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Decentral Drive Solutions With Smarts
July 23, 2003 9:03 am | Ifm Efector Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsEta Solution Series K geared motors are a combination of spur-geared, flat-geared, bevel-geared, and worm-geared motors with an integrated frequency converter mounted directly to the motor. Motors are available from 0.25 to 10 hp for supply voltage 3 x 380-480 Vac.
Scale Indicators In Focus
July 23, 2003 9:03 am | Product Releases | CommentsNew 1040/1040XL indicators boast easy-to-read displays, regardless of mounting location. The Model 1040 features 1.1-in. digits, and the Model 1040XL has 2-in. digits. Backlight LCD displays ease viewing even in light-restricted conditions. Weigh-Tronix Inc., 1000 Armstrong Dr., Fairmont, MN 56031.
Motors Step It Up
July 23, 2003 9:03 am | Oriental Motor U.S.A. Corp. | Product Releases | CommentsNew P-type models of the PK Series of two-phase hybrid stepping motors are billed as having the highest torque available for a 1.65 in. square sized hybrid stepping motor. Their compact and lightweight design offers flexibility in application and design. The smaller motors are 1.54 in.
Microstepping Drives At Work
July 23, 2003 9:03 am | Danaher Motion | Product Releases | CommentsThe 6200 Series of high-performance microstepping drives is available in two packages. The 6210 step and direction interface is suited for use with most common board level or PLC-based controllers.
Electrical Enclosure For Overheating Protection
July 23, 2003 8:49 am | Eic Solutions Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsA new electrical equipment enclosure is designed to eliminate the threat of overheating. It has a built-in air conditioner that provides the cooling needed to maintain safe temperatures with this relatively small enclosure.
Daughtercard Connectors
July 23, 2003 8:39 am | Molex Incorporated | Product Releases | CommentsThe VHDM-HSD six-row module-to-backplane connector system achieves up to 5.0 Gbps bandwidth per signal pair. It's suitable for connecting the main backplane to daughtercards in very high-speed, short rise-time, high-circuit count environments. Molex Inc., 2222 Wellington Ct., Lisle, IL 60532.
Flow And Level Switches
July 23, 2003 8:38 am | Fluid Components International, LLC (FCI) | Product Releases | CommentsThe NuTec Series FS2000 flow switch and LS2000 level switch are thermal mass switches designed with two-wire 4-20 mA loop power and engineered to be highly accurate and responsive in gas, air, hydrocarbons, and water. Fluid Components International, 1755 La Costa Meadows Dr., San Marcos, CA 92069.
Part Sensing Light Screens
July 23, 2003 8:38 am | Banner Engineering Corp. | Product Releases | CommentsLX Series high-speed, high-resolution part sensing light screens feature response speeds as low as 0.8 msec and a unique beam pattern engineered to ensure accurate detection of extremely small objects down to 0.025 in. in size. Banner Engineering Corp., 9714 10th Ave. N., Minneapolis, MN 55441.
Needle Bonding Adhesives
July 23, 2003 8:38 am | Henkel Loctite Corp. | Product Releases | CommentsA new line of adhesives bond cannulae to hubs in needle assemblies. The products, which are light cure acrylics, light cure cyanoacrylates, and one-part heat cure epoxies, bond and seal joints to prevents fluids from leaking. Henkel Loctite Corp., 1001 Trout Brook Crossing, Rocky Hill, CT 06067.
Quiet By Design
June 30, 2003 1:03 pm | by Joy LePree, Technical Editor | Articles | CommentsNew cordless electric lawn and garden equipment is being engineered for low noise and high performance. Here's how
Gearmotors Help Bring Stars Into Focus
June 30, 2003 12:55 pm | Product Releases | CommentsWhen astronomers look to the skies, they now can forget about punching complicated data into a keypad to locate heavenly objects.
Linear Options
June 30, 2003 12:43 pm | Intelligent Motion Systems, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsA long-life Acme screw linear actuator is an option in every MDrive high-torque stepping motor including NEMA 14, 17, 23, and 34 sizes. Linear actuator versions include non-captive shaft, captive shaft, and external linear. Standard screw length for non-captive MDrive linear actuators is 6 in.
Fluid Capabilities
June 30, 2003 12:43 pm | Product Releases | CommentsWith no moving parts, the AVM3003 is a fluid viscometer designed to provide either discrete sample or continuous real-time in-process viscosity measurements. Sample sizes can be as small as 120 μl.
Upgrade For Measurement And Automation
June 30, 2003 12:43 pm | National Instruments Corp. | Product Releases | CommentsA culmination of four years of engineering effort, LabVIEW 7 Express is billed as a major upgrade to the entire family of LabVIEW graphical development products.
Isolated Solution
June 30, 2003 12:43 pm | Sensoray | Product Releases | CommentsThe Model 207 PC/104 isolated power supply converts input voltages of 9-36 Vdc to output voltages +5 Vdc at 2 A maximum rating and 䔰 Vdc at 0.42 A maximum rating. It has a -25°C to +71°C operating range and 1,500 V maximum input/output isolation.
