Space chair automation December 2019, Siemens Digital Industries The Euro Space Centre adventure park in Transinne in Belgium is home to a number of different simulators, including the original NASA multi-axis chair dating back to the 1960s which was used to familiarise ...
Superior Filtration relies on Movidrive December 2019, SEW-Eurodrive An industrial water filtration specialist that has used gearmotors from SEW-Eurodrive for many years has adopted its Movidrive inverters with CMP servo motors and customisable iPOS software for its latest ...
New XTS functionality enables novel solutions in machine building November 2019, Beckhoff Automation XTS is a smart transport system of magnetically driven movers that travel along tracks consisting of motor modules and guide rails. A Beckhoff Industrial PC is able to control the movers independently ...
Couplings for high torque applications November 2019, SKF South Africa Available in a variety of configurations, SKF’s range of Disc Couplings provide affordable, lubrication-free service in medium to high torque applications that require torsional rigidity.
These innovative ...
Belting for food applications November 2019, Bearing Man Group t/a BMG BMG’s Light Materials Handling division supplies and supports a comprehensive range of belting products suitable for the food processing, bottling and packaging sectors.
“New to BMG’s range of belting ...
Sawmills and sugar mills underpin growth for SEW-Eurodrive October 2019, SEW-Eurodrive Ageing sawmills and sugar mills in KwaZulu-Natal represent a significant growth opportunity for SEW-Eurodrive to introduce its latest energy-efficient technology. This is an increasing trend as both the ...
DLM V-Drives September 2019, Dupleix Liquid Meters (DLM) DLM V-Drives control the latest generation of permanent magnet and standard induction motors. DLM offers the AMC (advanced motor control) and EPC (efficient pump control) V-Drives, which are available ...
Complete drive solutions to boost efficiency and cut costs September 2019, SEW-Eurodrive The importance of the sugar industry in KwaZulu-Natal to SEW-Eurodrive as a key growth area for its complete drive solutions was underscored when it exhibited at the Congress of the South African Sugar ...
RS announces drive controller kit September 2019, RS Components SA RS Components has announced the launch of the K4 Drive System Development Kit (K4DSDK) from ebm-papst, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-efficiency fan and motor drive products. Targeting ...
Smart devices for Ex areas: Unbelievably simple mistakes that prevent control. September 2019, Michael Brown Control Engineering, Editor's Choice I am often astounded by finding really basic problems with controls in plants, which have operated that way for years. These problems are so basic that one can only wonder at how these controls could ...
Feed mill project relies on SEW-Eurodrive August 2019, SEW-Eurodrive SEW-Eurodrive has supplied 120 geared motors to Dalein Agriplan for a customised 100 tph feed mill for a major beef producer in the Free State. This is not only one of the largest single projects undertaken ...
Dust solutions for conveyor systems in bulk handling August 2019 BLTWorld works closely with ScrapeTec, to offer advanced solutions for conveyor systems used in the handling of materials with excessive dust.
“AirScrape, TailScrape and DustScrape have been developed ...
BMG drives sewage and effluent management July 2019, Bearing Man Group t/a BMG BMG supplies a range of drives designed specially for optimum efficiency in sewage treatment applications. “Nord drives, which consist of Unicase helical shaft mount geared motors, have special features ...
Bauer motors for water treatment plants July 2019 According to Bearings International (BI) electric motors product manager Lewis Hiepner, the arduous operating conditions at water-treatment plants mean that the motors specified not only have to be high-efficiency, ...
Motors, drives, alternators and ATEX induction motors July 2019 Vert Energy is the sole distributor for Leroy-Somer in southern Africa and supplies and supports the entire LS range, which includes standard and adapted AC and DC motors, geared and brake motors, variable ...
Future-proof chair lift system July 2019, Siemens Digital Industries At Snow Space, a winter sports resort near Salzburg, Bergbahnen Wagrain, operates the Sonntagskogelbahn 2, a chair lift for taking skiing enthusiasts to the piste. To provide the most comfortable ride ...
Planetary gearboxes for railway maintenance July 2019, Bearing Man Group t/a BMG BMG supplies the local railways sector with custom-designed planetary gearboxes for use in railway maintenance programmes. “Dinamic Oil gearboxes, which are supplied with 22 kW brake motors, are used ...
When zero is hero: Class 0 oil-free vs technically oil-free air July 2019 Oil-free compressed air is used throughout industry, where the purest compressed air quality is critical to the end product and to the processes involved, such as in the pharmaceutical or food and beverage ...
What is going on in the Milky Way? July 2019, Horne Technologies One of the regions we know very little about is the dense part in the centre of the galaxy, where countless stars and gas clouds cluster around a presumed black hole. But a major astronomy project is ...
