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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 ...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Absolute encoders from SICK
1st Quarter 2014, SICK Automation Southern Africa
A benchmark in the 36 mm class.

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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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