Machine Building

Nord now shipping IE5+ synchronous motors

Nord Drivesystems is now delivering its new ultra-efficient IE5+ synchronous motors. These complement the standardised geared motor variants of the LogiDrive systems and are particularly suitable for reducing the number of variants. This makes the IE5+ synchronous motor particularly suitable for use in intralogistics.

8th April 2020

ABB IE5 SynRM motors are ultra-efficient

Customers can increase their energy efficiency, improve sustainability and enhance reliability by upgrading to ABB IE5 ultra-premium SynRM motors that offer up to 50 per cent lower energy losses compared with IE2 motors.

8th April 2020

Rittal Wire Station is mobile, ergonomic, modular and versatile

The new Rittal Wire Station 540 offers many benefits for workstations across panel building, switchgear manufacturing and in electro-mechanical workshops. For example, thanks to its modularity, the table can be tailored to suit a company's assembly process. It also allows workshops to take a further step towards automation when used alongside Rittal's automatic Wire Terminal wire processing machine and the EPLAN Smart Wiring software tool.

8th April 2020

Safety pressure sensors available with Deutsch DT04 connectors

Sensor-Technik Wiedemann GmbH (STW) now supports additional electrical interfaces for "˜safety' pressure sensors. For the STW pressure sensors of the F02 Safety series from the modular sensor system for mobile hydraulics, the Deutsch DT04 connector is now available as an additional electrical connection option in addition to a 5-pole M12 connector.

7th April 2020

Level switches operate accurately and reliably with any media

A new range of level switches which ensure easy and universal point level detection, regardless of the type of medium being measured, has been introduced by Baumer. The appropriately named CleverLevel PL20 level switches utilise frequency sweep technology which ensures accuracy and consistency regardless of the type of process medium being measured.

7th April 2020

Custom rotary stages feature large apertures and air bearings

PI (Physik Instrumente) is adding a large-diameter motorised rotary stage to its existing families of PIglide air bearing rotary stages.

7th April 2020

Retrofit Oil Quality Sensor prevents gearbox downtime

When a gearbox on a critical application fails it can be a scramble to get it up and running again. Even when a spare is available, production will inevitably be lost and there will be a race against time to get the failed gearbox repaired so it is available again should another gearbox fail.

6th April 2020

Metal-cored welding wire for low-temperature strength

ESAB Welding & Cutting Products is launching Coreweld 55 LT H4, the newest product in its series of Coreweld metal-cored wires designed for welding high strength steel (HSS). Coreweld 55 LT H4, which conforms to AWS A5.36 E91T15 M21A6-G H4 and EN ISO 18276-A T 55 6 Z M21 2 H5, offers a typical impact toughness of 110 J at -60degC, a yield strength greater than 550MPa, a tensile strength of 670MPa and less than 4ml diffusible hydrogen per 100g of deposited weld metal. Applications include semi-automatic and automatic welding of bridge members, crane arms and other lifting equipment, mobile machinery and hoppers and containers.

6th April 2020

Advantech launches SOM-9590 defence-grade COM Express module

Advantech is launching its SOM-9590 Type 7 COM Express Basic Module, which is designed for a ruggedised applications. The SOM-9590 provides a solid foundation for new product designs due to its server-grade computing capability. With all solder-down design components, SOM-9590 meets the requirements of users requiring a reliable, high-performance product. Target applications include railway transit, defence, mining, and communications requiring high computing power, data bandwidth, and the ability to work in harsh indoor and outdoor environments.

6th April 2020

Fail-safe drawbar springs in a wide choice of materials

Lee Spring is promoting its fail-safe drawbar springs, which are available in a wide choice of materials. The failsafe feature of drawbar springs comes from their inherent design whereby the central compression spring is oriented so as to provide extension of its retaining structure when under load.

3rd April 2020