Industrial Technology

Kontron launches fanless server gateway for smart rail applications

Kontron has announced its SR-TRACe-G40x edge server gateway solution for the rail transportation industry. This uniquely combines a field-proven multi-network (LTE, Wi-Fi, GNSS, Wired Ethernet) EN50155 rail-certified computer with SEC-Line, Kontron’s innovative approach to enabling ‘all-in-one’ secure edge data processing and networking.

29th July 2020

Red Lion"s FlexEdge intelligent edge automation platform integrates IT and OT

Red Lion’s FlexEdge Intelligent Edge Automation Platform now combines the scalability of Linux with the power of Crimson 3.2 software into one user-friendly operating system. This fusion enables a single FlexEdge controller to provide advanced networking, security, and automation. By integrating information technology and operational technology, FlexEdge helps customers reduce costs, improve data security, and increase productivity.

29th July 2020

Atkore is excited to launch its brand refresh

Atkore International, which owns Unistrut, Marco, Vergokan and Flexicon, is rebranding and updating the image of these well-known and trusted market leading brands to strengthen their association with Atkore. As a global organisation, Atkore has sales of $1.9bn with manufacturing and distribution facilities in 66 locations worldwide. This rebrand will increase customer awareness of the breadth of products and solutions Atkore can offer, showcasing the global scale and support for the cable management and cable protection systems it provides through its partners.

28th July 2020

Hammond introduces EJSS IP66 stainless steel industrial enclosures

The IP66 EJSS family from Hammond Electronics is available in 304 or 316 grade stainless steel, supplied as standard in a natural smooth brushed finish. Sealed to IP66, the EJSS is designed for use as an instrument enclosure, an electric, hydraulic or pneumatic control housing, electrical junction box or terminal wiring enclosure. In applications such as food processing, a formed lip on the enclosure diverts flowing liquids and contaminants away from the seamless poured-in place gasket in the door, enabling it to be hosed down during cleaning.

28th July 2020

EPLAN Data Portal moves to the cloud

CAE provider EPLAN has announced that its immensely popular Data Portal, which provides instant access to comprehensive component and device data for design engineers, will be extensively updated. The new version will be exclusively available in the EPLAN ePulse cloud environment, which users of EPLAN Platform Version 2.9 can access by registering at www.epulse.com.

28th July 2020

UK power supply manufacturer steps up to coronavirus challenge

TDK Corporation is pleased to announce that TDK-Lambda is stepping up to the coronavirus challenge. It is the world’s largest manufacturer of healthcare power supplies, used in critical medical and laboratory applications globally. Many of these products are built in TDK Lambda UK’s factory in Ilfracombe, Devon.

24th July 2020

HMS unveils the second generation Anybus Communicator â€“ connecting devices and machines into the future

On the market for almost 20 years, the Anybus Communicator line from HMS Networks is the market-leading gateway family for serial to fieldbus and industrial Ethernet connectivity. Popular among device manufacturers, machine builders and system integrators all over the world, millions of devices and machines today rely on Communicators for network connectivity in a wide variety of industrial application areas.

24th July 2020

Datamate Mix-Tek series connector housings and contacts available to purchase separately

Harwin has made its supply chain more streamlined and responsive by extending the scope of its Datamate Mix-Tek high-reliability (hi-rel) connector series. OEMs can now purchase cable housings for these 2.00mm and 4.00mm pitch connectors without contacts fitted, rather than being restricted to a small number of pre-defined kits. This allows customers to consider a broader array of contact options from Harwin’s portfolio – specifying the housing-contact combination that is the right fit for their requirements and receiving their order more quickly.

24th July 2020

Rittal"s infrastructure protects compact IT data centre within industrial unit

Marshall Tufflex is a manufacturing company, based in East Sussex, that produces PVC trunking, cable trays and a range of other products for the construction industry. It was proposed that an area within the factory floor, currently used as a workshop, could be re-purposed as a space for a compact IT computing system that would run the factory’s automated machinery.

23rd July 2020

DesignSpark Mechanical 3D CAD modelling software receives latest upgrade

RS Components has unveiled the latest version of DesignSpark Mechanical, the free-for-download 3D CAD modelling software. Version 5.0 offers new features, enhancements and customisation options that have been developed following feedback from users. The new release coincides with the 10-year anniversary of DesignSpark.

22nd July 2020