Harmonic Drive gears
17 August, 2010 | Acrodyne Pty Ltd
The Harmonic Drive operating principle allows high reduction ratios with concentric shafts and with no backlash and vibration. It is based on a simple construction comprising three components: Wave Generator, Flexispline, and Circular Spline.
Dwyer Series VPI rotary valve position indicators
17 August, 2010 | Dwyer Omega (Aust) Pty Ltd
Series VPI rotary valve position indicators are compact yet rugged for confined and severe locations. They are designed to offer visual position indication as well as two internal limit switches. The spring-loaded splined cams require no tools for adjustment. The NEMA 6 (IP67) rating ensures protection against the ingress of liquid and debris.
Omron CJ2M family of PLC CPUs
17 August, 2010 | Omron Electronics Pty Ltd
Omron recently released its CJ2M family of PLC CPUs. Evolving from the CJ1M family, the CJ2M improves performance, features and functionality. Smaller models allow an affordable entry into advanced automation, while models at the high end enable scalable solutions.
Adlink Technology EOS-1000 PoE vision system
17 August, 2010 | Micromax Pty Ltd
The EOS-1000 by Adlink Technology is a compact vision system based on the Intel Core2 Duo P8400 processor. Providing four independent PoE ports with data transfer rates up to 4 Gbps, the EOS-1000 is suitable for applications such as 3D vision robotic guidance.
Dwyer Series DM-1200 DigiMag digital DP and airflow gauge
17 August, 2010 | Dwyer Omega (Aust) Pty Ltd
The Series DM-1200 DigiMag digital differential pressure and airflow gauge is designed to take the place of analog mechanical pressure gauges used for pressure or airflow. The DigiMag digital gauges have the ability to be field-programmed to select pressure, air velocity or flow operations. They also have an added feature for filter applications where a setpoint can be input. When the filter is dirty, the display will blink to alert the user that maintenance is required.
Leuze electronic 2 Series miniature photoelectric sensors
17 August, 2010 | Balluff Pty Ltd
Measuring 23.1 x 12 x 8 mm, the 2 Series photoelectric sensors from Leuze electronic are smaller than a matchbox. At the same time, these throughbeam and retroreflective photoelectric sensors, and diffuse reflection light scanners offer ranges of up to 2 m.
HMS Anybus Communicator with DF1 protocol
17 August, 2010 | Global Automation Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd
The Anybus Communicator from HMS now provides easy fieldbus and industrial ethernet connectivity for industrial devices that have a Rockwell Automation/Allen Bradley DF1 protocol interface. Almost any DF1 supported device can now be connected to all major industrial networks and PLC systems.
Leuze electronic LRS 36 and LPS 36 light-section profile sensors
17 August, 2010 | Balluff Pty Ltd
The LRS 36 and LPS 36 light-section profile sensors from Leuze electronic are designed for economical object detection over long measurement ranges from 200 to 800 mm. The transmitters and receivers are contained in one easy-to-install unit with a compact but robust housing design.
SMC Pneumatics Series VXK process valve with built-in filter
12 August, 2010 | SMC Australia | New Zealand
The Series VXK process valve with built-in filter is designed to improve valve performance and to stop leakage. The unit’s integral stainless steel 100 mesh filter unit effectively removes most foreign matter in the circulating fluids thereby protecting downstream equipment as well as ensuring longer valve life.
SMC Pneumatics CP96 profile and C96 tie-rod design cylinders
12 August, 2010 | SMC Australia | New Zealand
Designed to meet the latest ISO 15552 standard, the CP96 profile and C96 tie-rod design cylinders are available in up to 125 mm bore with stocked standard strokes from 25 up to 800 mm in both designs. Non-standard strokes up to 2000 mm and made-to-order specials are locally manufactured in Australia.
SMC Pneumatics ZP2V suction valve units
12 August, 2010 | SMC Australia | New Zealand
ZP2V suction valve units are used where multiple suction cups are run off a single vacuum source. They are used to help prevent excessive vacuum leakage through the suction cups that do not correctly seat on a work piece.
Noshok needle and manifold valves with ZnNi plating
12 August, 2010 | AMS Instrumentation & Calibration Pty Ltd
Noshok valves are now available with zinc nickel (ZnNi) plating, achieving greatly improved resistance to corrosion in salt spray (fog) corrosion tests. All Noshok needle and manifold valves will now utilise this material as standard plating to withstand and endure harsh corrosive environments.
National Instruments CompactDAQ modular data acquisition system
12 August, 2010 | National Instruments Aust Pty Ltd
The ethernet-based NI CompactDAQ modular data acquisition system is designed to combine the ease of use and low cost of a data logger with the performance and flexibility of modular instrumentation. The NI cDAQ-9188 chassis is designed to hold eight I/O modules for measuring up to 256 channels of electrical, physical, mechanical or acoustic signals in a small (25 x 9 x 9 cm), rugged form factor. With more than 50 different hot-swappable I/O modules to choose from, engineers and scientists can build high-speed measurement systems using standard gigabit ethernet infrastructure. In addition, NI CompactDAQ offers simplified initial set-up with zero configuration networking technology and a built-in, web-based configuration and monitoring utility.
Endress+Hauser Promass E Coriolis flowmeter
12 August, 2010 | Endress+Hauser Australia Pty Ltd
Endress+Hauser’s Promass E is a Coriolis flowmeter with true 2-wire technology. Most 2-wire Coriolis meters are limited to using only 12-20 mA due to their power requirements, whereas the Promass E offers the full output range of 4-20 mA, thereby offering twice the resolution and accuracy.
National Instruments LabVIEW 2010
06 August, 2010 | National Instruments Aust Pty Ltd
National Instruments has announced LabVIEW 2010, the latest version of its graphical programming environment for design, test, measurement and control applications.