Trends in motor design: energy efficient, compact, cost-engineered Third Quarter 2007, SEW-EURODRIVE Some of the trends that have been seen in drive engineering, and indeed in systems generally, revolve around energy efficiency, compact design and cost-engineered equipment that is easy and economic to ...
Inverter safe stop is Category 3 certified Third Quarter 2007, Motion Tronic The subject of safety is an increasingly hot topic in mechanical engineering. The Baumüller Group is playing its part in promoting developments in this area. The company's b maXX 4400 servo controllers ...
Liquid cools drives efficiently Third Quarter 2007, Pneumatic Electric Control Systems When faced with large power losses classical electric enclosure design requires extensive cooling of the panel using vents. The vent openings in the panel could potentially contaminate the electronic ...
Distributed frequency inverter for conveyors Third Quarter 2007, Siemens South Africa The Sinamics G120 series of inverters from Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) is being expanded with a distributed version with degree of protection IP65 for cabinet-less installation. The inverter allows ...
Module makes drive configuration child's play Third Quarter 2007, Pneumatic Electric Control Systems German manufacturer KEB has been manufacturing motion control components since 1972, and frequency inverter systems since the early 1980s. KEB drives are applied in automatic storage/retrieval machines ...
No uphill for incline conveyor drives Second Quarter 2007 Hansen Transmissions, a specialist in mechanical power transmission and drive solutions, was chosen to supply two incline Flexowell conveyor drives for a leading steel mill in South Africa.
Each drive ...
Drives do not require cabinets Second Quarter 2007 CHI offers a comprehensive range of Vacon variable speed drives available in sizes from 0,25 kW right up to 5 MW. Drive options include air cooled and liquid cooled, open and closed-loop control and chopper ...
Stepper competes with servo Second Quarter 2007, Festo South Africa Festo has launched a new range of freely-positionable stepper-motors that are an inexpensive alternative to EMMS-AS servomotors. These new 'servo light' electrical drives offer fully controllable motion, ...
New inverter has everything under control First Quarter 2007, SEW-Eurodrive Movidrive B offers a compatible, simple changeover to easier operation and yet more functions
Kollmorgen Seidel launches new range of servo motors First Quarter 2007, Stone Stamcor Kollmorgen Seidel launched its new range of servo motors. These motors can be driven by all of Danaher Motion's servo amplifiers. Seven flange sizes and a large number of winding options are available. ...
Easier route to multi-axis drive control First Quarter 2007, Pneumatic Electric Control Systems We take a look at some recent drives and drives control product developments from KEB, which could make life a lot easier for machine control systems integrators
Multi-axis drive applications like transfer ...
Rotary measuring system with magnetic rings from Kübler First Quarter 2007 The new magnetic rings RI20 from Kübler, combined with the proven LIMES sensor head, offer a particularly compact incremental rotary measuring system, ideal for installation areas where space is very ...
Tile manufacturer benefits from plug and work philosophy First Quarter 2007, Festo South Africa An international tile manufacturer has saved significant time and cost during planning and design of a mechanical means to automatically transport delicate tiles by entrusting the design and assembly ...
S700 digital drive: ready to face the future! First Quarter 2007, Stone Stamcor A new digital servo amplifier with a performance range up to 24 A offers Ethernet connection and additional safety options. Danaher Motion, the specialist in drive and control technology, expands its ...
Motor management for Ex areas First Quarter 2007, Phoenix Contact At only 62 mm wide, the ELR W3/9-500 MM unites an electronic reverse contactor combination with a motor protection trigger and three-phase active output monitoring for installations. The device is suitable ...
Siemens' motion control solutions for metal forming First Quarter 2007 At the Euroblech trade fair in Hanover, Germany, Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) presented comprehensive motion control solutions especially adapted for metal forming. With the software package Metal ...
SEW drives the sugar industry First Quarter 2007, SEW-Eurodrive The motion sequence requirements in the sugar industry are characterised by a wide range of extremely varied tasks. As systems suppliers and drive engineering specialists, SEW Eurodrive has taken upon ...
Machine intelligence drives motion control Fourth Quarter 2006, Schneider Electric South Africa The use of new materials and electronic computerised control systems makes even the most sophisticated heating, ventilation, airconditioning and other pumping and air movement equipment much easier ...
Innovative decentralised drive systems Fourth Quarter 2006, SEW-Eurodrive Drive engineering specialist, SEW Eurodrive, has for years been proving how compact and modular a decentralised system structure can be in a variety of applications. This has resulted in the development ...
