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To celebrate the launch of the new CLIC range, which offers industries most complete safety light curtain solution, Omron are giving away ten fantastic iPod touch media players.
With an extensive range of enclosed soft starters now available for hire from drive technology expert, Ralspeed, it’s no longer necessary for companies with short- or medium-term requirements for soft starting to use scarce capital resources to purchase equipment outright. Instead, they can hire the soft starters they need at very competitive rates and offset the rental charges against corporation tax.
The Trajexia family of motion controllers has a new member. The TJ2 MC64 enables the user to control up to 64 axes of motion in just 1msec.
Decentralised drives that need no panel enclosure come into their own in big conveyor installations such as airports and warehouses. It is here that Lenze have positioned the new 8400 protec frequency inverter incorporating features and performance that match the application needs. 
Global limit switches are an essential element of industrial controls, monitoring position and presence of doors, booms, valves, and the like. Conventional wired switches, however, present installation and maintenance challenges, especially in installations that are subject to harsh environments or involve movement in the wiring.
The new safe Sirius 3TK2810-1 speed monitor from the Siemens Industry Automation Division monitors the standstill and speed of machines and plants. This device, which belongs to the range of Sirius 3TK28 safety relays, can simultaneously monitor three parameterizable limit values for downtime, setup speed and automatic speed.
From June 16, 2011, in accordance with EU Directive 2005/32/EC, only high-efficiency 2 to 6-pole three-phase asynchronous motors will be permitted on the European market. They must at least comply with efficiency class IE2 (IE=International Efficiency) which corresponds to the currently highest European efficiency class EFF1.
New enhancements to our Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 family of industrial controllers enable increased power, speed and expanded communication capabilities.
For the Danfoss frequency converter families VLT® AutomationDrive, HVAC Drive and Aqua Drive with power ratings up to 4 kW, a new and especially compact IP 55 / IP 66 enclosure with type designation A4 is now available. Compared with the existing A5 enclosures, the dimensions have been reduced by 33%. Nevertheless, the power components fulfil the most demanding requirements, even in applications with high overload torque, long motor cables, or ambient temperatures up to 50 °C. 
Stable and dependable detection for transparent objects, including glass, films and PET, simple installation and ease of adjustment are the key benefits of the new E3ZM-B_T photoelectric sensors. The new E3ZM-B_T sensors are suitable for sensing distances up to 500 mm and are available with an easy-to-adjust potentiometer for sensitivity adjustment. These versatile sensors are the latest additions to the E3Z product range, which is the most comprehensive and competitive family of compact sensors currently available for food industry applications.
Parker Hannifin, the global leader in motion and control technologies, has released a new version of its cross-platform drive configuration package Drive System Explorer (DSE) Lite.
SICK (UK) has increased the intensity, brightness and accuracy of opto-sensor technology with the new Pin-Point LED, enabling faster and more accurate quality control for the electronics industry.
Join Mitsubishi and other leading automation suppliers at Tattersalls livestock auction house in Newmarket on 21st July. This special automation day is being hosted by BPX Anglia, and includes presentations by Mitsubishi and SMC Pneumatics, along with an exhibition from a number of other automation suppliers.
To provide its customers with expert local support, wherever they are located in the UK and Ireland, Vacon, a global leader in the development and manufacture of AC drives, has appointed 13 Drives Technical Partners. All of the companies selected for membership of the partner programme have proven expertise in drive applications, and all have an outstanding reputation for customer service and support.
The successful range of Lenze SMV refrequency inverters with IP65 enclosure has now been extended with four new powers up to 22kW. Dimensions and costs have been kept low by the use of a cooling fan that maintains the high enclosure level. This in turn means that no panel space is needed, a very useful feature when upgrading existing machinery, but also reduced costs on new machine designs. The SMV has found wide acceptance in food production, bakery mixers, conveyors, pumps and vacuum compressors.
Vacon's new X series is a rugged family of variable speed AC drives, built and designed for harsh industrial environments.
Compact and competitively priced, the latest range of micro drives from Vacon, one of Europe's foremost developers of AC drive technology, has been specifically developed to eliminate unnecessary complexity while retaining all of the features needed for standard industrial applications, including the control of pumps, fans and simple conveyers. As a result, the new Vacon 10 drives are easy and convenient to specify and use.
The latest addition to Mitsubishi's GT1000 family is built on the impressive features of the GT15/16 models, offering many maintenance and debugging tools found in these high end interface products. Yet a real benefit is the pricing of the new GT12 offering cost effective, high performance solutions for HMIs between 8" and 10”.
Celesco's PT9000 cable extension position sensors, available exclusively in the UK from Variohm EuroSensor, are packed with application flexibility for real heavy-duty, high-accuracy linear measurement up to 43 metres.
ABB has signed a deal with Nuaire Ltd to supply variable speed drives for its range of fans. Nuaire, based in South Wales, manufactures the largest range of ventilation products and air handling units in the UK. This will now be complimented by ABB standard drives and ABB standard drives for HVAC which are available in power ratings from 0.75 to 90kW, with larger drives available on request.
