Heavy press manufacture and maintenance in demand Third Quarter 2004, Access Control & Identity Management When South Africa's national railway operator decided to standardise on 100 t(force) Power Team railway bearing presses 30 years ago, few would have expected that it would take 25 years before these units ...
Flying shear upgrade more than doubles output Third Quarter 2004, Tectra Automation Outdated equipment and the need for increased cutting accuracy at varying speeds have prompted the upgrade of a flying shear system at an automotive accessories plant, where the company manufactures exhaust ...
New generation of linear scales Third Quarter 2004, ATI Systems, Information Security The newly developed Laserscale, model BL55, is claimed to be the fastest high-resolution scale on the market today. The new design provides a combination of resolution, accuracy and speed that satisfies ...
Compact digital servo amplifiers Second Quarter 2004, Stone Stamcor Kollmorgen Seidel is now offering its new generation of fully digital servo amplifiers, the Servostar 300. Available from Stone-Stamcor, the device is smaller than its predecessor - effective use of space ...
Actuators for many applications Second Quarter 2004 Proportional control of pneumatic actuators is an area that SMC believes it has provided a solution for just about every application. Its proportional control instruments cover a range that includes linear ...
Eliminate stalling while maintaining optimum speed Second Quarter 2004, Axiom Hydraulics, Integrated Solutions, Infrastructure The cutting device may be a trenching chain, a drill, a grade trimming wheel or a saw. The feed could be a cylinder, a motor or a tractive drive. Typically, an operator will adjust the feed rate so that ...
Technology protecting a major printing investment Second Quarter 2004, Tectra Automation The Natal Witness Printing Company is relying on Tectra Automation, local distributor of Bosch Rexroth products and components, for support of its modern KBA Comet shaftless printing press, manufactured ...
Actuators featuring new integrated feedback system Second Quarter 2004 Norgren, supplied exclusively in South Africa by Ernest Lowe, has released a new integrated feedback system on its PSA/182000/F1 actuators.
The new position sensor on the PSA 182000 series provides ...
High-precision sound and vibration measurements July 2003, Maintenance, Test & Measurement, Calibration National Instruments is offering two new additions to the company's 34-bit sound and vibration measurement hardware family. The NI PXI-4472B device is a new version of the NI 4472 optimised for vibration ...
Basic through-beam/direct diffuse sensor amplifier July 2003, Sensors & Transducers The Telco PA09 low-cost remote sensor amplifier from Gail Norton Instrumentation is intended for applications such as elevator doors, etc. Designed for use with the LT transmitter and LR receiver from ...
Miniature slide switches July 2003, Operator Interfaces, Switches & Relays Knitter-Switch's series of miniature slide switches reduce PC board space requirements by 50% (1 or 2-pole versions require the same space). * MFP 1200/2200 sequence switches are available in one pole...
An easy solution for crane control July 2003, SEW-EURODRIVE, Motion Control & Drives A typical crane control application is the gantry crane. In this case, crane control can be used not only for the travel axes but also for the hoist axis.
The travel distance in the travel axis must ...
IT delivered COD March 2003, News + Events In a move that enables companies to lower their IT spend while preparing for growth, Sun Microsystems has announced the immediate availability of Capacity on Demand 2.0 (COD 2.0), a computing option that ...
