‘Safety Light Curtain’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release Insertion probes monitor bioproduction process from Stratophase, which we summarised at the time by saying "Stratophase has collaborated with the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) to develop an insertion probe variant of its Spectrosens system. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release ABB drives reduce swimming pool energy bills from ABB Automation Tech (Drives and Motors): "ABB drives have helped a UK holiday park operator save GBP77,000 a year on energy bills for its swimming pools. ".

In November 2009, we covered the news from Sherborne Sensors - take a look at Sherborne announces MEMS inclinometers which says: "Sherborne Sensors has announced the launch of the T700 series, a high-precision range of compact, DC-operated solid-state MEMS inclinometers. ".

Take a look also at the news release from Adaptaflex, Guide covers specification of rail conduit systems, as well as E2S adds trumpet horns to range of warning devices from European Safety Systems, and IFM releases safety monitors for AS-interface from IFM Electronic.

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Liquiphant accurately measures liquid levels (November 2009)

Endress and Hauser's Liquiphant is a vibrating level switch for accurate limit detection and point level-measurement of liquids.

GFM416 provides onsite biogas measurement (November 2009)

The Atex-approved GFM416 gas analyser from Gas Data is ideal for anaerobic digester applications requiring on-site measurement of biogas.

Latab catalogue includes SMD-type LEDs (November 2009)

Latab has released its catalogue of industrial LED lighting for machine-vision applications, available for download on Lambda's website.

Rittal's PSM measures power consumption per socket (November 2009)

Rittal has extended its Power System Module (PSM) range to allow the power consumption of individual servers and peripheral hardware to be measured per socket.

Emerson Smart Wireless monitors resin products (November 2009)

Emerson Process Management's Smart Wireless technology is monitoring resin-batch temperatures at AOC's Perris, California, USA facility to enable better process control.

Misumi bumper mitigates shock in automated devices (November 2009)

Misumi USA has launched a Shock Absorbing Bumper, designed for use in a range of automated factory-automation and motion-control machinery and devices.

Night Vision plus makes driving in the dark safer (November 2009)

Bosch's enhanced night-vision system, Night Vision plus, is said to make driving in the dark safer for drivers and other road users.

FAG Dtect prevents power-turbine failure at Corus (November 2009)

An FAG Dtect X1 online vibration-monitoring system has prevented the failure of a steam turbine at a Scunthorpe Corus plant, and in doing so has saved thousands of pounds in lost power generation.

SL-V safety light curtain has visible indicators

The new SL-V safety light curtain from Keyence incorporates highly visible indicators to facilitate setup and to see the current operating status.
IFM safety light curtains meet latest standards

IFM Electronic has introduced the OY series of safety light curtains, which meet the latest standards.