Kollmorgen stainless washdown servomotors
06 March, 2013 | Supplied by: Motion Technologies Pty LtdAvailable in five frame sizes and 16 frame/stack length combinations, the Kollmorgen stainless washdown servomotors supply torques up to 80 Nm (390 Nm peak) and speeds up to 7500 rpm.
The advance of the robots: helping manufacturers become more competitive
06 March, 2013 by Glenn Johnson, EditorIndustrial robot technology has come a long way from the simple machines of the early ’60s and today offers more flexibility and cost-effectiveness than ever before. Can Australian manufacturing capitalise on the benefits?
Entries open for Gold Rush robotics competition
06 March, 2013National Instruments is giving university students across Australia and New Zealand the opportunity to demonstrate their engineering skills on an international platform in the third annual NI Autonomous Robotics Competition.
SEW-Eurodrive DRC electronic motor series
01 March, 2013 | Supplied by: SEW-Eurodrive Pty LtdThe DRC electronic motor series consists of a permanent-field synchronous motor and matching integrated drive electronics and is also available as a brake motor, making it suitable for hoists and inclined conveyors.
Motrona GV480, 481 series shaft encoder signal expanders
01 March, 2013 | Supplied by: Plant Control & AutomationThe GV480, 481 series of shaft encoder signal expanders have been added to the Motrona range. The device expands the output from one incremental shaft encoder to four or eight individually isolated encoder signals.
ASM POSIROT PMIS4/PMIR5 magnetic incremental encoder
21 February, 2013 | Supplied by: Automated Control Pty LtdThe PMIS4/PMIR5 magnetic ring incremental encoder offers high EMC protection, large guiding distance tolerance and a superior signal performance up to 327,680 pulses/360°.
‘Robot’ electric car drives itself
20 February, 2013Robotic technology from Oxford University that enables a car to ‘drive itself’ for stretches of a route has been shown driving a Nissan Leaf electric car.
Aerotech Sensor Fusion data acquisition system
18 February, 2013 | Supplied by: Lastek Pty LtdSensor Fusion is a 3U data acquisition device that provides precise time alignment of motion and data acquisition functions.
Turck in top five of Automation World survey
12 February, 2013 | Supplied by: Turck Australia Pty LtdFor the second year in a row, Turck has been named as one of the top five in the discrete sensing category in the 2012 Automation World First Team Leaders in Automation annual survey.
Carl Zeiss Corona Plus VIS-NIR spectrometers range
06 February, 2013 | Supplied by: ZEISS GroupThe Corona Plus range of spectrometers can be used for the measurement of various optical properties such as reflection, transmission, colour and coating thickness of transparent samples and coatings.
Cutting CCA’s carbon footprint
25 January, 2013Coca-Cola Amatil is reducing the carbon footprint of its 600 mL PET bottles by 22% with the help of stainless steel.
Advantech UNO-2184G and UNOO-2174G open architecture automation controllers
25 January, 2013 | Supplied by: Advantech Australia Pty LtdThe UNO-2184G is designed for applications that require a large amount of graphical processing power while the UNO-2174G is a mid-end controller for industries that require faster performance, but not 3D capabilities.
Dematic delivers at Tesco’s fourth Dotcom store
25 January, 2013 | Supplied by: Dematic Pty LtdDematic has provided Tesco with an automated materials picking and handling system for the company’s fourth ‘Dotcom store’ that went live in January 2012. Dematic technology will also feature in Tesco’s fourth and fifth Dotcom stores.
Banner Engineering QM26 and QMH26 photoelectric sensors
21 January, 2013 | Supplied by: Micromax Pty LtdThe QM26 and QMH26 photoelectric sensors are designed specifically for the food and beverage and pharmaceutical industries, and they are designed to work in areas with harsh washdowns with high pressure, extreme temperatures and chemicals.
Automation creating, not stealing, jobs in US
18 January, 2013The Association for Advancing Automation has expressed disappointment in 60 Minutes’ portrayal of the automation industry, in a segment entitled ‘March of the Machines’ in the United States.
