Industrial Technology

WeidmÃ¼ller offers CC-Link IE connectivity

The drive to Industry 4.0 brings challenges in communications and connectivity, and industrial connectivity specialist Weidmüller is helping customers to address these. The company’s growing range of products supports all of the key industrial network protocols, including CC-Link IE, the gigabit industrial Ethernet version of the CC-Link fieldbus.

20th February 2017

EasyTrax quick opener now in new dimensions

The cable carriers from the proven EasyTrax series from Kabelschlepp Metool are now available in three additional versions. In total, the series now comprises five models with inner heights from 4.6 to 31mm. The new dimensions allow a new application spectrum for the compact cable carriers – from sun roofs and office furniture to assembly machines. Users benefit from fast cable laying without tools: up to 1m of drag chain can be filled in less than a second.

20th February 2017

Versatile panel technology for easy maintenance

B&R is expanding its Automation Panel family with a new series of widescreen formats from 7in HD to 24in Full HD. Automation Panel 1000 devices offer easy and flexible mounting options. The slender design is available with a single-touch or multi-touch screen. Adding a PC unit turns an Automation Panel into a full-fledged Panel PC with scalable processing power.

20th February 2017

Drone monitoring equipment from Relec Electronics at Southern Manufacturing

The growth in use of drones for both commercial and personal use has been phenomenal in recent years. Increasing use of drones is leading to stringent efforts being made to make their use safe with monitoring devices playing an important part in the process.

17th February 2017

Autodesk highlights 2017 FeatureCAM and PowerMill CAM at Southern Manufacturing

Autodesk is showing its new 2017 CAM products for a multitude of advanced manufacturing applications ranging from CNC mill and lathe programming to complex mould and die manufacturing. These new products combine the heritage of industry leadership in CAM software from Delcam with Autodesk’s 3D design and manufacturing prowess, presenting Autodesk CAM customers with a powerful and unique user experience.

17th February 2017

HMI capabilities enables IIoT with ease

Sys-Tek is pleased to announce a new 4.3in HG1G HMI, one of industry’s first display products to take full advantage of the worldwide standard 4.3in LCD screen size. Because this screen size is so widely used in consumer gaming devices and other commercial products, it effectively obsoletes HMIs with smaller screen sizes by offering a larger and higher resolution display area at a lower price.

25th January 2017

Say goodbye to tangled cables

When it comes to cable entry points, installation engineers often need nerves of steel. Indeed, if enclosures are being set up directly at the place of use, installing the cable entry point by fitting cumbersome connectors through the gland plates is often an arduous and time-consuming job. This is where easy-install solutions are called for – such as connector grommets from Rittal.

23rd January 2017

RS Components signs direct distribution agreement with C&K

RS Components has signed a direct distribution agreement with C&K, one of the world’s largest tactile switch manufacturers, also renowned for its board mounted toggle switches.

20th January 2017

Putting on a display, with sensors and EMC

New products exhibited at this year’s show by Midas Components include many TFT products such as letterbox style, mono products, optically bonded, IPS and all round view angles (ARVA) displays, as well as multi-touch capacitive and multi-touch resistive touchscreens, and various glass overlays.

19th January 2017

Instrumentation supplements transducer offering

As well as manufacturing transducers and instrumentation to measure displacement, force, pressure and torque, RDP Electronics is the sole UK and Eire distributor for MTS Temposonics industrial magnetostrictive sensors. At this year’s show, the company will introduce the MTS Temposonics GBM series displacement transducers which it says takes magnetostrictive technology to a new level of robustness.

19th January 2017