|
| 
|
Dear Reader,
IEN Europe team chose Omron-Yaskawa for their new V1000 inverter as the winner or the appreciated IEN Europe New Product Award. The Award was handed over in April during Hannover Messe, where the attendance figures went up more than 10 precent
to 230,000. We hope to meet you in there also in 2008, when Japan will be the official Partner Country of Hannover Messe.
This month we are getting ready for another venue - the Measurement Fair SENSOR+TEST 2007. The annual height of the exhibitions season in Nuernberg will cover the entire spectrum of measuring and testing system expertise. Come to meet us in hall 7, stand 358. We are looking forward to seeing you there!
Our editorial team has also been focusing on sensor, test and measurement: in the latest IEN you can find a special “Sensors, Test & Measurement” focus. We are bringing you also an extended article, which should help you with selecting the right LVDT (Linear Variable Differential Transformer) for an application.
As usual, IEN Europe heralds the latest products and solutions available in the market. |
|
|
|
Industry News
Hannover Messe: Attendance up 10%
The total attendance figures of Hannover Messe 2007 ended on over 230,000 visitors - up more than 10 percent on the last directly comparable year, 2005. Attendance from Germany was up 12 percent, with the volume of visitors from outside Germany up eight percent. Visitors from abroad represented around 30 percent of total attendance, with the biggest increases in foreign participation coming from the Americas and eastern Europe. Apart from Germany , the top six countries in terms of visitor attendance were India , the Netherlands , Turkey , Sweden , Denmark and Italy .
Other news:
Japan Next Partner Country in Hannover
WIN breaks Records
Women Key to 2010 Skills Crisis
Belden Acquires Lumberg
|
Product Highlights
1. Mobile Panel
Ergonomic, light and very impact-resistant
BENERNECKER+REINER INDUSTRIE-ELEKTRONIK
2.
Spectrum Analyser
Negligible frequency drift, 1GHz
CHAUVIN ARNOUX
|
3. Liquid Level Transmitter
for clean liquids
MAGNETROL
4. Non contact Extensometer
requires no specimen marking
ZWICK
5. ID Reader
with integrated illumination
COGNEX
|
|
Technology in Action
1. ROBUST TEST SYSTEM CHECKS BOTTLE LOAD CAPACITY
A PET bottle top-load testing system has been in use on the production floor at Leeds-based company Esterform Packaging for nearly a decade. The robust system, manufactured by Mecmesin, is used to assess the axial load capacity of Esterform's blow-moulded beverage and household product bottles. This is a critical parameter in guaranteeing the bottles will not buckle during...
2. LARGE SPLIT BEARINGS REPLACED IN JUST THREE DAYS
Within three days, FAG Industrial Services (F'IS) successfully completed the replacement of large, split spherical roller bearings on a critical, 140-tonne steel mill converter at ThyssenKrupp's steel production plant in Terni , Italy . While most of the plant's 3,500 employees were enjoying their annual Summer shutdown in 2006, engineers from F'IS set about replacing the large, heavy, split...
3. ROLLER TRACK MODULES IMPROVES EFFICIENCY
Automotive component manufacturer Webasto Roof Systems has improved storage density, increased picking efficiency and introduced better stock rotation in the warehouse at its factory in Birmingham by installing highly efficient full-width roller track Span Track modules from The Live Storage Company to convert static pallet locations into dynamic live picking faces...
4. REALTIME CONTROL MACHINE MAKES BIGGER BETTER
Precision diecaster Fishercast's strategy to produce larger zinc alloy diecastings at its European Operations plant is paying off - and it is Frech machines that are helping to make it happen. The plant recently took delivery of a DAW 80F Realtime Control machine. It is identical to the first that set the project in motion in 2005, taking the company's capability chines for which...
5. HIGH-TECH HOME FOR HISORICAL DOCUMENTS
... In response, a team of physicists, chemists, engineers and conservators assembled by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) opened the cases, examined the documents and designed new, hermetically advanced encasements with leak-tight Swagelok components to to ensure that the documents guiding the United States democracy would withstand the test...
6. ENTIRE PROCESS CHAIN FROM ONE SOURCE
"The part is very sophisticated. When it comes down to it, it has to be accurate to a five hundredth and it needs to be able to withstand assembling and disassembling up to ten times" explains Heiner Sigmund. Due to these requirements the part had to undergo a preliminary rheological analysis, which was carried out with the simulation tool Simpoemold of the French Simpoe S.A.S group. ...
7. CUSTOMER BEARINGS FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE PARTS
“After switching to custom-made, deep groove bearings from Schaeffler for all our hubs and headset assemblies, we've not had a single bearing failure” says Ian Weatherill, co-founder of Hope Technology, a UK-based company that dominates the European market for the supply of high performance bike components and sub-assemblies to mountain bike enthusiasts. Weatherill...
8. LINEAR ACTUATORS ENSURE MICRO WELDING PRECISION
The multi-stage process involves precision assembly of various small parts - including the fitting and lubrication of O-rings and final moulding insertion - as well as welding two strips of metallic ribbons onto a pair of small pins on the sensor module, and onto a connector block. The company chose to base the machine predominantly on Festo pneumatic and electrical actuators, using SLTE...
9. ROTARY INDEXING MACHINE PREVENTS MISALIGNMENT
The potential for separation and misalignment of components during manufacture of Kenwood water filters, has been overcome by the design and construction of an automatic rotary indexing machine from Aylesbury Automation. In addition the new assembly process has increased productivity and product quality standards. Kenwood Limited, a household name in over 80 countries...
If you found this FREE newsletter valuable, please e-mail it to a colleague! |
|
|
|
|
