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News Release from: Schneider Electric
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 20 February 2001
Transparent Factory at Pakex 2001
exhibition
The Schneider Electric stand at Pakex 2001 is devoted to demonstrating how the Modicon, Telemecanique and Square D brands offer complete, cost- effective and efficient solutions for packaging
The Schneider Electric stand at Pakex 2001 is devoted to demonstrating how the organisation, with its world-famous Modicon, Telemecanique and Square D brands, offers complete, cost- effective and efficient solutions for packaging, no matter how simple or complex the application The emphasis is not only on innovative products, although many of these will be on display, but also on the wide-ranging expertise of the Schneider Electric team, which makes it the partner of choice for those seeking to achieve enhanced performance and value for money in packaging products
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 13 Dec 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The stand, which includes software and hardware demonstration areas, also strongly features Schneider Electric's Transparent Factory concept, which applies modern web-based technology to allow users to monitor and control their packaging installations from virtually anywhere in the world.
Among new products on the Schneider Electric stand are high-performance background-suppression photoelectric sensors, which easily outperform most currently available models; Altivar 58f full flux vector variable speed drives; touch-and-click touchscreens, which aid reliable and flexible machine operation; and the versatile Preventa range of Category 4 light curtains.
Stand visitors will also be able to see a preview of Telemecanique's revolutionary QUICKFIT technology, which cuts starter wiring time by up to 25%, and will be available from June.
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Other recently introduced products which Pakex visitors will be able to see on the Schneider Electric stand include the versatile Modicon TSX Micro and TSX Premium ranges of programmable controllers, Magelis operator terminals which offer SCADA facilities at a fraction of the usual cost, easy-to-use soft starters which reduce wear and tear on machines, robust long-life Harmony pushbuttons and indicator lights, and a full range of AS-i equipment.
Throughout the exhibition, Schneider Electric's expert engineers will be on hand to discuss packaging applications of all types, and to provide information about the way in which Schneider Electric's nationwide service provides important benefits for UK customers, while the organisation's worldwide presence and support is an enormous asset for packaging machine builders involved with export markets.
Schneider Electric is the leading UK and world expert in the development and manufacture of products for the distribution and industrial applications of electricity.
In the UK, Schneider Electric operates from 18 industrial and commercial sites, providing employment for 2,500 people, and achieving an annual turnover in excess of ?270 million.
Schneider Electric is committed to protecting the environment, and to setting up environmental management systems in accordance with, and assessed to, the ISO 14001 international standard, for all of its operations world-wide.
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