Industrial Technology

Emka announces new enclosure gasket sealing brochure

The new Emka gasket sealing brochure presents a comprehensive collection of technical information plus an illustrated listing of sealing profiles showing standard ex-stock sections.

6th September 2021

Autumn is here â€“ a time to reflect

Autumn is upon us once again and that can only mean one thing: it’s time to stop, look back at the summer period and understand how things went. Did you see electrical equipment under stress? Unexpected breakdowns? Emergency repairs needed on critical equipment?

3rd September 2021

New chainflex cable improves the safety of machines with Fanuc drives

In the machine tool industry, many users worldwide rely on Fanuc motors, drives and controls. In order to supply the drives with fail-safe energy, Igus has now developed a new highly flexible servo cable. The cable is specially designed for the dynamic demands when used in energy chains and the cable has an oil-resistant PUR jacket, UL (Underwriters Laboratories) approval and a UL-verified certified warranty promise of up to 36-months.

3rd September 2021

Flexible feed-throughs for M12 and M12 power

Binder announces new control cabinet feed-through connectors for the M12 product series 713, 813, 814, 823 and 824, which are available with different codings and pin counts. The M12 or M12 Power type components – in accordance with the DIN EN 61076-2-111 standard – allow signal, data, and supply cables to be connected using circular connectors of the same type from the respective series. They are equipped with an M12 locking thread and an M16 mounting thread.

3rd September 2021

OKW"s new smooth-top SLIM-CASE for mobile electronics

OKW’s innovative and elegant new SLIM-CASE for mobile devices is now available in a smooth-top version for installing displays, push buttons and LEDs. Ergonomic SLIM-CASE (IP 54/65) is the new-generation handheld enclosure for mobile measuring and control applications, wireless communications, IoT/IIoT, healthcare, laboratories, offices, safety engineering and environmental technology.

2nd September 2021

New half-width TECHNOMET 10.5â€ portable enclosures for 42HP subracks and chassis

Metal electronic enclosures specialist Metcase has launched a new 10.5-inch version of its advanced TECHNOMET 19” desktop mini-rack enclosures. The new 10.5-inch enclosures are designed for mounting half-width (42HP) subracks, chassis and front panels. They are perfect for desktop and portable applications including test and measurement, networking and communications, industrial computers, sound and studio systems, laboratory instrumentation and industrial control.

1st September 2021

Flexible cable carrier system from Kabelschlepp Metool

The modern standard from Kabelschlepp Metool is defined by low-emission products that meet high quality requirements. To achieve this, the Wenden-based company developed a truly lightweight, low-noise, and low-dust cable carrier system that is ideal for the kind of clean room applications found in microchip and semiconductor production. QUANTUM has been designed without joints to ensure that no abrasion or wear is caused during operation by the connecting elements.

1st September 2021

EAO extends switch range into Industry 4.0 arena

The trend towards digitisation of Human Machine Interfaces in the industrial sector is leading OEMs to adopt radically new approaches to machinery design and manufacture. At the same time, digitisation is creating an even more intensive working environment for operators of the equipment. Mindful of these requirements HMI specialist EAO has introduced a new family of capacitive switches that enable new generations of digital machine systems to be intelligently connected via an IO link controller to higher level bus systems or a programmable logic controller (PLC).

23rd August 2021

EPLAN helps system integrator InControl grows its professional services

Over the last 18 months, driven by the Covid-19 pandemic, many businesses have changed their traditional processes to the online environment, digitise their data and remove bottlenecks in the ‘new normal’ working world. One company that is ahead of the curve from this perspective is process automation and industrial control system integrator InControl Systems.

28th July 2021

Preventive maintenance helps prevent damage

WOB-Wessling Oberflächenveredelung (WOB) operates the largest special plant for contract coating in Europe. In a workshop of around 22,000 square meters, hanging cranes provide fully automatic transport for the parts weighing up to 9.5 tons. The gigantic plant includes several cable carriers from Tsubaki Kabelschlepp, which are inspected and serviced by the manufacturer as part of its exclusive maintenance service. This allows WOB to reduce risks and prevent downtimes.

26th July 2021