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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 ...

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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 ...

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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.

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A new electric cylinder
4th Quarter 2013, SEW-EURODRIVE
SEW-Eurodrive launches its first electric cylinder.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Locally manufactured variable speed drive
4th Quarter 2013, WEG Africa
The Zest WEG Group has successfully manufactured, delivered, installed and commissioned its first locally manufactured new generation modular variable speed drive (VSD). The CF11-M VSD – 750 kW, 1600 ...

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Three-phase motors with VSDs
4th Quarter 2013, WEG Africa
Single-phase motors are typically used on farms, office buildings and residential applications where low output power is required and no three-phase system is available. However, with the ongoing improvements ...

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Uncompromised MV technology
3rd Quarter 2013, Schneider Electric South Africa
Schneider Electric’s Altivar 1200 medium voltage drive system is designed for high ­reliability, ease of use and excellent performance.

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High performance linear actuator
1 August 2013
Yale Engineering Products, part of the worldwide CMCO group of companies, supplies, services and supports the Pfaff Silberblau range of linear actuators and mechanical screw jacks throughout South Africa ...

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SEW-Eurodrive appointments
3rd Quarter 2013, SEW-EURODRIVE
                    

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Flying with Siemens
3rd Quarter 2013, Siemens South Africa
At the Parisian Le Bourget air show, Siemens, EADS and Diamond Aircraft showcased the next generation DA36 E-Star with a serial-hybrid electric drive. This drive concept enables quiet electric takeoff ...

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Self-contained linear drive with fail-safe function
3rd Quarter 2013
Advanced control of turbines.

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SEW-Eurodrive expands its reach
3rd Quarter 2013, SEW-EURODRIVE
Drive engineering company SEW-Eurodrive has gained substantial market share in the southern African conveying industry through its range of locally manufactured X Series helical and helical-bevel gear ...

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Planetary gearbox with impressive reliability
3rd Quarter 2013
In a 2013 survey, Voith’s Vorecon variable speed planetary gearbox was found to have an impressive availability of 99,98%. The mean time between failures (MTBF) of the Vorecon is an impressive 48 years, ...

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First car ferry powered by electric drive
3rd Quarter 2013, Siemens South Africa
Siemens has developed the world‘s first electrically-powered car ferry together with the Norwegian shipyard Fjellstrand. The 80 metre vessel can carry 120 cars and 360 passengers. From 2015 onward, it ...

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Drives for lifts
3rd Quarter 2013
Varispeed supplies prestigious Yaskawa mechatronic products for mechanical engineering applications and industrial automation. Globally, about 150 000 lifts are driven by Yaskawa synchronous motors every ...

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A new bearing slide range
3rd Quarter 2013, Tectra Automation
Tectra Automation has become the first official distributor of Accuride International’s complete range of industrial telescopic and linear ball-bearing slides in South Africa. With load handling capacities ...

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Efficiency through technology
2nd Quarter 2013, Hytec South Africa
Industries are changing the way in which they operate in order to become energy efficient and environmentally conscious while reducing operating costs and increasing productivity.

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China’s motion control market falls
2nd Quarter 2013
China’s market for motion control devices plunged by nearly 20% in 2012, as the country’s economic slowdown impacted multiple markets that use the devices, including appliances, automotive and housing.

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