Balluff: Proactive maintenance offers enormous potential for cost savings. Equipment and machines having this feature provide significant competitive advantages. Reliable function diagnostics is especially important in high-dynamic machines, used...
Balluff: In flexible automation, sensors and actuators must be able to track the movements of machines. Permanently wired sensors are usually unsuitable for such applications. Contactings and cables can only withstand movement for a limited time,...
WayCon Positionsmesstechnik has sumitted a suggestion to BP for the oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Pipe connection to an undefined natural opening or pipe system e.g. blowout preventer BOP, with escaping liquid/oil under high pressure....
Balluff STM GmbH: Clear liquids such as water cannot be detected by optical means in transparent pipes or containers without further ado. It gets especially difficult if the pipe diameter is very small or if the containers are only...
Stellar Technology introduces the subminiature series VLU850 tension/compression load cells. In spite of their small size - with diameters from 0.50” and heights from 0.31” - these load cells deliver exceptional 0.50% accuracy for ranges from...
Stellar Technology: The Model AP5101 is a DIN-rail mounted single channel Amplifier which provides variable excitation and signal conditioning for standard DC-excited strain gage transducers, including those for pressure, force, torque, and load....
Sierra Instruments announces the Smart-Trak® 50 Series. Sharing the same advanced core sensor technology as the award-winning Sierra Smart-Trak® 100, the new Smart-Trak 50 is now available at nearly half the price with expedited off-the-shelf...
PCB Piezotronics, Inc.: IMI Sensors – a division of PCB Piezotronics, Inc., announces their model 682A09 ICP® In-Line 4-20 mA Vibration Transmitter. Another IMI Sensors industry-first, the model 682A09 installs in line with any industrial...
MicroSense: Capacitance sensing is a high precision, high bandwidth, non contact displacement measurement method which has been in common use for over 50 years. This white paper describes various characteristics of capacitive sensing, principles...
LCM Systems: Constructed entirely of stainless steel, the CPA Series of Compression load cells are not only suitable for general applications but have been designed for use in both laboratories and in permanent outdoor installations; particularly...
Cognex Corporation has announced a new option to deliver its VisionView® operator interface to any VGA display. VisionView VGA is a low-cost DIN rail-mount adapter that provides direct VGA output for the VisionView application software, allowing...
Cognex Corporation introduced Advantage™ Image Engines, a family of programmable vision devices for OEMs. Advantage Image Engines offer superior 1D barcode and 2D Data Matrix code reading, plus a full suite of industry-proven Cognex vision tools...
BERTHOLD Technologies GmbH & Co. KG: Micro-Polar Brix is specifically designed for the sugar industry. It provides online measurement of: Dry substance, Brix value, Density, Concentration. The real-time measuring results are essential in order...
BERTHOLD Technologies GmbH & Co. KG: Controlling the crystallisation of sugar solution in Continuous Vacuum Pans is very important to ensure proper crystal structure and high product quality. The LB 565 Micro-Polar Brix monitors the...
Baumer: To saturate the requirements of short delivery times and small lot sizes, frequent format alignments are more and more common events in the manufacturing process: There are shafts and stop positions to be adjusted and sensors to be...
Baumer: GigE Vision cameras from Baumer now contain extended firmware with advanced functions that increase their versatility and usefulness. For example, the new release provides innovative functions like Timer and Multicast. The Timer function...
Baumer has recently added the laser distance sensor OADM 250 to its portfolio. The sensor is based on time of flight technology and covers an operating distance of 4 m – even on black objects. The OADM 250 complements Baumer’s broad range of...
Baumer: With the FlexLevel Switch 4101 Baumer presents a new sensor which is based on frequency sweep technology. The device detects the level of liquids, viscous fluids and dry media. Due to the smooth, very small sensor head even adhesive media...
Baumer: The DuroProx inductive sensors are tough enough to take it. The sensor family comprises inductive sensors with IP 69K protection class full metal housings that were designed from the outset for use in harsh and demanding industrial...
Baumer’s digital pressure switch series TED is now available with several 3A-approved process connections. Therefore, the hygienic measuring instrument is especially suitable for applications in the food and beverage and pharmaceutical...
Pewatron: The controlled DC-DC converters of the DFED/DFEC series by Power Mate supply 15 to 60W out of a highly compact enclosure size for fitting on a TS35-7.5/-15 mounting rail. From the wide-range inputs 2:1 (9.5-18V, 18-36V, 36-75V) or 4:1...
PI Ceramic (PIC): Radio sensors can monitor installations at locations which are difficult to get to and thus support automation. The energy supply is an important consideration in such applications. In order to dispense with the need for...
HBM has released its new SoMat cDAQ rugged, mobile CAN-based data acquisition modules. Sized at only 35mm x 217mm x 50mm, the compact cDAQ modules provide a flexible distributed network of HBM world-class signal conditioning in any environment and...
Kistler Instrument Corporation has announced the debut of Type 8688A, a globally patented series of low-cost high-sensitivity IEPE triaxial accelerometers, with optional TEDS, designed to simultaneously measure vibration in three orthogonal axes....
Kistler Instrument Corporation has announced the North American market introduction of Type 4021A, a melt pressure measuring chain with ½”-20 UNF thread, designed to simultaneously measure short duration pressure peaks and temperatures. The...
Kistler: 3-component force links are used in applications such as the determination of dynamic forces on vibrating tables and for product testing in industry and the laboratory. The compact, preloaded Force Link sensors in a sealed,...
Kistler: The Kistler Group's acquisition of MSC Automotive GmbH has substantially enhanced its expertise in the area of sensors and applications based on strain gages. The amalgamation of MSC Automotive with Kistler-IGeL GmbH on the Schönaich...
Melexis and Phase IV Engineering have joined forces to create new RFID wireless sensing solutions for difficult to solve sensing applications. Based on the Melexis MLX90129 HF RFID enabled sensor tag IC and Phase IV’s sensor tag expertise, any...
Melexis and ProximaRF, a provider of versatile HF reader solutions, join their forces to enable fast and easy development of Data Logging applications. The RFID Sensor Kit (DVK90129) will help implementation of RFID technology in applications such...
Micro-Epsilon: Profile scanners (model scanCONTROL 2800-25) from Ortenburg-based sensor specialist Micro-Epsilon are able to generate digital 3D images of gear teeth and so can be used to measure the run-out characteristics of gear shafts with...
