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Laser sensor features stainless steel housing and IP69K sealing

Laser sensor features stainless steel housing and IP69K sealing

Micro-Epsilon is launching the optoNCDT 1402SC laser sensor, a new variant of the optoNCDT 1402 sensor with a stainless steel housing and IP69K protection, which makes it suitable for measuring displacement, distance and position in harsh environments, including outdoors and in the food, drink and pharmaceutical industries.

19th August 2010
Tsubaki's custom made chain catalogue

Tsubaki's custom made chain catalogue

Do you have an application that standard chains will not satisfy? This is the question Tsubaki Europe is asking the market. If the vast array of Tsubaki chain types and attachments already on offer do not suit an application, then Tsubaki can manufacture custom made chain to order for any special application or requirement. The service includes special drive chain, attachment chain, large size conveyor as well as chain made to a specific customer request.

14th July 2010
Locking bush positions with torque limiting

Locking bush positions with torque limiting

Locking bushes from ETP have replaced mechanical clamping elements in a critical application on PET blow moulding machines. Connecting the lever arms that open and close the moulds, the ETP-Express bushes allow slip on the shaft of there is a stuck perform or bottle. This avoids damage to the machine and reduces downtime. Resetting is a quick and simple process compared to the old solution of a mechanical clamping bush which had seven screws to be torque tightened in sequence.

14th July 2010
Turn fans down to reduce emissions

Turn fans down to reduce emissions

If just half of Britain's electric motors were reduced in speed by 10%, it would have the net effect of mitigating for the carbon emissions of 9.8 million cars every year. While this fact might not enthuse Jeremy Clarkson, it has a far more serious message and that is that governments subscribing to the Kyoto Protocol, and its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, continue to ignore the low hanging fruit that electric motor control presents.

14th July 2010
High efficiency motors for bio-ethanol plant

High efficiency motors for bio-ethanol plant

The first W22 high efficiency motors supplied by WEG in Europe - three 200kW machines - are (appropriately) engaged in a 'green' process for the production of sustainable bio-fuels. The 4-pole 315L frame W22 motors have been supplied to BioWanze in Belgium where they are used with inverters in a mill that processes wheat and beet syrup to produce bio-ethanol. With this innovative system BioWanze intends eventually to provide half the amount of the bio-fuel consumed in Belgium.

14th July 2010
Highly efficient stainless steel servo motors

Highly efficient stainless steel servo motors

Inmoco has extended its high performance servo motor range into hygienic processing environments, with the introduction of the S-Series of stainless steel servo motors from Cleveland Motion Controls. The energy efficient S-Series is designed specifically for sterile or high pressure wash-down environments found in food processing, beverage and pharmaceutical applications.

14th July 2010
Plastic conveyor chains reduce energy requirements

Plastic conveyor chains reduce energy requirements

Iwis says its plastic flat top chains and modular belts are made of low contamination synthetic materials and meet industry demand for energy efficient, low noise and low maintenance conveying.

14th July 2010
All the fun of the fair

All the fun of the fair

As automation technologies play an ever more important role in industrial production, we look at the highlights of Automatica 2010, and how these illustrate the latest trends in the automation industry.

14th July 2010
Hygienic pressure transmitters in a choice of formats

Hygienic pressure transmitters in a choice of formats

Sick's new PHT hygienic pressure transmitters are designed for accurate process control and high-reliability plant protection in food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic manufacturing applications.

13th July 2010
Compact industrial barcode scanner with integrated Ethernet

Compact industrial barcode scanner with integrated Ethernet

Sick (UK) is launching the CLV65X SMART barcode scanner to bring fast, automatic identification to a broad spectrum of industrial applications. This new scanner has an exceptionally quick read rate, up to 6m/s, and boasts improved decoding and stable reading rates on low-contrast codes, as well as partly damaged or partially obscured barcodes. This high reliability makes it suitable for use in a number of industries, including automotive, materials handling, logistics, electronics, pharmaceutical, packaging, and food and beverage, as well as in forklift applications.

12th July 2010
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