New operator panel for frequency inverters 2nd Quarter 2010, Siemens South Africa With the Sinamics BOP-2 (basic operator panel) the Siemens Drive Technologies Division has brought a new version of its operator panel on the market. The clear menu structure and the two-line display ...
System tests hybrid vehicle batteries 2nd Quarter 2010 Sakor Technologies, a leader in hybrid vehicle drivetrain testing, has introduced the Hybrid Vehicle Battery Test System for high-voltage battery testing. The energy efficient system can perform all types ...
LS MV drives 200-11 000 kVA 1st Quarter 2010, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA), Ana-Digi Systems LS Industrial Systems has launched the LS MV range of medium voltage drives in South Africa catering for the voltage range 3,3 kV–10 kV.
The LS MV medium voltage (MV) drive is a high performance open ...
Drive supports Bluetooth 1st Quarter 2010, Schneider Electric South Africa Building on the success of the Altivar 31, global specialist in energy management Schneider Electric has introduced the Altivar 312 drive.
Compact in size, the 312 replaces the Altivar 31 model and ...
Success spurs preferred partnership 1st Quarter 2010 Cape-based Hidro-Tech Systems offers turnkey liquid transfer solutions in the Cape’s hotly contested field of water and wastewater projects.
The company focus is on water supply projects, waste-water ...
More configurability - less complexity 1st Quarter 2010, Tectra Automation Tectra Automation, sole distributor of Bosch Rexroth pneumatic products in southern Africa, has added the new IndraDrive Cs to its product offering. The drives feature newly developed multiple Ethernet ...
SAFPA schedules scheme launch 1st Quarter 2010, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) The South African Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) has announced that it will be unveiling the SAFPA Hose Assembly Certification and Accreditation Scheme in a public forum on 16 March, 2010 at Birchwood ...
E-Lilly boosts winder safety 4th Quarter 2009, Schneider Electric South Africa “This (Lilly) controller not only guards against overspeed, but imposes the more rigorous control required when riding men and also trips in the event of overwind.”
Thus reads an extract from an article ...
Festo freeze frame 4th Quarter 2009, Festo South African photographer Paul Godard and Festo are prototyping a dolly cart to automate time-lapse photographic sequences that incorporate a dynamic vantage point.
The project involves the development ...
Sauer-Danfoss adds PLUS+1 inverter 4th Quarter 2009 The new PLUS+1 Inverter MI06 from Sauer-Danfoss is the first in a complete range of products designed to improve the efficiency and drive performance of AC motors.
The new inverter series brings improved ...
Drives of the future 4th Quarter 2009 Varispeed has introduced Yaskawa’s A1000 top-of-the-range drive, designed for flexibility, reliability and energy efficient power transfer. Incorporating tomorrow’s technology today, the A1000 is one ...
Safe starts and stops 3rd Quarter 2009 The start and stop profiles built into AuCom’s MVS soft starter have been designed to prevent the harmful effects of potentially dangerous hydraulic transients
Dashing drives shape Sprinter 3rd Quarter 2009, Nidec Industrial Automation Southern Africa More than 800 AC drives have been installed in the new 'Sprinter' production facility in DaimlerChrysler’s Ludwigsfelde plant, near Berlin.
All drives above 1,1 kW used in the new factory were supplied ...
Microcontrollers delight designers 3rd Quarter 2009 Advances in off-road vehicle control.
New microcontrollers offer additional key features to extend the Sauer-Danfoss PLUS+1 family of vehicle control solutions.
The recent release of the Sauer-Danfoss ...
Pairing up motor and drive 3rd Quarter 2009 Bonfiglioli’s servo solutions.
Combining Bonfiglioli’s BTD or BCR servomotors with Active Cube Series frequency converters provides a well-matched drive solution since the mathematical model of the motor ...
Fault protection uses fibre-optics 3rd Quarter 2009 Electrical engineering specialist Moeller has been developing new products to meet the requirements of engineers working towards increased wind turbine generator outputs.
In the field of arc fault protection ...
Schneider emulates Hydra 3rd Quarter 2009, Schneider Electric South Africa Control and signalling component leader Schneider Electric has introduced multiple-headed spring return pushbuttons within its Harmony XB4 metal and Harmony XB5 plastic ranges.
The new double and triple-headed ...
Integrated linear actuator and drive 3rd Quarter 2009 Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions has introduced the MotoDrive PDE Captive Linear Actuator. The MotoDrive comes with an integrated chopper drive forming a compact system for precision motion control applications. ...
Mechatronic modules position precisely 3rd Quarter 2009, Tectra Automation Two new eLine Compact Modules have been added to Bosch Rexroth’s range of cost-effective pre-assembled linear solutions.
The eCKK is fitted with an eLINE ball screw and the eCKR with toothed belt drive. ...
