‘Safety Devices’

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 Nitrogen generators cut costs of food packaging from Parker Hannifin - Parker Sales UK: "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. ".

In November 2009, we covered the news from SGS SA - Industrial Services - take a look at SGS inspects storage tanks at refinery which says: "SGS Colombia SA has performed storage tank inspections for the expansion of the Cartagena Refinery. ".

Take a look also at the news release from Ansys, Ansys launches software bundle for universities, as well as JTT uses Exide gel batteries and SP chargers from Exide Technologies, and NI devices suit extended-temperature operation from National Instruments.

Latest stories...

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.

X-frame machining system has operator panels (November 2009)

X-frame Systems has released its modular X-frame system.

Advanced Manufacturing announces Medtec 2010 (October 2009)

With focused display areas for high-tech manufacturing, packaging, materials, automation and design, Medtec UK will present all the latest technologies and tools for medical device manufacturing.

EMC equips labs with online transient generator (October 2009)

The TRA3000 system from EMC is able to bring the power of the web to EMC laboratories.

Barden provides super-precision bearings (October 2009)

The Barden Corporation offers custom-designed, super-precision bearings for use in a wide variety of high-performance air handling systems.

Conductive compounds reduce static noise (October 2009)

Connectors Unlimited has worked with RTP Company to formulate and supply plastic materials for a shielding solution for analogue cable and circuit connectors.

Himax increases chlorine plant availability (October 2009)

Himax, the safety system from Hima Paul Hildebrandt for medium-sized and large applications, is safeguarding the chlorine production process at Vinnolit's Gendorf facility.

Festo develops low-cost electric actuator (October 2009)

Festo has entered the low-cost electric actuator market with the launch of a toothed belt drive axis that combines cost-optimised design rules with precision engineering.

Vital allows connection of 30 field-safety devices

Jokab Safety is using the Vital coded pulse system, which can operate all components from all manufacturers in the safety-related market.
IFM launches AC007S module for safety devices

IFM Electronic has launched the AC007S module, designed to connect safety devices such as fail-safe sensors and light curtains to the safety version of ActuatorSensor-Interface (AS-i).