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Bosch Rexroth
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Sensopart
LED proximity switch FT 10-RH: small enough to fit on every gripper
SensoPart has expanded its subminiature sensor series. The range now offers LED sensors, in addition to laser sensors, including a proximity switch with adjustable background suppression and a blue light version for strongly light-absorbing objects.
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NORD Drivesystems
Tough drives for fast climbers: NORD DRIVESYSTEMS supplies STROS for international projects
STROS, the largest manufacturer of construction hoists in the Czech Republic, supplies customers all over the world. Three systems ship per week. Eight of the high-rises at “Moscow City”, a major construction project in Russia, are being built or have already been completed with STROS hoists. The hoists reach heights of 300 m or more and have to withstand wind speeds of up to 20 m/s. Safety is therefore fundamental. STROS has been working with NORD DRIVESYSTEMS as its single-source drive supplier for more than 15 years.
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Morgan Advanced Materials
Materials in design
Dieter Steudtner, Sales Manager at Morgan Advanced Materials, gives designers and manufacturers an insight into advanced ceramic materials and their properties.
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SOURIAU – SUNBANK Connection Technologies
Sunbank joins SOURIAU in Esterline’s Connection Technologies platform.
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KOLLMORGEN
Slimline: new AKD-N distributed servo drives
Kollmorgen: single-cable connection technology further developed – resulting in 80% less cable required
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CIAT
The new F-Gas Directive: What are the immediate solutions?
Both the revision to the EU's F-Gas Directive currently under preparation and national refrigerant taxation schemes are prompting manufacturers to turn to water-source solutions in which the refrigerants used are confined to equipment. CIAT adopted a water-source strategy many years ago whereas competing alternatives – like direct-expansion solutions – will quickly have to be abandonned. The environmental consequences of climate change have prompted European authorities to seriously reinforce the EU's F-Gas Regulation. The current version of the regulation, which was enacted in 2006, sets obligations on calculating the weights of both marketed and recovered refrigerants as well as the frequency of checks. It also sets timetables for the phasing-out of non-zero ODP (Ozone Depletion Potential) refrigerants that are destructive to the ozone layer. The revision of the F-Gas Regulation currently under preparation will come into force in 2015. Its aim is to drastically reduce the global warming potential (GWP) of refrigerants currently in use. As from 2015, the sale of refrigerants will be gradually restricted based on their GWP (expressed in kg of CO2-equivalent per kg of refrigerant). The goal is to cut usage by nearly 80% over a 15-year period.
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BALLUFF
Robust RFID data carrier with extra-large memory
Balluff has presented a new generation of data carriers, up to eight times faster than the standard, with extra-large memory of up to 128 kBytes at the SPS IPC Drives trade fair. These drives work up to eight times as fast as the standard ISO 15693, making them the ideal choice for track-and-trace applications with high data volumes such as those used in assembly lines in the automotive industry.
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ARC INFORMATIQUE
Champagne producer Veuve Clicquot chooses PcVue to supervise its tanks
World-renowned top-quality champagne house Veuve Clicquot uses instrumented and automated facilities. Thanks to PcVue, it now has a smart system that supervises fermentation in its 400 fermentation tanks.
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EPLAN
