General Manufacturing

Wieland Electric Complies With All EUROMAPs for Connectors in Polymer Machines
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Wieland Electric Complies With All EUROMAPs for Connectors in Polymer Machines

Standardized interfaces offer many advantages and allow, among other things, a flexible adaptation of production facilities to new requirements. This also applies to plastics and rubber processing machines. Here EUROMAP, the umbrella organization of European plastics and rubber machine manufacturers, has defined standards for interface requirements, including 16 Euromap recommendations for the heavy-duty connector sector.

 

 

 

Acromag Loop-Powered Digital Panel Meter Streamlines Installation
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Acromag Loop-Powered Digital Panel Meter Streamlines Installation

Acromag’s newest digital panel meters are powered by the 4-20mA loop with options for isolated analog output and/or solid-state relays. The VPM2000 Series loop-powered digital panel meters have a large LCD display and is certified non-incendive intrinsically safe.

Centralized Factory-Level User Management
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Centralized Factory-Level User Management

B&R has made centralized, factory-level user management substantially easier. With the new software component mapp UserX, it is now possible to use services based on LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) to implement centralized management of users and user groups, for example using Active Directory from Microsoft.

 

 

 

Littelfuse Launches DC Disconnect Switch Product Line
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Littelfuse Launches DC Disconnect Switch Product Line

Littelfuse announces energy-efficient, compact disconnect switches that quickly break or resume the flow of current safely. Offered in both 250 and 400 amperage ratings, the DC Disconnect Switch product line prevents shock hazards when isolating circuits or repairing systems.

TE Connectivity Power Versa-Lock 5.0 Rectangular Power Connectors
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TE Connectivity Power Versa-Lock 5.0 Rectangular Power Connectors

TE Connectivity’s Power Versa-Lock 5.0 Rectangular Power Connectors are for wire-to-wire applications and offer a flexible power solution that provides a current rating of up to 15A. TE Power Versa-Lock 5.0 Connector series provides an optional IP67-rated perimeter interface and gang seals to offer waterproofing capabilities. The series offers a tab-and-receptacle contact design with four points of contact for higher reliability.

 

 

 

AutomationDirect: Gladiator Miniature Circuit Breakers (GMCBU Series)
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AutomationDirect: Gladiator Miniature Circuit Breakers (GMCBU Series)

Gladiator miniature circuit breakers offer optimum and efficient protection for branch and control circuits up to 63 amps. The Gladiator series is available with B, C or D trip characteristics in accordance with UL 489. The Gladiator series units are DIN rail mountable and can be used in feeder and branch circuit applications.

 

 

 

AutomationDirect: WAGO Multi-Channel Electronic Circuit Breakers
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AutomationDirect: WAGO Multi-Channel Electronic Circuit Breakers

Electronic circuit breakers (ECB) provide supplementary circuit protection of 24 VDC circuits for up to 10A per channel. ECBs protect against overloads as well as short circuits, and are available in single-, 2-, 4- and 8-channel models; available NEC Class 2 rated models are fixed at 3.8A, and allow conversion of circuitry from a non-NEC class 2 power supply to a downstream Class 2 device.

 

 

 

Pepperl+Fuchs: Robotic Lab Automation With RFID Readers
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Pepperl+Fuchs: Robotic Lab Automation With RFID Readers

Robotic lab automation is a growing market worldwide. Testing labs handle some of our most precious materials and through automation, minimize the chance of human error. For example, let’s look at a blood sorting and testing line used in a lab to analyze patient specimens. As one might imagine, keeping track of these blood samples is vital. The last thing a lab would want is to wrongly diagnose a patient.

 

 

 

Rockwell Automation Targets Market Expansion With New High-Performance, Scalable Kinetix Integrated Motion Drives
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Rockwell Automation Targets Market Expansion With New High-Performance, Scalable Kinetix Integrated Motion Drives

 

In continued efforts to enable flexible manufacturing for its customers, Rockwell Automation’s motion business has expanded its Kinetix line of servo drives with intelligent and scalable solutions. The new Allen-Bradley Kinetix 5300 servo drive is a fully integrated, CIP Motion solution for global machine builders looking to increase performance and leverage a single-design environment for control and motion.

 

 

 

SCHURTER Installation-ready Piezoelectric Switch Features Pre-assembled with Cable
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SCHURTER Installation-ready Piezoelectric Switch Features Pre-assembled with Cable

Designed for harsh environments, the PSE piezoelectric switch comes with a pre-assembled polyurethane cable to offer maximum flexibility and the highest IP protection during installation. The housings of the factory assembled piezoelectric PSE family are made of stainless steel 1.4462. This steel is characterised by its particularly high resistance to corrosion, which is essential in areas with high humidity. The PSE switches offer maximum reliability and a long service life (20 million actuations). Hermetically sealed housings make the PSE with cable predestined for use in particularly harsh and inhospitable applications.

Mitsubishi Electric: ASSISTA Collaborative Robot from Mitsubishi Electric Goes to Market in North and South America
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Mitsubishi Electric: ASSISTA Collaborative Robot from Mitsubishi Electric Goes to Market in North and South America

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. has recently announced the launch of its ASSISTA collaborative robot in the Americas. As a collaborative robot, or ‘cobot’, ASSISTA is designed to share its workplace with humans in a safe and efficient manner. This makes it a useful solution across various industries with its internal wiring, rigid, industrial-grade design, and newly developed components.