Industrial Technology

19in blanking panels reduce installation time

Schroff has launched a range of plastic clip-in blanking panels that provide a quick and easy way to prevent hot air from recirculating through the gaps between equipment mounted in a 19in cabinet. The new clip-in panels eliminate the need for screw-in blanking plates and simply snap into place without any tools. They can also be easily removed and repositioned if the system configuration has to be altered.

11th May 2008

Heaters protect delicate electronics

For enclosures which are situated outdoors, Rittal has introduced a range of heaters to protect the delicate electronics housed within from any temperature fluctuations.

11th May 2008

Easy-fit swinghandles offer a host of options

The 1150 UNItech program of swinghandles from EMKA offers one easy-fit system with many options for applications as wide as telecom cabinets to electrical enclosures and data centre racks to outdoor cabinets, with locking systems to suit.

11th May 2008

Control panel design software gets smarter

Wieland Electric announces the UK launch of Wieplan 3.0 - a powerful, yet easy-to-use, software tool for configuring DIN rail terminal block assemblies using Wieland components. It offers a faster and more efficient means of planning and creating control panels. Wieplan 3.0 features a bi-directional interface with ePLAN and, by contributing the DIN rail terminal block assembly, closes a gap in the engineering chain.

11th May 2008

Packaging solutions

Schroff has compiled a new 88-page guide to the AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA and AdvancedMC open computing specifications. These emerging standards are now gaining momentum where high availability and high data transfer rates are important. Illustrated throughout by line drawings and colour photographs, the new guide provides a detailed introduction to the three standards, as well as presenting Schroff's associated packaging solutions.

3rd April 2008

Motor connector replaces two products

Designed as a replacement for two circular connectors, new robust Cm2 series low voltage connectors from ITT Cannon provide maximum power in a minimum size package featuring 50 percent less weight than conventional circular connectors.

3rd April 2008

Illuminated keyboard switch offers 'no click' operation

Live Electronics, the specialist electromechanical distributor, is releasing the PS011 series of illuminated keyboard switches which are optionally available with tactile feedback or silent 'no click' operation.

3rd April 2008

Intelligent fans for Eurostar tunnel

In the April 2008 issue of Industrial Technology, we report on how ventilation and safety for the new Cross London Channel Tunnel Rail Link is controlled by a dual redundant system of programmable automation controllers.

3rd April 2008

Panel PC suits industrial tasks

With its powerful 1.86GHz Intel Mobile processor, the new Simatic Panel PC 577B from Siemens Automation and Drives provides outstanding computing power for industrial applications. The panel, which is only 14cm deep, has a main memory of 512Mb, expandable to up to 4Gb.

3rd April 2008

Cables meet US safety legislation

Meeting the needs of equipment exporters, Lapp Group announces the introduction of its ÖLFLEX M and TM cables to meet the latest USA safety legislation for electrical equipment, NFPA 2007.

9th March 2008