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No adaptor required
3rd Quarter 2014
Bearings International’s new Motodrive range of inline helical and shaft mounted helical gear motors with a direct dedicated standard IEC fitment is footprint interchangeable with other European brands ...

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Variolution – an innovative new solution
3rd Quarter 2014, SEW-EURODRIVE
Variolution is an innovative new concept from SEW-Eurodrive that helps customers get more bang for their buck by drawing on their strengths developed through repeated business in their industries. Variolution ...

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Over a million electronic parking brakes a year
3rd Quarter 2014, Beckhoff Automation
Conventional hand brakes in cars are increasingly being replaced by electronic parking brakes (EPB). These automatically apply the brake during parking and release it during hill starts while adjusting ...

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The re-invented high-bay warehouse
2nd Quarter 2014, Beckhoff Automation
Beckhoff’s TwinCAT 3 unites PC control and science for simplified cable robot operation.

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Festo’s CPX platform supports smart factories
2nd Quarter 2014, Festo
The concept of integrated industry is starting to grow and was the main theme of the 2014 Hanover Fair.

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Potato boom for local supplier
2nd Quarter 2014, SEW-EURODRIVE
More than 1000 SEW-Eurodrive geared motors are currently operational in the local potato and onion farming industry.

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Driving simulator for race cars
2nd Quarter 2014, MOOG
Moog Industrial Group recently designed and delivered a high performance driving simulator for race car test and simulation for leading race car manufacturer, Dallara.

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Drive systems for offshore support vessels
2nd Quarter 2014
Modular liquid-cooled drives and PLCs from ABB have been included in Vard Electro’s innovative, application-specific propulsion and thruster power solutions for offshore supply vessels.

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More competitive gearboxes
2nd Quarter 2014, Bonfiglioli
The Bonfiglioli heavy duty parallel and bevel helical gearboxes HDP and HDO are now more competitive thanks to the incoming new 125 size. HDP 125 and HDO 125 are available in 2, 3 and 4 stages, with a ...

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Variable speed planetary gear
2nd Quarter 2014
Voith’s new Vorecon variable speed planetary gear is winning over customers in the oil and gas industry worldwide. Ten Vorecons with dual torque converter have already been sold to American pipeline and ...

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High performance drives
2nd Quarter 2014, Varispeed (Div. of Hudaco Trading)
Yaskawa drives have earned a reputation for high performance, high functionality and high quality and the J1000 is no exception. Designed with quality, reduced cost of ownership and maintainability in ...

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Actuators in aviation
2nd Quarter 2014, DNH Technologies
In the aviation industry a wide range of applications are controlled by actuators. For example they are used to control and limit velocity and engine speed by adjusting levers and flaps. It is important ...

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Electric cylinder reduces CO2 emissions
2nd Quarter 2014, SKF South Africa
SKF’s CASM electric cylinder reduces CO2 emissions in a wide range of industrial applications. In a study in India, an SKF customer replaced hydraulic lifts in a textile printing machine with two SKF ...

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Smart relay protects high value motors
2nd Quarter 2014, Zest WEG Group 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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