What's New In Industry articles from October 2003

What's New In Industry archives from October 2003

Incremental encoder joins the revolution.(What's News)
October 1, 2003... Innovative incremental shaft encoder from Sick/Stegmann is claimed to be the only unit of its type available to offer an electronic adjustment of the once-per-revolution (OPR) pulse. Users of, typically, print registration equipment fitted...

Software upgrade speeds inspecton.(What's News)
October 1, 2003... New version of Delcam's Power-INSPECT software for inspecting protoypes, tooling and sample parts against CAD data offers a wide range of inspection devices--static CMMs, portable inspection arms and optical systems. PowerINSPECT 3 also offers...

Put packaging right in its place.(What's News)
October 1, 2003... Designed to improve levels of automation and efficiency at lower costs, Endoline's 310 pick-and-place case packer, launched at last month's PPMA Show, offers particular benefits to to users looking for their first move into full automation. A...

Courier keeps you in touch.(What's News)
October 1, 2003... Alarm Courier is a new telecommunications link to plant-floor systems that captures critical alarm and event data from control systems and distributes this information to anyone who may need it, wherever they are. The system has been developed...

Insert makes the grade.(What's News)
October 1, 2003... All-in-one insert grade from Sandvik Coromant covers the major part of small batch productions in stainless steel, especially in applications such as pumps and flanges, aerospace and couplings and the food industry. Grade GC2025 consists...

Watt a vessel.(What's News)
October 1, 2003... Collaboration between Watts UK and Italian manufacturer Zilmet brings an own-brand range of heating and expansion vessels for Watts. Sizes stocked range from two to 700 litres. The vessels are made of carbon steel with SBR or Butyl...

Wizards tool up for control.(Industrial Computers)(Cover Story)
October 1, 2003... Simplified controller configuration through the use of configuration 'Wizards', a graphical wiring editor and the abilty to create custom user screens are among significant enhancements announced by Eurotherm in the powerful new Version 5 of...

Pentium M power for SBC.(Industrial Computers)
October 1, 2003... From Diamond Point Int. comes the latest member of the JRex family of high-performance 3.5-inch single board computers from Kontron. The JRex-PM is said to be the first SBC powered by intel's Pentium 'M' processor. It is offered with either 1.1...

Power supply goes remote.(Industrial Computers)
October 1, 2003... An RS232/485 interface with full Modbus functionality built into VxI Power's Oracle 111 2000 battery-backed switch-mode power supply, allows the unit to be controlled or monitored from a remote location. As well as logging data on...

Switches for the desktop.(Industrial Computers)
October 1, 2003... From Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems, comes a new family of unmanaged compact desktop and rackmount switches. This new line of Fast Ethernet and Gigabit switches is said to offer resellers and branch office IT administrators a complete...

A sample of control and DAQ flexibility.(Industrial Computers)
October 1, 2003... DataStation family of software-configurable, mixed signal I/O products from Observant Electronics are said to bring unique flexibility to control and data acquisition applications. By combining software-configurable channels with a compact...

Voice and data.(Industrial Computers)
October 1, 2003... Incorporating voice and data communication in a single compact device, the Gotive H41 rugged hand-held computer from Commitment offers a half-VGA colour touchscreen. Standard options include GSM/GPRS (for voice and data comms), wireless LAN...

Extra time.(Industrial Computers)
October 1, 2003... ODVA is to add time synchronisation services for real-time control applications to its Common Industrial Protocol (CIP). The CIPsync services for DeviceNet and EtherNet/IP deliver assured time synchronisation of devices and controllers across...

Engine the power behind easier embedded systems design.(Industrial Computers)
October 1, 2003... By introducing its General Imbedded Machine Enginer (GEME). Crellon Microsystems allows anyone to quickly implement motion control, vision capabilities, remote I/O and other functions in factory automation or machine control systems, video...

Data flexibility.(Industrial Computers)
October 1, 2003... Yokogawa MX100 DAQmaster PC-based DAQ system combines high-speed with flexible multi-channel capabilities and high withstand voltage. For last measurement, a measurement interval of only 10ms across 24 channels (100ms across 60 channels) is...

Upgraded DAQ for harsh areas.(Industrial Computers)
October 1, 2003... Following its takeover of Data Measurement. Tempatron has launched an upgraded version of the Sigma DAQ system. Sigma is a distributed, modular system with measurement units that cater for all types of sensor from simple temperature...

Plug and Play to boost analog sensor standard.(Industrial Computers)
October 1, 2003... National Instruments has chosen Texas-based Weed Instrument, part of the Concentric Group, to join its NI Plug and Play Program, a collaborative effort to encourage the adoption of the proposed IEEE P1451.4 standard for analogue sensors. ...

Keeping track of CNC machining.(Industrial Computers)
October 1, 2003... Computers and HMI products from CKS Holdings have been chosen by HPC Engineering to monitor its CNC machining system. HPC manufacturers to customer specification and the CNC machines are controlled by datafile programmes stored on a...

Motor controller adds DAQ.(Industrial Computers)
October 1, 2003... Now with added data acquisition capabilities, National Instruments highest, performance motion control module, the PXI-7350, allows automation engineers to benefit from eight axes of stepper or serve motion control in what is claimed to be the...

A low profile for high loads.(Team Show Preview)
October 1, 2003... From Hepco Slide Systems comes a new range of high-load, low-profile telescopic linear slides. A wide range of TBS units is being offered to meet requirements from medical engineering through to general automation. Hepco is also...

More scope for inspection.(TEAM Show Preview)
October 1, 2003... TESA Browe and Sharpe brings to Inspex its new range of TESA Scope projectors, including a manual version, the TESA Visio. Also on show is the TESA Scan, a CNC machine designed for the non-contact measurement of round parts; the Etalon...

Software links design to capability.(TEAM Show Preview)
October 1, 2003... Designed to provide links 'between design intent and manufacturing capability', Enterprise Metrology Solutions (EMS) from Hexagon Metrology allows users to seamlessly integrate measurement and inspection operations using software modules that...

Gauges find new multi-point tasks.(TEAM Show Preview)
October 1, 2003... Thanks to their relatively small dimensions (13mm diameter), Heidenhain's Specto length gauges are said Io be finding new applications in multi-point inspection apparatus. And with the existing Metro and Certo length gauge ranges offering...

All done without mirrors ...(TEAM Show Preview)
October 1, 2003... New sensor for on-line profile and contour measurement is being launched at Inspex by Micro Epsilon and Applied Industrial Systems. The LLT2800 uses laser line triangulation, whereby a laser diode projects a solid laser line onto the object...

Working safely.(TEAM Show Preview)
October 1, 2003... GBP is exhibiting a range of ergonomic workstations and ancillary equipment which covers three main categories: electronics, assembly and workshops. Focusing on the electronics sector. units include ESD safe modular workstations and...

The big clean up.(TEAM Show Preview)
October 1, 2003... From CFM Industrial Vacuums come two new vacuum ranges, the SOL 2000 and 3000, for solids, oil and liquids. Featuring external manual filter-shakers, independent motors and various accessories, these new units are rated at 2000 and 3000W,...

Complete handling from production to storage.(TEAM Show Preview)
October 1, 2003... Handling specialist Jungheinrich is emphasising its services to the manufacturing sector at the Factory Services Show with equipment for handling goods from raw materials, through the production process and onto finished goods storage. ...

Moulding metal.(TEAM Show Preview)
October 1, 2003... Metal Injection Mouldings is to show how complex shapes and details not normally economical by other manufacturing methods can be produced by metal injection moulding, allowing the same parts typically made in plastics to be produced in low...

On the turn ...(TEAM Show Preview)
October 1, 2003... Sassen Engineering produces a variety of turned palls on single-spindle autos and Emco CNC machines Lip to 40mm dia. in steel, stainless, brass, aluminium and copper. The company also offers second-operation machining from 4 to 40mm dia. and...

Web system on the right lines.(Team Show Preview)
October 1, 2003... Shopfloor-Online from Lighthouse Systems is a web-based manufacturing execution system that collects data from across the whole factory, from areas such as production equipment and systems, quality equipment, operators' input, line sensors and...

Imaging system needs no PC connection.(Team Show Preview)
October 1, 2003... Latest digital imaging system from Nikon Instruments Products provides high-resolution images with no need to connect to a PC. Compact, ergonomic design makes the DS-5M-L1 (right) an easy-to-use system for fast and accurate focusing and...

Automating the labelling function.(Team Show Preview)
October 1, 2003... New PRISYM labelling software from MAP80 Systems features RFID label printing capabilities. This allows users to take advantages of the latest data capture and product i/d technology to automate the labelling function and maximise the...

Portable probe.(Team Show Preview)
October 1, 2003... T-Probe is the latest accessory for Leica Geosystems' LTD700/800 laser trackers. An armless and wireless probe, it can be used to inspect and measure 'virtually anything, anywhere' with six degrees of freedom. The device delivers a 0.1mm length...

Seminars make show a learning experience.(Tooling Show)
October 1, 2003... With their emphasis on tooling technologies and techniques that illustrate the latest money-saving production strategies, the Tooling workshops complement the show's numerous new product developments across every cutting tool product and...

Sample the safe workshop.(Tooling Show)
October 1, 2003... Bott is to create a sample workshop to demonstrate the possibilities its range of CNC tool storage equipment presents for creating an efficient. productive and safe working environment. The stand will be constructed from Bott's range of...

Easy programming means no trouble at th'mill.(Tooling Show)
October 1, 2003... Version 5 of Delcam's PowerMILL CAM software offers easier programming and a wider range of strategies. Other benefits are improved rest roughing, variable thickness machining more comprehensive collision checking, extra five-axis machining...

TAB knows all the angles.(Tooling Show)
October 1, 2003... Tilting adapter block (TAB) from Magnetic Systems can solve the problem of grinding angles without the use of swivel chucks. Made from brass and steel laminates, which conduct magnetism from your existing magnetic chuck. TAB can simply be...

Options for storage and distribution.(Tooling Show)
October 1, 2003... New KMB containers from SSI Schaefer are designed for secure storage and distribution. Offered in a range of variations and made from durable polypropylene, they can be supplied as a nesting container with bail arms, or with an integral lid...

Chucks get a grip.(Tooling Show)
October 1, 2003... Leader Chuck Systems offers the accurate Hainbuch Lexon collet chucks as an economical replacement for multi-bore and other styles of collet chuck in her-fed turning applications. Lexon claims 30 percent more gripping power than multi-bore...

Excellence agreed.(Tooling Show)
October 1, 2003... Ebay of Spain has signed an agreement with Skelcher & Rowe of Coventry to form EBAY S&R, providing two centres of excellence for the design, manufacture and servicing of all types of broaches. Spain designs and makes automotive flat broaches,...

High-performance cutter makes the grade.(Tooling Show)
October 1, 2003... Improved hardness at the surface and high core toughness are said to give the latest range of SPK silicon nitride ceramic grade offered by CeramTec a very high wear resistance alongside comparable grades. The advantage claimed for SL 506,...

Cutting out that Monday morning feeling.(Tooling Show)
October 1, 2003... Machine operators working with metal-working fluids can he prone to skin infections from bacteria, metal fines and swarf trapped in the fluid. Barrier creams and gloves may limit the contact, but Alfa Laval offers its Alfie centrifugal...

If I had a....(Tooling Show)
October 1, 2003... Among the raft of new products from Robert Bosch is the GBH2-22RE hammer and GSB 18-2RE and GSB 20-2RE impact drills. The first is a 2kg tool featuring rotating brush technology: i.e. the brushes move in tune with the motor in both forward...

Get into condition.(Tooling Show)
October 1, 2003... Benchmark Technologies is so confident its Derma Shield will improve your skin condition that it is offering a risk-free trial at the show. This skin protectant stays on the skin for 4 to 5 hours, despite repeated washings, helping the...

Ride-on units meet the Challenge.(Buildings & Maintenance)
October 1, 2003... Three new battery-powered, ride-on scrubber dryers from Walter-Broadley Machines incorporate 36V motors for high industrial cleaning and drying capability. The Challenger 1000, 1000C and 830 are long-running machines featuring durable...

Expansion is in the pipeline.(Buildings & Maintenance)
October 1, 2003... Offering both BBA and Kitemark in a cast iron drainage system, Saint-Gobain Pipelines has extended its Ensign range with new 400-600mm diameter units. In addition to meeting general market needs, these expanded options meet the...

Setting new standards on the flat: concern by lift truck manufacturers and users has led to the Concrete Society defining new standards for industrial concrete ground floors.(Buildings & Maintenance)
October 1, 2003... Uneven floors do not make for efficient, or safe, fork lift track manoeuvres, particularly in very narrow aisle warehouses where, as truck speeds get lower, maintenance tends to get higher. To address this problem comes the latest edition...

Water-based sealer suits the roof or floor.(Buildings & Maintenance)
October 1, 2003... Cost-effective making good, sealing, repairing and colour demarcation inside and outside industrial premises can be done quickly and easily with Coverall water-based, cold applied liquid asphalt. Suitable for flooring or roofing use,...

Feel the heat.(Buildings & Maintenance)
October 1, 2003... It might have been a long, hot summer, but SGB Youngman is preparing for winter with an enhanced range of Easi-Heat mobile heating units in both oil and gas-fired options--you can use propane gas, paraffin or diesel fuel. Over-heat and...

Renovated roof free of plant growth.(Buildings Maintenance)
October 1, 2003... A serious industrial roofing problem has been solved by using all innovative roller-applied acrylic acid copolymer. Use of the material has also avoided a costly re-roofing job. Funcosil Elastoflex, available from Remmers, was used on the...

Flexible flooring.(Buildings Maintenance)
October 1, 2003... Fleximat from Plastic Extruders is a range of matting and flooring products designed for covering large areas in a cost effective and attractive way. Typical applications include the upgrading and covering of hard floors, the temporary...

Locked on.(Buildings Maintenance)
October 1, 2003... Newly launched DM (door module) interlock from Fortress Interlocks is designed for use on all types of doors. The unit is sold as a single or multiple door interlock with up to ten multiple access locks avail able. As part of an interlock...

The dry run.(Factory Equipment)
October 1, 2003... ASV seal-less eccentric pumps are said to be suitable for many fluids transfer applications, whilst providing a tough performance with minimal maintenance. These self-priming pumps are unaffected by dry-running, can pump in either direction and...

Rollers on track.(Factory Equipment)
October 1, 2003... INA's yoke type and stud type track rollers contain needle rollers or cylindrical roller bearings with a profiled outer ring. Track rollers can support high radial forces and axial guide forces such as might be caused by angular or other...

New era in safety technology?(Factory Equipment)
October 1, 2003... Erwin Sick introduces the S3000 safety laser scanner, a flexible and intelligent safety system for the protection of personnel and systems in automated manufacturing and transportation processes. Offering Type 3 safety to IEC/EN61496-3, and...

Step-by-step control.(Factory Equipment)
October 1, 2003... ESAB's new ESABMig step-controlled welding machines are designed to produce high-quality welds with both MIG or MAG welding. Some machines are supplied as an integrated power source and controller, while compact models also incorporate a wire...

Gantry grows in stature.(Factory Equipment)
October 1, 2003... Reid Lifting has introduced an enhanced height adjustment option for its Porta-Gantry range. This lightweight range is made from aluminium alloys--70 percent lighter and with 20 percent greater tensile strength than mild steel--and can be...

All round accuracy.(Factory Equipment)
October 1, 2003... RA, RB, and RE cross miler bearings from THK can replace traditional angular contact ball bearing mechanisms, providing up to four times the level of stiffness, greater rotational accuracy and the ability to handle high loads for all systems...

Sterile solution.(Factory Equipment)
October 1, 2003... High-performance, sterile electromagnetic flowmeter in a wide range of sizes is offered by Krohne. Variflux 6000 features a unique L-shaped scaling ring with a uni-directional trepezoidal lip which, unlike regular O-rings, eliminates the...

Small steps.(Electrics & Electronics)
October 1, 2003... The ARSAPE product program from Electro Mechanical Systems has been extended with the development of a new stepper motor. The new motor is designed to provide excellent power to volume ratio. With a 6mm outer diameter, 9.3mm length and...

Power of three.(Electrics & Electronics)
October 1, 2003... A new range of DIN rail surface mounting, micro processor controlled, three phase relays has been launched by Broyce Control. At just 17.5mm wide, file new Broyce three-phase relays are suitable for a wide range of industrial and commercial...

Make your mark with Mega.(Electrics & Electronics)
October 1, 2003... A new sublimation printing system, which provides a cost-effective way to produce full colour front panels, signs and labels on a variety of substrates, has been developed by Mega Electronics. The new system, said to be ideally suited to...

Collector's pieces.(Electrics & Electronics)
October 1, 2003... Metool Products has introduced a new range of four to 400-way slipring collector columns. Designed and built to IP65 and conforming to WIMES 2.01, the Metool collector columns feature captivated stainless steel fixings and heavy duty...

Characters on display.(Electrics & Electronics)
October 1, 2003... Alpha-numeric digital displays from Leuze Mayser are designed for overhead mounting, and with increased character heights tip to 300mm offer easier visibilty over distances up to 100m. The new large format Wibond displays feature advanced...

Switch for safety.(Electrics & Electronics)
October 1, 2003... A new, expanded range of IP67 stainless steel non contact safety switches for industrial machinery is available from Mechan Controls. Standard magnetic or coded magnetic switches are all available in low-maintenance 316 Grade stainless...

Portable conditioning.(Electrics & Electronics)
October 1, 2003... National Instruments now offers the SCC-SG24 portable signal conditioning module for load cell and other full-bridge measurements. The built-in 10 V excitation of the SCC-SG24 strain gauge module gives research and design validation...

Forklift range given a facelift.(Handling & Storage)
October 1, 2003... Samuk Lift Trucks has announced the introduction of an improved version of its popular range of 4.0, 4.5 and 5.0 tonne at 500mm load centre capacity Clark/Samuk models. In addition to new overall styling similar to the company's GEN2 machines,...

Keep a low profile.(Handling & Storage)
October 1, 2003... The ultra low-profile Pal Disc from Southworth Handling is ideally suited to manual palletising operations in areas such as mezzanine floors where forklift trucks are prohibited. The unit features an all round ramped edge which allows loads of...

For extra lift.(Handling & Storage)
October 1, 2003... Palletower has introduced an extensive range of own branded manual Pallet Trucks, designed to combine durability with high productivity. The Palletruck[TM] range offers smooth manual hydraulics, three position trigger control and nylon load and...

Take the lift.(Handling & Storage)
October 1, 2003... Palamatic Handling Systems has introduced two new systems to make lifting and precision handling less of a strain for the workforce. The Vacuum Tube Lifter is a fast and easy-to-use system to ease the repetitive strains of processes such as...

Storage is on the up.(Handling & Storage)
October 1, 2003... The introduction of a new try tilting mechanism for Autoscan's LogiMat range of vertical lifts, should improve ergonomic handling for operators. LogiTilt is designed to immediately tilt the way up to 45 degrees when presented at the pick...

Loading bay control.(Handling & Storage)
October 1, 2003... Crawford Amber has launched what is believed to be the world's first BUS-networked loading bay control system. The new Supervision i400 is designed to offer advanced operation and maintenance functionality, seamless integration with facility...

Put the lid on.(Handling & Storage)
October 1, 2003... SSI Schaefer is offering a wide range of attached lid containers to meet the many varied needs of the logistics industry. Designed for internal use in automated handling systems, the new LTB transport container has a load capacity of 50kg...

Slick sensor.(Inspection & Measurement)
October 1, 2003... The MZT6 magnetic cylinder sensor from Erwin Sick offers the user increased levels of switching accuracy and ease of mounting. Designed to detect the position of pistons in pneumatic cylinders, the MZTs shape allows it to be dropped into the...

Get a load of this cell.(Inspection & Measurement)
October 1, 2003... Thames Side-Maywood is supplying the Series 350 load cell for industrial weighing. This OIML C3 approved shear beam load cell supersedes the company's successful T62 and T63 load cells. The 350 features an industry standard configuration...

The power to analyse.(Inspection & Measurement)
October 1, 2003... The latest version or Megger's PA9 Plus power quality analyser addresses the International IEC61000 and EN50160 series of power standards. Portable PA9 Plus records power quality and flow information simultaneously. Information is viewed...

An end to the glass system?(Inspection & Measurement)
October 1, 2003... The new, unbreakable, non-glass InPro3300 pH electrode from Mettier Toledo supports on-line pH control The electrode is engineered to integrate with high-throughput automated processing systems, saving time and money as well as providing quick,...

Get fresher.(Safety, Security & Cleaning)
October 1, 2003... Portable breathing air system, ultrapure ALG20 from ultrafilter, provides a cost effective, convenient solution for the purification and supply of breathing air. Suitable for use on centrally purified compressed air systems, where no...

Easy mould cleaning.(Safety, Security & Cleaning)
October 1, 2003... High intensity ultrasonic cleaning is a fast, meticulous but gentle cleaning method. Ultrasonic frequencies created by the Kerry Pulsatron Mk III generator are considered ideally suited to the critical surfaces of mould tools which can easily...

Making light of safety.(Safety, Security & Cleaning)
October 1, 2003... Scientific Technologies introduces the MicroSafe[R] Flexible MCF4700 Series of safety light curtains. The ultra-con]pact and ultra-fast transmitter and receiver is designed for smaller machines and systems with multiple access points. Response...

Meet the panel.(Safety, Security & Cleaning)
October 1, 2003... ID3002 is the latest single or two loop intelligent fire alarm panel from Notifier Fire Systems. Designed primarily for use in small to medium sized network applications, the ID3002, derived from the ID3000 2 to 8 loop panel, is said to provide...

Mixing it.(Process Plant & Control)
October 1, 2003... Chemineer has released a new range of clip-on mixers for use with IBCs, quickly resuspending the container's contents when they've settled out during storage or transportation. The IBC Mixer's lightweight, stainless steel bridge can be...

Seated comfortably.(Process Plant & Control)
October 1, 2003... Tomoe Valve has launched the 847Q Teflon-seated Lugged butterfly valve. The 847Q reduces maintenance time and costs, and is fully rated for end of line service. The system remains fully operational, even during maintenance, saving...

Stainless steel butterflies.(Process Plant & Control)
October 1, 2003... Hygienic butterfly valves, specially designed for sanitary and aseptic applications in the food, dairy, brewing, pharmaceutical and chemical industries, have been developed by Tyco Valves & Controls. The Keystone stainless steel F250 and F251...