‘Process Industries’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release Split roller bearings used on colliery conveyors from Revolvo, which we summarised at the time by saying "SRB Split Roller Bearings from Revolvo are being used at the Hatfield Colliery near Doncaster. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Leuze develops data tracking for production line from Leuze Electronic: "Luxottica has worked with Leuze to develop a complete system for the collection of production tracking data on specific sunglasses production lines. ".

In November 2009, we covered the news from SKF UK - take a look at SKF units improve continuous-cast milling which says: "Two SKF solutions have been developed to deliver benefits to continuous casting mills. ".

Take a look also at the news release from Abssac, Abssac torsion springs have linear spring rates, as well as Dawn Mini Logger enables in-vehicle diagnostics from HEM Data Corp, and SICK to exhibit at manufacturing technology event from SICK (UK).

Latest stories...

EDTC to provide support for engineering ideas (November 2009)

EDTC Technology Gateway will be providing support services at the Manufacturing Technology Scotland show, which is scheduled to take place on 11-12 November at the SECC in Glasgow.

Accelerometers obtain hazardous-area certification (November 2009)

Wilcoxon Research has announced an additional intrinsically safe certification in accordance with IECEx requirements for six general-purpose accelerometers.

Objet material offers rubber-like characteristics (November 2009)

Objet Geometries has released the TangoBlackPlus, a material that allows designers and manufacturers to create high-quality parts that closely resemble a broad range of rubber products.

Parker needle valve handles contaminated media (November 2009)

Parker Hannifin has launched a 12.7mm bore instrumentation needle valve for process and instrumentation applications involving viscous and contaminated media.

LPC-395F fanless PC features removable storage (November 2009)

Stealth has released the Model LPC-395F, a rugged, small-footprint, fanless computer with integrated removable storage.

Maplesoft solution enables fast model development (November 2009)

Maplesoft has announced several products that will help educators, researchers and students better understand and manage engineering modelling and simulation problems.

Ceram tests resilience of YSZ used in implants (November 2009)

Ceram is offering a full suite of testing for Yttria-Stabilised Zirconia (YSZ) destined for surgical implants, as defined in ISO 13356 standards.

Talisman chooses Aptiv film for CMOS / CCD mask (November 2009)

Talisman Industrial Tape has selected Victrex Aptiv film for use on CMOS / CCD mask for SMT soldering for electronics and semiconductor industries.

Operator support system for process industries

The iWare Division of CanWeb Internet Services is releasing its iWare Control Room Operator Support System for the process industries.
Boosting performance in the process industries

Sean Cahill of Siemens Automation and Drives looks at the unique issues facing the process industries, and explains how Profibus is helping manufacturers rise to these challenges.