NZ motor company going global
22 January, 2008
“This agreement is significant as Wellington’s technology will be in products available through an established, global sales organisation,” WDT managing director Ross Green said.
Programmable controller
21 January, 2008 | Supplied by: Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric has released the Modicon M340 programmable controller which complements its Modicon Premium (medium to large controllers) and Quantum (large to extra large controllers) for industry and infrastructures.
TDI the least complex of any gauging system
21 January, 2008 | Supplied by: http://www.tmesystems.com.au/
With NDC Infrared every sensor and every scanning frame comes with its own built-in intelligence for higher speed and greater accuracy in measurement. This distributed intelligence is achieved by a state-of-the-art processing engine called a D-BRIC. Each D-BRIC is smaller than 4 x 6" (10 x 15 cm), yet powerful enough to run an entire gauging system on its own.
NDC Infrared SR7I0 reflectance gauge
19 November, 2007 | Supplied by: http://www.tmesystems.com.au
The NDC Infrared SR7I0 reflectance gauge is a sensor designed to allow accurate, online measurement of thin coatings on metal foils or metallised papers and plastics.
Adept Electronic Solutions opens Melbourne office
05 November, 2007
Adept Electronic Solutions is opening an office in Melbourne and is celebrating with a Machine Vision Open Day on 22 November.
O4 series photoelectric sensors
17 October, 2007 | Supplied by: ifm efector pty ltd
The ifm electronic opto family is growing with the release of the O4 series, a photoelectric sensor with ranges up to 50 m.
Process integration challenges
19 September, 2007 by Glenn Johnson | Supplied by: GE Intelligent Platforms
Being able to integrate continuous, batch and hybrid processing technology into an integrated control system with management, analytic and optimisation capabilities has largely eluded industry to date
Fibre-optic photoelectric switch
19 September, 2007 | Supplied by: SICK Pty Ltd
The WLL190T-2 fibre-optic photoelectric switch from Sick has two programmable switching thresholds per device, an additional analog output and a response time of 60 µs. Together with over 80 different fibre-optic cables in the Sick LL3 series, it is suitable for those tasks where little mounting space is available, the sensor head (ie, the fibre-optic cable) must be adapted to meet the needs of the application, or the sensor (as an evaluation unit) must be installed at a distance to the objects to be detected - due to EMC, high temperatures or chemical effects.
Non-nuclear X-ray backscatter gauge
19 September, 2007 | Supplied by: http://www.tmesystems.com.au
NDC Infrared has announced the model 318 XRB sensor — a non-nuclear X-ray backscatter gauge designed as an alternative to GBS and beta sensors.
Robotics innovation competition
22 August, 2007
ABB Australia has launched the ABB Australia and the Society of Automotive Engineers Australasia inaugural National Robotics Innovation competition.
Economical stepper drive
20 August, 2007 | Supplied by: Automated Motion Systems Pty Ltd
The RTA NDC series drives are suitable single- or multi-axis motion control applications where a low-cost solution is required. The resolution is selectable to 4000 steps/rev for smooth operation.
Centre for mine automation to be established
09 July, 2007
Rio Tinto has announced major funding for one of the world’s largest civilian robotics research centres, a centre for mining automation, which will be based at The University of Sydney.
NI CompactRIO - rugged, embedded, reconfigurable
18 June, 2007 | Supplied by: National Instruments Aust Pty Ltd
The National Instruments CompactRIO programmable automation controller (PAC) is a low-cost reconfigurable control and acquisition system designed for applications that require high performance and reliability. The system combines an open embedded architecture with small size, extreme ruggedness and hot-swappable industrial I/O modules.
Position sensors
22 May, 2007 | Supplied by: ifm efector pty ltd
Cylinder sensors are used to detect the position on pneumatic C slot cylinders. The advantage is that the non-contact sensors virtually work without wear and often achieve a longer life than reed switches, saving on repair costs and down times.
Robotics evolves into new industries
22 May, 2007 by Wendy Cramer, Journalist
With its background firmly rooted in the automotive industry, developments in technology are finally seeing robotics coming into its own in other industries too
