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New high power electromechanical cylinders
4th Quarter 2014, Tectra Automation
Tectra Automation has brought the new Bosch Rexroth EMC-HD electromechanical cylinders with ball or planetary roller screw drive to the South African market. The planetary screw drive is designed for ...

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Micro drive with IP66 rating
4th Quarter 2014, Parker Hannifin - Sales Company South Africa
Parker’s variable frequency AC10 micro drive now features an IP66/NEMA 4x rated enclosure for protection against the ingress of dust and water. This development makes it attractive to design engineers ...

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Variable speed drive with embedded intelligent services
3rd Quarter 2014, Schneider Electric South Africa
Altivar Process delivers added value services in the food and beverage, water, oil and gas, metals and minerals, and mining industries, enabling business and process optimisation through improved life-cycle asset management and enhanced energy consumption.

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Bonfiglioli gears up
3rd Quarter 2014
Bonfiglioli has built on its strengths in brushless motors, low backlash gearboxes and inverters to create the Mechatronic Drives and Solutions (MDS) division within its global industrial division.

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Maximum drive efficiency, minimum power consumption
3rd Quarter 2014, Adroit Technologies
Mitsubishi Electric is one of the top Variable Speed Drive (VSD) suppliers globally with its wide variety of VSDs that offers the right drive solution for every application.

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Finding perfect pitch
3rd Quarter 2014
A recent enhancement to the Moog AC Pitch System is the self-sensing speed control for turbines that was developed to prevent blades from not being able to move in the event of an encoder failure – the worst case load scenario for the wind turbine.

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Low noise conveyor system with fast assembly
3rd Quarter 2014, Tectra Automation
Future-proof production, assembly and packaging lines must be able to deal with smaller batches, more frequent product changes and a large number of product variants. Chain conveyor systems used in production ...

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Unidrive M meets requirements of paper mill
3rd Quarter 2014, Nidec Industrial Automation Southern Africa
Unidrive M demonstrates its leading performance capability in the paper industry.

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Mill gear units for mining
3rd Quarter 2014, SEW-EURODRIVE
A new range of MGU industrial gear units designed specifically for use with grinding mill drive trains in the mining industry has been introduced to the local market by specialist drive engineering company ...

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Big intelligence for small drives
3rd Quarter 2014, Tectra Automation
Machine manufacturers and system integrators expect comprehensive functionalities to drive-based motion logic controls, even in electrical drives in the lower power range. They also want to take advantage ...

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No adaptor required
3rd Quarter 2014
Bearings International’s new Motodrive range of inline helical and shaft mounted helical gear motors with a direct dedicated standard IEC fitment is footprint interchangeable with other European brands ...

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Variolution – an innovative new solution
3rd Quarter 2014, SEW-EURODRIVE
Variolution is an innovative new concept from SEW-Eurodrive that helps customers get more bang for their buck by drawing on their strengths developed through repeated business in their industries. Variolution ...

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Over a million electronic parking brakes a year
3rd Quarter 2014, Beckhoff Automation
Conventional hand brakes in cars are increasingly being replaced by electronic parking brakes (EPB). These automatically apply the brake during parking and release it during hill starts while adjusting ...

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The re-invented high-bay warehouse
2nd Quarter 2014, Beckhoff Automation
Beckhoff’s TwinCAT 3 unites PC control and science for simplified cable robot operation.

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Festo’s CPX platform supports smart factories
2nd Quarter 2014, Festo
The concept of integrated industry is starting to grow and was the main theme of the 2014 Hanover Fair.

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Potato boom for local supplier
2nd Quarter 2014, SEW-EURODRIVE
More than 1000 SEW-Eurodrive geared motors are currently operational in the local potato and onion farming industry.

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Driving simulator for race cars
2nd Quarter 2014
Moog Industrial Group recently designed and delivered a high performance driving simulator for race car test and simulation for leading race car manufacturer, Dallara.

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Drive systems for offshore support vessels
2nd Quarter 2014
Modular liquid-cooled drives and PLCs from ABB have been included in Vard Electro’s innovative, application-specific propulsion and thruster power solutions for offshore supply vessels.

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More competitive gearboxes
2nd Quarter 2014
The Bonfiglioli heavy duty parallel and bevel helical gearboxes HDP and HDO are now more competitive thanks to the incoming new 125 size. HDP 125 and HDO 125 are available in 2, 3 and 4 stages, with a ...

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Variable speed planetary gear
2nd Quarter 2014
Voith’s new Vorecon variable speed planetary gear is winning over customers in the oil and gas industry worldwide. Ten Vorecons with dual torque converter have already been sold to American pipeline and ...

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