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Sigmatek celebrates 60 service anniversaries

Sigmatek celebrates 60 service anniversaries

In these times, long-standing employees are a rarity. This is something of which the management team of Sigmatek, provider of complete automation systems for industrial machine manufacturing, is very aware. Through their many years of experience and extensive expertise, the company’s jubilarians make a substantial contribution to the success of the Salzburg-based automation expert which has around 550 employees worldwide.

17th September 2021
Real-world torque measurements enable electric car competition to go virtual

Real-world torque measurements enable electric car competition to go virtual

Young technologists from the University of Sheffield alleviated their disappointment at the Covid-cancellation of Shell Eco Challenge Rally by instead developing a computer simulation tool for predicting electric cars’ energy efficiency.

17th September 2021
Universal Robots

Universal Robots" productivity roadshows recommence

Universal Robots announces the return of its productivity roadshows, helping SME manufacturers to address labour shortages, improve output and make their operations more competitive. The first of these free to attend events will be taking place in Oxford on 22 September before visiting Carlisle on 12 October and Sheffield on 7 December.

17th September 2021
NCTE

NCTE"s inline shaft mounted torque sensors now available from Ixthus

German manufacturer NCTE develops and manufactures in-line shaft sensors that measure torque and other forces such as shear and bending moment. Available with full support in the UK from Ixthus Instrumentation, these directly mounted sensors are said to be especially practical for dynamic, high precision load measurement of power transmission and power take-off (PTO) shafts where real-time data acquisition provides not just the safe operation of connected machinery but also the ability to optimise efficiency and operation for the entire drive’s function.

16th September 2021
Vaisala expands its modular Indigo product family for industrial applications

Vaisala expands its modular Indigo product family for industrial applications

Vaisala has launched its new Indigo510 transmitter, which is compatible with all Indigo smart probes. The features include modular support for one probe at a time, and a large touchscreen display for local data visualisation.

16th September 2021
Positioning and measuring railway fishplates in automated machine tool inspection

Positioning and measuring railway fishplates in automated machine tool inspection

Mills CNC, a machine tool supplier based in Leamington Spa, has chosen to use a laser triangulation sensor from Micro-Epsilon in one of its bespoke machine tool automation cells (SYNERGi) with a primary focus on inspecting large, hot rolled steel railway fishplates.

16th September 2021
Sulzer supplies pumps for ambitious PTA expansion project

Sulzer supplies pumps for ambitious PTA expansion project

Sulzer is providing 87 pumps for a variety of applications in Hengli Petrochemical (Huizhou)’s latest purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plants. The equipment will be used in two new processing units at Daya Bay Petrochemical Park, Huizhou, China, to support a total production capacity of 2x2.5 million tons per year.

16th September 2021
IFM connects IO-Link sensors to your PC

IFM connects IO-Link sensors to your PC

The new ZZ1060 IO-Link master kit from IFM Electronic makes it easy to connect IO-Link sensors to a PC for parameterisation and data retrieval. The company says this functionality is particularly useful when setting up a new plant, as all of the sensors can be configured prior to installation, which greatly reduces the time needed for commissioning. It is also invaluable when replacing faulty or damaged sensors, as once again they can be preconfigured, which reduces the risk of errors and minimises downtime.

15th September 2021
Carlo Gavazzi adds IO-Link to photoelectric sensor range

Carlo Gavazzi adds IO-Link to photoelectric sensor range

Carlo Gavazzi has extended its PD30 photoelectric sensor family to now include IO-Link versions. The PD30 IO-Link photoelectric sensors are not short on features; and include background and foreground suppression, PointSpot versions offer sensing distances up to 6m, diffuse reflective variants with IR or red emitted 1M sensing distance, retro-reflective sensors with or without polarisation and through beam sensors which are used to detect objects either by reflection or interruption of the emitted light beam.

15th September 2021
Making the right choice of laser distance sensors

Making the right choice of laser distance sensors

In today’s automated production processes, laser distance sensors provide non-contact measurements for fast and highly accurate measurement of objects for reliable inline quality control and optimum process efficiency. Examples include high-precision positioning of objects, y-axis positioning of a robot arm or measurement of thickness for double layer control. Compared to mechanical or tactile solutions, measurement is contact-free preventing both wear and tear of measuring equipment and avoiding damage to the product.

15th September 2021
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