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Wrapping solutions: old favourite gets a technological facelift
August 2008
Starpak/Levy & Smith have for years manufactured their well known and robust Brandpak single roll wrapping/shrink-wrapping machine. Except for the main PLC, however, the machine was largely mechanical. ...

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Product innovation: mechatronic drive solution from SEW Eurodrive wins European award
August 2008, SEW-EURODRIVE
With the launch of its drive solution Movigear, SEW Eurodrive is the first company on the market to implement a mechatronic drive product. A market survey conducted by Frost & Sullivan has confirmed the ...

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Beckhoff strengthens drive segment
August 2008, Beckhoff Automation
The AX5000 EtherCAT servo drive range has been expanded by new versions with rated currents of 18 or 25 A and safety options cards with restart lock. The drives are available in single or multichannel ...

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Subtle starter control
August 2008, Siemens South Africa
Siemens Industry Automation is expanding its product range of Sirius soft starters with the compact 3RW30. The devices in four frame sizes enable soft starting of motors in standard applications such ...

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Steely-eyed control: Control Techniques drives continuous casters at Corus
July 2008, Nidec Industrial Automation Southern Africa
Unidrive SP AC drives feature on the latest continuous slab caster, at Corus steelworks in Port Talbot, South Wales, controlling critical operations at the head of the production line. Continuous Caster ...

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PACked with performance: efficient speed control for pumps and fans
July 2008, Beckhoff Automation
In many industrial nations, electric motors account for more than half of the electricity consumption, which offers enormous energy saving potential. Speed control can easily reduce the excess energy ...

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Power plant automation: turbine control system enables greater production, improved operator efficiency and enhanced safety
July 2008
Honeywell is expanding its relationship with energy products and services leader Wood Group Turbine Control Services to offer a turbine control system for the global power industry. The Turbine Control ...

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Compact starter: more room in the control cabinet
July 2008, Siemens South Africa
With the Sirius 3RA6 compact starter, Siemens Industry Automation (IA) has added to its portfolio a new low-voltage switchgear product for three-phase AC standard motors up to 32 amps. The functions of ...

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Simplified machine diagnostics
July 2008, SEW-EURODRIVE
A new AS-Interface offering improved diagnostic capabilities is now standard with MOVIMOT C, SEW Eurodrive's line of gear motors with integral frequency inverters. Designed for realtime communications ...

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Dedicated HVAC drives
June 2008, Nidec Industrial Automation Southern Africa
Control Techniques Drives, an Emerson division, has launched AFFINITY – a new range of heating ventilation and airconditioning (HVAC) drives focused especially on the needs of the Building Automation ...

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Energy efficiency: modular energy saving solutions from SEW
June 2008, SEW-EURODRIVE
“Dwindling resources and rising energy costs are prompting companies to review the degree of energy efficiency of their systems as well as the ensuing operating costs involved. A central point of debate ...

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European Motor Challenge Programme
May 2008, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
The Programme issues guidelines in the form of modules to help partners document the status quo, establish project goals and record project outcomes

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Driving productivity
May 2008, Rockwell Automation, Iritron
Iritron, an authorised Rockwell Automation system integrator, has successfully optimised the Assmang Black Rock mine’s decline conveyor system with the replacement of two variable speed drives. The project, ...

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Simple motor automation: add a sixth sense to your motor management systems
April 2008, Schneider Electric South Africa
Telemecanique TeSys T – a new standard in motor control

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Inverter for the water industry
April 2008, SEW-EURODRIVE
Unit modularity and small dimensions are important criteria when selecting a suitable frequency inverter. SEW Eurodrive is aware of these demands and, as a result, has developed a compact and economical ...

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Innovative billet inspection uses linear motion and drive systems
April 2008
Non-destructive materials testing and measuring equipment specialist, H.Rohloff, has developed the innovative Billet InspectIR, an automated, high-speed inspection system for use in the steel industry. ...

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Gearing for efficiency
April 2008, SEW-EURODRIVE
SEW Eurodrive is now able to supply an industrial gear unit that offers more efficiency for mixing and agitating applications with the MC range of extended bearing distance (EBD) units.    The company ...

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Extending servomotor capabilities
April 2008, Beckhoff Automation
The drive technology range from Beckhoff has been extended with the addition of the AM3500 servomotor series. In contrast to current trends, these new servomotors have a higher moment of inertia, making ...

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Simplifying machine actuation
April 2008, Turck Banner Southern Africa
Banner Engineering has introduced the DUO-TOUCH run bar with self checking touch buttons (STBs) for two-hand control machine actuation. The run bar easily interfaces with DUO-TOUCH SG (second generation) ...

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Automatic format adjustment
April 2008
With the differentiated Hiperdrive portfolio, Sick Stegmann has actively taken up the automation trend of format adjustment to measure. One of the advantages is fast and precise adjustment of positioning ...

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