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Pressure measuring cell with ISP
December 2018
A new addition to Jumo’s automation products is the Ceros S01 M pressure sensor with integrated signal processing (ISP), which is an active component that delivers a temperature-compensated and calibrated ...

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Adjustable background suppression sensor
December 2018, Turck Banner Southern Africa
Banner Engineering’s newest addition to the popular QS18 Series product family is an electronic adjustable field background suppression sensor with barrel mount. Electronic adjustment provides a more ...

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Vision sensor for colour inspections
December 2018, Turck Banner Southern Africa
Banner Engineering’s iVu series vision sensors are now available in models capable of colour inspections. iVu Colour sensors build on the inspection capabilities offered by other iVu vision sensors by ...

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Food safety hazards and how to choose sensor solutions
November 2018, Turck Banner Southern Africa
This article outlines three of the most common food hazards that can result in recall and describes several sensor technologies that can help ensure food safety in each scenario.

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Steam turbine control
November 2018, WIKA Instruments
In coal-fired power plants, steam is produced by pumping highly purified water through boiler tubes. The water is heated to a high temperature and pressure, and then flows through several orifices into ...

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Transducers for traction power ­substations
November 2018, Mecosa
Smooth-running services as well as passenger and employee safety in railway operations depend on functions such as emergency shutdown in the event of short circuits, the detection of delayed potentials ...

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Yokogawa’s fibre optic heat detector
November 2018, Yokogawa South Africa
Yokogawa has announced the DTSX1 fibre optic heat detector, an OpreXTM Field Instruments heat sensing and fire detection solution. Housed in an enclosure and suitable for use with specified fibre optic ...

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Fast image processing with UniVision software
November 2018
New to sensor specialist ASSTech is Wenglor’s latest software solution to simplify implementation of intelligent image processing applications for the range of weQube smart cameras. Sensors can easily ...

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Ultrasonic sensors for switching and measuring
November 2018, Countapulse Controls
Longer operating ranges and broader areas of application are only two of the features offered by the Leuze HTU 418B and Leuze DMU 418B ultrasonic sensors. Suitable for switching and measuring applications, ...

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Cylinder sensors for robust fixing
November 2018, ifm - South Africa
The new cylinder sensor from ifm electronic can be used for common C-slot cylinders such as from SMC. Its height of only 5 mm allows flush mounting. Especially this cylinder manufacturer requires slot-mounting ...

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Self-contained photoelectric barrel-mount sensors
November 2018, Turck Banner Southern Africa
Banner’s new T18-2 photoelectric sensors have an FDA-grade shatterproof plastic housing and are IP69K-rated and Ecolab-certified to protect against water ingress and chemical washdown.    IP69K and epoxy ...

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Reliable object detection
November 2018, Countapulse Controls
Leuze has expanded its portfolio of optoelectronic and inductive switches with the introduction of a range of capacitive proximity switches, which make it possible for users to procure complete solutions ...

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Telco sensors for stockyard control
October 2018, Gail Norton Instrumentation
Telco’s high performance, self-contained infrared sensor series provides a total solution for pulp and paper applications. This industry poses serious problems for photoelectric sensors as the highly ...

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Digital conductivity sensor with IO-Link
October 2018
Jumo digiLine is the bus-compatible connection system for digital sensors in liquid analysis. The digiLine sensors for conductive (CR) and inductive (Ci) measurement of electrolytic conductivity are new ...

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New infrared sensor for online thickness gauges
October 2018, Yokogawa South Africa
Yokogawa has announced the WG51S2 infrared sensor for the Webfrex NV online thickness gauge to measure and control the thickness of films and sheets with greater accuracy than before. Thickness gauges ...

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Hengstler encoders offer optimum flexibility
October 2018, Countapulse Controls
The range of Hengstler incremental encoders offers users optimum flexibility with an encoder available for every application. There are over 20 standard models from which to choose, including encoders ...

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Optical positioning system knows the way
October 2018, Pepperl+Fuchs
The PGV (position guided view) positioning system from Pepperl+Fuchs consists of a 2D vision sensor with integrated LED lighting, a coloured tape as an optical route indicator, data matrix codes as a ...

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Reliable navigation with Leuze laser scanner
October 2018, Countapulse Controls
The Leuze RSL 400 safety laser scanner with measurement value output is setting new standards in the reliable navigation of automated guided vehicles (AGVs). The new scanner is the result of many years ...

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Sensor array bars for detection across conveyors and chutes
October 2018, Turck Banner Southern Africa
The new SAB series sensor array bar is ideal for use on conveyors and chutes in the material handling industry. Each array conveniently fits multiple QS18 sensors into a robust aluminium housing for use ...

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Shaft encoder with display and IO-Link
October 2018, ifm - South Africa
The magnetic sensing principle on ifm electronics’ new shaft encoders combines the accuracy of photoelectric encoders and the robustness of a magnetic system. The days of confusing type variety and encoders ...

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