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Alpha Introduces Cymex Servo Sizing Software
September 2nd, 2008
Now finding the right servo gear reducer is quick and easy with the largest library of motors in the world!
Unique to the world of drive systems, alpha gear drives offers the cymex® calculation software to help you find the optimal gear reducer for your particular application, making your life comfortable and convenient as possible.
cymex® makes use of extensive databases in which all alpha products and over 6000 motors from various manufacturers are stored - the largest...
Electro-matic Products, Inc. Announces Affiliation With Yamaichi Electronics Usa
September 1st, 2008
Farmington Hills, MI - Electro-Matic Products, Inc. proudly announces its new relationship with Yamaichi Electronics USA, a leading manufacturer of test & burn-in sockets and production connectors, as well as standard and high density connectors. The new agreement between Yamaichi Electronics USA and
Electro-Matic Products expands Electro-Matic’s diverse product portfolio with the addition of Yamaichi’s Y-Con Industrial Series. The Y-ConRJ45 system offers a connector solution for harsh...
New Stepper Motor Controller From Jvl
September 1st, 2008
JVL can now present a step motor controller with RS485 and CANbus serial interface. 8 IOs can be configured as inputs, outputs, or analogue input that can be controlled via a nanoPLC and MacTalk graphic programming. It is possible to perform conditional jump, insert delays, calculate with +. -, * and /, and change and save registers etc. The very compact 57x57mm PCB contains everything required to solve a modern control task either as a stand-alone controller or controlled from a PLC or PC via...
August 30th, 2008
Easyview Touch Screen (HMI)
A complete series from low cost to high performance 32-bit RISC power operator interface.
Easy operations - Just look & "touch".
Rugged design stands the hardest environment.
Easy to build in, easy to install.
User friendly graphic editor.
High brightness LCD display
5.7" mono, 5.6"color, 8 "color, 10.4"color.
Communication with more than 20 brand name PLC, such as Siemens, Omron and Allen Bradley.
For more information, please visit our website www.foxteq.com
Movimed Announces New Solutions For Ir Non-destructive Testing
August 30th, 2008
Friday, September 07, 2007
Markus Tarin, President & CEO of MoviMED announces a full line of system solutions for advanced infra-red non-destructive testings.
Material defects in composite, honeycomb, metal and non-metals can be detected using this state-of-the-art system. The applied principles are referred to as Lock-In Thermography, Pulse Thermography, Transient Thermography and Thermo-Radiography.
A typical system is comprised of a thermal camera, either cooled or uncooled, a modulated heat source that is synchronized with the camera via a proprietary frame grabber. The system comes complete with software for defect analysis.
Applications include:
- Aerospace fuselage inspection of Boeing Aircrafts
- Marine/Boating: Boat Hull Inspection
- Energy: Rotor Blade inspection
- Automotive: Dash board Inspection
and many more.
Reference Installations: The Boeing Company, Lufthansa AG, BMW, VW, Deutsche Airbus
Acoposmulti Servo Drives At Their Most Economical
August 28th, 2008
B&R ACOPOSmulti - Drives at their most economical
ACOPOSmulti is the logical progression of the successful ACOPOS series from B&R that meets the demands of users for modern motion control products for more customers. The ACOPOSmulti generation offers the highest degree of efficiency for multi-axis machines that are commonly used in the plastics, packaging, print, and textile industries. Environmental considerations were also a major motivation in keeping energy consumption...
Linear Actuators From Alpha - Credible And Convincing Alternative
August 28th, 2008
The alpha actuator system – an innovative alternative.
The alpha actuator system is based on a combination of several innovative elements, which only have the desired effect when united in this way:
- Production and test engineering for rack-and-pinion units facilitate an unprecedented degree of precision
- Innovative servo motor and transmission technology
- Calculation, simulation, etc. of the complete system in tandem with other...
Alpha Innovative Right-angle Solutions
August 25th, 2008
Alpha continues to be the industry innovator by launching its range of hypoid gearheads. As the first manufacturer to develop a hollow-shaft gearhead for maximum speeds, alpha now can supply the optimum right-angle gearhead for every application – be it worm, bevel or hypoid.
The HG+ hollow-shaft gearhead made alpha the first manufacturer ever to develop a gearhead of this type capable of mastering even the most challenging servo applications. The HG+ is a low-backlash hypoid gearhead...
Electro-matic Products, Inc. Launches Automation Products Website
August 24th, 2008
Electro-Matic Products, Inc. proudly announces the launch of its Automation Products Website. Specially designed to meet the needs of Electro-Matic’s automation products business unit, www.empautomation.com marks a great improvement in design, navigability and usability for customers as well employees. “An attractive and easy to use website is an important marketing tool to promote our automation products”, explains Richard Laramee, Manager of Electro-Matic’s Automation Products Group....
New Devicenet Module For Jvl Mac Motors
August 24th, 2008
Devicenet Expansion Module for JVL´s integrated MAC motors
JVL has developed a new module for the MAC50-141 and MAC800 series of integrated servo motors that enables the MAC motors to be used on Devicenet. The AC-servo motor, encoder, amplifier, positional controller and Devicenet are all built into the motor. The only connections required are a supply voltage and the Devicenet cables. The device type is a ”Position controller”, which is a standard method for controlling position...