Prototyping hardware
18 May, 2009 | National Instruments Aust Pty Ltd
National Instruments has announced a suite of prototyping hardware that makes it possible for engineers and scientists to prototype industrial and embedded projects faster, reduce time to market and lower development costs. The five NI CompactRIO reconfigurable chassis feature a Xilinx Virtex-5 field-programmable gate array (FPGA). Additionally, the NI cRIO-9022 controller features a Freescale 533 MHz industrial real-time processor that delivers faster real-time processing for time-critical control applications.
Food temperature measuring system
18 May, 2009 | OneTemp Pty Ltd
The Datapaq Food Tracker profiling system is a multi-channel method of measuring the actual product and ambient temperature throughout cook, fry and chill processes.
Drive
18 May, 2009 | Rockwell Automation Australia
Representing the first drive from the Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 750 series, the PowerFlex 755 AC drive is available in power ranges from 7.5 to 250 kW at 400/480 VAC and 540/650 VDC input. It supports multiple languages, meets global standards and certifications, and is suitable for many industries, including manufacturing, food and beverage, water/wastewater, materials handling, metals, mining and automotive.
Integrated controller and touch screen
18 May, 2009 | Micromax Pty Ltd
The Unitronics Vision570 is an all-in-one compact controller with a colour touch screen, full PLC functionality, onboard I/O options and built-in recipe capability.
ERP software
18 May, 2009 | Cincom Systems of Australia Pty Ltd
Cincom Systems have released a new version of its Priority enterprise resource planning (ERP) software — Priority 13 —.
Compressor power saving
18 May, 2009 | Hitachi Global Air Power
Champion Compressors has launched its ‘PowerSave Options’ suite — a selection of energy-saving systems that can be factory fitted to any compressor in the company’s range. PowerSave Options allows users to customise their air compressor with specific energy-saving features best suited to their application. Incorporating a selection of air-filtration and heat-recovery systems, as well as various air-end and drive configurations, PowerSave Options provides industry with better energy-saving choice and flexibility.
Switchmode power supplies
18 May, 2009 | Weidmuller Pty Ltd
The PRO-M range of switchmode power supplies offers space saving of up to 50% and no ventilation gap is required between multiple units, so that the PRO-M will squeeze into tight switchboards or machines.
SCADA RTU with DNP3 authentication
18 May, 2009 | Ovarro
Semaphore has announced first shipments of Kingfisher SCADA system RTU products with Secure DNP3 Authentication.
3D printers
18 May, 2009 | XYZ Innovation Pty Ltd
XYZ Innovation is now offering Objet’s first multi-material 3D printer, the Connex500, as well as Objet’s desktop 3D printer, the Alaris30.
Extended bearing distance gearboxes
18 May, 2009 | SEW-Eurodrive Pty Ltd
SEW-Eurodrive has introduced a family of locally assembled gear units. Featuring an extended bearing distance (EBD), the EBD MC Compact series helical and helical-bevel gear units have been engineered to absorb the high bending moments and axial forces that occur in mixer and agitator applications. The EBD MC Compact range is fully assembled in Australia, ensuring SEW-Eurodrive can provide fast turnaround on complete gear-unit packages.
SCADA for electrical distribution
18 May, 2009 | GE Intelligent Platforms
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has announced the availability of iPower 5.0 with its DNP3 driver providing a vertical industry solution for electrical transmission and distribution utilities. iPower reduces the cost of implementing, supporting and operating a SCADA system and increases operational efficiency by providing a secure, consistent and intuitive interface for operators.
Magneto-resistive encoder
18 May, 2009 | M Rutty & Co Pty Ltd
The MR2 magneto-resistive encoder is designed as a positioning and speed control solution for medical, security and access, industrial automation and electronics assembly related applications. For machine builders in these industries, a system design can be implemented with a lower line count of 128 lines for first-generation products and upgraded to a higher resolution line count of 512 lines for future-generation products, without any motor-encoder assembly change.
Wonderware SCADA software
11 May, 2009 | Wonderware Australia
Wonderware System Platform 3.1 and InTouch 10.1 introduce distributed SCADA, scalability and user productivity enhancements to the Wonderware core software platform and their flagship visualisation HMI offerings.
Travelling band screens
11 May, 2009 | EIMCO Water Technologies Pty Ltd
Brackett Green travelling band screens are designed to meet the expanding need for fine screening to capture solids that either clog conventional screens or bypass them entirely. Advanced fine screening technology for water intakes can extend the lifespan and reduce the maintenance of industrial, infrastructure, energy and resources plants.
Schneider Electric MES software
11 May, 2009 | Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric has released Ampla v4.1, manufacturing execution system (MES) software, which delivers a sustainable technical platform with functionality that significantly reduces the costs of implementation and maintenance for MES.
