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Norgren"s AMT air dryer delivers 10 year maintenance-free capability

Norgren’s patented AMT dryer – already used on train fleets across the globe – has achieved a new benchmark for effectiveness in the rail sector. Following a decade long data analysis of performance levels and use on busy rail operations in severe environments, it has been confirmed that the innovative compressed air dryer solution is capable of sustained functional excellence without the need for maintenance for up to ten years.

25th January 2021
Load-sensing proportional directional valve offers enhanced flexibility

Load-sensing proportional directional valve offers enhanced flexibility

Eaton has announced the launch of its SLV20 load-sensing proportional directional valve, a flexible priority-flow-sharing solution for mini and micro machinery. Compared to traditional cast iron control valves, Eaton’s SLV20 valve offers greater flexibility and control as well as space and weight savings for low-flow applications.

25th January 2021
Festo configurator saves time and effort when selecting and ordering valves

Festo configurator saves time and effort when selecting and ordering valves

Industrial automation specialist Festo has introduced a new online configuration tool that makes it easier and quicker to select the correct valve or actuator for your process application. Simply select a few parameters and the Festo valve configurator will suggest appropriate combinations, offering a fast, reliable and easy way for process engineers to source coordinated and ready-to-install solutions.

25th January 2021
IO-Link fork and inductive sensors keep ketchup fresh

IO-Link fork and inductive sensors keep ketchup fresh

Food production utilises automation to achieve high-efficiency. As an example, a processing plant uses photoelectric sensors and extended-distance inductive sensors to help it ensure plastic ketchup bottles are hermetically sealed and capped.

25th January 2021
Configure a tailored safety relay with myPNOZ Creator

Configure a tailored safety relay with myPNOZ Creator

If you want a safety relay that’s precisely tailored to your application, you can now take advantage of myPNOZ from Pilz. With the intuitive online tool myPNOZ Creator, you can assemble your myPNOZ relay, and it’s delivered pre-assembled, set up and tested and so is a completely individualised system, ready to install. No programming knowledge is required to use myPNOZ Creator, as the logic links for the safety functions are defined on myPNOZ via the modules that are selected and the sequence in which they are plugged in.

25th January 2021
Brakes save weight on jet

Brakes save weight on jet"s motorised window shades

While private business jets are the limousines of the sky, they are not immune from the design constraints common across all aircraft. Minimising the size and weight of components is all important for securing the efficiency and performance of any aircraft. So a European motor manufacturer turned to customised Warner Electric X-Small (XS) brakes to reduce the size and weight of its motorised window shades.

25th January 2021
Advanced robotics for industrial manufacturing

Advanced robotics for industrial manufacturing

Rahav Madvil and Noam Ribon on Siemens Digital Industries Software look at the role of robotics in automating processes to optimise manufacturing productivity.

25th January 2021
TR VIC continues to invest in the latest high precision fastenings machinery

TR VIC continues to invest in the latest high precision fastenings machinery

International fastener specialist TR VIC spa, part of the Trifast group of companies, has made a substantial investment in the very latest fastening machinery in response to increasing and evolving requirements from European customers. The high precision Carlo Salvi cold former is the newest addition to its growing portfolio of machinery, which further increases manufacturing capacity for high level applications within automotive, household appliances and electrical sectors in Europe.

22nd January 2021
EMS supplies the latest innovation in stepper motors with internal aperture

EMS supplies the latest innovation in stepper motors with internal aperture

Sole UK supplier of Faulhaber motors, EMS has announced that it will offer the latest product in the Faulhaber range. The DM66200H series of hollow shaft stepper motors boasts a new direct drive mechanism for applications that require a uniquely wide aperture, while providing impressive performance values.

21st January 2021
Maximum flexibility with IO-Link Y series with embedded web interface

Maximum flexibility with IO-Link Y series with embedded web interface

Carlo Gavazzi continues to meet the needs of industry 4.0 by launching the IO-Link Y series of IIoT-enabled network blocks which allow up to eight smart devices to connect to the higher-level control system. Installing smart devices within a plant can improve business performance as well as product quality, maintenance/machine uptime, increased speed of operation and lower manufacturing costs.

21st January 2021
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