Motion Control & Drives


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New field distributor for automation applications
August 2003, SEW-EURODRIVE
SEW-Eurodrive is now offering its MFZ.7 field distributor. Field distributors are important installation interfaces within the system that reduce project-planning efforts, installation time and start-up ...

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Protection for industrial motors
August 2003, NewElec Pretoria
A range of robust motor protection relays is available to protect low and medium voltage industrial motors. NewElec's 320-327 range provides protection against overloading, start/running stall conditions, ...

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Universal drive controller for DC brush motors
August 2003, Phoenix Contact
The new Interbus Inline DC AR 48/10, a drive controller from Phoenix Contact is a universal power output stage for continuous-duty DC brush motors with up to 450 W rated consumption. Besides easy, tool-free ...

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Checking motor rotation with the 3-phase power off
August 2003
When installing motors on conveyor lines, pump systems, and any interconnected drives, tests can be carried out with the Toptronic T860 motor rotation tester to determine the phase sequence, the direction ...

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AC drives for glass manufacturer
July 2003, Rockwell Automation, Products & Solutions
Shatterprufe, the leading manufacturer of automotive safety glass in South Africa, imported a glass-toughening furnace for its plant in GaRankuwa, north of Rosslyn from the USA in 1991. The glass toughening ...

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Compact and reliable motion control
July 2003
Omron's W-series of servo systems is designed to provide superior motion control for both the speed and position a machine's moving parts. Based around of a 32-bit RISC processor, each servo ...

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An easy solution for crane control
July 2003, SEW-EURODRIVE, Other technologies
A typical crane control application is the gantry crane. In this case, crane control can be used not only for the travel axes but also for the hoist axis. The travel distance in the travel axis must ...

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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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