Controls & Machine Components

Wittenstein, Inc: Servo gearbox

The alpheno® servo gearbox from Wittenstein improves precision and operating noise and provides an increase of up to 130% power density compared to the company’s alpha SP+.

January 12, 2011

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Balluff: Expanded range of IO-Link I/O hubs

As part of its expanding package of control connectivity solutions, Balluff has added a large range of IO-Link I/O hubs, ranging from M8 to M12 with plastic or metal housing.

January 11, 2011

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Industry watch

January 5, 2011

Secondary Packaging

HMI inspired by iPads and ATMs

The engineers who designed this servo-driven, eight-axis stretch hooder were determined to make it more user-friendly and intuitive.

January 4, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: 4-in. TFT touch panel

A 4-in. TFT color touch screen HMI panel from AutomationDirect features a 320 x 240 dot display; 32,768 colors provide clear and colorful graphics for vibrant and intuitive screens.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Advantech Automation Corp.: Embedded IPC

Advantech’s ARK-5260 is an intelligent, fanless, embedded IPC with PCI/PCIe multi-expansion.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff Automation: Food-grade servomotors

AM3000 Synchronous Servomotors from Beckhoff Automation are FDA-compliant food-grade servomotors designed with a wash-down resistant white surface coating.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Nook Industries: Linear actuators

Nook Industries’ cost-efficient NIA ACME and Ball Screw Series Linear Actuators provide compact size and enhanced IP65 protection options against solid and liquid elements.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Eaton Corporation: Solid-state overload relays

The C440 and XT electronic overload relays from Eaton feature both integral ground fault protection and communications capabilities, in a single, compact device to provide customers with advanced, reliable, accurate motor protection.

January 3, 2011

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Red Lion: Dual Ethernet expansion card

Red Lion’s XCENET Ethernet expansion card for the Data Station Plus and Modular Controller series products allows operators to easily isolate machine level network traffic from the enterprise level network.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Prosoft Technology, Inc: Prosoft Technology, Inc: Application transforms iPhone, iPad, and iPod into HMIs

ProSoft i-View from ProSoft Technology is a mobile phone application for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod that transforms these devices into mobile HMIs to enable real-time remote process control for engineers, plant floor operators and maintenance technicians.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Yaskawa America, Inc: 1/1.5 axis motion controller

The MP2600iec motion controller from The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America provides full IEC61131-3 functionality of 1 or 1.5 axis along with machine control.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Schneider Electric: Soft start/soft stop motor controller

Schneider Electric's Enclosed Altistart™ 22 soft start/soft stop motor controller includes an integrated circuit breaker disconnect and soft starter in a stand-alone enclosure and helps to reduce voltage starting and soft stopping of standard 3-phase asynchronous induction (squirrel cage) motors.

January 3, 2011