Industrial Technology

You can now take a virtual tour of Emka’s specialist panel hardware

Emka’s new virtual showroom provides an online tour of its products and applications from an exhibition perspective. Covering all of the company’s locks, handles, hinges, gaskets and swinghandles, visitors can simply choose their area of interest from a showroom presentation of switch cabinets, HVACR systems, commercial vehicles, company presentation, locking solutions, video and access catalogues.

10th February 2022

Maintenance-free, economical alternative to classic cast housing bearings

Nature can provide engineering with great inspiration; for instance, the shape of the new igubal pillow block bearings from Igus is based on the design of a tree. Flattened radii ensure maximum strength against mechanical stresses, like a tree’s base. Thanks to this bionic shape, these lubrication- and maintenance-free high-performance plastic housings are said to be a real alternative to classic cast housing bearings.

9th February 2022

OKW publishes medical equipment enclosures and tuning knobs brochure

OKW has expanded its already-extensive range of products for medical electronics. There are now 42 different enclosure models and six ranges of tuning knobs, all covered in this new brochure.

9th February 2022

Highly efficient photon counters precisely tested

Photon counters from Laser Components’ COUNT series achieve a typical quantum efficiency of 75%, confirmed with comparative measurements by the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB). At a wavelength of 670 nm, only a deviation of one percent from the specified value of 75% occurred.

8th February 2022

28th January 2022

High-power electrical connectors for the future

To tackle climate change, Nationally Determined Contribution objectives have advised that the global demand for electricity will increase by 80 to 90 per cent by 2050. These objectives resulted from the Paris Agreement in 2015, an agreement made at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, which aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

25th January 2022

Wide input DC-DC converter series is in a space saving package

The high efficiency K78Uxx-500R3 series of switching regulators have been designed by Mornsun and are said to be ideal for use in space constrained and cost-conscious designs. The switching regulators are available from Relec Electronics, and are offered with a wide input range of 9.0–90V DC and with outputs ranging from 3.0–24V DC.

25th January 2022

IFM measures air gaps with micro-metre precision

When a workpiece must be positioned accurately to within a fraction of a millimetre, or when it’s necessary to measure the surface roughness of an item, the new SDP110 air-gap sensor from IFM Electronic provides an effective and easily implemented solution. This novel sensor, which uses air flowing through a nozzle to measure the distance between the nozzle and the workpiece, has a resolution of 5µm, which is just one-tenth of the thickness of a typical human hair. Maximum measuring range is 400 µm.

25th January 2022

NCTE expands 2300 series torque sensors with low measurement range variant

NCTE, the German sensor manufacturer has expanded its 2300 torque sensor series with the introduction of a new variant for lower torque-range measurement tasks down to 0.5 Nm. Available with full support from NCTE’s UK distribution partner, Ixthus Instrumentation, the series now covers a torque range from 100 Nm down to 0.5 Nm.

25th January 2022

Further expansion for the Variohm Group through CPI acquisition

Variohm Holdings has further advanced its strategic product offering and manufacturing competency through the acquisition of the USA based precision switching and linear position sensor producer CPI (Control Products, Inc.). CPI’s specialist range of standard and ATEX/IECEX/SIL2 rated draw-wire position sensors and its waterproof switch and thermal switching technologies perfectly suit harsh duty application areas.

25th January 2022