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Dear Reader,
The summer season is approaching fast, a time to enjoy a well-deserved holiday. Before the recreational feeling completely settles in, we are delivering to you another issue of our magazine. In June/July edition of IEN Europe you will find a special focus on Industrial Networking. In this section, you can read about safety solutions for the fieldbus system. Moreover, there are nine Technology in Action articles which link to more extensive stories on our website.
And, as always, be sure to catch up on product and industry news.
Happy holidays! |
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Industry News
2007 Sensor+Test: 15 % more visitors
The good general economic development in Germany and Europe also has a positive effect on sensor, measuring and testing technology. The mood at Sensor+Test, the most important exhibition for this industry in Europe , was accordingly good. Over the three days from 22-24 May, the exhibitors welcomed over 8,600 visitors to their stands, 15% more than the previous year. The supporting programme with conferences, forums and the Action Area was also very well attended. The 610 exhibitors at Sensor+Test presented new products and innovations on a display area of almost 23,000 m². The spectrum ranged from the smallest sensors using microsystem technology to complete test rigs, such as are used in the automotive industry. The next SENSOR+TEST takes place again in Nurnberg from 6-8 May 2008.
Other news:
Siemens names new CEO
SENSOR Innovation Award 2007 for two projects
New Powerlink safety protocol
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Product Highlights
1. Robotic Arm
Adapts to human ways of working
NEURONICS
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EtherCAT Encoders
Singleturn and multiturn
FRITZ KUEBLER
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3. Wireless Serial Server
Improves functionality
ATOP TECHNOLOGIES
4. Structural Adhesives
For engineering and industrial application
HUNTSMAN
5. Infrared Camera
For radiometric temperature measurement
CZAKI THERMO-PRODUCT
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Technology in Action
1. Know How for press operators
As of recently, Siempelkamp, the global market leader in the field of continuous presses for the timber industry, has been passing on its knowledge to customers and employees through its own academy. Technology from Siemens thereby plays an important role: among other things, in training courses in which the automation and drive system of the forming and pressing...
2. Mathematics used for micro motor design
Rotalink employed the symbolic mathematics software for engineering applications from Canadian developer Maplesoft, to simulate and design a new product for its AC miniature motor range. It contributes to reducing time-to-market and development costs of the product. The traditional way of testing motors is to build physical prototypes and then analyse their performance...
3. Stamp handling for philatelic industry
Stephen Mayer International is a Bristol-based design and automation engineering company that specialises in application-specific machines for the philatelic and food industries. Their machine, PAC-24 makes extensive use of electrical and pneumatic actuation technology, and Stephen Mayer chose to use Festo components throughout, principally on the basis that many of its...
4. Tube bender cuts fabrication times
The installation of a Unison all-electric tube-bending machine is helping Senior Aerospace SSP to dramatically reduce cycle-time and improve efficiencies for fabricating aircraft duct components with complex shapes. Tubular parts with multiple bends are now fabricated in a single machine stage, eliminating a manually controlled hydraulic bending process that could take a week or more...
5. Electronic device optimises operation operations of vehicles
The power switching system designed for the specialist vehicle conversion market, has been developed by Sagentia and its client Carnation Designs. Launched at the 2007 Commercial Vehicle Show this month, the new 'genisys' system provides a unique modular solution to the management of increasingly complex electrical systems on specialist vehicles. At the show, genisys was...
6. Calibration secured with the intelligent key
Intellikey is supplying its electronic key-based access control systems (with full audit trail accountability) to Bott for installation into specialised tool drawer cabinets for use by one of the UK 's leading aerospace manufacturers. One of Bott's customers is a leading aerospace manufacturer producing a modern family of airliners, ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 550 seats...
7. Mass measurement in plastic production
BASF, the world's largest chemical company, uses several Krohne mass flowmeters in the Luran factory at its headquarters in Ludwigshafen . Plastic production has many complex requirements, which Krohne is able to fulfil with its Optimass 7000 straight-tube meter. It features problem-free commissioning and the ability to run idle even when installed horizontally...
8. Safety controllers on the Queen Mary 2
The Queen Mary 2 is a superlative luxury liner and the longest passenger liner in the world. In addition to the new boilers for fuel heating and domestic water heating that Saacke have delivered for the Queen Mary 2, there are now two H41q controllers from HIMA Paul Hildebrandt in operation. The two safety-related controllers, acting as a Boiler Management System, reliably provide...
9. Switches for data control and monitoring
Wedron Silica, a subsidiary of Fairmount Mineral has chosen Westermo's high-security Lynx switches for harsh industrial environments. Their application develops a full industrial Ethernet redundancy ring that monitors and controls the entire mining facility. The Wedron Silica plant operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All production is managed through an industrial Ethernet network...
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