DC motors for the food industry
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: M Rutty & Co Pty Ltd
The BG65 motors from Dunkermotoren have smooth housings in order that machinery and facilities manufacturers working within the food and beverage industry are able to capitalise on the advantages of electronically commutated DC motors.
Linear axis
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Festo Pty Ltd
The EGC electric linear axis offers efficiency, maximum dynamic response and improved rigidity. The EGC electric linear axis is now available as a toothed belt drive or spindle drive. These new axes are easily integrated into the Festo multi-axis modular system and are also suitable for both stepper and servo motors.
Scalable mobile control system
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Daanet Pty Ltd
The Scalable Mobile Control System from Hirschmann Automation and Control can be used for controlling and monitoring machine functions as well as for safe load indicator. The product family includes controls from the iFLEX series and the iSCOUT operating consoles. The modular concept also ensures that each solution can be adapted economically at any time to changed requirements.
Encoders
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: SICK Pty Ltd
The AFM60 absolute multiturn encoder from Sick Stegmann has improved ruggedness and 30-bit resolution. Its smaller brother, the AFS60 absolute single-turn encoder, provides a resolution of 18 bits.
Trio differential pressure transmitter
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Motion Technologies Pty Ltd
The Trio MC464 can support up to 64 axes of motion in a unit the size of a small book. The MC464’s digital drive interface provides a plug-and-play connection between the motion controller and various digital drives. This significantly reduces wiring while providing a much higher axis count compared to what is available in comparable motion controllers.
Micro PLCs
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Omron Electronics Pty Ltd
Omron Electronics has increased their offering of micro PLCs by adding both 10 and 60 I/O CPUs to the CP1L range. Also, all six CPU types are now available with AC power source and transistor (NPN) output, offering additional flexibility to customers.
Rotary encoders
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Schneider Electric
The Osisense rotary encoders are now open to fieldbus communication including a version fully compatible with CANopen and Profibus-DP networks.
Motor management display
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Schneider Electric
The TeSys T display allows the user to configure the parameters of the TeSys T motor management and protection relay and to display the selected operational values.
Colour and gloss sensor
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Applied Measurement Australia
The SI-Colo-GD-40 sensor from Sensor Instruments allows both simultaneous and outside-light-independent detection of colour and gloss value. The colour value x,y and the grey value INT are determined by way of the integrated RGB detector.
Robotic bin picking
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: ABB Australia Pty Ltd
ABB has introduced robotic bin picking technology that can locate and disseminate jumbled and randomly situated materials from bins.
Parallel actuator controller
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: LINAK Australia Pty Ltd
The TR-EM-239 parallel controller is designed to drive two actuators in parallel. It is suitable for 12-24 VDC motors each with a maximum of 10 A capacity and in applications where parallel movement is required — for example, across a bench, hatch, door, slide, transfer, directional guide or conveyor line.
Compact ultrasonic sensor
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Turck Australia Pty Ltd
Turck has introduced an ultrasonic sensor in a compact Q12 style housing that achieves a 40 cm sensing range with a small 2.5 cm blind zone. The small profile of the sensor allows it to be mounted in narrow spaces, like those found in packaging applications.
Non-contact optical motion sensors with two orthogonal measuring axes
18 March, 2009 | Supplied by: http://www.pca-aus.com.au
Cologne INTACTON GmbH, a subsidiary of the FRABA group, has developed an optical sensor system which can replace contact-based measuring wheel systems in many areas.
Cleaning up one of Tasmania’s dirtiest jobs
16 March, 2009 | Supplied by: ABB Australia Pty Ltd
Zinc smelting began in 1917 on the site of Nyrstar’s Hobart plant in Tasmania. For generations it has involved hard, dirty and risky jobs. One of the toughest — skimming the waste ‘dross’ off molten zinc just poured into ingot moulds — was done by hand with a rake, until four ABB industrial robots took it over in 2008.
Plug-in machine controller
15 March, 2009 | Supplied by: Baldor Australia Pty Ltd
The Mint Machine Module plugs into a hardware expansion slot in any of Baldor’s MotiFlex range of Powerlink-compatible three-phase AC motor drives. This controller module allows machine builders to eliminate the need for a separate external network controller, along with all of the cabling and panel space that would normally be required.
