Industrial Technology

Energy chains supply power on 117m ride

When commissioned to design the iconic theme park ride 'Star Flyer' - an extreme vertical Chair-O-Plane - in Vienna, ride designer Funtime Industries faced the mammoth task of specifying a reliable moving system to supply power up to the top of the 117 metre tower.

22nd January 2012

Evolving ergonomics with multi-touch technology

In the area of consumer electronics, multi-touch has not only changed the ergonomics of devices, it has changed user habits as well. In industrial automation, this technology has the potential to make machine operation more intuitive, faster and safer - in essence, to bring about a revolution in ergonomics for machine and system visualisation units.

22nd January 2012

Enclosures and more

Rittal has released its latest main catalogue covering the extensive range of enclosures, power distribution, climate control systems, service packages and design and calculation software.

22nd January 2012

19in cabinet range

Electronics specialist Schroff has produced a new brochure detailing its recently introduced Novastar range of cabinets, which provides a robust enclosure for 19in rack mount equipment.

22nd January 2012

Enlarged connector housing for high-current applications

The Han HPR range of industrial connector housings from Harting now includes a enlarged version which makes it possible to assemble the 4-pole version of the Han HC Modular 250 high-current contact system to the Han HPR size 16 B as well as the previous size 24B.

12th January 2012

Angled version of PCB connector enables flexible equipment configurations

Harting's har-flex series, the recently introduced PCB connector family designed for a wide range of board-to-board and board-to-cable applications, has been extended with the introduction of an angled version.

16th December 2011

New TopTherm fan-and-filter units

Rittal's new and innovative TopTherm fan-and-filter units are available now and bring numerous tangible benefits.

14th December 2011

Protective cover provides reliable outdoor protection for industrial connectors

The reliable Han HPR series of industrial connector housings from Harting now includes a protective cover for size 3 A bulkhead and surface mounting housings. The new cover protects the contact inserts from environmental influences when not in use: in particular, effects that can cause outages in outdoor applications in the rail and industrial sectors. This is a particularly significant challenge for interfaces that are not always in use, such as service interfaces.

9th December 2011

Hygienic processing and production

Food safety is an ongoing concern and Rittal has invested significant engineering resources to ensure their enclosures will meet the stringent hygiene requirements in all sectors of the food and processing industry.

7th December 2011

Universal hood and mixed adaptor frame add flexibility to Han-Yellock connector configurations

A universal hood and a mixed adaptor frame have been added to the range of housing and insulator components for use with Harting's innovative Han-Yellock industrial connector system.

30th November 2011