Airborne particle counter
29 September, 2009 | Particle & Surface Sciences Pty Ltd
The Lighthouse Solair 1001+ airborne particle counter offers a sensitivity of 0.1 µm with a flow rate of 0.01 CFM (0.283 LPM) and a wide dynamic range up to 20 µm.
FPGA capabilities for distributed I/O
29 September, 2009 | National Instruments Aust Pty Ltd
National Instruments has announced new FPGA capabilities for the NI 9144 expansion chassis. By downloading the NI-Industrial Communications for EtherCAT 1.1 driver from ni.com, engineers and scientists can now run LabVIEW FPGA code directly on the NI 9144 chassis to execute custom triggering, inline processing and control within an application.
Drum tipper
29 September, 2009 | Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited
The Tip-Tite drum tipper from Flexicon seals drums against a discharge cone, tips the drum, mates the cone against a gasketted connection and discharges bulk material dust free through a slide gate valve. The tipper accommodates drums from 114 to 208 litres.
Temperature transmitters
29 September, 2009 | AMS Instrumentation & Calibration Pty Ltd
Noshok’s 850 series electronic indicating temperature switch/transmitter utilises PT100 technology to provide continuous temperature monitoring, electronic temperature switching and 4-20 mA analog output while providing local digital indication.
Small object counter
29 September, 2009 | Micromax Pty Ltd
Banner Engineering has introduced the D10 Expert Small Object Counter, designed for high-performance, small object counting to solve a variety of applications, including: pharmaceutical pill, tablet and gel cap counting; agricultural seed counting; process verification; and verifying product flow from the nozzle of a chute.
Insertion DP flowmeter
29 September, 2009 | ECEFast
Using an aerofoil profile sensor to generate a differential pressure, the Wellbar flow sensor is suitable for a wide range of gases and liquids. The sensor is positioned across the flow and has multiple drilling points so that an average differential pressure is generated on the sensor ports.
RTU security enhancements
29 September, 2009 | Ovarro
Semaphore has introduced security enhancements for its T-Box line of SCADA system RTU products. HTTPS and IEEE 802.1X are now available with a T-Box MS Modular System, when equipped with a 32-bit CPU.
Sound level meters
29 September, 2009 | Acoustic Research Laboratories Pty Ltd
The Rion NL series of sound level meters are designed to conduct a range of measurements, including spot checks around areas of potentially high noise levels such as production plants, construction areas and air conditioning.
Motor and drive evaluation software
29 September, 2009 | Baldor Australia Pty Ltd
Baldor has released a software estimating tool that enables users to evaluate the energy efficiency of electric motors and variable speed drives. Known as BE$T, the Baldor Energy Savings Tool can be downloaded free of charge from the company’s website.
Video recorder for SCADA HMI
29 September, 2009 | Telvent Australia Pty Ltd
Longwatch has announced the Operator’s Console Recorder, a software module that automatically records images being shown on multiple HMI or SCADA operator’s displays.
Motion control development system
29 September, 2009 | National Instruments Aust Pty Ltd
National Instruments has announced the LabVIEW NI SoftMotion Module, which simplifies the development of advanced single- and multi-axis motion applications, and new NI C Series modules, which expand the connectivity of the NI CompactRIO programmable automation controller (PAC) platform to hundreds of servo and stepper drives.
T-connector for vacuum switches
29 September, 2009 | PIAB Vacuum Technologies
The T-connector is an IP65 classified pre-wired connector where two or more electro-mechanical switches, VS4128, are serially connected to provide one common output.
Ethernet switch upgrade
29 September, 2009 | Rockwell Automation Australia
Rockwell Automation has upgraded its Allen-Bradley Stratix 8000 modular managed industrial ethernet switch line with features that include the implementation of Resilient Ethernet Protocol (REP), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) per port and the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) Sync Time Protocol.
3D image sensor
29 September, 2009 | ifm efector pty ltd
The 3D Image Sensor from ifm efector evaluates size, shape and volume in material handling applications. An integrated 64 x 48 pixel array - in which each pixel represents a time of flight measurement - defines the field of view for the sensor.
Safety switches
29 September, 2009 | Rockwell Automation Australia
The Allen-Bradley Guardmaster 440P range of safety limit switches comprises 14 models and features a 2 m pre-terminated side- or bottom-entry cable and a rugged, compact 22 mm metal housing.
