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 ...
Intelligent vehicle solutions - IVS January 2008 The ability to embed sensors and computing capabilities in virtually every system, subsystem and component has yielded an extremely valuable by-product: a vast amount of previously unavailable information ...
Intelligent range of light curtains January 2008, Gail Norton Instrumentation The standard Merlin consists of a control and a set of columns (one transmitter and one receiver) and a set of interconnecting cables. The Merlin will also accept multiple sets of columns per control ...
Rugged new photoelectric sensor January 2008, Turck Banner Southern Africa Banner Engineering has introduced the M12 photoelectric sensor family, featuring a 12 mm threaded metal barrel. M12 Series sensors are available in opposed, polarised and non-polarised retroreflective, ...
The value of measuring vibration December 2007, R&C Instrumentation Vibration and temperature are the most common parameters used for machinery protection. Of these, temperature has been used longer, probably because it was available first and was better understood than ...
Emerson introduces wireless vibration transmitter December 2007 The CSI 9420 Machinery Health Transmitter expands the range of Smart Wireless field instruments for process monitoring and predictive diagnostics.
This wireless vibration transmitter provides monitoring ...
Locally developed vibration transmitter December 2007 The model 2400 vibration transmitter is a South African designed and manufactured product, which has been designed to offer an economical alternative to several imported products.
The primary sensing ...
High-flying vibration sensors December 2007 On 8 August, a trio of main engines provided by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne lifted the space shuttle Endeavour into orbit and on its way to the International Space Station. The space shuttle main engines ...
Two-piece vision sensor has powerful tool set December 2007, Turck Banner Southern Africa The PresencePLUS Pro PROII family of vision sensors from Banner Engineering has an expanded toolset for advanced operations. All PROII controllers include a powerful suite of grey scale tools which include ...
Vibration sensors designed for water industry December 2007, Temperature Controls An increasing number of Monitran's vibration sensors are being used to monitor vibration levels on important plant and components around the water industry, with many being fitted on sites outside the ...
Sensors for transparent materials December 2007, Shorrock Automation IFM Electronics O5G500 photoelectric sensors reliably detect glass, film, bottles and transparent packaging. The O5G500 is a retro-reflective sensor with polarisation filter. In combination with a prismatic ...
Fast optical distance sensor December 2007 Countapulse Controls has launched a new optical distance sensor. The Leuze ODS 96B is an optical laser distance sensor featuring CCD (charge coupled device) technology, and designed to detect dynamic ...
New sensors bring improved operation December 2007, Tectra Automation New products from Datasensor have enhanced Tectra Automation’s range of photoelectric sensors. Visible red light emission
Laser retroreflex and background suppression sensors offer long operating ...
R&C Instrumentation Tech Tip: Select the right infrared sensor November 2007, R&C Instrumentation Since surface temperature is often a good indicator of how well users' equipment or processes are running, regular temperature measurement should be an essential element of any industrial process control ...
Ultrasonic sensors with two outputs November 2007, Instrotech Instrotech's range of Senix ultrasonic sensors is for non-contact air distance measurement operating from 50 mm to 11,3 m. Ultrasensor's intelligent design makes it suitable for material sensing and is ...
1000 mm laser displacement sensor November 2007, Varispeed (A Division of Hudaco Trading) The Keyence model LK-G CCD laser displacement sensor has a measuring distance of 250 to 1000 mm. The newly-developed optical system supports both high precision and long-range measurement. Various sensor ...
Compact sensor detects small parts November 2007, Turck Banner Southern Africa Banner Engineering has released the model QS18LAF250, an adjustable-field sensor with a Class 2 laser in the QS18 family of World-Beam sensors. The sensor provides increased sensing capabilities with ...
Pick-to-light sensors speed assembly operations November 2007, Turck Banner Southern Africa The K50 Series of single-point pick-to-light sensors from Banner Engineering indicate the status of a job pick using a 50 mm translucent dome that houses highly visible LEDs of one or two colours (green ...
Plastic-coated sensors suit aggressive media November 2007, VEGA Controls SA In the last few years the prices for mechanically- and chemically-resistant metals like Hastelloy and tantalum have risen considerably. Sensor manufacturers cannot absorb these drastic price increases ...
