The predictive maintenance 'crystal ball'
09 June, 2009 | Supplied by: SEW-Eurodrive Pty Ltd
Predictive maintenance programs provide miners with valuable insight into the condition of their in-service equipment, and are crucial in keeping mining and mineral processing applications online, streamlining maintenance schedules and minimising repair expenses.
Changing gears quickly: high-performance transmission production
29 May, 2009 | Supplied by: Automation Warehouse
With over 13,000 employees, the VW plant in Baunatal — 10 km south of Kassel — is Volkswagen’s second largest production site in Germany and one of the concern’s most important component suppliers. This primary transmission plant in Kassel supplies the entire Volkswagen organisation worldwide with around 2.8 million manual and automatic transmission systems annually.
High-performance controller and chassis
20 May, 2009 | Supplied by: http://www.ni.com/compactrio/
The National Instruments CompactRIO programmable automation controller is an advanced embedded control and data acquisition system designed for applications that require high performance and reliability.
Integrated controller and touch screen
18 May, 2009 | Supplied by: 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.
Magneto-resistive encoder
18 May, 2009 | Supplied by: 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.
Combined PLC and HMI
11 May, 2009 | Supplied by: Micromax Pty Ltd
The Unitronics’ Jazz is a PLC that includes onboard I/Os plus a full-function operator panel with numeric keypad. It enables users to replace ‘smart relays’ with a smarter, more powerful device, while keeping the same low budget.
Quad-core embedded controller
11 May, 2009 | Supplied by: National Instruments Aust Pty Ltd
The NI PXI-8110 is a 3U quad-core embedded controller for PXI systems. Featuring a 2.26 GHz Intel Core2 Quad processor Q9100, up to 4 GB of 800 MHz DDR2 RAM and a high-performance 7200 rpm drive, the PXI-8110 provides an up to 80% performance improvement over dual-core controllers with similar CPU clock frequencies for applications that are optimised to use the controller’s four processing cores.
OG-Cube photoelectric sensors
11 May, 2009 | Supplied by: ifm efector pty ltd
The OG-Cube photoelectric sensor from ifm efector offers reliable position detection in applications such as conveying, packaging, material handling and automotive manufacturing.
High-speed camera system
11 May, 2009 | Supplied by: SciTech Pty Ltd
The PCO.dimax is a 4-megapixel digital high-speed CMOS camera system with a 12-bit dynamic range. It provides 2012 x 2012 pixel resolution at a rate of 1100 fps with lower resolutions at rates as fast as 56,300 fps. The 31.4 mm-diagonal CMOS image sensor features 11 micron pixels and a quantum efficiency greater than 44%. The camera is available in colour and monochrome.
Machine vision for factory automation
06 May, 2009 by Steve Geraghty and Marc Fimeri* | Supplied by: Adept Turnkey Solutions
Many key tasks in the manufacture of products, including inspection, orientation, identification and assembly, require the use of visual techniques. Human vision and response, however, can be slow and tend to be error-prone either due to boredom or fatigue. Replacing human inspection with machine vision can go far in automating factory operation, but implementers need to carefully match machine vision options with application requirements.
100% inspection of up to 2000 different circuit breakers
04 May, 2009 | Supplied by: Cognex Australia
The Osiswitch Compact line at Télémécanique, a Schneider Electric brand, makes circuit breakers. This production line allows the possibility of creating up to 2000 different product types from just 100 different components. Each circuit breaker is manually assembled meaning a 100% reliable inspection of the individual components is essential in order to verify each breaker before packaging.
Incremental encoder expansion modules
20 April, 2009 | Supplied by: http://www.pca-aus.com.au/
Motrona has extended its range of incremental encoder expansion modules to include four and eight channel DIN rail mounted modules with individually optically isolated output channels.
With a human touch — how robots have learned to polish
14 April, 2009 by Xianjie Bao, Wen Peng, Xingguo Yin, Xinyu Fang, Hui Zhang* | Supplied by: ABB Australia Pty Ltd
An apparently simple operation to polish a work piece is in fact highly complex. A skilled person with a long experience in this process can do it very well and most of the handling is based on ‘feeling’.
Array sensor
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: SICK Pty Ltd
The Ax20 array sensor has a high-resolution line array that allows objects to be detected with a repeatable accuracy of 50 µm. It is suitable for detecting edges, inspecting material thicknesses, counting parts or determining positions.
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.
