Motion Control & Drives


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Filling bottles on the move
July 2003
Towards the end of July, at the Wine Farmers & Fruit Growers Exhibition in Cape Town's Convention Centre, SEW-Eurodrive will be demonstrating how to fill multiple wine bottles while they are moving along ...

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Advancements in AC drives
June 2003, Rockwell Automation
In addition to regulating speed and, in some cases, torque control in diverse applications, some of today's drives contain many features that used to be purchased as add-on options, giving these motor enhancing devices more up time for greater productivity

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Drives supplier reports record sales
June 2003, SEW-EURODRIVE
SEW-Eurodrive SA reports that its 2002/3 invoiced-output is 25% in excess of target. Celebrating this significant achievement, MD, Urs Roos comments: "Over the past year or so we have gradually fine-honed ...

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Miniature precision encoders
June 2003, Turck Banner Southern Africa
Kubler now supplies a new low-priced high performance miniature encoder. The outside housing diameter is only 24 mm. The use of highly integrated opto Asics makes it possible to manufacture the device ...

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Tracking down the stars
June 2003, SEW-EURODRIVE
The Special Astrophysical Observatory is a research institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It is located in the northern part of the Caucasus and uses SEW-Eurodrive drives. This giant ...

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Optimising the simplicity of motor control
May 2003, Rockwell Automation
Easy-to-use AC drive provides superior low-speed torque control for applications up to 7,5 kW

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Decentralised drives cut commissioning time
April 2003
Danfoss Drives has developed a new range of individual and integrated drive solutions (incorporating distributed control) that feature rugged construction to withstand challenging application environments, ...

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Revolution of the fluidic muscle
April 2003, Festo South Africa
Fluidic muscle technology from Festo is changing the nature of numerous process applications worldwide. A tensile actuator that mimics natural muscle movement, the fluidic muscle can develop very high ...

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New production line for Consol Glass
April 2003, SEW-EURODRIVE
Consol Glass has just commissioned a new production line in order to increase its output of glass bottles. The line, manufactured by Active Enterprises in Centurion, is unusual in that it is the first ...

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Controlling drive movement for a winding application
April 2003, SEW-EURODRIVE, Products & Solutions
In many branches of industry such as the paper, plastics, textile and sheet metal industries, material in continuous, flexible strip form (web) is unwound or rewound before and after processing. A primary ...

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CANopen multiturn encoder
April 2003, Turck Banner Southern Africa
Kübler is offering its CANopen multiturn encoders, which may be flange-mounted on shafts with diameters from 10-28 mm. The encoders are equipped with a standard or hollow shaft and the resolution of ...

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Close loop vector frequency inverter
April 2003, Surveillance
LG Industrial Systems recently launched the closed loop version of its successful iS5 range of frequency inverters. The new version offers servo-like performance, with motor torque down to zero RPM, ultra ...

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Low-cost servo motion control
April 2003, Products & Solutions, Smart Home Automation
Motion control developers now have a low-cost option for servo motor control with the National Instruments PCI-7342 motion control board. This new board features dual-axis control, easy integration with ...

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Servo technology for yoghurt
April 2003, SEW-EURODRIVE
The Dosomat filling machine fills yoghurt with and without fruit additives into 1 kg tubs. For this purpose, high requirements are specified in terms of cleanliness, packaging material sterilisation, ...

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Launch of upgraded advanced positioning module
April 2003
In launching its new Advanced Positioning Module (APM), LG has taken a significant step in bringing realtime control to the standard factory PLC. The APM mounts on to a conventional LG GM6 or GM4 PLC ...

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Power for the Cape Town brick industry
April 2003, SEW-EURODRIVE
In Cape Town, the Apollo Brick Co will be taking delivery of a new clay-blending machine from Baxters Engineering. One vital element of the machine is the gearbox required to relay the power to a screw-type ...

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Drives for the pulp and paper industry
April 2003, SEW-EURODRIVE
SEW Eurodrive has a solid reputation as a supplier of power transmission systems for the wood processing industry all over the world. Over 60 000 heavy industrial gear units, mainly to the wood processing ...

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New system to reduce lifecycle costs of operating paper machine
March 2003
ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, will supply an industrial IT direct drive system for Sappi Kraft's No. 4 paper machine at its Tugela Mill in KwaZulu-Natal. The system represents ...

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Distributed drive solutions suitable for food and beverage - platform for increased production
February 2003
The FCD 300 frequency converter series has overcome the environmental difficulties presented by decentralised food and beverage applications

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Geared motor added to synchronous servomotor line
January 2003, Products & Solutions
The new servo-geared motors from Siemens Automation & Drives (A&D) based on the 1FK7 servo-motor line are suitable for simple positioning and transporting tasks such as those needed for continuous webs. ...

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