Instrumentation & Automation News articles from March 2000

Instrumentation & Automation News archives from March 2000

DIN RAIL TERMINAL BLOCKS.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... DIN RAIL TERMINAL BLOCKS, taris IDC Series, use IDC (Insulation Displacement Technology) to reduce wiring installation time as much as 50-60% by eliminating the need for labor-intensive wire preparation especially in high-volume wiring...

MACHINE CONDITION MONITOR.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... MACHINE CONDITION MONITOR, GM7000, now includes trending and archiving modules. The protection monitor displays up to 16 channels of vibration, shaft position, temperature, RPM or 4-20 mA inputs with individually adjustable alarms and shutdown...

MULTI-FUNCTION CALIBRATOR.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... MULTI-FUNCTION CALIBRATOR, MC-1000, combines the accuracy and functions of this company's PTC-8000 temperature calibrator with V/ma and frequency functions. Features include [+ or -] 0.6 [degrees] C TC [+ or -] 0.3 [degrees] C RTD and 0.015%...

ULTRASONIC COUNTING SENSORS.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... ULTRASONIC COUNTING SENSORS, SUPERPROX Model CT1000 Series, eliminate miscounts and reduce downtime associated with setups and changeovers especially when counting single containers on single-file conveyor lines. The sensors count both...

PORTABLE COMPUTER.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... PORTABLE COMPUTER, DataMyte 4000 Industrial Digital Assistant, combines the best features of a Personal Digital Assistant and a Pen Tablet PC in an industrial hardened design for use in field data collection, inspection, auditing, system...

BUS-BASED TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... BUS-BASED TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER, MLC9000, interfaces with PLC and HMIs to eliminate the maze of panel-mounted controllers individually wired for each loop, and delivers the performance of single-loop controllers with a single HMI interface. It...

Product News.
March 1, 2000... THREE-WAY VALVE WITH ONE UNITIZED BODY The two-position, three-way X-Valve[TM] is 8 mm in width and has a tiny, overall footprint area. The valve's unitized body incorporates all the functional features in one glass-reinforced PBT molded...

Enclosures, Cabinets, Cases & Racks.
March 1, 2000... Heavy Duty Enclosures Withstand Severe Earthquakes In today's global marketplace, your company's product may be sold into a seismic risk area. Today's designers must be aware of this possibility and educate themselves about designs to help...

Hydraulics & Pneumatics.
March 1, 2000... Air Valve Island Minimizes Machine Downtime Parker Hannifin Corporation, Pneumatic Division, Richland, MI, has introduced Solstar, a "plug in and work" air valve island that has been designed to keep machine downtime to a minimum. Solstar...

Photoelectric Sensors.
March 1, 2000... Color Photoelectric Sensor For High-Speed Full Color Detection The Telemecanique XURC color photoelectric sensor from Square D, Palatine, IL, is designed for sensing the true color of an object. It combines a learning function that allows...

Motion Control (Motors, Motor Controls, Devices & Encoders).
March 1, 2000... Complete Motion Control Package Fits in the Palm of Your Hand The MicroLYNX from Intelligent Motion Systems, Marlborough, CT, is a complete motion control solution in a compact, easy-to-install panel mounted assembly. The MicroLYNX motion...

Industrial Automation Software.
March 1, 2000... Embedded NT Product Integrates Hard Real-Time Control on a PC Steeplechase Software, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, has announced the availability of an embedded NT product specifically designed to meet the needs of embedded industrial applications....

Literature.
March 1, 2000... AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS Open Solutions is an automation solutions catalog which features this company's controllers, motion control systems, CIMPLICITY[R] software, operator interfaces, operator control stations and computer numerical...

A New Type of Vision Sensor Provides An Affordable, Stand-Alone Package That Requires No Programming or PC.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Recently, Cognex Corp., Natick, MA introduced the In-Sight[TM] 2000 machine vision sensor. The sensor is a stand-alone package that requires no programming or PC. It offers a comprehensive library of this company's vision software tools...

A New Software Technology Combines The Speed and Simplicity Of Graphical Programming With The Power And Flexibility of Text-Based Syntactical Programming.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Syntactical programming has been around since the early days of computers. More recently, graphical programming languages have been introduced and are now a popular alternative to writing hard core, text-based syntax. What's been lacking is an...

Motor Control Center Delivers Intelligent, Integrated Diagnostic And Monitoring Solutions.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... The Allen-Bradley IntelliCENTER Motor Control Center (MCC) provides MCC users with an integrated hardware, software and communications solution. The IntelliCENTER features pre-configured software which shows real-time data, trending, component...