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Compact connectors for high-density industrial systems

Compact connectors for high-density industrial systems

Expanding its product offering for industrial markets, Harwin has announced the Archer .8 series. With a 5mm stack height, these dual-row 0.8mm-pitch board-to-board connectors are intended for uses where there is very limited available space and cost-effectiveness is equally important. These include factory automation and environmental monitoring equipment, smart meters, point-of-sales units, servers/data centre hardware, and battery management systems in electric vehicles.

23rd September 2021
Emka swinghandle locking solutions for switch and control cabinets

Emka swinghandle locking solutions for switch and control cabinets

Emka has announced that it now offers a wide range of market-leading swinghandle designs that feature a safe rest position with leverage comparable to an L handle, but without the protrusion where people and clothing may get caught. This is important in often busy and crowded industrial environments, where protruding handles might otherwise present a safety hazard. Their low profile also provides a smoother surface when in transit, where L and T handles can damage adjacent cabinets or may need on-site installation – a swinghandle design resolves all these problems.

23rd September 2021
From the smallest housed camera with C-mount over 10GigE to AI

From the smallest housed camera with C-mount over 10GigE to AI

From precise monitoring to picking and automation, there are countless applications that benefit from reliable image information. However, what can be done when there is only a tight budget for the realisation of such an application? With the introduction of uEye XCP, uEye XLE and Ensenso S, camera specialist IDS says that industrial-grade image processing technology does not have to be expensive.

23rd September 2021
Network communication opens new opportunities for industrial joysticks

Network communication opens new opportunities for industrial joysticks

Lifting a steel beam, moving a container or controlling a crane does not require much raw strength nowadays. On the contrary, what is required is dexterity and a joystick. Kristianstads Lyftdon AB in Sweden has long experience of producing ergonomic solutions for the operator cabins from which you control cranes and industrial operations. With the help of HMS Anybus technology, their new joystick can be used in industrial applications using Profinet.

23rd September 2021
Mclennan and Moons sign partnership for hybrid stepper motor distribution

Mclennan and Moons sign partnership for hybrid stepper motor distribution

Moons, the Shanghai stock exchange listed designer and manufacturer of high-performance motion control components has production, research and sales facilities that extend internationally. For Mclennan, a long-established distribution partnership with Applied Motion Products (AMP) – a Moons USA subsidiary – brings stepper and servo drives and controls that perfectly complement its motion system design and integration capability. Now, widening its ties with Moons, Mclennan has signed a UK and Ireland distribution agreement directly with the parent company for the sale and support of Moons extensive range of hybrid stepper motors.

23rd September 2021
Igus now offers injection moulded, cost-effective production of lubrication-free gears

Igus now offers injection moulded, cost-effective production of lubrication-free gears

Gears made of polymer deliver power transmission in many applications, from automatic coffee machines to actuators. Specifically for producing wear-resistant and durable gears, Igus now offers injection moulded gears in addition to machining from bar stock and those made using additive manufacturing (3D printing). Customers can select from a large standard range of lubrication-free iglidur materials from Igus.

22nd September 2021
Round cable entries for diameter combinations up to 22.5 mm

Round cable entries for diameter combinations up to 22.5 mm

Conta-Clip has further expanded its KES-E cable entry program for screwless mounting, adding metric 50 mm variants: the new KES-E-R cable entries allow for quick and secure feeding of cables into control cabinets or machine housings. The plates are simply manually pressed into the machined openings. The inner, elastic sealing lip of the profile seal bulges on the inside of the panel, ensuring secure and vibration-proof hold. In order to feed cables or hoses into a housing, users simply pierce the surface membrane at one of the marked centre points and push the conduit through.

22nd September 2021
Miniature sensors take the strain even in confined spaces

Miniature sensors take the strain even in confined spaces

Maintaining and improving process performance along with optimising quality control, whilst meeting the latest safety standards requires reliable data collection from a range of control systems. Force measurement sensors are vital components in some applications and when the challenges are limited space or machinery has small structural dimensions, Baumer says its DST20 miniature strain sensors are an ideal solution.

22nd September 2021
Beckhoff offers trial demo of vision processing add-on to automation platform

Beckhoff offers trial demo of vision processing add-on to automation platform

One year on from the product’s launch, Beckhoff UK is offering automation engineers and managers a free demo of its TwinCAT Vision software. The add-on software, which builds on Beckhoff’s TwinCAT 3 open automation platform, allows configuration and programming of machine vision (MV) systems in the TwinCAT environment — eliminating the need for additional specialist software. The demo is available in the downloads section of the TwinCAT Vision page on the Beckhoff website, here.

22nd September 2021
Optimised online ball screw sizing and selection with new Thomson application-based tool

Optimised online ball screw sizing and selection with new Thomson application-based tool

Thomson Industries has launched an online ball screw sizing and selection tool to give motion designers fast, intuitive, and precisely calculated ball screw solutions for its linear motion designs. The Linear Motioneering tool not only simplifies and streamlines the sizing and selection process, it also provides the designer more direct, self-serve access to decades of Thomson ball screw application expertise.

22nd September 2021
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