Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Aluminum worm gearboxes

Designed for use with electric motors for reducing output speed, increasing torque, changing drive direction, or running two loads from one motor in applications such as conveyors, packaging machines, and rotary tables, AutomationDirect’s aluminum IronHorse worm gearboxes line has been expanded to include five frame sizes, with gear ratios from 10:1 to 100:1.

December 11, 2014

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Conveying & accumulation

Electric actuators add speed, precision to pallet-layer former

A prototype development project for a maker of conveying and pallet-forming equipment has led to a whole new line of electric actuators for applications in food and beverage industries.

December 4, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Clippard: Needle valves

Clippard’s GNV Series needle valves provide bidirectional flow control, feature a rugged and compact design, are available with multiple mounting options, port sizes, flow rates, and adjustment styles, include 360˚ rotating ports, and are suitable for use with push-quick fittings.

December 2, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Connect disparate systems, increase productivity

Discover how the ProducTVity Station Plant Floor Communications Solution from Red Lion boosts productivity by connecting, monitoring and controlling a range of disparate processes and systems.

December 1, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Bimba Mfg.: Expanded line of switches

Bimba Manufacturing introduces a completely new Solid-State switch series to its family of switch products.

November 24, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Cloud to Glass: software enables machine data gathering and control

Beckhoff's TwinCAT software now enables a machine to communicate from its PLC control to an Amazon Cloud server, back down to a Google Glass "wearable" HMI that operators can use to control the machine, receive operational notifications, and gather data.

November 20, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Portescap: Brushless slotless motor

Portescap introduces the newest addition to its Ultra EC™ mini motor platform - the 16 ECH brushless motor, designed specifically to provide an economic motor solution for high performance applications.

November 20, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Sysmac Machine Automation Controller with Delta robot

See what integrated machine control, robotic control, vision and safety look like in this video of Omron's Sysmac Machine Automation Controller mated to a Delta robot for high-speed part orientation, discrimination and matching with instantaneous communication to an EtherCat network.

November 18, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Schneider Electric Motion: Circular connectors on motors

Schneider Electric Motion’s Lexium MDrive products are expanded with the release of CANopen with M12 circular connectors on NEMA motor sizes 23 & 34.

November 18, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

B&R: Controller and PC in one compact housing

Able to be used simultaneously as a high-performance industrial controller as well as a PC for sophisticated HMI applications, the new Automation PC 2100 from B&R can run Automation Runtime and Windows at the same time using Intel Atom multi-core processing technology.

November 18, 2014

Conveying & accumulation

Sophisticated control over fluid pumping

Ingersoll-Rand's ARO fluid products provided this dynamic demo showing electronic controls and air-operated, double-diaphragm pumping simplify the accurate delivery of fluid to drums or other containers, adding capabilities to incorporate inputs for temperature and other factors.

November 17, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Vertical lifting in electrical-free environments

Lift vertical, heavy loads of 1 to 20 tons in environments that disallow electrical, such as dipping into and out of acids, with Candy Controls' screwjacks.

November 11, 2014

Conveying & accumulation

Directionally sort at any angle

Intralox displays a handful of innovations, including the OMNI-DIRECTIONAL Sorter (ODS) which allows products to directionally sort at virtually any angle.

November 11, 2014