Hytec’s largest sea vessel project ever 4th Quarter 2017, Hytec South Africa, Hydraulic systems & components In its biggest sea vessel project ever undertaken, Hytec successfully designed, manufactured, installed and commissioned all hydraulics for three systems on board the most technologically advanced marine diamond sampling and exploration vessel in the world for its client De Beers Marine.
Rotating and turning 4th Quarter 2017, LAPP Southern Africa, Robotics & Mechatronics The most important difference between robot cables and conventional moving cables is that the former have to withstand both bending and torsion over their entire service life, and in development they are designed fundamentally differently to a power chain cable, for example.
Precious cases 4th Quarter 2017, Siemens South Africa, Electrical switching & drive systems & components Manufacture of luxury packaging with servo and control technology from Siemens.
Drive solutions for anaesthesia 4th Quarter 2017, Horne Technologies, Electrical switching & drive systems & components There are many experiences we would happily do without. Operations under general anaesthetic are definitely one of them. Anaesthesia and ventilation systems are a critical part, and perfectly tuned drive ...
A revolution in automation 3rd Quarter 2017, Festo, Pneumatic systems & components All this is made possible by the latest developments in piezo technology and associated software. Just as the smartphone turned the mobile communication market on its head a decade ago, so too Festo’s ...
Siemens software for high performance bikes 3rd Quarter 2017, Siemens South Africa, Electrical switching & drive systems & components Bike manufacturer develops high performance bikes with Solid Edge from Siemens PLM Software.
Drives and motors in automotive test rigs 3rd Quarter 2017, Nidec Industrial Automation Southern Africa, Electrical switching & drive systems & components Regenerative drives are also often used, so that the drive is able to regenerate electric power when the motor is absorbing energy or providing a load, returning this energy to the supply and reducing ...
NASA relies on maxon technology 3rd Quarter 2017, DNH Technologies, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, Robotics & Mechatronics Swiss drive specialist, maxon motor will supply several drives specifically developed for the task to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is building the Mars 2020 rover for NASA.
The maxon drives are ...
Innovation goes hand in hand 3rd Quarter 2017, Horne Technologies, Robotics & Mechatronics To make daily life easier, the British company Steeper has developed the bebionic myoelectric hand prosthesis. This is controlled by myoelectric signals generated from muscle contractions in the arm, ...
Easy plant automation with Contactless Energy Transfer 3rd Quarter 2017, SEW-EURODRIVE, Electrical switching & drive systems & components SEW-Eurodrive’s Movitrans Contactless Energy Transfer system is based on inductive energy transfer, whereby electrical energy is transferred without contact from a fixed conductor. The electromagnetic ...
Mobility of the future 3rd Quarter 2017, Horne Technologies, Electrical switching & drive systems & components In celebration of its 100th anniversary, the BMW Group commissioned the development of the Iconic Impulses exhibition, which looks ahead to the future: ‘What will mobility look like in the next 100 years? ...
XTS drives toothbrush packaging line 3rd Quarter 2017, Beckhoff Automation, Electrical switching & drive systems & components Koch Pac-Systeme in Pfalzgrafenweiler, Germany, is a specialist in customer-specific blister packaging machines and systems and has again proven its expertise with an innovative and complex new packaging ...
Innovation for mechanical engineering 2nd Quarter 2017, Beckhoff Automation Beckhoff’s eXtended Transport System (XTS) has found its way into numerous new machines supporting the development of innovative automation concepts in a diversity of forms, from simple to highly complex.
A new chapter for hydraulics 2nd Quarter 2017, Hydraulic systems & components A new groundbreaking technology could change the face of hydraulics – digital displacement technology (DDT).
From the President’s desk: SAFPA reaches out with new qualifications 2nd Quarter 2017, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA SAFPA’s training initiative to develop properly accredited fluid power qualifications for the industry has made significant progress. Motion Control’s editor recently paid a visit to the training service ...
Nanoscale hydraulics 1st Quarter 2017, Hydraulic systems & components Motion Control’s editor caught up with UC Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ashlie Martini, to find out more about the Simulation, Rheology and Efficiency of Polymer Enhanced Solutions project.
Mechanical drives in a nutshell 1st Quarter 2017, Siemens South Africa, Electrical switching & drive systems & components The editors of Motion Control and SA Instrumentation & Control recently paid a visit to the Mechanical Drives factory in Isando, Johannesburg to find out how Mechanical Drives fits into the greater Siemens picture.
Hydraulics lifts the stage at U2 concert 1st Quarter 2017, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG, Hydraulic systems & components Together with Enerpac, Stageco developed a unique system based on Enerpac’s synchronous lift system to raise the modular construction to a height of 30 metres quickly and safely.
