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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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New transmission ­solutions from CMG
2nd Quarter 2013
CMG Electric Motors has added a wide range of flexible transmission solutions to its product portfolio.

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Bonfiglioli invests in renewable ­energy
2nd Quarter 2013
Bonfiglioli has invested heavily in the development of new products, services and solutions for photovoltaic energy conversion and this has consolidated its standing as a gigawatt player.

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SEW-Eurodrive puts drive into platinum
2nd Quarter 2013, SEW-EURODRIVE
SEW-Eurodrive products are being applied to all facets of mining, ranging from industrial gears that drive a mine’s conveyor system to the geared motors behind the mine’s processing plant.

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Siemens sets world’s largest giant wheel in motion
2nd Quarter 2013, Siemens South Africa
At the beginning of January, the world’s largest transportable giant wheel was erected in Munich and is shortly due to be shipped by sea to its destination in Mexico. The R80XL, a giant rising 80 metres ...

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Highest performance in the smallest size
2nd Quarter 2013, Horne Technologies
Two extremely compact new brushless DC servomotors from Faulhaber, the 0824 … B and 1028 … B, combine power, robustness and high resolution feedback in a unique way. The innovative drive concept underlines ...

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Encoders for heavy duty environments
2nd Quarter 2013, ATI Systems
Drive-CLiQ is Siemens’ new communication protocol for motor feedback in a Sinamics drive system. It is an Ethernet based interface for connection of different kinds of components, like motors, frequency ...

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Integrated communication for flexible automation
2nd Quarter 2013, Horne Technologies
With the new CANopen interface, Faulhaber has now made its complete motion control product range compatible with the preferred fieldbus for multi-axis applications in automation technology. In addition ...

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Powerful motor for heavy duty applications
2nd Quarter 2013, DNH Technologies
Maxon’s new, electronically commutated EC-4pole 32 HD motor has all the features of the award-winning EC 22 HD 22 mm heavy duty motor. This larger, more powerful version is designed for extremely rough ...

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Intelligent linear ­actuator
2nd Quarter 2013, Festo
Festo has introduced an intelligent linear actuator for the process automation industry, the DFPI series. Based on the successful DLP range of actuators, the patented DFPI technology combines the functions ...

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Meet Bonfiglioli at Power & Electricity World
1 March 2013
The Bonfiglioli Group has been in operation since 1956 and has been producing complete photovoltaic inverter solutions for industrial and renewable energy applications worldwide since 2006.

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Control Techniques launches Unidrive M dedicated to manufacturing automation
1st Quarter 2013, Nidec Industrial Automation Southern Africa
SPS Nuremburg November 2012 saw Control Techniques launch its much awaited Unidrive M series, a groundbreaking new family of drives tailored specifically to the needs of manufacturing automation customers and machine builders.

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Parker Hannifin fittings for world's longest tunnel borer
1st Quarter 2013, Parker Hannifin - Sales Company South Africa
Herrenknecht fits EO2-Form fittings not only in the hydraulic circuits but also on the tubing with which railings are built onto the machine.

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Compact motor starter
1st Quarter 2013, Siemens South Africa
Siemens Industry Automation Division has added the compact Sirius 3RM1 motor starter to its switching technology portfolio. The module has been designed as both a direct-on-line starter and a reversing ...

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Energy savings at Mozambique sugar mill
1st Quarter 2013, WEG Africa
Zest WEG Group recently commissioned an installation at a sugar mill in Mozambique that not only led to robust improvements in centrifuge performance, but also achieved significant energy savings. The ...

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Voith walks the torque
1st Quarter 2013
Voith manufactures and supplies a range of compact and robust torque converters ideally suited for motors that are sensitive to power absorption and high-speed applications. “These hydrodynamic torque ...

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