Factory automation

Linear servomotors

26 October, 2009 | Supplied by: Rockwell Automation Australia

The Allen-Bradley LDC-Series and LDL-Series of linear servomotors are designed to provide machine builders with precise, reliable linear motion capabilities at a cost-effective pricepoint. With no ‘wear items’, such as bearings, gears and belts, that routinely need to be maintained or replaced, theses linear motors are claimed to feature improved reliability over other linear actuation methods.


Profile scanners

26 October, 2009 | Supplied by: Bestech Australia Pty Ltd

The profile scanners of the scanControl 2700 and 2710 series from Micro-Epsilon are now also available with a measuring range of 50 mm, adding to the previous measuring ranges of 25 and 100 mm.


Colour contrast sensor

26 October, 2009 | Supplied by: ifm efector pty ltd

The O5 Series contrast sensor offers a variety of contrast sensing solutions for the packaging, assembly, material handling and printing industries. Applications include printed registration marks on a roll of paper or labels; continuous form markings; printed colour bars on packages; reference marks for printing and cutting, and confirming the presence of bar codes, date codes and data matrix symbols.


Compact proximity sensor

26 October, 2009 | Supplied by: Turck Australia Pty Ltd

The uprox Q10S proximity sensor is a compact 10 x 10 x 28 mm sensor that can achieve sensing distances of up to 5 mm, depending on mounting configuration.


Volumetric flow sensor

26 October, 2009 | Supplied by: ifm efector pty ltd

Designed for the food and machine tool industries, the SQ volumetric flow sensor from ifm is designed for low volumetric flow quantities. It has been designed for dosing of water and aqueous solutions up to 200 mL/min. Flow and temperature are measured at the same time and can be supplied as either a switched or analog output.


Washdown vision sensor

26 October, 2009 | Supplied by: Micromax Pty Ltd

Banner Engineering has introduced the PresencePlus P4 IP68-rated, sealed Omni vision sensor. Featuring a compact, durable, nickel-plated, aluminium housing, the P4 Sealed Omni vision sensor is designed to withstand washdown conditions, as well as dust and debris common in harsh-duty environments with the use of an integrated ring light or lens cover.


Shaft encoders with additional ethernet protocols

19 October, 2009 | Supplied by: Plant Control & Automation

Fraba/Posital, represented by PCA in Australasia, has extended the range of ethernet protocols supported in its family of absolute shaft encoders.


Motion control development system

29 September, 2009 | Supplied by: National Instruments Aust Pty Ltd

National Instruments has announced the LabVIEW NI SoftMotion Module, which simplifies the development of advanced single- and multi-axis motion applications, and new NI C Series modules, which expand the connectivity of the NI CompactRIO programmable automation controller (PAC) platform to hundreds of servo and stepper drives.


3D image sensor

29 September, 2009 | Supplied by: ifm efector pty ltd

The 3D Image Sensor from ifm efector evaluates size, shape and volume in material handling applications. An integrated 64 x 48 pixel array - in which each pixel represents a time of flight measurement - defines the field of view for the sensor.


High-friction suction cups

29 September, 2009 | Supplied by: PIAB Vacuum Technologies

Duraflex friction cups are designed to provide strong grip on oily and wet surfaces and they are particularly suitable for the automotive and whitegoods manufacturing industries.


Suction cup for bag handling

29 September, 2009 | Supplied by: PIAB Vacuum Technologies

The BL40-5 suction cup is a silicone cup with reinforced bellows and a long, thin lip designed for pick-and-place applications, mainly in the food industry, and specifically optimised to handle difficult bags - bags that are filled with liquids or with material that is not in one piece such as heavy pet food bags, bags with frozen food or bags of rice or pasta.


Extended range proximity sensor

29 September, 2009 | Supplied by: Turck Australia Pty Ltd

Turck has announced that the company’s Q08 uprox+ factor 1 sensor - designed to detect steel, stainless steel, copper, brass and aluminium at the same rated sensing distance - now offers an extended range of 8 mm.


Small object counter

29 September, 2009 | Supplied by: Micromax Pty Ltd

Banner Engineering has introduced the D10 Expert Small Object Counter, designed for high-performance, small object counting to solve a variety of applications, including: pharmaceutical pill, tablet and gel cap counting; agricultural seed counting; process verification; and verifying product flow from the nozzle of a chute.


Decentralised drive solution package

29 September, 2009 | Supplied by: SEW-Eurodrive Pty Ltd

Comprising a PLC/motion controller or gateway, frequency inverter, optional I/O module, geared-motor and interconnection cables, the SEW-Eurodrive decentralised package can be customised to match the specific requirements of the end-user applications.


Turck stainless steel inductive sensors

29 September, 2009 | Supplied by: Turck Australia Pty Ltd

Turck has announced a line of 2- and 3-wire DC ArmorGuard+ stainless steel, front face, inductive sensors. The line includes 8, 12, 18 and 30 mm barrel diameters with 1.5 to 10 mm achievable sensing distances.


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