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High power servo amplifiers
August 2004, CBI-electric: low voltage
Mitsubishi Electric has extended its 'Super Servo' amplifiers and motors up to 22 kW on three-phase 400 V versions. The MR-J2 Super series has power ratings of 50 W to 22 kW and is available in 200 and ...

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Glass bottle manufacturer opts for decentralised drives
August 2004
The installation of a complete new line at Consol Glass' bottle manufacturing plant at Clayville, Johannesburg has involved the changeover from installing central drives on separate panels to the use ...

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Ceramic power capacitors
August 2004
Denver Technical Products offer high voltage, high power, high frequency ceramic capacitors made in France by SCT. Full range is covered, ie, disc ceramic, doorknob ceramic, air and water-cooled types, ...

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New flagship electrical drive delivers high performance
August 2004, Festo South Africa, Information Security, Products & Solutions
In a clear statement that pneumatics technology is not the only field in which it excels, Festo has released an electrical drive that allows positioning axes cycle times of 10 ms and working strokes exceeding ...

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PCI motion controllers
July 2004
Factory automation engineers and machine builders can now choose from four National Instruments high-performance motion controller boards for PCI-based integrated motion data acquisition applications. ...

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Lifting 16 tonne boats above water for easy boarding
April 2004, Nidec Control Techniques
A CTNet-linked, 4-axis Unidrive system is providing accurate control of a Qualter Hall-designed lift system for hoisting 16 tonne canal boats out of the water at the prestigious new Standedge Visitor Centre at Marsden

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Rugged, cost-effective safety light curtain
April 2004, Turck Banner Southern Africa
Banner Engineering is offering its EZ-Screen safety light screen system, a non-contact, point-of-operation machine guarding system

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Automation of existing motor control centres
April 2004, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA), NewElec Pretoria
The NewElec MA motor protection relay provides a means of upgrading existing motor starters. It permits them to be controlled by Profibus DP, eliminating the need of having to replace older MCCs, before ...

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New range of encoders launched
April 2004, Ana-Digi Systems
Ana-Digi Systems is offering the range of Metronix rotary encoders. The range comprises hollow shaft encoders, accommodating shaft sizes from 6 to 52 mm, standard encoders with shafts ranging from 4 to ...

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Intelligent load sharing smoothes the way
April 2004, CBI-electric: low voltage
A large automotive components plant was experiencing problems due to unbalanced loading on the drives of its multidrive conveyors. Any proposed solution had to be retrofitted to its existing control panels ...

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Broad range of servo equipment now available
April 2004, Ana-Digi Systems
With the recent launch of the Metronix range of servo equipment in South Africa, Ana-Digi Systems, as sole distributors, has introduced a new prime range of servo technology to this country. This series ...

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Improved motor protection customer support
April 2004, NewElec Pretoria
NewElec has introduced a new call/share telephone line for the benefit of its customers, especially those in far-off areas. The new number will improve customer service as well as promote better communication. ...

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Category 4 safety light barrier
April 2004
The new Wenglor Category 4 safety light barrier uses visible red light, which significantly simplifies light barrier set-up. It is available with two different resolutions: one for finger protection and ...

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Flexible and economical low-voltage motor protection relays
April 2004, NewElec Pretoria
NewElec's N Series motor protection relays offer the user a choice of protection features, mounting options, and a choice of appropriate motor thermal curves with five models to choose from. When used ...

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New encoders with 4 to 20 mA output
April 2004, Turck Banner Southern Africa
Kübler now manufactures analog encoders with a unit size of 58 mm and with 10 or 12 mm diameter shaft. The encoder produces a current signal of 4 to 20 mA, proportional to the angular position of 0 to ...

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Compact absolute multiturn hollow shaft encoders
April 2004, Turck Banner Southern Africa, Products & Solutions
The new compact absolute multiturn encoders from Kübler are believed to be the smallest multiturn encoders on today's market. Kübler's integrative technology design has produced an encoder with 58 mm ...

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Higher standards for rotary encoder technology
April 2004
Represented in South Africa by Rhomberg, Stegmann presents what it believes is a world first in the field of encoders with its 'CoreTech', which is short for 'Core Technology'. What is new about CoreTech ...

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Relay to protect large motor
April 2004, NewElec Pretoria, Products & Solutions
A local steel manufacturing company recently commissioned a 1,4 MW, 6,6 kV motor utilising NewElec's 327M electronic motor protection relay. The 327M relay was selected due to the facility it provided ...

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Powerful drives made smaller
April 2004, Products & Solutions
Using the latest design techniques, components and manufacturing processes, Danfoss believes it has succeeded in building electronic motor controls with unsurpassed power density. Danfoss Drives' powerful ...

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A slice of flexibility
April 2004, CBI-electric: low voltage , Access Control & Identity Management, Security Services & Risk Management, Associations
Circuit Breaker Industries (CBI), has launched a new Profibus-based remote plug-in I/O series, the Melsec ST from Mitsubishi Electric. The ST stands for 'slice-type terminal', a plug-in remote I/O system ...

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