Industrial Technology

Miniature inductive encoder is lightweight and accurate for robotic joints

Celera Motion has released a new range of miniature PCB-based ring encoders for robotic joints. Ideally suited to surgical applications with a hollow bore design to fit into rotary actuators, the IncOder Core non-contact absolute encoder is metal-free and extremely lightweight. In addition to providing the accuracy, resolution and repeatability required for surgical applications, it features a design that is immune to contamination.

19th January 2022

New 10-year warranty plan for all Boge oil lubricated screw compressors

Boge has launched a new 10-year warranty scheme for all its oil lubricated screw machines. Available as standard with all new products, the extended warranty provides extensive cover and gives customers even greater peace of mind.

19th January 2022

BLV-R series BLDCs are ideal for autonomous workforces

The BLV-R Series of low voltage input power DC motors has been launched by Oriental Motor. Based on the successful BLV series, the BLV-R motors benefit from enhancements that are specifically designed to make them a cost-effective solution in AGVs and AMRs.

18th January 2022

Micromotors are driving a new frontier in rehabilitation

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), over two billion people are living with a health condition that benefits from rehabilitation. Innovations in rehabilitation engineering are giving patients with once debilitating health conditions independence and a higher quality of life. Here Dave Walsha, sales manager at precision drive system supplier EMS, looks at how micromotors are advancing rehabilitation equipment.

18th January 2022

The complete safety solution for access guarding on pallet magazines

Pallet magazines with automatic restart contribute to increased system efficiency. This requires a reliable access guarding system. A new safety solution with induction loops, light curtain and monitored signal sequence satisfies the requirements of revised standard EN 415-4, thereby ensuring maximum safety

18th January 2022

ABB Ability System 800xA Sugar Library boosts manufacturers" monitoring and control flexibility

ABB has launched its latest release of ABB Ability Sugar Library enhanced with new functionalities to serve as a control engineering inventory for sugar manufacturers. It will help to reduce engineering costs and development timelines, simplify expansions and eliminate errors in engineering and improve quality and reliability in operational use.

18th January 2022

New Parker safety blocks for hydraulic accumulators simplify selection process

Parker Hannifin is introducing a new safety block (SB series) for hydraulic accumulators that simplifies the selection, installation and maintenance process of these important system components. Due to the broad variety of accumulator types and their applications, the market is proliferated with an equally wide expanse of safety blocks that, until now, has made selection challenging for many customers. Developed by the company’s Cylinder and Accumulator Division Europe (CADE), the new safety block overcomes this time-consuming issue.

18th January 2022

Schaeffler presents OPTIME C1 intelligent relubrication system

Manual relubrication of rolling bearings is still the norm in many areas of industry. Automatic lubricators are a big improvement on this, but they still require manual, route-based monitoring. Generally speaking, manual relubrication errors are one of the main causes of failure in rolling bearings. The bearing specialists at Schaeffler have solved this problem. They have developed OPTIME C1, an IoT solution for the relubrication of rolling bearings using intelligent, automatic lubricators.

18th January 2022

NSK doubles bearing life in continuous casting machine application

Cylindrical roller bearings mounted to a continuous casting machine were only lasting 1-2 months prior to failure at a major steelmaking plant in Europe. To remedy the situation, the facility invited NSK’s team of experts to review the application and operating conditions, a process that ultimately led to the adoption of NSK’s sealed spherical roller bearings. The result: annual savings of €14,850 in downtime and maintenance costs.

18th January 2022

Toshiba rechargeable Lithium-ion battery cell that delivers high energy and high power

Toshiba Corporation has expanded its SCiB product offering with the launch of an innovative 20Ah-HP rechargeable lithium-ion battery cell that delivers high energy and high power at the same time.

17th January 2022