Accurate current measurement 4th Quarter 2009, Denver Technical Products For accurate current measurement, ProSys has produced a range of high performance flexible current probes based on Rogowski technology.
The complete probe consists of measuring head, (Rogowski coil), ...
End-to-end safety 4th Quarter 2009, Turck Banner Southern Africa New low-profile models of Banner Engineering Corp’s EZ-SCREEN family of safety light screens have been introduced. These are ideal for safeguarding smaller machines or even large power presses. The first ...
G.Gun decreases dribble 4th Quarter 2009 The original G.Gun grease gun, which has been manufactured in South Africa for the last 20 years, has been improved by the addition of a new patented pressure return valve that significantly reduces grease ...
How the white lines appear on our roads 3rd Quarter 2009, Vepac Electronics There are over 200 000 km in Germany alone covered with roadmarkings. And Wachendorff encoders are the ones to ensure their precise application.
White lines at the edge of the road or in the centre of ...
Stem seals benefit heavies 3rd Quarter 2009 Valve stem seals are devices engineered to allow a small amount of oil to pass through their lips to lubricate the valve stem/valve guide interface of a combustion engine. SKF’s range of valve stem ...
Robot brain deduces physical laws 3rd Quarter 2009 A robotic breakthrough may aid the discovery of new scientific truths that have until now eluded detection.
Reporting in the 3 April, 2009, issue of Science, Cornell University Mechanical Engineering ...
Condition monitoring 3rd Quarter 2009, Beckhoff Automation An integral part of PC-based control. Condition monitoring functions can be integrated simply and cost-effectively into the EtherCAT I/O system from Beckhoff using the EL3632 EtherCAT Terminal.
For ...
NI's new suite for condition monitoring 3rd Quarter 2009 A new portable bus-powered dynamic signal acquisition module and a suite of vibration sensors that can be used for machine condition monitoring applications have been released by National Instruments.
The ...
Safety 3rd Quarter 2009, Rockwell Automation The industrial manufacturing environment is constantly evolving – driven by the need to achieve a competitive edge.
Derek Jones, manager safety business development, Rockwell Automation, discusses the ...
Rugged draw-wire sensor 3rd Quarter 2009, Associated Technology Draw-wire sensors are used in the Ariane rocket launcher. Once a satellite has reached a safe distance from the spacecraft during deployment, the wire sensor is responsible for supplying the triggering ...
Grease guns for Africa 3rd Quarter 2009 Genflex has recently placed an order for 900 foot-operated grease guns from a major manufacturer of grease equipment. The manufacturer has modified its foot-operated gun to improve operation. The competitively-priced ...
Fail-safe PC-based software controller 3rd Quarter 2009, Siemens South Africa The Siemens Industry Automation Division has developed a fail-safe software controller for PC-based automation. For the first time, safety-related tasks can be performed via PC using Siemens’ technology. ...
Force sensor for robots 2nd Quarter 2009 An innovative and low-cost robust force sensor has been developed, which helps add sensitivity to the robots in case of collisions
Kübler's revolutionary technology 2nd Quarter 2009, Turck Banner Southern Africa Encoder innovator Kübler has introduced what it claims is the first optical multiturn encoder without gears and with 100% magnetic insensitivity.
The new encoder technology, developed with the Kübler ...
Tough nuts to crack 2nd Quarter 2009, Turck Banner Southern Africa Although construction and agricultural machines, trucks and buses look like big bruisers from the outside, they are really high-tech products on wheels. Thanks to electronic control units their control ...
Flat film measurement 2nd Quarter 2009, Associated Technology For thickness measurement on extruded or rolled film in plastics and rubber, the series FILMCONTROL 8100 is available with various measurement technologies. It is based on the principle of combination ...
