Laser peening system for surface treatment First Quarter 2021, Beckhoff Automation Precisely synchronised surface treatment process increases fatigue life of metal parts.
Less than 7 millimetres for fully integrated speed controller Fourth Quarter 2020, Horne Technologies The BXT motor family, consisting of brushless DC servomotors with an especially short design, was expanded in all sizes with a diameter-compliant, integrated speed controller.
With an additional attachment ...
Energy efficient drives for the mining industry Fourth Quarter 2020 The mining and minerals industry presents some of the most challenging environments for production. Mine sites, mineral processing facilities, associated stockyards, and ports facilities are large-scale ...
Miniature DC motors drive tattoo machine design forwards Fourth Quarter 2020 All of this places stringent requirements on the motor – the prime mover in the tattoo machine and perhaps the most critical element of the machine design – as Vishal Sapale, assistant manager – design ...
Ultra-efficient UAV drive Fourth Quarter 2020, DNH Technologies maxon has collaborated with drone startup Flybotix to develop performance-optimised brushless DC motors for a new kind of inspection drone. With the know-how gained from this and other projects, maxon ...
Helping farmers free up energy First Quarter 2021 In recent years, South African energy security has been constrained, while also being recognised by the Development Bank of Southern Africa as a water-scarce country. The importance of energy efficiency ...
Condition monitoring using the drive as a sensor Third Quarter 2020 Variable speed drives have been used for over half a century, with the main advantage being the reduction of electrical energy use. With the advance of Industry 4.0, the role of the drive moves from that ...
Festo Simplified Motion Series electric drives designed for simple movements Fourth Quarter 2020, Festo South Africa The Simplified Motion Series integrates all the elements of standard electric drive solutions into a single package for simple motion tasks such as repositioning, aligning, feeding, sorting, clamping, ...
VSDs improve energy efficiency on farms Fourth Quarter 2020 “Farming operations are not only facing the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected every industry globally, but farmers also need to cope with power supply limitations and the rising ...
Lubricant and feed gear pumps Fourth Quarter 2020, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG BMG’s range of Steimel lubricant and feed gear pumps – the SF series – are used mainly on oil lube systems in mines, steel works, power stations and general industry.
“SF heavy duty pumps, which ...
Extending wind turbine service life Fourth Quarter 2020, Beckhoff Automation One way to prolong service life beyond the design life is to reduce the load on the main components. For instance, a 10% reduction in damage-equivalent load at the rotor blade root results in a 50% longer ...
Drive configuration made easy Fourth Quarter 2020, Nidec Control Techniques Nidec Control Techniques prides itself on offering free software for commissioning, optimising and monitoring drive/system performance. “If you have already purchased our hardware, why should you have ...
What is adaptive acceleration control? Fourth Quarter 2020 Adaptive Acceleration Control (AAC) is a new soft start control type that allows the selection of different acceleration and deceleration profiles according to application needs. Soft starters offer a ...
Powerful technology packages for motion control and CNC Fourth Quarter 2020, Siemens South Africa Siemens is launching three powerful technology packages exclusively for the CNC Sinumerik One. The Sinumerik One Dynamics packages are One Dynamics Operate, One Dynamics 3-axis milling and One Dynamics ...
Food Safe motors withstand over 1100 washdown cycles Fourth Quarter 2020 Rigorous testing at a state-of-the-art hygiene laboratory verifies that ABB’s Food Safe stainless steel motors can withstand frequent sanitisation. The motors emerged in full working order after being ...
Energy efficient drives for the mining industry 1 October 2020 The mining and minerals industry presents some of the most challenging environments for production. Mine sites, mineral processing facilities, associated stockyards, and port facilities are large in scale ...
Evolved drive systems 28 September 2020, Horne Technologies Drive specialist Faulhaber has once again demonstrated its competence as a system provider and has extended its BXT flat motor series by adding corresponding gearheads and integrated encoders as well ...
Same day VSD solution 17 September 2020, Bearings International When a manufacturing facility on the East Rand urgently required a replacement variable speed drive (VSD) for an extraction fan in its welding facility after the existing drive broke down and halted production, ...
Remote commissioning for sugar mills 17 September 2020, ABB South Africa, Industrial Automation Virtual commissioning can be used in a number of different ways without working with physical assets and has several benefits for customers. This technology has the potential to improve operations in ...
