‘Co-Ordinate Measuring Machine’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release Safety relays simplify control-system design from Eaton Corp, which we summarised at the time by saying "Safety relays in the Eaton Moeller ESR5 range simplify the design and implementation of control systems that meet safety and reliability standards.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release SICK to exhibit at manufacturing technology event from SICK (UK): "SICK will use the upcoming Manufacturing Technology Scotland event on 11-12 November, which is to be held at the SECC in Glasgow, to further publicise its Industrial Instrumentation Division.".

In November 2009, we covered the news from Kistler Instruments - take a look at Kistler offers sensitive and robust torque sensors which says: "Kistler's piezoelectric torque sensors have a wide measuring range and are adaptable to match most configurations, making them suited to manufacturing-process monitoring. ".

Take a look also at the news release from Stealth Computer Corporation, LPC-395F fanless PC features removable storage, as well as RDP transducers give direct analogue output from RDP Electronics, and BNS inspects British Energy AGR stations from BNS Nuclear Services.

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Carlo Gavazzi launches RSBT-type 15kW soft starter (November 2009)

Carlo Gavazzi has introduced a 15kW soft starter, extending the company's range of compact modules for compressor applications such as geothermal heat pumps.

Epiphan introduces KVM internet appliance (November 2009)

Epiphan Systems has introduced the KVM2Ethernet: an internet appliance that allows users to add remote KVM capability to any computerised device.

Boa camera suits harsh factory-floor environments (November 2009)

Adept Electronic Solutions is offering the Boa smart camera, an all-in-one vision system from Dalsa designed for harsh factory-floor environments.

SICK introduces single- and multi-turn encoders (November 2009)

SICK Stegmann has introduced the AFS60 single-turn and AFM60 multi-turn absolute encoders.

EO adds more than 30 lenses to Techspec range (October 2009)

Edmund Optics (EO) has expanded its line of Techspec imaging and machine-vision lenses.

Igus optical-fibre cable suits all bus systems (October 2009)

Igus has developed an optical-fibre cable, Chainflex CFLG.2LB, which is suitable for all bus systems.

NSK bearings save costs for carbon-fibre producer (October 2009)

NSK's SpaceA range of bearings has solved a problem of premature failures of stainless-steel bearings used in the manufacture of carbon graphite and composite materials for aerospace applications.

Delcam seminar addresses composites in aerospace (October 2009)

Delcam is to host a free seminar on composites in aerospace at its Birmingham headquarters on 25 November.

Faster, smaller co-ordinate measuring machines

A new range of co-ordinate measuring machines require less installation space but still meet the increasing demand for faster measurement times, whilst maintaining the highest accuracy