Motion Control & Drives


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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Wind turbine innovations
October 2008, Siemens South Africa
Rotor blades in one cast. Siemens has developed a method with which rotor blades for wind turbines can be manufactured in one cast and without seams. The blades are used to generate power without emissions; ...

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Small drive has big ideas
September 2008, Nidec Control Techniques
Control Techniques has extended the power range of Commander SK AC drives up to 132 kW; never before has so much power and versatility been packed into such a small space. Commander SK requires a fraction ...

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Variable speed drives: standards and guidelines
September 2008, Rockwell Automation
Best practice in the application of variable speed drives can be considered from the macro level – from supply authority to consumer; and from the micro level – from drive controller to motor. SA Instrumentation ...

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Hi-tech and mature: Swiss cheese gets a wash and brush up
August 2008, Nidec Industrial Automation Southern Africa
LEU Anlagenbau of Ueten-dorf, a Swiss manufacturer of specialist machines for the automatic selection, rotation and washing of cheeses has standardised on AC drives from Control Techniques. The annual ...

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Absolute grip on hollow shafts
August 2008, Temperature Controls
The compact FlexiDrive positioning drives from Baumer Electric are now available with angular gears and continuous hollow shafts. The new space saving design is intended for direct shaft mounting, eliminating ...

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Wrapping solutions: old favourite gets a technological facelift
August 2008, Ana-Digi Systems
Starpak/Levy & Smith have for years manufactured their well known and robust Brandpak single roll wrapping/shrink-wrapping machine. Except for the main PLC, however, the machine was largely mechanical. ...

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Product innovation: mechatronic drive solution from SEW Eurodrive wins European award
August 2008, SEW-EURODRIVE
With the launch of its drive solution Movigear, SEW Eurodrive is the first company on the market to implement a mechatronic drive product. A market survey conducted by Frost & Sullivan has confirmed the ...

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Beckhoff strengthens drive segment
August 2008, Beckhoff Automation
The AX5000 EtherCAT servo drive range has been expanded by new versions with rated currents of 18 or 25 A and safety options cards with restart lock. The drives are available in single or multichannel ...

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Subtle starter control
August 2008, Siemens South Africa
Siemens Industry Automation is expanding its product range of Sirius soft starters with the compact 3RW30. The devices in four frame sizes enable soft starting of motors in standard applications such ...

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Steely-eyed control: Control Techniques drives continuous casters at Corus
July 2008, Nidec Industrial Automation Southern Africa
Unidrive SP AC drives feature on the latest continuous slab caster, at Corus steelworks in Port Talbot, South Wales, controlling critical operations at the head of the production line. Continuous Caster ...

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PACked with performance: efficient speed control for pumps and fans
July 2008, Beckhoff Automation
In many industrial nations, electric motors account for more than half of the electricity consumption, which offers enormous energy saving potential. Speed control can easily reduce the excess energy ...

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Power plant automation: turbine control system enables greater production, improved operator efficiency and enhanced safety
July 2008
Honeywell is expanding its relationship with energy products and services leader Wood Group Turbine Control Services to offer a turbine control system for the global power industry. The Turbine Control ...

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Compact starter: more room in the control cabinet
July 2008, Siemens South Africa
With the Sirius 3RA6 compact starter, Siemens Industry Automation (IA) has added to its portfolio a new low-voltage switchgear product for three-phase AC standard motors up to 32 amps. The functions of ...

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Simplified machine diagnostics
July 2008, SEW-EURODRIVE
A new AS-Interface offering improved diagnostic capabilities is now standard with MOVIMOT C, SEW Eurodrive's line of gear motors with integral frequency inverters. Designed for realtime communications ...

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