‘Electric Cylinders’
An Engineeringtalk guide
Start with the news release
Jena Tec offers ballscrew repair discount from
Jena Rotary Technology, which we summarised at the time by saying "Jena Tec can repair ballscrews of any make, type or configuration, with whichever type of ballscrew transfer system.".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Laser Design system checks injection mould tooling from
Laser Design: "Laser Design has announced that Schneider Electric recently installed a Laser Design Faro arm laser scanning system in its Cedar Rapids, Iowa facility. ".
In November 2009, we covered the news from Centa Transmissions
- take a look at Centa offers bespoke transmission designs
which says: "Centa Transmissions can create bespoke powertrain designs for wind, wave, tidal and solar power systems.".
Take a look also at the news release from SMAC Europe, Moving coil actuators have no mechanical backlash,
as well as HBM torque flange has measuring range from 200Nm from HBM GmbH,
and Yokogawa enhances production control system from Yokogawa.
Latest stories...
Nitrogen generators cut costs of food packaging (November 2009)
Phil Green, at Parker Hannifin's industrial division, explains how the latest nitrogen-generation technology can help food and beverage companies increase their operational efficiency and cut costs.
WEG motors drive Brazilian theme-park attractions (November 2009)
WEG motors, inverters and soft starters are allowing the safe operation of equipment at the Beto Carrero World theme park, located in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Emerson installs controls at Korean plants (November 2009)
Emerson Process Management has been selected by Korea Southern East Power Company (KOSEP) to install its Ovation expert control system at two power generation facilities in Korea.
Kabelschlepp cable carriers reduce ESD risk (November 2009)
Due to their low surface resistance, the ESD cable carriers from Kabelschlepp significantly reduce the risk of ESD.
Vishay enters strategic partnership with Schneider (November 2009)
Vishay Intertechnology has announced that Vishay Nobel and Schneider Electric have entered into a strategic partnership through Schneider Electric's Collaborative Automation Partner Program (CAPP).
Nexans to supply ice-resistant control system (October 2009)
Nexans has been awarded a contract by Sevmash, a Russian shipbuilding company, to develop, manufacture and supply low-temperature and ice-resistant control, instrumentation and power cables.
Ross unveils leak-test pneumatic valves (October 2009)
Ross Controls has announced the release of its Dale Series leak-test (LT) pneumatic valves and manifolds.
Infolytica simulation software has 3D solvers (October 2009)
Infolytica has released MagNet, ElecNet and ThermNet version 7 with multi-threaded 3D solvers.
Further reading
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Electric cylinders offer a long lifespan
SMAC's CA range of electric cylinders accept a wide variety of mounting options that include ISO, DIN, VDMA, CETOP, JFPA and NFPA standards and dimensions.
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Electric cylinders with more speed and power
Industrial Devices (IDC) has introduced the EC range of electric cylinders - four new actuators offer greater speed and power for linear motion control
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