MachineBuilding.net Product Stories Archive
05 December 2008Intelligent Line Shaft software increases machine throughput ELAU, Schneider Electric's packaging automation company, says it has updated the principle of electronic line shafting (ELS). The...
04 December 2008Fractional-horsepower gearmotors offer higher efficiencies According to Bison Gear & Engineering, electric motors consume 63-70 per cent of the electricity used in American manufacturing....
04 December 2008SquirrelView.net manages data from multiple remote sites Grant Instruments is launching SquirrelView.net, a cost-effective web-based product designed to simplify the collection, storage,...
04 December 2008Toshiba IK-TFx remote head 3-CCD cameras A new series of three miniature remote head 3-CCD cameras is now available from Firstsight Vision (known as Stemmer Imaging from January 2009). The...
04 December 2008New metal backshells for D-Subminiature connectors A new metal backshell series for D-Subminiature connectors from ITT Interconnect Solutions offers protection from electromagnetic and radio...
04 December 2008Piezoelectric force sensors cope with production environments A range of five force sensors from Kistler Instruments has been developed specifically for use in production environments,...
04 December 2008Measure low resistances with greater accuracy Cropico is introducing the Digital Ohmmeter D07Plus, which improves the accuracy to which low resistance can be measured. Adding to the popular...
03 December 2008Siemens releases Open Modbus/TCP block Existing automation systems require modernisation or expansion to accommodate the increasing use of Ethernet-based data communication in both...
03 December 2008Plug-and-play device extends twisted-pair Ethernet A standard Ethernet network is limited to a 100m distance for point-to-point transmissions over copper cables; for greater distances,...
03 December 2008MicroLogix 1400 offers improved performance and networking Rockwell Automation is shipping the newest member of the Allen-Bradley MicroLogix family of programmable controllers. The...
03 December 2008Kontron Concept Box embedded PC is configured to order With the Kontron Concept Box, Kontron is presenting a new series of fanless compact Embedded Box PCs that come in different physical...
03 December 2008Measurement Studio 8.6 enhances Visual Studio 2008 National Instruments is releasing Measurement Studio 8.6, which increases test and measurement functionality for Visual Studio 2008, the...