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Cycloidal gears for SMEs are efficient and user-friendly

Cycloidal gears for SMEs are efficient and user-friendly

To remain competitive, small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) have no other choice but to rethink their machine concepts. Automation, flexibility and efficiency are the decisive issues here. Nabtesco, the world’s biggest manufacturer of cycloidal gears, supports SMEs with user-friendly, flexible and economic automation solutions. The result: faster processes, higher productivity and lower costs.

22nd April 2021
New industrial gear units in 5 days or less

New industrial gear units in 5 days or less

SEW Eurodrive has launched a rapid new service providing delivery of industrial gear units within five working days, or as fast as just one working day in the case of emergencies. The two new Assemble-To-Order services, are ATO5, for the five working day service, and ATO1 for the premium one day service. Both are available with SEW Eurodrive’s tried and tested modular system of industrial gear units.

22nd April 2021
Taking responsibility for repairs to Ex-rated motors

Taking responsibility for repairs to Ex-rated motors

Karl Metcalfe, Technical Support for the AEMT, looks at the knowledge and responsibilities that are expected when it comes to managing electric motors in zoned areas.

22nd April 2021
Safe maintenance in challenging spaces

Safe maintenance in challenging spaces

Maintenance in industrial settings is essential to maximise efficiency and prevent accidents, but can be a hazardous and difficult job. In these harsh conditions, robots can perform inspection and maintenance tasks to safeguard human workers. Stewart Goulding, managing director of EMS, looks at some of the industrial environments where robots dare to venture.

22nd April 2021
SSRs feature Profinet interface for real-time monitoring

SSRs feature Profinet interface for real-time monitoring

Carlo Gavazzi continues to develop products that meet the needs of Industry 4.0 with the launch of NRGC-PN interfaces with the main controller to provide reliable transmission of machine data, process parameters and diagnostic data to the controller via Profinet communication interface.

22nd April 2021
No more worrying about chips and dirt with closed cable carrier

No more worrying about chips and dirt with closed cable carrier

The UNIFLEX Advanced series offers reliable solid plastic cable carriers with fixed cable carrier widths. These all-rounders in the Kabelschlepp Metool range are quiet and lightweight, yet robust. That also applies to the UAT1555: This cable carrier was developed for rough ambient conditions with chips, dirt and dust and effectively prevents foreign bodies from entering into the cable space.

22nd April 2021
High speed motor for turbo applications sets the new standard

High speed motor for turbo applications sets the new standard

Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch has delivered thousands of high-speed motors in serial production to several world leading manufacturers for their specialised turbo pump and compressors applications. Based on more than two decades of experience, the same technology is now introducing motors paired with drives, offering unrivalled cost and size advantages in powers of 300kW to 1.5MW and speeds of 6,000 to 15,000 rpm.

22nd April 2021
Igus rises to robot cabling challenge

Igus rises to robot cabling challenge

Industrial robots are pervasive in manufacturing and their applications are increasing all the time. But with constant multi-axis movements, the cables that supply robots are subjected to extreme levels of stress, posing a challenge for manufacturers of cables and other connecting components. Plastics expert Igus has just the solution.

22nd April 2021
Driving up performance in surgical hand tools

Driving up performance in surgical hand tools

As the capabilities of control systems grow, so the potential use cases for surgical hand tools also grow. These increasingly sophisticated motion profiles demand more accurate speed and position information. Andrew Sharp of Portescap examines the benefits and trade-offs of different feedback options, enabling designers to develop surgical hand tools that are capable of addressing the most demanding motion profiles.

22nd April 2021
Threadlocker resolves quality issue

Threadlocker resolves quality issue

The adhesive that pipe fitting manufacturer Huot had been using to seal its threaded products was causing quality issues. When cured, it became brittle resulting in the seal breaking if the fitting was accidentally dropped. Even the impact of the fitting being thrown into a steel storage box could result in the seal fracturing. 

22nd April 2021
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