High-friction suction cups
29 September, 2009 | Supplied by: PIAB Vacuum Technologies
Duraflex friction cups are designed to provide strong grip on oily and wet surfaces and they are particularly suitable for the automotive and whitegoods manufacturing industries.
Small object counter
29 September, 2009 | Supplied by: 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.
Extended range proximity sensor
29 September, 2009 | Supplied by: Turck Australia Pty Ltd
Turck has announced that the company’s Q08 uprox+ factor 1 sensor - designed to detect steel, stainless steel, copper, brass and aluminium at the same rated sensing distance - now offers an extended range of 8 mm.
Suction cup for bag handling
29 September, 2009 | Supplied by: PIAB Vacuum Technologies
The BL40-5 suction cup is a silicone cup with reinforced bellows and a long, thin lip designed for pick-and-place applications, mainly in the food industry, and specifically optimised to handle difficult bags - bags that are filled with liquids or with material that is not in one piece such as heavy pet food bags, bags with frozen food or bags of rice or pasta.
3D image sensor
29 September, 2009 | Supplied by: 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.
Motion control development system
29 September, 2009 | Supplied by: 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.
Turck stainless steel inductive sensors
29 September, 2009 | Supplied by: Turck Australia Pty Ltd
Turck has announced a line of 2- and 3-wire DC ArmorGuard+ stainless steel, front face, inductive sensors. The line includes 8, 12, 18 and 30 mm barrel diameters with 1.5 to 10 mm achievable sensing distances.
Distributed I/O system
29 September, 2009 | Supplied by: Automation Warehouse
VIPA Germany has released an intelligent distributed I/O and PLC system named SLice IO, to cater for ‘per point’, low-density applications. The SLIO I/O system comes with a high-speed backplane that can be combined with VIPA’s 100 V, 200 V, 300 S and 500 S systems, and future releases of SLIO CPU’s.
Light array sensors
25 September, 2009 | Supplied by: Rockwell Automation Australia
The Allen-Bradley 45DLA discrete light array sensors and Allen-Bradley 45MLA measuring light array sensors utilise optical synchronisation and a small profile.
Pneumatic cylinder position sensors
21 September, 2009 | Supplied by: SICK Pty Ltd
The MZT8, MZ2Q and MPS series magnetic cylinder sensors are designed to meet the needs of numerous automation requirements that use pneumatic cylinders.
I/O expansion modules
21 September, 2009 | Supplied by: Micromax Pty Ltd
Unitronics has released a line of enhanced I/O expansion modules. Based on the same platform as the previous modules, these four compact devices offer up to 32 digital I/Os per unit, plus three additional analog inputs for maximum I/O capacity and minimised cabinet space.
Multispectral camera system
21 September, 2009 | Supplied by: SciTech Pty Ltd
The FluxData FD-1665 is a 3-CCD multispectral camera system that can be customised in various ways. The camera is offered in a range of resolutions utilising 1.4, 2 and 5 Mp sensors.
Non-contact infrared temperature sensors
21 September, 2009 | Supplied by: OneTemp Pty Ltd
The PyroCouple series is a range of high-quality, low-cost, compact sensors which measure the temperature of inaccessible or moving objects and materials. They can measure temperatures from -20 to 500 °C, accurately and consistently, with a response time of 240 ms.
Interface modules with FDT/DTM
21 September, 2009 | Supplied by: Turck Australia Pty Ltd
To simplify device set-up and installation time, Turck’s interface module (IM) family may now be programmed via a PC or onboard push-buttons using FDT/DTM software, along with PACTware.
Non-contact infrared temperature sensor
21 September, 2009 | Supplied by: OneTemp Pty Ltd
The PyroUSB sensor can be connected directly to a PC via a USB cable (included) and operates without the need for any additional hardware interface or power supply. The sensor is also equipped with a 4-20 mA output, which has a linear output with temperature.
