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Laser sensors for reflecting surface |
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 Special
sensors for
optical distance measurement
of direct reflecting materials
are now available from Micro-Epsilon. Designated as the optoNCDT
1700DR, this new series expands the manufacturer’s already extensive
sensor family. Three sensors with the measuring ranges of 2mm, 10mm and
20mm are designed specifically for use with polished metals, glass or
chrome-plated products. The high measuring rate of 2.5kHz and the
maximum resolution of 0.1µm make precise measurement of the desired
targets possible. The reflected laser beam is guided into the receiving
array by tilting the sensor and is then directly converted into an
electrical signal by the integrated controller. The design is identical
to the successful optoNCDT 1700 standard series. As well as the
integrated controller, the series also incorporates a foil keypad
directly on the sensor, whereby adjustments without configuration
software are possible. The comprehensive ILD Tool 1700 software, which
also makes a measured value display possible, is included as standard
for more simplified operation of the sensor at a computer. A different
tilt angle is ... |
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Customised
Industrial Pressure
Transmitters |
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 Keller
AG, the
pressure measurement specialists, can meet spontaneous
requests from customers with expertise, thanks to its ultramodern
production, compensation and calibration processes. The Series 21 G is
the latest fruit of more than 30 years’ experience in pressure
measurement. The pressure port and all parts in contact with the media
are made of stainless steel, Keller use an ingenious heat treatment
process to ensure maximum stability. Series 21 G is an excellent example
of our OEM products. The structure is highly modular, and the production
concept is based on quantities of several thousand units. The user
defines the key features as appropriate to the specific measuring task:
pressure connection, measuring range, temperature compensation, output
signal format, etc. Even in the widest temperature range from -40 °C to
+135 °C, the typical error band remains within 2,0 %FS (Full Scale). ... |
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Heavy Duty Fiber Optic Rotary Encoder For
Hazardous Locations |
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 Newbury
Park, California, Micronor’s new MR316 ZapFREE™
Fiber Optic
Rotary Encoder is designed for heavy duty, industrial motor drive
applications requiring high reliability, EMI immunity, ATEX compliance,
IP66 ingress protection and even operation in extreme temperatures. The
sensor is size 90mm and features large 12mm Ø shaft and extra heavy duty
bearings and shaft seals. Together with the remote MR310 module, the
ZapFREE™
encoder system uniquely combines three functions in one -
incremental encoder,
multi-turn position sensor and
tachometer. Typical
applications include petrochemical plants, oil rigs, steel mills, aerial
cable cars, cranes and hoists. The MR316’s all-optical, totally passive
design outperforms resolvers as well as conventional optical and
magnetic encoders. Advantages include: wide operating range
(-60°C/+150°C); outdistances copper cable; intrinsically safe and ATEX-compliant;
immune to EMI/RFI and ground loops; unaffected by high magnetic fields;
and radiation resistant. Mounting options include synchro clamps or
panel mount. The “passive” MR316 optically links to the “active” MR310
ZapFREE™ Remote Encoder Interface (REI) Module via a single 62.5/125
multimode fiber link – up to 1000 meters (3280 feet) away. ... |
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Weighing electronics determines truck
loads reliably and with high accuracy |
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 Complete
check-in and check-out scales for trucks can be easily implemented using
HBM’s new DIS2116 digital weighing electronics and C16i
digital
load cells. In legal-for-trade mode, data is encrypted for transfer from
the
load cells
to the DIS2116. HBM is the first provider so far to
comply with the latest requirements of the MID EC directive (eg
implemented in WELMEC 7.2) for manipulation-safe data transfer from the
transducer to the downstream electronics. Save time. The weighing
electronics is easy to install as only a few software commands are
needed to integrate the DIS2116 into a host system. All information
required for legal-for-trade applications – such as dates, gross, net,
tare, manual tare – are held internally. Therefore your downstream
software no longer requires any special legal-for-trade functions.
DIS2116 features electronic off-center load compensation so that only a
single mass on each corner of the truck scales is needed for calibration
to compensate mechanical corner errors. This takes only a few minutes
compared with the two to three hours required for off-center load
compensation on conventional analog systems. Therefore, it often becomes
unnecessary to laboriously climb down into the weighing machine pit. ... |
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Kavlico Launches NEW Easy-to-Navigate
Website |
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 Moorpark,
CA – Kavlico, a global business unit of Custom Sensors &
Technologies (CST), is pleased to announce that their NEW website with
enhanced navigational features as well as an abundance of useful
resources is live and ready to be surfed at www.kavlico.com. Not only is
the NEW site visually appealing, but the improved navigation makes it
easy to locate just the right sensor to fit each end-user’s application.
Kavlico designs and manufactures sensors and controls for the
transportation, industrial, and aerospace & defense markets and has
incorporated these major market segments into the website design. By
segmenting the products and applications by market served, the user is
guided through the site in a step-by-step process via sub-category
selections. This new functionality makes finding the required
pressure,
position,
force, specialty sensor, or cockpit device a snap. Once on the
site, users will find a great deal of useful information about Kavlico -
in addition to products and product applications. Sections included ... |
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Sierra's Smart-Trak® Model 100 Series
Chosen as Part of Key Test Equipment in Measuring CO2 Absorption in
Antarctica |
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 Sierra
Instruments, Inc.: With just days left before Stanford researcher
David Mucciarone would leave on his annual pilgrimage to Antarctica, the
mass flow controller in his carbon analyzer failed. His instrumentation
supplier recommended that he make the transition to Sierra. On a wing
and a prayer, he purchased a Sierra Smart-Trak® Model 100
digital mass
flow controller just prior to boarding ship. He installed it on the trip
down to Antarctica, and it worked, perfectly. But fierce trials lay
ahead as the icebreaker he was travelling on plunged through miles of
thick ice before delivering him to one of the most severe environments
on Planet Earth. Despite the challenges, the Smart-Trak® has never
faltered. “We’re very happy and that’s the bottom line,” says Mucciarone.
No greater challenge faces our planet right now than determining
conclusively how we are impacting the environment and what can be done
to arrest and reverse global warming. To deepen our understanding,
Stanford researcher David Mucciarone spends two months in the Antarctic
every year measuring the breakdown of inorganic carbon in both sea and
ice to learn how much carbon dioxide the ocean can effectively digest.
Based on his success with the carbon analyzer, he plans to employ
additional analyzers on ocean reef and other ecosystems around the
world—each containing a Sierra Smart-Trak®
mass flow controller. The
Smart-Trak®
digital mass flow controller
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Increased productivity with the new
software "INDUSTRYmonitor" |
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 Darmstadt
- Industrial production systems must be easy to operate and their
functions easy to monitor. The new software "INDUSTRYmonitor" was
developed by HBM precisely for this purpose. It enables a more
efficient utilization of the HBM press-fit controller FASTpress and the
switch checker EASY-switch. The "INDUSTRYmonitor" is used for process
data acquisition, visualization and data storage, and can be operated on
Microsoft Windows-based industrial PC's and operator panels. Both
stationary applications on site in production systems or machines and
mobile service and diagnostic terminals can be incorporated. It makes no
difference whether these systems are wired (e.g. line PC or industrial
PC) or wireless (e.g. WLAN, WiFI). New functions for the transmission of
workpiece name and component identification are integrated and can be
read in via Bus interfaces (CAN, Profibus, Ethernet) or barcode scanners
(USB). The INDUSTRYmonitor is operated via an Ethernet network with up
to 12 process controllers. Cycle times measured in seconds with display
and storage of process data in the background can be realized. The
displays and functions can be adapted to the individual requirements of
the production process as well as the country and operator. ... |
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Alignment check of hinges for windows and
door mechanisms |
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 Cognex:
Mayer & Co., a global leader in its field has found the solution to
their production problems in Cognex vision systems. While it’s something
we all do possibly several times a day - opening or tilting a balcony
door or window, most of us are unaware of the technology behind it.
Mayer & Co., known to experts worldwide as MACO, is one of the three
market leaders in the manufacture of rotary and tilting hinges for
windows and doors. Using cameras from Cognex and support from Buxbaum
Automation, they were able to find the perfect solution to optimizing
their production process. Rejects have been reduced to practically zero.
Motivated by their success with the Cognex DVT 510 series, the MACO
engineers will be relying on Cognex quality for other production areas
and lines in the future especially considering they were the first
company in the industry to be certified to DIN ISO 9001 by the AGQS. The
components are manufactured exclusively at the company’s main plants in
Salzburg and in Trieben. MACO distributes its products through an
extensive network throughout the world, although Europe ... |
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New Heavy Industrial Mass Flow Controller
with ANSI or DIN Flanges Now Available from Sierra Instruments |
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 Sierra
Instruments is proud to announce its award winning Max-Trak® Model
180
Industrial Mass Flow Meters and Controllers are now available with
316 stainless steel (ANSI or DIN) flange mounting for gas flow rates up
to 1000 slpm (pipe sizes up to 1 inch / 25mm). The new Max-Trak® Model
180 + Flanges' significant design enhancement expands the processes and
applications where the Max-Trak® can be installed. Sierra’s Dial-A-Gas®
technology makes Max-Trak® the industry’s only multi-gas capable
Industrial Mass Flow Controller. The Max-Trak® Model 180 + Flanges has
excellent accuracy (+/-1% of FS) and repeatability (+/-0.2% of FS)
coupled with unsurpassed instrument stability resulting from a patented,
inherently-linear design, advanced platinum sensor technology, and a
valve that is strong, flexible and forgiving. Max-Trak® can communicate
to a user workstation via RS-232, RS-485 or one of 4 analog signals.
Max-Trak® is the Industry’s only NEMA 6/IP67 rated
mass flow controller
conforming to rigorous water-resistant requirements. Rugged and
reliable, the Max-Trak® is well-suited to handle to most demanding
challenges commonly found in heavy industrial applications such as those
found in metals and ceramics manufacturing, combustion control systems,
chemical processing, pharmaceutical/biotech, and food and beverage. ... |
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New space-saving Profibus IO-Link Master,
Rugged solution for tight installation spaces |
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 IO-Link
Masters from Balluff make the intelligence built into sensors and
actuators available to the control level. The sensor specialist and
connectivity provider now offers a new, spacesaving version of their
IO-Link distribution box for Profibus. The remarkably slim and rugged
zinc die-cast housing with 224x37x32 mm dimensions is equipped with
large LED indicator lights. The IP 67 protected distribution box is the
ideal solution for applications in tight mounting spaces and where dust,
water, oils or even mechanical loads are present. With its M12
connection technology, it is ideal for a variety of uses including
connection of sensor hubs, control panels or actuators such as valve
terminal units. This Profibus IO-Link Master is available with two or
four IO-Link terminals. In combination with IO-Link sensor hubs, this
means up to 68 sensors can be connected. Unused IO-Link ports can be
used as standard in- or outputs (SIO). Balluff IO-Link Masters replace
complexity with standardization. It makes no difference whether the
signals from measuring or binary sensors are sent to the machine
controller or setup parameters need to be sent to the devices. The
entire data exchange with the control level takes place in typical
IO-Link ... |
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Kistler Group Takes Over MSC Automotive
GmbH |
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 The
Kistler Group took over MSC Automotive GmbH based in
Schwieberdingen, Germany, in an all-stock transaction on 1 January 2009.
MSC, whose products and services round off the existing range of the
Business Unit Vehicles perfectly, is being fully integrated into the
group. MSC Automotive GmbH was established in 1996 and has a workforce
of 54. MSC is a leading provider of systems for crash dummy
instrumentation and develops and produces the associated
force sensors
and
accelerometers. A second business unit (Service and Measurement
Technology) carries out custom vehicle safety measurements and
calibrates sensors and measuring systems, often directly in situ. The
potential of the existing business activities of the Kistler Group,
particularly in crash/vehicle safety and services, is further enhanced
by the move. In future the MSC products previously sold mainly on the
German market will also be distributed internationally in over 30
countries via the wide sales network of the Kistler Group. ... |
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