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in·su·la·tor

(in'sŭ-lā'tŏr),

A nonconducting substance used as insulation.

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Contract award notice: "roof insulators roof insulators" - divided into 4 batches

Roof Insulators Roof Insulators - Divided Into 4 Batches (romania-bucharest: Insulators)

In practice, a plastic cap applied between the pin and the porcelain insulator breaks at lower loads resulting from the bending pin: on the order of 1.

ON THE NEED TO INCREASE THE RELIABILITY OF LINEAR INSULATORS FOR DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS 10-20 KV

The company is equipped with the High Voltage Laboratory, the world's largest insulator testing facility.

NGK has buyers in the Gulf

A study published in the July 24 Nature reveals that electrons coursing through materials called topological insulators can manipulate magnetic components like the ones in computer memory.

Weird materials find a practical use: topological insulators could speed up memory storage devices

The insulator sheets are used on molds and dies between the top clamping plate and the stationary platen and between the bottom of the ejector housing and the movable platen.

DME

6 -- Indian Government has imposed 35 per cent safeguard duty on electrical insulators imported from China.

Heavy Duty On Electrical Insulators From China

With Powersil 570 Plus, Wacker is launching the world's first insulator coating based on a patented silicone-in-water emulsion technology onto the market.

Solvent-free silicone coating for insulators

Measuring the magnitude of the PD has also been discussed as a possible method of detecting the transition from corona discharge to dry-band arcing on the insulator [9].

Detection of corona and dry-band arc discharges on nano-composite epoxy insulators using RF sensing

Yellow and Orange Viz PF Insulator - for use when really high performance against cold environments is required and ideally suited for those working in construction and service industries, the public sector and in chilled cold stores.

Working hands kept safe

The insulator is designed to improve the efficiency of electricity transmission.

-Scientists at IBM and ABB to study development of high-voltage insulator

Chances are good that by now, the gauges with the black insulation are out of the supply system and when you order a new gauge, you'll get the white insulator.

Let's talk gauges

Designed to provide high level insulation in sub zero conditions where maintaining hand warmth is critical, the PX Insulator is manufactured using a unique hollow core thermo active fibre which wicks perspiration away from the skin, while the inner layer remains warm and dry.

PX Insulator to be launched by Marigold Industrial Ltd.: hand warmth and comfort is set to rise to new levels in the frozen and chilled food sector with the launch of the PX Insulator this Christmas by hand protection experts Marigold Industrial Ltd