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Spark flare ignition
December 2010
Smitsvonk’s spark ignition system provides continuous electronic spark flare ignition. It finds application in flares that fire coke oven gas and in flares where fuel gas containing a minimum of hydrogen ...

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Omron adds fibre-optic sensors
December 2010, Omron Electronics
New heat and chemical resistant models have now been added to the comprehensive E32 range of fibre-optic sensors available from Omron. The new sensors are suited to the needs of machine builders and are ...

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Colour measurement of luminous objects
December 2010
ASSTech Process Electronics and Instrumentation supplies a range of colour sensors from German manufacturer, Sensor Instruments. Within this range is the Spectro-FIO, a system that detects self luminous ...

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Compact safety barriers
9 November 2010
ReeR’s EOS 4 and EOS 2 safety barriers are designed for applications with space and cost saving in mind

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Silo level weighing kits
November 2010, Instrotech
Instrotech has introduced a range of bolt-on strain gauge transducer/field indicator combinations for silo weighing, available in kit form. With eight options available these kits are ideal for low cost ...

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Inductive sensors for wind power plants
November 2010, Temperature Controls
Baumer has expanded its portfolio of sensors for wind power plants with the new series IFRR and IWRR inductive sensors. The sensors are extremely robust, reliable and, due to a large operating temperature ...

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Advanced radar-based sensor
November 2010, Turck Banner Southern Africa
Banner R-Gage QT50R sensor resists wind, rain and extreme temperatures to reliably detect moving and stationary objects. Banner Engineering’s R-Gage QT50R, is an advanced radar-based sensor for close ...

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Small strain sensors
November 2010, Temperature Controls
Baumer now offers a sensor for indirect force measurement which can be used in the packaging industry, engineering, wind energy plants and many other industrial applications. The DSRT is a small strain ...

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Inclination sensor series
November 2010, Turck Banner Southern Africa
Turck has released a new inclination-sensor series suitable for various applications including robots, vehicles, aeroplanes, agricultural machines, construction machines, mining equipment and solar collectors. ...

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VeriSens S7 function library
November 2010, Temperature Controls
VeriSens vision sensors can be quickly and easily integrated into system controls. This requires controlling digital inputs and outputs as well as capturing data via Ethernet or RS485. Often, however, ...

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Smart camera reads codes
13 October 2010, Countapulse Controls
Leuze's LSIS 422i camera reads dot-peened, laser-etched and printed codes

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Making a mark in process instrumentation
October 2010, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA), Siemens South Africa
Totally integrated automation (TIA) measurement, analysis and control solutions from Siemens

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Safety curtain with no dead zones
October 2010, Turck Banner Southern Africa
A compact, low-cost type 4 safety light curtain has been introduced by Banner Engineering. The new EZ-Screen LP (low profile) provides continuous protection for the entire length of the screen, with no ...

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Precise measurement of forces
October 2010
High-precision measurement of compressive and tensile forces is possible with the S9M force transducer from HBM. The transducer works with strain gauges (SG) and the S-type geometry gives an accuracy ...

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Loadtech takes the weight off
October 2010, Loadtech Load Cells
According to Loadtech it has for many years been involved in the design and manufacture of load cells in a wide variety of applications and has worked closely with its customers to ensure the successful ...

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High-performance camera technology from Leuze
October 2010, Countapulse Controls
The new Leuze LSIS 400i series smart camera is a high performance unit equipped with features that simplify integration for the user and offer flexibility in the application as well as a wide usage spectrum. ...

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New inclinometer from Turck
October 2010, Turck Banner Southern Africa
Turck has introduced a new single axis inclinometer sensor for angular tilt detection with an adjustable measuring range of 360°. Inclinometer sensors may be used in a wide variety of industries to solve ...

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Electronic colour sensor
October 2010
ifm’s new O5 series colour sensor can verify, sort and error-proof the presence of objects by colour using reliable RGB technology to provide high-resolution detection of colour in fast moving applications. ...

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Omron's FQ vision sensors
October 2010, Omron Electronics
Vision sensors in Omron’s new FQ range are designed to deliver clear images and offer simple installation and set up. They feature one-touch control via a simple and intuitive icon menu system that eliminates ...

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National Instruments overcomes sensor limitations
October 2010
National Instruments has announced the NI PXIe-4844 optical sensor interrogator, a two-slot 3U PXI Express module for fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensors. FBG sensors operate by reflecting a wavelength ...

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