Instrumentation & Automation News articles from June 2000

Instrumentation & Automation News archives from June 2000

SOLID STATE RELAYS.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... SOLID STATE RELAYS, RS and RM series, for resistive and capacitive loads up to 100 AACrms and 600 VACrms, include LED indication and are touch protected with an easy to remove clip-on IP20 compliant cover. All input and output terminals are...

FULLY INTEGRATED SOFT STARTER.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... FULLY INTEGRATED SOFT STARTER, IT Soft Starter, is a small (30-80% smaller than current industry offerings) 24 Vdc-controlled that uses safer operating voltages, simplifies compliance to safety standards and has reliable interfacing with PLCs...

SINGLE-TURN POSITION SENSOR.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... SINGLE-TURN POSITION SENSOR, Model 357, has a rotational life of 10 million shaft revolutions. Resistance values range from 1 Kohm to 50 Kohm with a standard tolerance of +/-20%. Standard linearity is +/-2.0%, while the standard power rating is...

INDUSTRIAL VIDEO MONITOR.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... INDUSTRIAL VIDEO MONITOR, FPI1710, has a 17.1" SXGA TFT LCD with resolution of 1280 x 1024. It offers a 160 degree viewing cone, 200 nits brightness, 16 million-color capability, rack or panel mount configurations, operation to 50 [degrees] C...

DIN-RAIL MOUNTED UNIVERSAL SIGNAL CONDITIONERS.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... DIN-RAIL MOUNTED UNIVERSAL SIGNAL CONDITIONERS, CA series, can be programmed to accept a wide range of input signals and produce a wide range of output signals, thereby eliminating the need to stock a variety of signal converters. The user can...

REAL-TIME OSCILLOSCOPE.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... REAL-TIME OSCILLOSCOPE, TDS7000, addresses the critical measurement needs of engineers who design next-generation global communications and Internet products. It is based on a new, open Windows platform and includes up to 20 GS/s real-time...

Product News.
June 1, 2000... CAPACITIVE SENSORS FOR HARSH CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTS The PT30 and KT34 capacitive sensors reliably detect all metallic and non-metallic materials, including water, metal, wood, glass, cardboard, plastic, glue and silicon wafers. The housing,...

Level Measurement & Control.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Ultrasonic Level Transmitter Insensitive To RFI & EMI Burkert USA, Irvine, CA, has introduced a new ultrasonic level transmitter, the Type 8175, which is immune to radio frequency interference (RFI) and electromagnetic interference...

Counters, Timers & Totalizers.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Large Digit Production Displays For Plant-Wide Viewing Vorne Industries, Inc., Itasca, IL, has announced the 87 Series, a new family of large digit production displays. High visibility digits combined with a variety of features make this...

Flow Sensors.
June 1, 2000... Flow Controls Designed For Accuracy Two new devices for uncompensated volumetric fluid measurement and control have been introduced by Eaton Corporation-Durant Products, Watertown, WI. A flow totalizer/ratemeter and a local batcher for...

Connectors, Wire, Cable & Terminal Blocks.(includes multiple product announcements; includes related article on advanced modular interconnects)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2000... Multi-Port Distribution Box Provides Space-Saving Interconnect Solution The MVP12 Passive Distribution Box from Murrelektronik, Inc., Doylestown, PA, provides a low-profile, lightweight, economical multi-interconnection solution that...

Industrial Automation Software.
June 1, 2000... HMI Software System Displays Data From Many Systems InduSoft Ltd., Hilton Head Island, SC, has announced the release of InduSoft Web Studio, an HMI software system that can display information from any control or data acquisition system...

ON-LINE THERMAL IMAGER OFFERS A RUGGED DESIGN FOR USE IN THE HARSHEST INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING ENVIRONMENTS.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Recently, IRCON, Inc., Niles, IL introduced the Stinger Thermal Imaging System featuring an uncooled Focal Plain Array (FPA) 320 x 240 sensor. The system provides an on-line, radiometric thermal imaging solution that eliminates downtime in most...

Literature.
June 1, 2000... SIGNAL CONDITIONING CATALOG This 150-page signal conditioning catalog features four product lines and a broad range of transmitters, isolators and alarms. A series of application notes and drawings demonstrates how these products can be...

ADVANCED VACUUM FLOURESCENT DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY PRODUCES DISPLAYS WITH INCREASED FUNCTIONALITY, LOWER COSTS AND A COMPACT DESIGN.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Because of the recent explosion in the availability of new color LCD modules in response to international demand for better notebook computer displays, the vacuum fluorescent option is often overlooked by engineers designing with flat panel...

PATHWAYS ENTERPRISE[TM] I/O PRODUCT FAMILY COLLECTS AND TRANSPORTS "HIDDEN" MANUFACTURING DATA IN REAL-TIME FOR INTEGRATION WITH BUSINESS SYSTEMS IN A PLANT.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Pathways[TM] Enterprise I/O is the foundation of a new family of products, announced by Zoneworx, that provides instant enterprise-level visibility into production processes for the purpose of integration into business applications. The...

IAN-LIT.(Literature for instrumentation and control engineers and managers)
June 1, 2000... Literature for Instrumentation & Control Engineers and Managers Infrared Temperature Measurement Spectrum - Resource for Understanding IR Technology is the new eighteen-page tutorial from Raytek that provides information on noncontact...