.

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POWER SUPPLY CP20.241-R2

DC-UPS UC10.242

The Puls CP20.241–R1/-R2/-R3 units feature high efficiency, electronic inrush current limitation, active PFC, wide operational temperature range in an extraordinary small size. The units include a decoupling MOSFET for building 1+1 or n+1 redundant power supply systems.They come with three connection terminal options; screw terminals, springclamp terminals or plug connector terminals which allows replacement on an active application.Additionally they feature an enhanced DC input voltage range and is equipped with conformal coated pc-boards.

The UC10.242 is able to bridge power failures or voltage fluctuations and supply voltage to the DC 24V bus for a certain period, which allows for a safe shut-down of the system.

Expensive downtimes, long restart cycles and loss of data can be avoided. In a mains voltage fault, the energy stored in the capacitors is released to the DC bus in a regulated process. The UC10.242 are maintenance-free and have a similar lifetime expectancy as power supplies. It also features a wide temperature range from -40°C to +60°C making the unit suitable for many applications.

“At high efficiencies, even small increases produce a significant reduction in no-load losses. With increasing efficiencies, measurement accuracy keeps gaining importance.”

There are a number of measuring instruments which are used for the determination of efficiency. Nevertheless, the measurement tolerances and the capabilities of measuring instruments in measuring various signals (AC or DC) varies considerably.

Multimeter: Accurate multimeters do a great job measuring the voltage and current of purely DC inputs and outputs. The voltage can be measured with high precision directly at the input and output of the power supply.

Data loggers: Data loggers are even better for DC measurements. They consist of a single, usually highly accurate meter, which is used several times by multiplexing.

Wattmeters: Watt meters are used for measuring AC signals and follow the right principle. The instantaneous values of current and voltage are multiplied and a mean value is calculated from these products. Generally, only high-precision wattmeters should be used when measuring efficiency.

Power analyser: PULS uses power analysers to measure the efficiency of its power supplies. The advantages of this are the high basic accuracy of 0.02%, the correct measuring of active power, the simultaneous and thus synchronous measuring of input and output, and the direct display of power losses and efficiency. The downside of this method of measuring is the high purchase price involved.

Nevertheless, the power analyser is the tool of choice for the accurate determination of efficiency.

Taking environmental conditions into consideration In respect to environmental conditions, temperature plays a decisive role, because the power losses from a power supply are temperature dependent. The temperature of the components in a power supply is a crucial factor. The component temperature is the sum of ambient temperature and self-heating.

Temperature: The various components in the power supply react differently to temperature. When taking any efficiency measurement, the running time and the ambient temperature should be documented so that the results remain traceable.

Altitude and air pressure: Since cooling is done by air, the air pressure has an influence on self-heating. Each component has tolerances and therefore not every device is the same.

Requesting accurate efficiency specifications

Rather than having to carry out your own measurements, it is obviously easier to rely on the manufacturer’s specifications – that is, if accurate measurements were taken. Unfortunately, the datasheets for this very important characteristic often contain general statements, such as “Up to x% efficiency”. This is a best-case statement and actually means that this value is not exceeded. For instance, power losses at different mains voltages or loads are not mentioned. Therefore, users who want to know in more detail, cannot avoid taking their own measurements. Or else they find another manufacturer that gives them accurate specifications. But even then, they might feel more reassured if they take one last measurement themselves.

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fter 10 months of intensive exploration, scientists in Mexico have discovered the world’s largest flooded cave system – and it’s truly an underwater wonderland. Spanning an incredible 347 kilometres of subterranean caverns, lined with chandelier-like rocky features and lit by sparse sunrays, this branching, sunken labyrinth isn’t just a natural spectacle – it’s also an important archaeological find that could reveal lost secrets of the ancient Maya civilisation.

The region hosts a stunning 358 submerged cave systems, representing some 1,400 kilometres of flooded freshwater tunnels hidden under the surface. Amongst this sprawling network, a new leader emerged last week.

Called the Sac Actun System, this gargantuan passage is so big it was actually thought to be two different cave systems.

That effort paid off, and under the rules of caving, Sac Actun now absorbs Dos Ojos (and its former length), meaning at 347 kilometres long Sac Actun is now the world’s largest known underwater cave – beating out the former frontrunner, the Ox Bel Ha System, also in Quintana Roo, which stretches for 270 kilometres.

Before now, another system called Dos Ojos (‘two eyes’) spanning 93 kilometres was thought to be distinct from Sac Actun, but an exhaustive 10 months of underwater probing proved the two were actually one giant continuous cavity.

But the search isn’t over yet. Sac Actun stands to grow even larger, with the researchers saying it could be connected to three other underwater cave systems – provided further dives can show the caverns do indeed link up.

Ancient Remains Researchers say the water level in the Sac Actun cave system has likely fluctuated over time, providing a source of much-needed water during times of severe drought. For example, water levels rose more than 90 metres at the end of the Ice Age, flooding the cave system and preserving the remains of extinct megafauna. Humans likely didn’t live in the caves, but probably visited them in search of water.

In the system, underwater archaeologists found the 15,000-year-old remains of giant sloths, proto-elephants called gomphotheres, and bears, as well as an elaborate shrine to the Maya god of war and commerce.

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Archaeological articles explain the ancient Maya people who once populated the Yucatán believed that sinkholes into the flooded caverns under the peninsula were the entrance to a mythical underworld.

More than 120 artifact sites such as burnt human bones, ceramics, and wall etchings have been found in the caves, some dating back more than 12,000 years. One human skull covered in rainwater limestone deposits is 9,000 years old. Maybe they tumbled in when sinkholes collapsed or they were tossed in as sacrifices to the rain god thought to dwell down below.

Archaeologists have been exploring these cave systems for decades, and these latest discoveries are consistent with the human artifacts and megafauna previously found in the Yucatán’s watery underworld. The enormous length of the massive Sac Actun system, clustered near one another by the city of Tulum makes these new discoveries particularly remarkable.

The cave system is also part of the Great Mayan Aquifer, the groundwater system that feeds the Yucatán Peninsula. GAM’s next steps include studying the water quality of the system and studying the biodiversity supported by the cave network. Research has found that methane filtering down through sinkholes and soil feeds a booming ecosystem of bacteria, which, in turn, become dinner for cave-dwelling crustaceans.

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Silo: food vacuum

hellosilo.com

kirin ichiban frozen beer slushie machine

Have you had food go off before you had a chance to enjoy it? Well no more, with Silo. It’s a one-touch smart connected vacuum sealing system which increases the lifespan of your leftovers by 2-5 times. The difference between this and other vacuum sealers is that it uses containers of various sizes and single use plastic bags. It utilises IoT infrastructure and features Alexa which is built-in. This means it can also read you the news, dictate recipes and play tunes. Basically Solo removes the air from its containers made from premium Tritan TM plastic, creating a seal that is only broken when you open the valve. Its app keeps you updated with inventory and usage tracking, storage suggestions, and automated food repurchase.

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Remember how much you loved slushies as garden in Tokyo back in 2012 a kid? Now you’ll love them even more as an and decided to mass produce adult thanks to Japanese beer company Kirin a machine after tremendous Ichiban who have created a Frozen Beer Slushie positive feedback. They’ve created Maker. But it’s not what you think it is – which a nifty machine that fits perfectly is probably a beer-flavored slushie. Instead, on a table or countertop the machine creates a portion of slushy and would go great in foam on top that will keep your beer super any man cave. It’s cold while tasting great. Kirin Ichiban first portable enough introduced their “frozen beer” slushies to take with you to at special beer a party since it’s battery powered (it takes C batteries).

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cinema: captain marvel

www.marvel.com/movies/captain-marvel

For those that have seen the Avengers two alien worlds giving her in Infinity War, you may be wondering strength, energy projection and where to from here, with many flight. Filming started in January suggesting we will get answers in last year, and is Marvel’s first ‘Captain Marvel’. Set in the 90s, this female superhero movie which is places Captain Marvel before Iron also a brand new adventure Man, and features a much younger from a previously unseen looking Nick Fury (still with both period in the history of the eyes) part of the story-line. Carol Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Danvers (Brie Babadook) Here we go again! Witha is an Air Force pilot who huge budget and Disney receives superpowers involved, you know it should during intergalactic be fairly polished. Will be conflict between released early March. Rachel finds out

Are you afraid of things that go bump in the night? Then you’d better stop reading now, because these ghostly places around Australia will put some serious goosebumps on your neck. From lunatic asylums to convict prisons, check out our list for the 5 most most haunted sites in Australia.

Monte Cristo Homestead

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quickies

recent movie releases Ethan Hunt and the IMF team join forces with CIA assassin August Walker to prevent a disaster of epic proportions when nuclear weapons go missing. They find themselves in a race against time to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands.

apple “watch” | due early 2015

travel: australia’s most haunted

This is the most haunted house in Australia. Built by pioneer Christopher William Crawley in Junee (NSW) 1885 before his homestead became riddled with death - a stable boy burned to death, a baby thrown down the stairs, a maid lobbed off Aradale Mental Hospital a balcony, and a caretaker It’s estimated that an shot dead among others. astonishing 13,000 people passed away within the walls of the so-called Ararat Lunatic Asylum over its 140 years of operation. This is Victoria’s earliest psychiatric institution opening its doors in Ararat way back in the 1860s. 2 hours west of Melb.

that Nick, her longtime boyfriend is one of the country’s wealthiest families.

Being on Nick’s arm puts a target on Rachel’s back, with jealous socialites and worse, Nick’s own disapproving mother.

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Port Arthur

CRAZY RICH ASIANS

Too many people have met a gruesome death at this World Heritage listed Tasmanian town — first when it housed hardened criminals as a timber station in convict days, then when gunman Martin Bryant massacred 35 visitors in 1996.

Dreamworld More than 2,000 apparitions This amusement park is have been reported over the also one of the country’s last two decades. most haunted. Staff on the Big Brother reality TV show witnessed the voice and visage of a young girl when filming, with employees sighting the ghost ‘Jack Darke’, a 19th century gold prospector slain by a buzzsaw nearby.

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Old Melbourne Gaol

More than 100 hangings took place within the walls of Old Melbourne Gaol between 1863 and 1924. The most famous?

Legendary Australian bushranger Ned Kelly, whose skull was even displayed in a museum until it was stolen 40 years ago.

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boston dynamics spotmini

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Boston Dynamic’s creepy robot Well this is a surprise – Audi’s flagship Q8 renegade has finally come full circle looks nearly identical to the concept car it with the announcement that it intends revealed a while ago complete with frameless to sell 100 examples of the SpotMini windows, full-width LED tail-lights and Audi’s this year. The cutting-edge robot is crossover grille design. It breaks away from to 254mm of ground clearance and currently running through trials in its its traditional conservative looks appealing be automatically lowered by 90mm pre-production stage with ten units to those that aren’t too concerned about to aid on-road handling. All models already completed. It weighs 25 kilos practicability or requiring 7-seats but still feature all-wheel drive, an eight-speed and is all-electric and can go for want something larger. This beast measures automatic transmission, and a 48V 90-minutes on a charge, depending 4986mm long, 1995mm wide, 1705mm tall mild-hybrid system capable of coasting on what it’s doing (it can open and has a 2994mm wheelbase – slightly engine-free between 55 and 160km/h. It’s doors and climb stairs!) For those smaller than the more practical Q7. fitted with Audi’s latest cabin design with unacquainted with Boston Dynamics, two touchscreens – 10.1inch infotainment they’re an American engineering and Restricted to 5 seats (with plenty of headroom screen, and an 8.6inch display for climate robotics design company who hold for rear passengers), it manages to have 605 control, comfort and text input systems. contracts with the U.S Military. Mount litres of boot space which can be expanded Physical buttons remain at a minimum. An a gun on one of their robots and you to 1755L with the rear seats folded down. The electric tailgate and its popular 12.3 inch have Terminator in real life. Until then Q8 will initially be available with a 3.0-litre V6 virtual cockpit is standard. you get to buy an unarmed dog. No turbo diesel engine with 210kW of power and details have been revealed on who’s 600Nm of torque. 0-100 can be achieved in Top-end models feature 22-inch alloy wheels eligible to own a SpotMini but you can 6.3 seconds, with a top speed of 245km/h. with 285/40 tyres, HD matrix LED headlights, expect it to cost some serious coin.

A less powerful diesel version and a powerful adaptive air suspension, four-wheel steering, full petrol version will be released afterwards. leather interior, heated and cooled Super Sport front seats, automatic luggage cover, hill If optioned descent control, and a head-up display. with air Optional extras include a 23-speaker suspension, Bang & Olufsen sound system, an the Q8 can adaptive cruise control with traffic jam have up assist, and a driver inactivity detection setup, which is able to park the car in its current lane and call emergency services. The Q8 will compete with the Mercedes GLS and BMW’s X7.

spread xArm robotic arm ufactory.cc

amount of pressure xArm by UFactory is a consumer-friendly robotic appendage that performs simple tasks and strength it applies so that it doesn’t accidentally crush or throw such as pour you a cup of coffee. It’s what it’s picking up. Then there’s the attachments encased in a smooth white carbonsuch as a suction cup that can perform cupping fiber chassis, weighs 10kgs and therapy on your skin. What the!? The xArm is still boasts up to seven axes, pretty rudimentary software-wise. You need to specify allowing for a wide range coordinates for much of what you want it to do: Pick of movement and reach up object A from coordinate B and place it at coordinate over 60cm. It can do C. For example, it could be programmed to feed your basic machine tasks pet every day, and it would be able to see whether your like pick-and-place or cat or dog moved the bowl a few inches before it dropped loading and unloading, kibble all over the place. An API is also planned so outside with its internal sensors developers can create their own programs for the xArm. adjusting the

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Resident Evil 2 Remake

This is a remake of Resident Evil 2, march it follows rookie police officer Leon Battletoads | XB1 S. Kennedy and college student january Devil May Cry 5 | PC, PS4, XB1 Claire Redfield as they attempt to New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe | Switch Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 | PC, PS4, XB1 escape from Raccoon City during Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown | PC, PS4, XB1 The Sinking City | PC, PS4, XB1 Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes | Switch Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | PC, PS4, XB1 a zombie apocalypse. It should Resident Evil 2 Remake | PC, PS4, XB1 remain true to the gaming Kingdom Hearts III | PS4, XB1 TBC classic with minor alterations.

Devil May Cry 5

An action-adventure hack and slash, Devil May Cry 5 is part of a series which has sold over 16 million copies worldwide. Your character Dante serves as a barrier to any attempt by demons to invade his world.

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Anthem | PC, PS4, XB1 Days Gone | PS4 Metro Exodus | PC, PS4, XB1 Anno 1800 | PC Left Alive | PC, PS4 Trials Rising | All Crackdown 3 | PC, XB1 Dead or Alive 6 | PC, PS4, XB1

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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | PC, PS4, XB1

Wasteland 3 | PC, PS4, XB1 World War Z | PC, PS4, XB1 Yoshi’s Crafted World | Switch

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Another project which started on crowdfunding sites, UrmO is a personal light electrical vehicle which can be folded to a size of a handbag within seconds thanks to the patent-pending folding mechanism. Created by ex-Telsa and BMW engineers, the e-scooter can be perfectly integrated into everyday life and be easily stowed under a desk – plus its only 6.5kilos. The self-balancing scooter is recharged with a regular power outlet and provide up to 20 kilometres on a single charge which takes less than hour. Maximum speed is 15 km/h and drivers steer by shifting weight.

The 14-inch tyres guarantee a comfortable and safe driving experience.

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The ever upward trend of electricity prices has put pressure on the manufacturing expense of Australian Growing Solutions to remain competitive. An internal cost analysis revealed a large expense of production was electricity. Unfortunately, due to the method of manufacturing, this could not be altered without compromising the end product, while the cost of upgrading plant and equipment to Variable Speed drives and updating to higher efficiency motors was too much of a capital burden.

Alternative renewable sources of energy using solar will assist to reduce the cost, however the capital and foot print required prohibits this option to be a worthwhile solution due to the amount of electricity used during a normal optional day. There had to be another way to decrease electricity usage.

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| CASE STUDY

Solution

onsite trol Logic conducted an audit In consultation with AGS, Con se cau root the al reve to bills power reviewing NMI meter data and to due Results indicated it was of the large electricity expense. ds g of 0.64. Ideally this value nee ratin or fact er extremely poor pow of 27% that nt mea This e. ) as possibl to be as close to unity (or one ted to inefficiencies. power purchased was being was from that the inefficiencies generated Control Logic’s solution meant er Pow one by d sate pen com be ld the manufacturing process cou of er met are takes up one squ Factor Correction unit which only ch board. swit l trica elec n space near the mai

ABB or Fact Power Unit tion Correc

Benefits Control Logic sized the correct ABB power factor correction unit, provided engineering, installation and commissioning services to deliver cost savings of $526 a day on electricity usage alone.

AGS’s power factor had improved from 0.64 to 0.99, greatly reducing the amount of reactive power imported from the supply authority network which in turn reduced their KVA demand. This provided a total payback period of only one electricity bill period of 3 months! And 27% savings in quarterly electricity bill, enabling the company to save well into the future.

The benefits of an improved power factor ensures the collective sum of all equipment connected to the same network will run longer, more efficiently, with less maintenance costs and greater productivity on a day-to-day basis. Large end users need to be wary of the method they are charged for electricity. For AGS on a KVA tariff, meant that the PFC directly effects how much they pay.

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BEFORE 362.32 KVA/day x 30 days x 0.17511 = $1903.38 AFTER 262.18 KVA/day x 30 days x 0.17511 = $1377.31 >> Saving 62,800kg CO2 per year.

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For more in formation o n ABB Pow Correction, er Factor what to exp ect at your consultation initial or this case -study pleas contact Con e trol Logic o n 1800 557 by emailing 705 or sales@con trollogic.co m.au.

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ed Lion’s Crimson 3.1 software has enabled a host of new and improved features enabling clean, fast and responsive remote access. In particular, mobileponsible web servers benefit, as there’s zero coding required to access CSV data logs and of Red Lion’s Crimson 3.1 software has enabled a host of w and improved features| enabling clean, fast and responsive remote access. In particular, mobile-responsible web servers benefit, as there’s zero coding TECH-TIP to access CSV data logs andof new and improved features enabling clean, fast and responsive remote access. In particular, mobile-responsible web benefit, as there’s zero coding required to access CSV data logs and data tables and graphical web pages are simple and easy.

crimson conversion modular edge controller to controller

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rimson programming and configuration software for Red Lion HMIs and Data Stations, generally have a conversion between different hardware models.

However, due to complex nature of devices that accept plug-in modules such as Graphite HMI or Modular controller conversion to and from these to Graphite Edge controllers is limited.

Before you decide to upgrade, it might pay to take a look at our quick check guide to ensure your device is compatible with your intended Crimson 3.0 or 3.1 compatible device.

Quick check guide

Crimson 3.0 Possible Device Conversions

The below conversion table for Crimson 3.0 shows that the Data Station Series, Kadet or G3 Series are all capable of converting to or from Edge Controller databases.

For Crimson 3.1, it is possible to convert from an Edge controller to CR1000 and CR3000, but it is not possible to convert from any device to an Edge controller. To migrate to an Edge controller from any other device, it would have to be by exporting and importing components such as tags database manually, and recreating outstanding any other items individually.

A common example is when upgrading from a Modular Controller to an Edge controller it would be necessary to convert the project to a Data Station first. Since the Modular Controller will be a Crimson 3.0 project, it is the possible to convert the Data Station project to an Edge controller. If desired, it would be possible to upgrade the resulting Edge controller project to Crimson 3.1.

Depending on what components are used in the original project, there may be incompatibilities that need to be corrected manually for complete conversion. Errors will be shown on the right side of the status bar in Crimson by red Errors text as shown below.

Crimson 3.1 Possible Device Conversions Is there a work-around?

Fortunately, conversion is still possible via an interim device.

If you would like more information, or have another question related to this, we would like to hear from you. Please contact the Control Logic Technical Support team by phone or email.

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Good Luck!

Call 1800 557 705, or email sales@controllogic.com.au for more info or assistance.

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