A small form factor (SFF) board integrates both analog and digital circuits. SFF boards do not come in standard sizes but in different form factors. They are rugged, durable, customizable, and application-ready. They are used in SFF PCs and single-board computers (SBCs). SFF boards include the latest high-speed interconnect technology and next-generation processors, coupled with enhanced reliability, manageability, and serviceability features. They are designed to meet communication network infrastructure requirements. SFF boards offer various benefits, such as faster time to market, support a wide range of products, and allow end-users entry with low barriers or cost efficiencies. They provide sophisticated and robust system management architecture for the global telecommunication infrastructure.

Oil mist collectors are used to remove oil mist particles. These are widely used in machine tools during manufacturing processes. Oil mists are created when machine tools such as electrical discharge machines (EDMs), special purpose machines (SPMs), lathe machines, and grinding machines spray metalworking fluid to lubricate the tools or to keep metal components cool. Industrial lubricants are widely used in many manufacturing processes like turning, milling, grinding, and finishing.

The machine safety market includes various products, ranging from safety sensors, monitoring and controlling products to other safety products that aid in improving the overall safety at the workplace. There are many government regulations, which are compelling manufacturing and industrial facilities to improve the safety of their workers. As a result, the demand for machinery safety products is increasing significantly. Within the machinery safety category, safety sensor products that help in preventing accidents within the plants account for the majority of demand. These sensors can be programmed to stop or slow the functions of the machine if there is any human interference. They are useful in a manufacturing facility as they help in coordinating and improving the efficiency of the plant. Another major product under machinery safety includes monitoring and controlling products, which are used to analyze the function of each machinery and process. In addition, these devices can retrieve data, which can be used to make changes and improve the efficiency of the manufacturing process.

Sensors are electronic devices that are used for measuring certain parameters. The devices are designed to record instances when the magnitude of the parameter changes. They capture this change by converting the physical parameter into an equivalent output electrical signal. This signal is read by a display unit locally or is transmitted electronically to a remote location.

The usage of robots has garnered significant importance in many industries. This is because they can be programmed to execute operations autonomously and with perfection. Military is a domain that is characterized by difficult and life-risking operations. Military operations often involve challenges like remote and difficult-toaccess terrains. They require advanced monitoring, targeting, and intelligence gathering mechanisms. In such a scenario, the usage of robots is gaining popularity, and this trend is expected to prevail over the next couple of years.

Intelligent pumps refer to equipment that can regulate and control flow or pressure. These are also defined as a combination of pumps with a variable frequency drive and having a digital control capability. They help in managing energy of an end-user’s industry, by remotely monitoring the processes and ensuring control of the remote systems of a facility. Intelligent pumps include wireless control and monitoring capabilities that enable end-users to access real-time operational data. This helps in reducing the downtime of processes and improves the end-user’s predictive maintenance plans.

IGCT can be described as a power semiconductor electronic device that is used in industrial equipment to switch electric current. IGCT is related to the gate turn-off (GTO) thyristor, a special type of thyristor, which is a high-power semiconductor device. Like the GTO thyristor, IGCT is a power switch that is fully controllable, i.e., it can be turned both on and off by its control terminal (the gate). The IGCT device comprises:

FPGAs are reprogrammable silicon ICs that comprise controllable logic blocks and interconnects. These FPGAs are used to configure customizable hardware. FPGAs are completely reconfigurable, which indicates that these chips can be used for different circuit reconfigurations. One of the major features of FPGAs is their parallel nature. FPGAs contain over 200,000 controllable logic blocks, which can be interconnected in any manner as per the user requirements. Based on requirements, different logic blocks can be configured for different functions. FPGAs can be divided into different segments and these segments can work autonomously without any interference from other controllable logic blocks. Thus, independent tasks can work in parallel to each other.

Fiber lasers contain the active gain medium, which is an optical fiber integrated with rare-earth elements such as erbium and ytterbium. In a fiber laser, a part of the fiber is used as the resonating cavity. The laser action takes place in this cavity, and laser beams are generated. Fiber lasers are preferred over other lasers such as CO₂ lasers. This is because they are more reliable, efficient, robust, portable, and easier to operate than the other lasers. Fiber lasers are mostly used for material processing applications like cutting and welding, marking, and fine and microprocessing of components in the automotive, manufacturing, heavy industry, and consumer electronic sectors. They are also being used extensively for medical applications and R&D.

Fiber channel adapters are hardware components that connect servers and storage area network (SAN). The adapters use PCI slots to connect to the server and SAN. These fiber channel components are used across several application areas such as data centers, and with growth in IT industry, the server infrastructure consolidation, using virtualization, reduces cost in the form of reduced demand for cooling, power and management costs, and lesser input-output bottlenecks are created. Furthermore, the accelerating growth of virtualized data centers is driving the demand for fiber channel storage, and along with it, fiber channel adapters, especially with 16GB Gen 5 Fiber Channel SANs.