Controls & Machine Components

CTC Parker Automation: PC interface

CTC Parker Automation (Milford, OH) combined I/O with PC software and hardware to develop MachinePoint™ I/O software. Software features up to 6 expansion I/O modules that can be connected to a base buscoupler, providing a maximum of 64 input/64 output bytes.

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Wago Corporation: Catalog/design tool

Wago’s (Germantown, WI) newest version of ProServe Software, Version 2.5, now features expanded functionality of the Smart Designer for custom rail assembly, allowing customers to design, mark, document, and test their own rail-mounted terminal block assemblies.

August 31, 2001

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Norstat,Inc: Safety switches

Furtif AMX is the name of a series of non-contact, magnetically coded safety switches that are bolted or screwed to packaging equipment or doors to prevent operators from potential injury when opening equipment that’s running.

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lpha gear drives, Inc: Servo gearhead

Alpha gear drives (Elk Grove Village, IL) has released the TP-High Torque planetary gearhead for dynamic servo applications. Gearhead offers 110% higher torque, 50% greater rigidity, and 700% higher overload safety over the classic TP design.

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Patlite: Signal towers

he LME-Q Quad-Color series signal tower from Patlite (Torrance, CA) is used to indicate machine status. Tower provides four indicator colors in a single stack.

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Exlar Corporation: Exlar Corporation: Integrated actuators

The SR Series of inverted roller screw actuators from Exlar (Minneapolis, MN) offers higher speed and load capacity than ball screw actuators and other traditional rotary-to-linear conversion mechanisms, company says.

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Zarpac Performance Index Inc: Zarpac Performance Index Inc: Improved line performance software

Zarpac Inc. (Oakville, Ontario, Canada) introduces Performance Index (PI) V5.1, an easy-to-install software program designed to monitor the performance of a single machine or an entire packaging line.

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ARC Advisory Group: Factory automation study

End users responsible for implementing factory automation systems and their suppliers may find beneficial a study titled “Distributed Intelligence Architecture for the Factory of the Future.” From ARC Advisory Group (Dedham, MA), the study analyzes, compares, and forecasts the future of the PLC in the age of distributed control to help guide users in systems design, and to help suppliers plan new products based on end-user needs.

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Phoenix Contact Inc: Interbus diagnostic software

Phoenix Contact (Harrisburg, PA) has released Diag+ diagnostic software suitable for start-up or troubleshooting an Interbus system. Software can be easily integrated into any visualization software package, eliminating the need to create custom diagnostic code or user interfaces to display the diagnostic information, company says.

August 31, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Baldor Electric Company: Energy guide label

Baldor Electric (Fort Smith, AR) will begin labeling its Super-E® premium efficient motors with a new EnergyGuide label that will inform customers of the energy savings and dollar savings they can achieve.

August 31, 2001

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AMK Drives: Integrated servo motor and drive

The all-inclusive compact servo motor and integrated servo drive from AMK (Warrington, PA) provides from 5 to 20 hp at speeds to 45ꯠ rpm. It interfaces with analog, digital, SERCOS, CANBUS, and Profibus networks.

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Omron Electronics LLC: Wireless DeviceNet

Omron (Shaumburg, IL) has developed a wireless DeviceNet product that allows users to connect to any DeviceNet-compatible product. Product is ideal for difficult-to-access areas that require a lot of cable.

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Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Bosch Rexroth Corp., Electric Drives and Controls: Sub-1kW servo drive

Rexroth Bosch (Hoffman Estates, IL) introduces the Indramat EcoDrive 16 amp, a SERCOS, DeviceNet®. Profibus-S and Can-Open compatible, sub-1 kw servo drive.

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