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Dear Reader,
IEN Europe brings you the latest products and solutions available in the market. Please read through the issue online or visit www.ien-online.com to search for products or manufacturers that interest you. In this expanded issue besides the usual mix of new product and industry news, we bring you two special focuses, on vision systems (four pages) and factory automation (six pages), with dedicated introductory features, and a new section: Technology in Action. This gives more detailed information about nine new installations across the European manufacturing industries.
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Industry News
- NEC Electronics, Siemens Announce Partnership In Real-time Ethernet
- Advanced Inventory Optimisation Market To Grow 13% Per Year – ARC
- RFID Tags Set For ‘Explosive Growth' Over Next Five Years
- 2006 Drives & Controls Show will be ‘Bigger and Better'
- EU proposes cross-border tax reform
- Flir Systems Infrared Cameras Receive Frost & Sullivan's 2005 Innovation Award
- ABB's UK Drives Business Achieves Record Growth
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Product Highlights
1. HALL EFFECT ROTARY SENSOR
Operates in high dither vibration conditions.
To be launched at MTEC 2006
PENNY & GILES
2. PLANT CONTROLLER
For PLC, motion control and HMI systems
PARKER HANNIFIN
3. VISION SENSOR
Reads and evaluates bar codes. With Remote Teach function
BANNER ENGINEERING
4. STAINLESS STEEL MOTOR
Satisfies class F insulation, IP66 protection and is corrosion resistant
TRANSTECNO
5. TOOL CHANGER
For Robotics Routers. Allows tools to be changed while the routing system is in operation
KMT CUTTING SYSTEMS
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Factory Automation : Feature and Product Focus
Is Industry Ready for Operational Real-Time Wireless Control?
Radio frequency and sometimes microwave wireless products are used increasingly in industrial control applications. According to a recent market study by Venture Development Corp. (VDC), a large percentage of those using wireless technology in industrial applications are applying it to control applications, or both control and monitoring. Further analysis reveals that the identified control applications are largely in setup and maintenance and that reliability concerns are inhibiting adoption for operational real-time use.
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Vision Systems : Feature and Product Focus
Visions of the Future
There is no universal solution: the needs of each application are different. Consequently vision suppliers offer products based on a range of standards. Arnaud Destruels, Product Marketing Manager, Sony Image Sensing Solutions explains the current crop of vision standards and where they are headed.
Technology in Action
FUEL CELLS SUPPLY ELECTRICITY TO PLANT
"Making effective use of natural resources and reducing the burden on these" – this fundamental principle of Festo's environmental policy has formed the basis for a project on the use of alternative energy sources conducted at Festo 's St. Ingbert- Rohrbach location.
INVESTING TO COMPETE
Herve Engineering Ltd, fifth generation family business and BTMA member, is a supplier of high quality turned components to customers all over the world. One means by which the ISO9001-registered and accredited company competes successfully in the face of low-cost global competition is to deploy a 13-axis CNC sliding head auto technology from Tornos .
RUGGED ENCLOSURES SUIT BBC REDEVELOPMENTS
Enclosure Solutions has won a substantial contract from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to supply 36, 42 and 47U racks as part of the complete refurbishment of the flagship Broadcasting House site in London .
PRO-BEL EXPANDS PRODUCTION
Contax , a production automation system specialist, has installed an Essemtec FLX2010 placement machine and RO400FC Reflow oven at Pro-Bel Ltd, a manufacturer and supplier of broadcast telecommunications equipment.
IFIX 4.0 IN WATER PLANT FOR THE LARGEST SCADA SYSTEM
GE Fanuc Automation is working with CH2M Hill, a multinational engineering firm and designer of Singapore 's Deep Tunnel Sewerage System, on one of the largest integrated SCADA systems in the world.
AUTOMATION REDUCES WORKLOAD
The PacDrive automation system is an example of integration of robot modules into packaging processes. Pac-Drive enables the packaging machine and multiple robots to be automated using a single controller and Elau has been nominated for the Automation award for this functionality.
MACHINE TOOLS IMPROVEMENT
The Winbro Group, designer and manufacturer of high performance laser and electro discharge machining (EDM) centres for producing specialised parts for gas turbines, is integrating the latest Harmonic Drive gear technology into its machine tools to improve levels of precision
TOOL CHANGER FOR ROBOTICS ROUTERS
The Tool Change Station from KMT Cutting Systems has been launched for the range of six-axis robotic Cutting Box Routing systems for finishing polymeric and moulded automotive parts.
DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEM BOOSTS STEEL MILL OUTPUT 400%
Wyko has supplied a complete control solution to Graham Perry Steels Ltd. Delivering an increase in production of rolled steel from 25m to 100m per minute on a Schmitz cold rolling mill.
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