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December 2009	INCLINEO has been selected as a Breakthrough Product of 2009 by Processing Magazine. The award recognizes those products that have made significant contributions in the process industries and/or are expected to greatly impact the industry for years to come.
November 2009	Spread the word! The INCLINEO is a finalist in the 2009 Plant Engineering Magazine Product of the Year competition. More about Product of the Year...
November 2009	At LUDECA's annual sales meeting, management, sales representatives and company employees shared the company's strategic plans for 2010 and prepared for the market launch of the latest additions to LUDECA’s product line up which include the new SHAFTALIGN shaft alignment system and the new HYDRALIGN continuous foundation monitoring systems by PRUEFTECHNIK. The four-day event included presentations from engineering and sales partners, as well as hands-on in depth product training at LUDECA’s state-of-the-art Training Center.
November 2009	LUDECA introduces its LUDECAwind Division to provide system support services which include installation and start-up of condition monitoring systems, telediagnosis services with remote monitoring, laser alignment and geometric measurement systems, continuous alignment monitoring and consulting. Visit www.ludecawind.com.
November 2009		Redifining Shaft/Coupling Alignment with SHAFTALIGN. Precision shaft alignment made easier than even before.
October 2009	Accurate gearbox-to-generator shaft alignment made easy! New OPTALIGN SMART wind, a system specially configured for the wind power industry. It is pre-packaged with firmware modules and hardware suited for gearbox-to-generator alignment in wind turbines.
September 2009		IMPO magazine readers voted the ROTALIGN ULTRA shaft alignment system as Top 3 in the first annual 2009 IMPOvation product technology award. Read article.
August 2009	LUDECA introduces the VIBXPERT Balancer and Analyzer for the wind power industry.
August 2009	An OPTALIGN SMART Laser Alignment System from Ludeca Inc. – was donated to the Wind Energy and Turbine Technology program at Iowa Lakes Community College. More...
July 2009		Reduce steam and gas turbine outage time using the new CENTRALIGN ULTRA Expert laser alignment system.
June 2009		LUDECA introduces INCLINEO, a high precision electronic inclinometer ideal for equipment installation and service. INCLINEO measures relative or absolute angularity, flatness, levelness, or parallelism of surfaces; as well as plumbness of vertical shafts, perpendicularity of planes, and straightness along a line.
May 2009	Investing in the Future – New High-Tech Lab Having recently inaugurated a newly-built High-Tech Lab in Ismaning, Germany, PRUEFTECHNIK Alignment Systems —LUDECA’s principals — strengthens its technological prominence and abilities in measurement technology. The lab includes 2 large granite tables (20 ft. x 6-1/2 ft. and 36 ft. x 1½ ft.) weighing 12 and 11 metric tons, respectively, and a 1½ ton 3D Motion Simulator. The requirements for the measurement and test lab are stringent to the extent that the new optical tabletops have been mounted on a vibration and shock free foundation isolated from the building ensuring that any environmental movement is not transmitted to the tabletop. Tight environmental conditions within the measurement and test room are met. Lighting requirements are provided by 150 LEDs. The installed air conditioning plant regulates the incoming and return air through an elaborate piping system. An accurate equalization of flow ensures that identical environmental conditions exist at every point within the laboratory. The air temperature is stable at 71.6° F (22º C ± 0.1º C). The humidity is maintained at 40%. This new high-tech lab allows development of new sensors, lasers and measurement systems which will further enhance and guarantee the quality of the production units used in maintenance of rotating machinery. It will also satisfy the ever increasing requirements for sub-micron measuring accuracies.

April 2009	Inventing and Innovating: The ROTALIGN ULTRA "Lite” special edition alignment system is now available.
January 2009		The introduction in 1984 of OPTALIGN, the world's very first laser-optical shaft alignment system, significantly revolutionized machinery maintenance. It is almost impossible to imagine the maintenance industry today without this innovative invention. A quarter-century of keeping things rotating better is reason enough to celebrate. Congratulations to PRUEFTECHNIK, our principals, for 25 years of shaft alignment excellence! Celebrate with us and take advantage of our special celebration packages at attracive prices. Contact us more details. Watch Celebration Video.
January 2009	LUDECA introduces the ALIGNEO EX and the OPTALIGN SMART EX for machinery alignment in the chemical industry, in refineries, in the oil and gas industry and in any other potentially explosive environment that requires intrinsically safe measuring systems.
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