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Spinning sensors
April 2008, Temperature Controls
With Ecospin, Baumer has added another innovation to its family of magnetic sensors. The flexible and modular system comprises a variety of sensor types, magnet carriers and accessories, which provide ...

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Current transducers
April 2008
Swiss manufacturer LEM has added to its LTS range of current transducers designed to operate from a single 5 V power supply. The LTSP model measures positive and negative AC, DC and pulse currents on ...

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Transmit time sensor
April 2008
The Wenglor OY2TA transit time sensor from ASSTech closes the gap between simple reflex sensors with background suppression and a small working range, and high-end transit time sensors which are capable ...

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Mini sensor with maxi range
April 2008, Turck Banner Southern Africa
The new M8 picoprox sensors from TURCK provide compact housings with sensing distances that far exceed ferrite core sensors, especially when sensing nonferrous metals. The sensors feature stainless steel ...

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Poor patterns are no problem
March 2008
The second generation C4000 Palletizer safety light curtain, from SICK, differentiates efficiently between persons and pallets in automated material flow. The new C4000 is equipped with an enhanced entry/exit ...

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Compact encoder
March 2008, Instrotech
The new SIKO MSA510 magnetic linear sensor combines high precision, extreme robustness and a compact size. The system is comprised of a flexible 20 mm wide magnetic tape and a read/write magnetic head ...

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Future vision for fuel injectors
March 2008, Westplex
Machine vision is of increasing importance in the sphere of quality assurance and process optimisation. Flexible, economical and reliable inspection systems are key requirements for suppliers to the automotive ...

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Banner vision
March 2008, Turck Banner Southern Africa
Banner Engineering has announced that two of its vision sensors - the PresencePLUS P4 OMNI with bar code and P4 BCR - now read dot-peen bar codes. Made by creating a permanent indent, or dot, in the surface ...

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High-performance smart camera family
March 2008
National Instruments recently announced the NI 1722 and NI 1742 smart cameras to provide engineers and scientists with high-performance systems at a low cost. The smart cameras are embedded devices that ...

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Muting safety light curtains
March 2008
A muting safety light curtain permits the safety protection function to be temporarily disabled for reasons related to the equipment or machine work cycle. While there are a number of situations in ...

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Cost-effective encoders
March 2008, Switches International
Eltra has introduced the EL63D square flange incremental encoder, a general-purpose rotary motion encoder designed for simple speed, direction and position monitoring. Designed with an industry standard ...

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Miniature infrared sensors
March 2008, R&C Instrumentation
The low cost Raytek MID (miniature digital) sensor is ideal for installations in production and equipment monitoring applications where large sensors are impractical or where multiple sensors are required ...

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Inductive sensing
February 2008
IFM Electronic's new IM5120 electromagnetic field immune sensors are designed for conveying applications particularly in the automotive industry, as well as being ideal for use in machine tools and factory ...

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Robust encoders control the roof at Wembley Stadium
February 2008
The Wembley Stadium in London is known around the world primarily as a venue for football matches. The old stadium was demolished, completely rebuilt and then reopened as the National Stadium. Its 90 ...

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Pace-setting hollow shaft encoder
February 2008
The new VFS60 hollow-shaft encoder from Sick Stegmann is designed specifically for installation in asynchronous motors. The device replaces the DGS66 encoder technology in this area of application. The ...

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Ultrasound for object detection
February 2008
The UC4 is the new series of miniature ultrasonic sensors introduced by Sick Stegmann. They are designed for the detection of objects in limited space and with difficult surfaces, for example on printed ...

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Analog sensors for metal detection
February 2008, Turck Banner Southern Africa
In response to customer demand, Turck has developed a special sensor which can detect the presence of differing metallic compounds. The unique feature is analog eddy current sensing used to provide signal ...

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Strip temperature control: IR thermometry for continuous annealing
January 2008, Temperature Controls
Williamson's multiwavelength sensor is specifically designed to meet the challenging requirements of annealing line

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Autonomous vehicle research: the winner of a $2m challenge
January 2008
A self-driving SUV, called Boss, made history by driving swiftly and safely while sharing the road with human drivers and other robots

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Are your movements hot and unsafe?
January 2008, R&C Instrumentation
Modern conveyor systems provide the ability to move hot and unstable product from one area to another. The introduction of belting with extended temperature capabilities has increased the need to monitor ...

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