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Impact transmitter
December 2005, PREI Instrumentation
Ordinary vibration monitoring cannot 'hear' knocks or impacts within a reciprocating compressor due to the speed and duration of the 'impact'. The Metrix model IT6810 Impact Transmitter uses new technology ...

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Sensors for food production
December 2005, Endress+Hauser South Africa
Endress+Hauser instrumentation installed at a world-class wheat processing facility has pushed plant performance levels to the optimum and helped meet the stringent demands of the client's Hazard Analysis ...

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Non-contact gas velocity measurement
December 2005
The V-CEM5000 provides non-contact measurement of gas velocity using a time-delay correlation of flue gas infrared emissions received by two detectors spaced a fixed distance apart. Gas velocities ranging ...

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Specialised inductive sensors
December 2005, Gail Norton Instrumentation
Gail Norton Instrumentation Agencies has a range of high performance long operating distance inductive sensors. Contrinex switches have characteristics superior to those of standard inductive switches, ...

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Photoelectric sensors for F&B
December 2005
IFM Electronic's type OG wetline photoelectric sensors are specifically designed for the food industry. With their IP 68 or IP 69K protection rating, the sensors guarantee complete ingress resistance, ...

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Capacitive sensor for metal free zones
December 2005, Turck Banner Southern Africa
Turck has redesigned its standard QF5.5 capacitive sensor specifically for the semiconductor market. The BC10-QF5.5-AP(N)6X2/S932 has a covered potentiometer and an all-plastic (polypropylene) housing ...

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New generation spectrograph
December 2005
Irish company, Andor Technology, is known for its leading range of multichannel detectors used in spectroscopy and low-light level imaging applications. Two leading products on offer are the Mechelle ...

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Advanced 2D and 1D bar code reader
December 2005, Turck Banner Southern Africa, Infrastructure, Products & Solutions
The new PresencePLUS P4 BCR vision sensor from Banner Engineering reads advanced 2D and 1D bar code including Data Matrix ECC200 and PDF 417, as well as linear codes such as Code 39, Code 128, Codabar, ...

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Compact CO2 sensor for HVAC
December 2005, Temperature Controls
The EE85 series sensor has been designed for accurate measurement of CO2 levels in heating, ventilation and airconditioning (HVAC) applications. Available for measuring ranges 0 to 2000 ppm and 0 to 5000 ...

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Measuring light grid
December 2005
Measuring, counting and detecting objects of differing shape, colour and size are tasks that are beyond most sensors. Balluff believes that it has solved the problem simply, economically and flexibly ...

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Furnace explosion protection
December 2005, Environmental Process Analytics
Furnace and high temperature process engineers face a continued problem of explosion risks. Conventionally, plants are equipped with hydrogen analysers. Typically hydrogen sensors are placed in the down ...

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Smallest colour vision sensor
November 2005
The unit carries out a great variety of image processing tasks with its various operating modes including checking for the presence of objects, pixel comparison, shape analysis and reference image comparison

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Capacitive sensors
November 2005, Gail Norton Instrumentation
Gail Norton Instrumentation is offering a comprehensive range of Sensorik capacitive sensors. The devices include adhesive types, mini versions and the associated sensor amplifiers. Devices in this range ...

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Self-contained multibeam light curtain
November 2005, Gail Norton Instrumentation
The SG 09 forms a protective screen by generating a curtain of up to 79 infrared criss-cross beams with protection up to a height of 1610 mm, ensuring detection of passing passengers and thus preventing ...

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Hollow shaft encoders
November 2005, ATI Systems
Fraba Posital's Optocode series of absolute rotary encoders now also includes models with a hollow shaft (ø 12 mm) that may be fitted with a torque support or clamping rings on both sides. The encoders ...

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Low-cost light curtain system
November 2005, Turck Banner Southern Africa
Banner Engineering has introduced its EZ-Screen Type 2 light screen system designed for lower risk Type 2 applications (per IEC61496-1/-2, Category 2 per EN954-1). Lower risk applications are those which ...

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ATEX approved IS vibration sensors
November 2005, Temperature Controls
Monitran has introduced a new family of intrinsically safe vibration sensors that meet with the latest approval for ATEX Group I and II. This series is called the MTN/1100I series, and it offers a wide ...

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All-round protection for safety light curtains
October 2005
New to ASSTech Process Electronics and Instrumentation are Wenglor Sensoric's new safety columns for safety light curtains which provide reliable protection against mechanical influences. They are distinguished ...

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Ultrasonic sensor for water applications
October 2005, VEGA Controls SA
Vega's range of ultrasonic, non-contact level measuring sensors, the Vegason 61, 62 and 63 is available in IP68 rating, which means the sensors are suitable for various level measuring applications in ...

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Intelligent light curtains
October 2005, Gail Norton Instrumentation
The new line of Merlin light curtains are designed to meet and exceed demanding safety requirements without hampering production.    Features include:    * User friendly controls and instructions. * Replaceable ...

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