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Wire thread inserts for high-strength threads in soft materials

Wire thread inserts for high-strength threads in soft materials

Specialist threaded fasteners often need help in forming the best attachment to soft core materials such as aluminium or magnesium alloys. Challenge Europe is pleased to announce its stock, advice and production service operation for a comprehensive range of wire thread inserts, available in both tanged and tangless variants, or screw thread inserts which provide high performance internal threads in castings where light weight of the complete assembly is a major issue.

10th July 2020
Connection-ready distribution blocks for flexible mounting

Connection-ready distribution blocks for flexible mounting

The PTFIX product family from Phoenix Contact has now been extended to include a nominal cross section of 10 mm². The distribution blocks with tool-free Push-in connection are freely configurable and can be used immediately. Simply unpack, connect, and you’re done.

10th July 2020
Bürkert solenoid valve tackles dezincification and water hammer

Bürkert solenoid valve tackles dezincification and water hammer

Automated control of water systems, whether in swimming pools, washrooms, or drinking water supplies, needs reliable equipment that minimises water hammer and the effects of dezincification. Bürkert’s Type 6213 solenoid valve achieves this and can be specified to meet even the most demanding applications. It is available through the company’s e-commerce site and local valve suppliers.

10th July 2020
Comau applies artificial intelligence to enhance electric vehicle manufacturing

Comau applies artificial intelligence to enhance electric vehicle manufacturing

Comau has created an innovative, in-line testing and quality control paradigm that optimises the construction and assembly of batteries. MI.RA/Thermography is one of the newest solutions within Comau’s cutting-edge vision systems family of Machine Inspection Recognition Archetypes, named MI.RA.

10th July 2020
Sensonics achieves ISO 45001:2018 certification

Sensonics achieves ISO 45001:2018 certification

Condition monitoring specialist Sensonics has recently achieved ISO 45001 certification and now has a fully integrated management system which also encompasses ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.  This is in line with Sensonics ongoing approach to provide customers with the most innovative products and services, whilst maintaining the highest quality standards, minimising the environmental impact of its operations and proactively managing health and safety.

10th July 2020
Sick goes the distance with its miniature PowerProx sensor

Sick goes the distance with its miniature PowerProx sensor

Sick has shrunk its versatile, high-performance PowerProx sensor into a space-saving miniature housing to reach the longest distances ever achieved with such a compact device.

9th July 2020
Robust, reliable sensors for automatic hand sanitisers

Robust, reliable sensors for automatic hand sanitisers

Everybody is familiar with them, especially as they are more in use right now than they have ever been and we take them for granted as an important part of the battle to combat the spread of Covid 19. We are talking about automatic, non-contact hand sanitisers which incorporate miniature optical sensors as supplied by sensing and instrumentation specialist Baumer.

9th July 2020
1kW programmable DC power supplies available in 1U high full or half rack sizes

1kW programmable DC power supplies available in 1U high full or half rack sizes

TDK Corporation announces the introduction of the G1kW and GH1kW series of 1U high programmable DC power supplies. These new products further expand the TDK-Lambda GENESYS+ series, offering up to 1,000W output power in a choice of full or half-rack package sizes. The GENESYS+ series is ideally suited for bench-top or rack-mount equipment in a wide variety of OEM, industrial and laboratory applications.

9th July 2020
Strain gauge-based load cells go digital

Strain gauge-based load cells go digital

HBM has launched a new load cell conditioner, the DSE-HIE, which allows any strain gauge-based load cell to operate in a modern, industrial Ethernet system.

9th July 2020
Laser Components introduces P-CUBE series photodiodes

Laser Components introduces P-CUBE series photodiodes

Laser Components offers a wide range of photodiodes and arrays, optimised for different application requirements as well as drive electronics and modules. The company says its new P-CUBE photodiode module is ideal for customers wishing to experiment with photodiodes or develop prototype instrumentation. 

9th July 2020
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