High performance drives 2nd Quarter 2014 Yaskawa drives have earned a reputation for high performance, high functionality and high quality and the J1000 is no exception. Designed with quality, reduced cost of ownership and maintainability in ...
Actuators in aviation 2nd Quarter 2014, DNH Technologies In the aviation industry a wide range of applications are controlled by actuators. For example they are used to control and limit velocity and engine speed by adjusting levers and flaps. It is important ...
Electric cylinder reduces CO2 emissions 2nd Quarter 2014, SKF South Africa SKF’s CASM electric cylinder reduces CO2 emissions in a wide range of industrial applications. In a study in India, an SKF customer replaced hydraulic lifts in a textile printing machine with two SKF ...
Smart relay protects high value motors 2nd Quarter 2014, WEG Africa The Zest WEG Group is enjoying great success with the WEG SRW01 smart relay, a low voltage electric motor management system with state-of-the-art technology and network communication capabilities. The ...
Tectra Automation has it all 1st Quarter 2014, Tectra Automation Backed up by a state-of-the-art test bench, Tectra Automation‘s new range of frequency converters provides an economical solution for a wide variety of applications where energy efficiency is a priority.
State-of-the-art CNC machining centre 1st Quarter 2014, Beckhoff Automation When French window and door manufacturer, Bieber, built a new production plant setting new standards in sophistication and flexibility, enhanced flexibility, speed and efficiency were the aims.
Sweet solution for British Sugar 1st Quarter 2014, Nidec Control Techniques British Sugar Cantley has specified variable speed drives from Control Techniques for its new beet finisher drum, with associated high pressure spraywater pump. Unidrive SP drives from Control Techniques, ranging from 3 kW up to 250 kW were selected for all of the key motor control operations, an investment in excess of £1 million by British Sugar.
An hygienic motor 1st Quarter 2014, SEW-EURODRIVE Specialist drive engineering company, SEW-Eurodrive is able to assist the food and beverage industry in maintaining the highest standards of hygiene with its Aseptic DAS motor.
Robotic welding cells 1st Quarter 2014 A key part of DCD Rolling Stock’s R240 million capitalisation is the implementation of Swedish-engineered Motoman robotic welding cells. These will increase production volumes in addition to utilising the skills of experienced manual welders more efficiently.
Printed linear motors 1st Quarter 2014 The groundbreaking new UPL series of printed linear motors developed by Schaeffler Group’s INA – Drives & Mechatronics (IDAM) has outstanding performance and energy efficiency, with low costs and an optimised ...
A single drive for all needs 1st Quarter 2014 Designed for flexibility, reliability and energy efficient power transfer, Varispeed’s next-generation Yaskawa A1000 is a premium inverter drive suitable for a wide field of applications. The A1000 runs ...
Precise positioning technology 1st Quarter 2014, Horne Technologies Physik Instrumente has released the H-820 Hexapod with linear repeatability of 20 μm, and 200 μrad in the tip/tilt or rotational axes. Furthermore, the H-820 provides travel ranges of up to 100 mm (X ...
Electric cylinders for food and beverage 1st Quarter 2014 Tolomatic’s stainless steel ERD electric cylinders are ideal for food and beverage processing equipment in caustic washdown environments where corrosion resistance, ingress protection and hygienic design ...
Pin gear drive units 1st Quarter 2014, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG BMG’s comprehensive range of Tsubaki power transmission components now includes pin gear drive units that replace conventional gear rack systems. “The new Tsubaki standard steel series and the stainless ...
Novel motion control architecture for plastic bag machine 4th Quarter 2013, ABB South Africa, Industrial Automation Two plastic bag machine support specialists have cooperated to launch a machine offering new levels of programmability and bag production flexibility. Based on ABB’s Ethernet Powerlink compatible motion ...
BMG represents Falk V-Class 4th Quarter 2013, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG BMG Drives has been appointed to exclusively represent the Falk V-Class range of industrial gear units in sub-Saharan Africa.
Small but perfectly formed controller 4th Quarter 2013, Festo Festo’s compact mechatronic CECC controller is the first mini controller with IO-Link master and CoDeSys V3. It reduces installation times, simplifies programming and enables fast and cost-effective control ...
A compact current vector drive 4th Quarter 2013
Motor control specialist, Varispeed has a complete range of automation products that control, monitor and regulate the speed of standard AC motors and can offer solutions to all VSD and motion control ...
