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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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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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