Motion Control & Drives


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Drives save the day
August 2009, Nidec Control Techniques
Danish cheese maker finds Control Techniques drives a tasty choice

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SIMA 2009 - Paris, France
August 2009, SKF South Africa
SKF introduces electronic parking brake. Recognised as one of the world’s major agricultural exhibitions, SIMA serves as a platform for the introduction of many advanced technology innovations. The ...

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Virtually self-cleaning
August 2009, SEW-EURODRIVE
Every consumer of food and beverages is grateful to know that adequately high standards are set for hygiene in sensitive production areas. In the food and beverage industry, this is the only way to ensure ...

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High-quality control concepts
August 2009, SEW-EURODRIVE
Movigear – SEW-Eurodrive’s mechatronic solution. SEW introduced Movigear to satisfy the complex requirements demanded of horizontal conveyor technology in a wide range of industries, such as automotives, ...

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Electronic shaft speed monitoring
August 2009
Speed monitoring of driven machinery is quite common. In multiconveyor systems, for example, it can be disastrous if conveyor A stops and conveyor B does not. There is a trend to replace mechanical speed ...

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A quick solution for simple applications
July 2009, SEW-EURODRIVE
The new Movitrac LTE B frequency inverter has been designed for speed control of asynchronous motors and is used for implementing tasks in conveyor applications, such as small, modular conveyor belts, ...

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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 ...

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Direct-to-floor control
June 2009, Nidec Control Techniques
Drive technology advances elevator system

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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

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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.

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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 ...

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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

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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