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Ultra-wide input DC-DC modules for rail

Ultra-wide input DC-DC modules for rail

Conduction cooling for power supplies has many advantages, primarily lower maintenance and improved reliability due the elimination of moving parts when compared to fan operated supplies. 

23rd October 2020
NEC and Analog Devices collaborate to provide 5G O-RAN

NEC and Analog Devices collaborate to provide 5G O-RAN

NEC Corporation and Analog Devices have announced that they have teamed up to design a 5G Network Massive MIMO Antenna Radio Unit for Rakuten Mobile. The radio unit adopts ADI’s fourth-generation wideband RF transceiver solution to achieve high precision Massive MIMO and possesses a 5G open vRAN (virtual RAN) interface corresponding to Rakuten Mobile’s end-to-end fully virtualised cloud-native mobile network. It delivers large capacity transmission with high efficiency by using 3.7GHz frequency Massive MIMO*1 and digital beamforming technology.*2 The cloud-native virtual network heralds a major shift in how communications providers can offer high-speed internet access worldwide, at significantly lower costs, made possible without the maintenance, upkeep, repair and labour costs associated with the physical infrastructure that hinders conventional networks. NEC has already started shipping the 5G Network Massive MIMO Antenna Radio Unit to Rakuten Mobile.

23rd October 2020
Motion in medical analysers

Motion in medical analysers

With designers of medical analysers under pressure to develop systems that are smaller, faster and even more accurate, the selection of the most appropriate motor to drive the different axes becomes a key consideration.

22nd October 2020
Contrinex

Contrinex"s analogue inductives "get the measure" of textiles

A specialised textile-testing machine measures the thickness of a moving textile web in real at a high-speed. As the web passes over a roller, a precision Contrinex analogue inductive sensor, positioned directly above the roller, rests lightly on the top of the web. It senses the distance through the material to the roller, precisely measuring the thickness of the material.

22nd October 2020
Soft braking makes mine hoists strong

Soft braking makes mine hoists strong

Access shafts and hoisting systems are essential components for mining activities. To optimise transport, stopping and parking operations, these elevator machineries need high-quality redundant controls for speed, acceleration and deceleration. When a leading manufacturer of mine hoists Coal¬field Services needed a custom braking solution for one of its setups, it chose Svendborg Brakes and Twiflex, two brands of Altra Industrial Motion Corp., for the production of a reliable system.

22nd October 2020
Finding the right control system to use in hostile manufacturing environments

Finding the right control system to use in hostile manufacturing environments

Northern Combustion Systems (NCS) opts for Siemens Sirius ACT with PROFINET remote push button station as a reliable and robust solution under hazardous conditions – a unique system that saved 50% on costs. NCS is a revered name in the furnace industry. Established in 1984, it is a market leader for furnace manufacturing and the provision of process heating solutions to a wide variety of industries.

22nd October 2020
New

New "SLIMS" narrow FeedThrough connectors from Cliff save panel space

Cliff Electronics announces the introduction of the new SLIMS FeedThrough connector range. Offering a more compact alternative to their very popular 26mm wide XLR form factor product range, the new SLIMS connectors are just 19mm wide allowing up to 20 to be mounted in a 1U, 19” rack panel, rather than just 16 of the existing XLR design with cut out dimensions of 17.15mm (0.675in) x 22.86mm (0.9in) with mounting hole centres of 29mm.

22nd October 2020
Latest Improvements to the ModBox-Front-End

Latest Improvements to the ModBox-Front-End

Laser Components offers iXblue’s ModBox-Front-End turnkey system as an ideal solution for optical pulse shaping, offering the finest performance for the end user by integrating screened and selected components that are controlled by a dedicated software interface for intuitive control to provide reliable and stable operation.

22nd October 2020
High accuracy mass flow controller for gas adds analogue comms

High accuracy mass flow controller for gas adds analogue comms

Bürkert has augmented its Type 8742/46 range of mass flow controllers/meters (MFC/M) for gas applications with the addition of analogue communications onboard. Characterised by their high measuring accuracy and repeatability, the Type 8742/46 range now also includes an option with PROFIBUS-DP directly integrated.

22nd October 2020
New gripper for automated handling of six packs

New gripper for automated handling of six packs

With Piab's new gripper, six-packs with cardboard wrapping can be handled automatically, gently and without leaving any marks. This provides the beverage industry with a new solution for more efficient packaging and palletizing of bottles.

22nd October 2020
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