Rockwell saves more power July 2009, Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automation has announced the expansion of the Allen-Bradley Powerflex 400 HVAC drive offering to include increased power ratings of up to 250 kW. This allows variable frequency motor control ...
West Beacon Farm May 2009, Nidec Control Techniques Control Techniques has supplied a total of 14 drives to West Beacon Farm, nearly all being Unidrive SP, fitted with a programmable application module to give on-board programming and CT-Net high-speed networking for data collection and diagnostics
Fire mode April 2009, Nidec Control Techniques Pioneering sprinkler system depends on AC drives.
A Rotterdam hotel is using groundwater in a fire sprinkler system that has two Affinity variable frequency AC drives from Control Techniques at its ...
Soft starter controls acceleration April 2009 Starters are maturing as more sophisticated units perform soft start and stop functions with greater control, more protection and detailed feedback. The latest release from CHI Control Components, the ...
Optimal drive selection April 2009, Festo South Africa Software simplifies drive design and commissioning.
Designing a positioning drive system from scratch and successfully commissioning it is an involved and time-consuming process which poses challenges ...
Altivar drives in IP54 enclosures April 2009, Schneider Electric South Africa Schneider Electric scales up plug-and-play.
Users have come to expect plug-and-play in complex industrial control systems. Suppliers of variable speed drives have embraced this concept with drives’ ability ...
Perceptive motor automation March 2009, Schneider Electric South Africa TeSys T is an advanced motor management system intended for the protection and monitoring of single and three-phase squirrel cage induction motors.
Advanced digital DC drive March 2009, Nidec Control Techniques Mentor MP is the latest addition to the well known Mentor brand which offers the same flexible control platform as Control Techniques’ intelligent AC drive – Unidrive SP. It makes Mentor MP one of the ...
Automation and linear motion February 2009, SKF South Africa Linear motion technology has evolved into the latest generation of devices that are able to position even heavy loads with sub micron levels of precision while providing reliable service over long and low maintenance operating lives
Integrated control platforms February 2009, Beckhoff Automation C-based control technology for robotics in handling, production and assembly.
Gantry robots, SCARA, articulated or parallel kinematics can provide the right robot for any machining step using only one ...
Linear innovation February 2009, Siemens South Africa Synchronous linear motor with magnet-free secondary section track.
The 1FN6, a synchronous motor with magnet-free secondary section track, is a new addition to the Siemens series of linear motors. The ...
Integrated printing applications December 2008, Siemens South Africa Motion control and drive solutions for the graphics industry.
Integrated drive packages for the graphics industry and modular automation solutions for printing machines have been introduced by Siemens ...
Yaskawa's new micro-drive December 2008, Varispeed (A Division of Hudaco Trading) Varispeed has released the new J1000 AC from Yaskawa into the South African market. The compact drive provides outstanding quality, reliability and performance, providing the automation industry with ...
Decentralised motion control solutions December 2008 Advantech’s AMAX-2000 series are categorised as master cards or slave modules. While the master card is kept in the host PC, the slave modules can be distributed so that they are next to motor drivers ...
Non-contact inclinometers December 2008, ATI Systems US army selects Celesco.
When the US Army Corps of Engineers wanted to automate the flow control of the Arkansas River, they chose Celesco’s IT9420 inclinometers to provide the solution they needed for ...
Safety hand-brake winches December 2008 Denver Technical Products now offers a range of hand-operated safety winches for industrial lifting purposes. These high quality winches utilise heat-treated alloy steel gears and a positive load actuated ...
Full torque at zero Hertz November 2008 CHI Control Components has supplied one of their Vacon variable speed drives to Western Platinum Mines for a unique hoisting application. The Vacon NXP variable speed drive is supplying full torque at ...
Fan drive applications November 2008 Hitachi demonstrates that energy efficiency has powerful financial rewards.
While South Africa may currently be experiencing an intense lesson in the need for energy efficiency and power saving, globally ...
Efficiency, power and savings November 2008, Schneider Electric South Africa Schneider Electric has launched the comprehensive range of new TeSys motor starters.
Boosting its range of power control and protection solutions, Schneider is pleased to announce the immediate local ...
