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Best smart light bulbs: the best smart lights from Philips Hue to Hive Smart lighting is one area of the smart home that just about anyone can tackle. It requires little explanation, installation, and fiddling, and before you know it, you're enjoying the lovely hues of your new smart bulbs, controlling them with just your phone or your voice. Pendant light Smart lighting is great because of the options you have at your disposal: You can control them with just your phone or your voice. You can change tone, brightness and even color. There's so many options with smart lights, you may wonder what took you so long to make the switch. Even if you don't pay a ton of attention to smart lighting, you have likely heard of Philips Hue. It's definitely the biggest name in the smart lighting game, but that doesn't mean it's the only horse in the race – far from it. There are some truly excellent offerings from companies such as Lifx if you're looking for more of a talking-point; Hive if you're on a budget; or Nanoleaf if you'd rather your lighting be part of your home's decor. Each system comes with its own pros and cons, so here we'll talk you through the brands you should be aware of, plus which smart lighting solution will be the best fit for you and your home.There's a very good reason why Philips Hue is the biggest name in the smart lighting scene: it's without a doubt one of the greatest offerings to the market. The lights produce the most natural tones of any smart lighting we've used, the app is easy to use, and installation is a doddle. That said, you can't use the Hue lights without the hub, meaning the only way to get started is with a starter kit that's going to set you back considerably more than just a light bulb would. It's also worth noting that there are a variety of different lighting kits and bulbs available in the Hue range, so you've got the choice of White (which just does white light), Color (which offers over 16 million colors), and Ambient variants of both (which gives you the option of dimmer, softer tones).

Smart Lights Are the One Smart Home Gadget for Everyone Smart speakers like the Amazon Echo and Google Home have brought the dream of a fully automated smart home closer to reality more than ever before. Yet, one question hangs in the air: Do you even need a smart home?Smart Lighting You could get a video doorbell that shows you who’s at the door. But maybe people don’t come to your door that often. You could get a smart thermostat and let it adjust your AC automatically. But maybe your basic, programmable thermostat does the job just fine. Most smart home gadgets, no matter how useful, tend to appeal to a subset of people, but smart lights are a different story. If you’re frequently moving from the couch to turn off a light, or forgot you left the lights on in a room hours later, it’s easy to imagine how smart lights can improve your life. To nudge your imagination, though, here are a few key benefits. You could probably install a new thermostat if you watched a tutorial on YouTube, but we trust you already know how to screw in a light bulb. The best smart lighting systems, like Philips Hue and LIFX, put all the important electronics in the bulbs themselves, so you can go ahead and use your existing lamps and light fixtures. Over at Wirecutter, the product review website owned by The New York Times, senior editor Grant Clauser prefers Philips Hue, not just because it’s easy, but because it’s flexible and reliable. “Among smart bulbs, I prefer Philips Hue because it has a wide ecosystem of products, including basic white bulbs, color changeable bulbs, wireless dimmers, strip lights and outdoor LED lights,” he explained. “Hue lights require a Zigbee gateway, which creates a mesh network in your house that’s more reliable than some of the other smart bulb systems we’ve used. If you don’t want to use the Hue gateway, an Amazon Echo Plus can serve the same purpose, and it also plays music and tells bad jokes.” Philips Hue requires a smart hub with a relatively simple installation. Plug the box into the wall, press a single button when the app tells you to and you’re good to go. LIFX lights require no hub at all, though they’re a bit more expensive and only as reliable as your Wi-Fi network. For both, most of the setup process takes place in an app on your smartphone. Since you don’t have to modify your home to use them, even renters can get in on the fun.

mobile power markets Mission Critical Electronics is announcing the acquisition of the global leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of advanced power electronic products and systems for the Fast Charge Power Bank markets, operating under the brand Xantrex. This company was part of the Solar activity of Schneider Electric. Financial details of the transaction are not disclosed. Kevin Moschetti, Chief Executive Officer of Mission Critical Electronics (“MCE”), said, “We are delighted to have Xantrex join MCE. Xantrex’s products are high quality, technologically advanced, and valued by its customers. Moreover, Xantrex’s portfolio of power products, end markets, and distribution partners are highly complementary to MCE. The synergies that exist between our companies will provide more value for end-users, original equipment manufacturers, and distribution partners. Most importantly, I am excited about the new growth platforms available, the talent level of the Xantrex people, and the new career opportunities that will be opened.” Mission Critical Electronics designs, manufactures, and distributes electronic power products that fit a variety of mission critical applications in emergency and specialty vehicles, marine, public safety, wireless networks, industrial power, mobile communications, and mobile computing. “This is a very exciting juncture for Xantrex. Joining forces with MCE - who are as passionate about high quality vehicle and marine power solutions as we are - is sure to deliver tremendous value for our customers, suppliers and other business partners. I am excited at the opportunities this will generate to accelerate our combined growth, the career possibilities for employees and our shared top priority of satisfying our customers,” said Richard Gaudet, Xantrex Vice President and General Manager.

Mobile Power Supply Market Report By Material, Application And Geography The fashion Portable Power Bank Supply Market report provides an unbiased and detailed analysis of the on-going trends, opportunities/ high growth areas, market drivers, which would help stakeholders to device and align Mobile Power Supply market strategies according to the current and future market The Mobile Power Supply Market report covers the Global market and regional market analysis. The Mobile Power Supply industry report examines, keep records and presents the worldwide market size of the important players in each region around the globe. Also, the report offers information of the leading market players in the Mobile Power Supply market. The worldwide market for Mobile Power Supply is expected to grow at a CAGR of roughly over the next five years, will reach million US$ in 2024, from million US$ in 2019, according to a new GIR (Global Info Research) study. This report focuses on the Mobile Power Supply in global market, especially in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa. This report categorizes the market based on manufacturers, regions, type and application. The overviews, SWOT analysis and strategies of each vendor in the Mobile Power Supply market provide understanding about the market forces and how those can be exploited to create future opportunities.Production Analysis: SWOT analysis of major key players of Mobile Power Supply industry based on a Strengths, Weaknesses, company’s internal & external environments. …, Opportunities and Threats. . It also includes Production, Revenue, and average product price and market shares of key players. Those data are further drilled down with Manufacturing Base Distribution, Production Area and Product Type. Major points like Competitive Situation and Trends, Concentration Rate Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion which are vital information to grow/establish a business is also provided.

Mobile home residents left without power after neighbors illegally tap into power lines As temperatures continue to rise in Kern County, mobile home residents at Arbor Village in Oildale have been left with no power after some residents were caught illegally tapping into power lines. One resident, Barbara Walker, PG&E suddenly showed up to the property and cut their Sports Bluetooth Headset price off. The property on 321 McCord Avenue holds about a dozen mobile homes. “The PG&E came out and went to the top of the pole and they snapped all three of the connectors and everybody lost electricity,” Walker said.Residents like Walker who have medical conditions that require proper ventilation and electricity to power their medical machines are left to use generators. “Right now we are in limbo because there is no set date, nobody knows when it’s going to be turned back on and I have emphysema I am on a breathing machine … I cannot be in the heat,” Walker said. Neighbors told there never have been any previous issues with PG&E. When resident Bill Childress reached out to the mobile home management there was little explanation. “The new management that took over … we tried calling them and talk to them, they wouldn’t talk to us,” Childress said. PG&E says the decision to cut power from the mobile homes was a safety measure. “In instances of continuous theft and ongoing safety issues it becomes necessary to de-energize customers in the interest of public safety,” said Katie Allen PG&E’s spokesperson.“He [PG&E] claimed that there was so many things wrong with the trailers that they were dangerous to be kept on,” Walker said.

Mobile Power Plant Market is Determined to Cross US$ 1.5 Billion by 2024 New York, February 04, 2019: The scope of the report includes a detailed study of Mobile Power Bank low price Plant Market with the reasons given for variations in the growth of the industry in certain regions. The report covers detailed competitive outlook including the market share and company profiles of the key participants operating in the global market. Key players profiled in the report include Siemens, General Electric, PW Power Systems, APR Energy, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Metka, Solar Turbines, Turbine Technology Services, Vericor, Mapna Group, Meidensha and Ethos Energy. Company profile includes assign such as company summary, financial summary, business strategy and planning, SWOT analysis and current developments. The Mobile Power Plant Market is segmented on the basis of its Fuel Type, Power Rating, Application and Geographical Regional. By Fuel Type Natural this market is segmented on the basis of Gas/LPG, Diesel and Others (HFO, Biofuels etc.). By Power rating Type this market is segmented on the basis of 1-10 MW, 11-20 MW and 21-50 MW. By Application Type this market is segmented on the basis of Oil & Gas Rigs, Emergency power for natural disaster, Remote area electrification and others. By Geographic Type this market is segmented on the basis of North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Rest of World. The growth of the mobile power plant market is attributed to a rise in remote area electrification, frequent natural disasters across the world, and increase in onshore oil & gas rigs. issues regarding emission laws imposed by various agencies are the main challenges faced by the players in this market. The Mobile Power Plant Market is expected to exceed more than US$ 1.5 Billion by 2024 at a CAGR of 5% in the given forecast period. 1) An overview of the global market for Mobile Power Plant Market and related technologies. 2) Analyses of global market trends, with data from 2015, estimates for 2016 and 2017, and projections of compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) through 2024. 3) Identifications of new market opportunities and targeted promotional plans for Mobile Power Plant Market 4) Discussion of research and development, and the demand for new products and new applications. 5) Comprehensive company profiles of major players in the industry.

Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Seek Updated Codes for Flue Gas Venting Plastic pipe manufacturers are calling for an update to the U.S. flue gas codes to help improve the safety of gas-fired appliances. The issue stems from concerns over the use of plumbing grade pipe in flue gas applications. U.S. codes currently permit the use of plastic pipe in venting applications for gas-fired appliances. However, most plastic pipe used in these applications is not designed to withstand the high temperatures.Plastic Sheet Production Line IPEX USA LLC is the latest pipe manufacturer to call for updating the codes to meet the Underwriters Laboratories Inc. standard called UL-1738. Although the standard has been around since 1980, it is not mandated. IPEX plans to introduce a new line of UL-1738 certified PVC pipe by January 2019. The new line of products represents some of the latest innovations in PVC pipe manufacturing and materials science. According to IPEX product manager, Gaetano Altomare, “There’s no consistency in the American industry today. UL-1738 will help create consistency and through that you build awareness. It brings attention to the overall purpose and objectives.” “Instead of identifying unsuitable materials as a result of failures, let’s move away from plumbing products and go to products certified to a venting standard,” Altomare added. “The industry turned to plumbing products because of a lack of awareness of UL-1738, and plastics weren’t capable of meeting it. But things have evolved. Technologies have emerged. We’re capable of engineering and sourcing plastics today that meet the standard. We need to go out and educate the industry.”

Introduction of production function of PVC pipe production line The PVC pipe production line consists of a conical twin-screw extruder, a vacuum setting box, a tractor, a cutting machine, and a turning rack. The extruder and the traction machine adopt the frequency conversion speed regulating device, and the traction machine has two traction modes, such as two claws, three claws, four claws, six claws and eight claws. Available in saw blade or planetary cutting, with a gauge and thickening device.Plastic Sheet Production Line PVC Pipes Plastic Extrusion Machine has the characteristics of beautiful appearance, stable performance and convenient operation. With the corresponding mold, PVC pipe, water supply and drainage pipe, sound-absorbing drain pipe, communication porous pipe and other plastic PVC pipe with various pipe diameters and wall thickness can be produced.

Jain buys big pipe extrusion line from Battenfeld-Cincinnati at K 2016 Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd, the big Indian plastics processor, ordered a complete extrusion line to make big polyolefin pipes – up to 8.2 feet in diameter – from Battenfeld-Cincinnati Group, at K 2016, the machinery company said in a post-show report.Plastic Board Production Line The large-diameter pipe extrusion line includes Battenfeld-Cincinnati's new solEX NG extruder series, a technology the company highlighted at the K show in Dusseldorf, Germany. NG stands for the next generation of the solEX line. The solEX NG has a completely redesigned process technology, according to Battenfeld-Cincinnati. A barrel with internal grooves is combined with a matching screw and grooved bushing geometry to optimise processing. The result is a lower melt temperature along with a completely changed axial pressure profile in the feed zone and barrel. That cuts energy consumption by up to 15%. “The interest shown by the pipe industry in these new extruders is very lively,” said Battenfeld-Cincinnati CEO Gerold Schley. Customers also checked out the FDC system (fast dimension change) at K 2016. The FDC extrusion system operates fully automatically across a wide range of diameters. It changes the pipe external diameters and also the wall thickness during production, synchronised from the die through the cutting unit. FDC lines cover a wide range of diameters, from 3.5 inches to 24.8 inches. FDC pipe dies equipped with an adjustable melt gap are available for diameters up to 47.2 inches.Schley said Battenfeld-Cincinnati has seldom had as many extruders and machine components at a K show booth before. Extruders premiering in Germany were the solEX NG single-screw extruders and the conEX NG twin-screw series for PVC pipe and profile production. In packaging, the company showed its XXL-Multi-Touch roll stack for high-speed sheet production.Battenfeld-Cincinnati also makes a special three-layer feedblock for extruding thermoforming sheet, made in-house at the company's plant in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. The company has sold eight of the feedblocks, which use a pin with a milled distributor curve to get an optimal layer thickness distribution. Battenfeld-Cincinnati officials said the company plans to offer this technology in five-, seven- and nine-layer feedblocks in the future. Schley said Battenfeld-Cincinnati had a strong K 2016. “We are really excited about the enormous positive feedback for our trade fair presentation,” he said. “We had many more visitors than three years ago, especially from Africa, Asia and the Near and Middle East, and we received several major orders directly at the fair.”

APET Three layers Plastic Sheet Extrusion Line The equipment is applied in many manufacturing industries such as foodstuff, medical treatment, electronic, printing , plastic box and 3D grating effect product series. Advantage:Plastic Profile Production Line 1. Advanced Siemens controlling system, PLC and Sanken converter built in to achieve precise controlling and stable operation with high speed. 2. SEW servo motor traction system built in the three roller embossing system to raise the precision of the synchronous operation of three rollers to produce flat and uniform PET sheet with international standard. 3. Automatic hydraulic controlling system adopted to easy the net changing process. -The net changer is designed with big-hole diameter to improve the productive efficiency and lower the net frontal pressure for machine safety. 4. The metering pump working in the moveable connection way for convenient operation. 5. Independent safety system applied in the three-roller embossing system. When the materials are running out or the machine stops by accident, the three-roller embossing system will cut off the power and separate from the main equipment for protection of the whole extrusion line. 6. The special structure design of the three-roller embossing system and the tractor make the operators adjust the in/out passage of the sheet 7. The three-roller water circling system working in pressure adjustable double water pipe for independent heating. 8. Two sets of high-power desintegrators are equipped with the extrusion line, which can recycle the waste materials immediately to enhance the production efficiency. 9. The PET sheet cutter and the dual-station winder are equipped with the line to cut and wind the sheets as the operator’s demand. 10. The tractor equipped with a cutter base. For individual cutters can work out flat and uniform PET sheets in different size by easy operation.