Industrial Technology

Capture the sun's energy with enclosures designed for PV equipment

Non-metallic enclosure expert Spelsberg has added custom built enclosures for Photovoltaic (PV) equipment to its range. The enclosures are put through a number of tests to ensure that they can protect the PV equipment from the outside environment.

15th February 2009

CAD solves cabling challenge for next generation robot

The human-symbiotic robot TWENDY-ONE has been researched and developed by Sugano Laboratory (headed by Professor Shigeki Sugano of Waseda University) and private-sector businesses. Professor Sugano is well known for his research in the area of arm and finger manipulations. In 1999, his team developed WENDY (Waseda ENgineering Designed sYmbiont) – a human-symbiotic robot that had dexterous hands with human-like fingertips and succeeded in breaking an egg flawlessly for the first time in the world. Professor Sugano’s team made full use of Pro/ENGINEER to develop TWENDY-ONE, a prototype of the new generation human-symbiotic robot based on the WENDY technology for supporting daily human activities.

6th January 2009

Autodesk completes iLogic acquisition

Autodesk has completed the acquisition of iLogic software and related technology from Canada-based Logimetrix. The acquisition supports Autodesk’s commitment to providing a comprehensive digital prototyping solution to manufacturers of all sizes, giving them the ability to design, visualise and simulate their products before they are built, reducing the reliance on constructing multiple physical prototypes.

6th January 2009

Five-axis inspection now supported

Version 5 of Delcam’s PowerINSPECT software includes support for five-axis scanning with Renishaw’s REVO probe. This new release of the hardware-independent inspection software also features the ability to use multiple alignments within parts or assemblies, additional GD&T features, more flexible best-fit algorithms, improved CMM connectivity and more versatile report generation.

6th January 2009

Siemens PLM ships CAM Express V6

Siemens PLM Software has announced that CAM Express software with synchronous technology is now shipping. CAM Express incorporates Siemens PLM Software’s new breakthrough history-free, feature-based design technology. The new version 6.0.1 includes additional model editing tools leveraging synchronous technology for more effective set up in preparation for NC programming.

6th January 2009

Measuring solutions

Whether you are looking for the solution to your measurement needs by industry sector or application area, Scantron has the answer. This easy to navigate site links you to Scantron’s extensive product range where you’ll find the best product fit for your application requirement.

6th January 2009

Navigation switch in a tiny package

C&K Components has developed a 14-function navigation switch in what it says is the smallest package available on the market. The SensoNav switch combines sensitive touch and tactile functions in a package size measuring only 9.9x11.3x2.0mm. “The SensoNav switch was developed as an alternative to touch pad technology, and because it utilises a combination of switch signals to the software in one device rather than adding another switch, pad or component, a significant amount of space is saved,” says Jerome Smolinski, senior product manager for C&K Components. “The switch also employs the same driver that drives the keyboard in significantly less space, so not only is space minimised and design simplified, but cost is reduced.”

6th January 2009

The 2012 challenge to help disabled and older people

The Olympic Games in London in 2012 will provide a supreme challenge for more than just the athletes competing in them. They will also push to the limits the capacities of the logistical and communications infrastructures of the UK's capital city, for the athletes and for the hundreds of thousands of visitors, including disabled and older people.

25th November 2008

Poetry in motion

In the November 2008 issue of Industrial Technology, Jim Ford of Southco looks at the key considerations when evaluating positioning technology hardware options for products.

19th November 2008

Just going through a phase

Intertec is claiming a world first with an innovative passively cooled enclosure that could slash the costs of instrumentation and electronics for remote environments. We report in full in the November 2008 issue of Industrial Technology.

19th November 2008