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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. We are bringing you a special focus on sensors and test and measurement. An extended article on market developments in pressure sensors reveals that smart products are increasingly requested by industry, also that the demand pattern for the various industrial networks that support these devices is changing too. There is a detailed report on Invensys' new InFusion enterprise control system and yet another nine technology in action articles which link to more extensive information on our website.
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Industry News
ACHEMA 2006 Will Be A ‘Better Year' For The World forum for the Process Industries
2005 ‘An Exceptional Growth Year' for China 's Motor Drives Market Automatica 2006 Presents Comprehensive Range of Machine Vision Equipment
Enterprise Resource Planning Market to Exceed USD 21 Billion ARC forecast - Bernecker + Rainer Results Reveal ‘Continued Success'
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Product Highlights
1. COMMUNICATION MODULES
Connect RFID read/write devices to Profinet communication networks
Siemens
2. PROXIMITY SENSORS
Designed for use on heavy mobile vehicles and rated at IP67
Carlo Gavazzi
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3. ADJUSTABLE-FIELD SENSORS
For background suppression applications in small, difficult–to-reach areas Banner Engineering Belgium
4. STEREO INSPECTION SYSTEMS
Provide a long working distance and a large depth of field
Vision Engineering
5. PENCIL GRINDER
For high speed cutting and deburring on a variety of materials
Dynabrade
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SENSORS AND TEST AND MEASUREMENT
Whatever activity a manufacturing plant is involved in, the operator must know what is happening in round the clock and factory wide. Hence the perpetual need for sensors and transmitters that relay activity information back to the control and management hub. But increasingly, smart sensors are demanded by plant managers. Sophistication and automation are the order of the day as you will see in both the introductory article by market analyst Venture Development Corporation and in the range of new sensors in this issue's product focus |
Technology in Action
1. HELICOPTER MAKER ORDERS CADCAM SOFTWARE
Cadcam software developer Delcam has announced that Russia 's Rostvertol company, formally the Rostov Helicopter Plant, has become the 15,000th customer for its software. The Rostov Helicopter Pant was founded n 1939 and has become one of the world's leading helicopter manufacturers.
2. INTELLIGENT ROBOTS
Nissan's Sunderland plant is the first European plant to implement the company's novel approach to floor pan assembly. The recent installation of a new floor pan assembly line, the first of its kind in Europe at Nissan's Sunderland plant, has removed the need for framing jigs on initial spot welding operations.
3. POTENTIOMETERS MONITOR CRASH TEST DUMMIES
Transport testing firm TRL, based in Wokingham , UK , is using potentiometers from Variohm-Eurosensor to study what happens to driver and passengers in a car crash. The tests involve crashing a vehicle into a fixed barrier and monitoring the effects on dummies placed inside the vehicle.
4. LED LIGHTING IN SAHARA MOTORBIKE RACE
In order to test its new LED lighting concepts, CML Innovative Technologies equipped three KTM Enduro motorcycles with LED lighting system prototypes for the inaugural “Desert Logic” rally for such motorbikes.
5. VISION COLLABORATION IN SURGERY PROCEDURES
Sony Europe's Image Sensing Solutions Division and Polecam have collaborated in the development of Medcam, a system for capturing high-quality close up images of medical theatre work. Medcam uses the Sony FCB S3000P colour block camera, which incorporates 3-CCD technology and an integrated 12x optical zoom.
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THERMACAM FOR TRACTORS
Tractors, one of John Deere's best known manufacturing core businesses, depend on the quality and versatility of their engines. John Deere Werke, Mannheim , Germany , employs Flir Systems ThermaCam SC-series infrared cameras to optimize engine performance.
7. SEWAGE-TO-FERTILISER PROCESS
The first of a new type of sewage treatment plant is being kept running 24/7 with the assistance of ABB Drives Alliance member Slater Drive Systems. The company has supplied GBP100,000 of motor control equipment as part of the plant, which is the only one of its kind in the UK . Built and operated by sewage recycling specialist Agrivert for Northumbrian Water.
8. MASK MAKERS RELY ON METROLOGY SYSTEMS
As leading edge mask makers ramp up mask production for the 65nm technology node, their investment in production and quality control equipment is at am all-time high level. Releasing two metrology systems in 2005 Vistec Semiconductor Systems has been able to participate in that major investment cycle.
9. TYRE INSPECTION WITH 3D PROFILE LASER SENSING
A laser-based, non-contact measurement system, based on three ScanControl 2800 2D/3D laser profile sensors from Micro-Epsilon , is helping Continental Tyres check all of its products for defects that could affect vehicle safety.
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