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Festo sensor with perfect fit
February 2011, Festo South Africa
Festo now offers a range of inductive sensors that fit flush in an 8 mm slot. The perfect fit of the SIES-8M brings customer benefits in terms of space, time saving and ease of use. The sensor can be ...

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Static discharge and cleaning for moving surfaces
February 2011
Exair’s new Super Ion Air Wipe provides a uniform 360° ionised airstream that clamps around a continuously moving part to eliminate static electricity and contaminants. It is ideal for removing dust, ...

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Upgrade at Everaz Highveld Steel
January 2011, Nidec Control Techniques
Control Techniques wins contract to upgrade four-strand billet caster. Control Techniques has won a major contract for the electrical upgrade of M/C4, the four-strand continuous casting machine at the ...

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Torque motors from Siemens
January 2011, Siemens South Africa
Increased vibration strength in presses. With the 1FW3 heavy duty torque motor, Siemens Drive Technologies is offering a new direct drive that fulfils all requirements for metal forming machines. The ...

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Save energy in production
January 2011, Siemens South Africa, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA)
The Siemens Industry Automation Division has added the Sirius M200D motor starter to its Profienergy-compatible product range. The device type was therefore expanded with Profienergy functionality. Using ...

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Siemens expands converter power spectrum
January 2011, Siemens South Africa
The Siemens Drive Technologies Division in Germany is increasing the upper power limit of its Sinamics G150 series of converters from 1500 to 2700 kW. These low voltage converters are designed for applications ...

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Omron Accurax with EtherCAT interface
January 2011, Omron Electronics
Omron has released an EtherCAT version of the Accurax G5 servo series, complementing the existing analogue/pulse and Mechatrolink-II models. The release is just one aspect of a complete series of products ...

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Energy efficient drives
January 2011
The Integra from OEN Enterprises has features such as soft start and stop, starting and stopping programs for specialised applications, no load automatic shut down and belt break sensing with alarm output ...

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Yaskawa drives do it all
December 2010, Varispeed (A Division of Hudaco Trading)
Make energy saving your business. In recent years, the efficient use of energy has received significantly more attention and become recognised as one of the most important cost-effective ways to meet ...

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PowerFlex DC drives from Rockwell Automation
December 2010, Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation’s range of Allen-Bradley PowerFlex DC drives combine the performance capabilities of DC technology with the benefits of digital control, diagnostics, easy programming and system integration ...

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Every drive you ever wanted
December 2010, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA), Omron Electronics
Omron’s RX, JX and MX2 families.       RX – versatile and customisable The new drives, which are available with ratings up to 132 kW, feature an extensive range of built-in application functions, such as ...

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Uniquely configured drive and AFE system
November 2010, Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation and Staro Process control project sets. Rockwell Automation, together with system integrator Staro Process Control, have installed a 95%-efficient Allen-Bradley PowerFlex drive and ...

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Omron drives for machine automation
November 2010, Omron Electronics, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA)
Omron’s MX2 drives use current vector technology and offer a starting torque of 200% at 0,5 Hz combined with excellent open-loop torque control characteristics. In suitable applications, this allows the ...

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Couplings for metal shredder machines
13 October 2010
Voith supplied two 1150 DTP type fill controlled fluid couplings including oil supply systems and required coolers

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Control Techniques' drive secures production at gold mine
13 October 2010, Nidec Control Techniques
The 220 kW drive solution chosen was a Unidrive SPM AC drive comprising four modules, complete with input and output chokes, a door-mounted CTIU touch-screen control panel and a direct-on-line bypass system with main circuit-breaker, contactor and motor overload protection

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High-precision solar tracking
October 2010, Beckhoff Automation
PC-based control: TwinCAT solar position algorithm software library optimise solar energy harvesting. The TwinCAT solar position algorithm software library enables high-precision determination of sun ...

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Servo has safety built in
October 2010, Omron Electronics
Compact construction and support for side-by-side mounting allows users of Omron’s new Accurax G5 servo drives to achieve cabinet space savings of up to 50%. The new drives combine performance – sub-micron ...

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Mechatronic drive system for Intralogistics
October 2010, SEW-EURODRIVE
Movigear is SEW-Eurodrive’s innovative, decentralised mechatronic drive system that provides networking features and supports independent monitoring and maintenance tasks to reduce start up times. The ...

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SKF's actuator monitoring system
October 2010, SKF South Africa
SKF actuators are used in many pieces of equipment to provide powerful, efficient, and reliable movement. However, these products have a finite life and are rated for specific operating conditions. To ...

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Columbus Stainless under control
14 September 2010, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA), Nidec Control Techniques
Control Techniques was recently awarded a contract by Columbus Stainless

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