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YASKAWA delivers MOTOMAN Robotic and Drives and Motion systems and products for a wide range of industries adding value to our customers’ business. Our experienced team can assist in identifying your exact needs and guide you through the solution that is best suited to you.


YASKAWA UK LTD


Unit 2, Johnson Park, Wildmere Road, Banbury, Oxon OX16 3JU, UK


Tel: + 44 (0) 1295 272755 Fax: + 44 (0) 1295 267127 Email: info.uk@yasakwa.eu.com Web: www.yaskawa.eu.com


FEBRUARY 2013


PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR MANUFACTURING EFFICIENCY


DRIVES & CONTROLS


An energy saving solution for machine builders


SCADA & DATA ACQUISITION


Supervisory control helps improve system redundancy


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Connectivity in robotics by HARTING


INDUSTRY FOCUS: AUTOMATED WAREHOUSING & LOGISTICS MARCH 2013 Automation


Advertorial


Balluff - track-and-trace made easy - Complete line of traceability solutions


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raceability creates lean manufacturing simplifies


just-in-time deliveries, aids legal certainty and ensures product quality.


The sensor


specialist and RFID provider Balluff can look back on 25 years of experience in this


area and offers an extensive portfolio of track-and- trace solutions. The portfolio was recently expanded to include new RFID technologies for high- temperature applications, which are often called for in the semiconductor industry or in paint-spray lines and drying ovens in the automotive sector. Balluff offers not only the entire spectrum of flexibly combinable LF, HF and UHF-RFID components, but also a variety of stationary barcode readers by means of which its customers can realize individual and economical traceability solutions on a high technical level. Data carriers mounted on a workpiece, pallet or directly on equipment record all steps and manufacturing lots of a production sequence. This occurs in running operation, so that the data can be evaluated in real time or later – even after years – for traceability purposes.


STAND NO: 17Q145


Balluff Tel: 0161 282 4700 Web: www.balluff.co.uk


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SHOWCASE


Spirol's coiled spring pins improve production of laparoscopic surgical devices


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medical device manufacturer was using a Swiss style CNC-machined Knurled Solid Pin in a surgical device, used as a “grasper” to allow a surgeon to operate through a laparoscopic port. The pin is used to drive the jaw movement at the distal end of the device. However, during pin installation, there was a high insertion force, bending of the pins, damage to the sub-assembly and generation of metallic debris. Since this device was designed to go inside the human body, the possibility of introducing metal debris was completely unacceptable. Spirol provided the solution with its stainless steel, light duty coiled spring pin. One issue identified immediately was that pins, made from 303 stainless steel with no subsequent heat treatment, were being installed into a hardened 416 stainless steel shaft. This was conducive to debris generation from the softer 303 stainless steel knurls. Spirol Industries performed a number of installation tests which confirmed the incompatibility of hardnesses of pin and the host material, as well as the variation in the outer diameter dimensions of the pin. These were the root causes of the debris generation, as well as the other problems.


Spirol Industries Ltd. Tel: 01536 444800 Web: www.spirol.com enter 806


Flexible integration with CAN


WAGO's new 750-658 I/O module enables CAN field devices to be linked to its I/O-SYSTEM 750


he new CAN I/O module supports CAN Layer 2, making it extremely flexible at the field level. This module can be configured to integrate with CANopen, supporting SAE-J1939 or DeviceNet, with protocol-specific functions being implemented using an application program on the many


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WAGO Series 750 controllers. The 750-658 CAN I/O module adjusts to baud rates between 20 kbit/s to 1 Mbit/s using automatic bit rate detection. A fixed transmission rate can also be set. Using six configurable filters for input telegrams, CAN messages can be filtered by means of identifier formats 2.0A (11-bit identifier) and 2.0B (29-bit identifier). The CAN I/O module can be used in three operating modes: sniffer mode, transparent mode or mapped mode. This maximises the implementation of CAN into major fieldbus protocols with WAGO-I/O-SYSTEM 750 for building factory or process automation.


WAGO Ltd. Tel: 01788 568 008 Web: www.wago.com enter 807


Electrical


ariohm EuroSensor has released a new low-cost range of linear position sensors, combining a sealed membrane potentiometer in a robust support housing that makes installation straightforward for medium precision measurement from 50 mm to 1 metre. The new IPL series linear sensors are available in nine standard position or displacement measurement ranges with independent linearity to +/- 3% and average repeatability to +/- 0.5 mm. For higher precision use, a membrane potentiometer with independent linearity to 1% is available on request.


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Aimed at demanding linear measurement applications across all industries, they are particularly well- matched to door and gate closures, valves and vents, lifting and handling machinery, and other areas where low-cost position verification is essential. The simple design of the IPL can be manually driven with minimal force required, or provide position feedback in combination with electric, pneumatic or hydraulic automated actuators. The field proven IP65 rated membrane potentiometer and the durable anodised aluminium frame and plastic wiper mechanism is capable of operation in harsh environments. The temperature range for the assembly is -40 to +85ºC with humidity at 95% RH. The flexibility built into the range includes standard Crimpflex solder-tab electrical terminations and further connector options on request. Thanks to Variohm’s own in-house design and manufacturing capability, the IPL linear position sensor can be supplied in custom measurement lengths and the mechanical interface can be application adapted for OEM customers. Variohm EuroSensor designs, manufactures and sources a comprehensive range of sensor technologies for linear and rotary position, load, force, vibration and temperature - providing complete pre-sale and post-sale application support for demanding measurement applications throughout industry, agriculture, construction, autosports and research.


Variohm EuroSensor 36 Tel: 01327 351004 Web: www.variohm.com enter 808 conduit systems M


achine tools are designed to manufacture metallic and other products with high levels of


precision. They are available for fast, long production runs as well as for specialised machining operations. With manufacturers continuously looking to improve the performance of their equipment, machine tool components must be able to perform in the toughest shop floor environments.


The reliability of their


electrical systems is vital and major OEMs now rely upon Adaptaflex electrical conduit systems to provide the protection needed and helping to prevent unnecessary downtime for maintenance. Adaptaflex conduits and connectors for machine tools connect and protect critical electrical cables and components. They must have high mechanical strength, flexibility and abrasion resistance.


They must be suitable for


fast moving and static applications. Ingress protection and protection against oils, coolants and chemicals can also be essential in many environments. Developments in CNC machine tools have also resulted in a need for conduit systems that can interface with multipin-connectors. Faced with these different demands Adaptaflex high performance conduit systems, connectors and accessories have been carefully engineered to meet the precise requirements of machine tool OEMs.


Adaptaflex Tel: 01675 468200 Web: www.adaptaflex.com


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SHOWCASE


Advertorial


CLA – the cost-effective, industrial quality alternative to fluorescent tubes O


Uplifting New Year for Drive Lines


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rive Lines Technologies Ltd announce the launch of the Lift System Solutions flyer.


The flyer


demonstrates the complete range of products Drive Lines offers for these applications including Screw Jacks, Couplings, Line Shafts, Control Systems, Linear Guidance, Gearboxes and Motors.


application specific brochure from Drive Lines.


This is the first Ian


Carr, General Manager says ‘We want to demonstrate how Drive Lines can offer the complete solution. We have a vast choice of products and some respected brands and together with our engineer’s knowledge and skills we can assist in all aspects of mechanical lifting systems.’ Drive Lines are also offering product awareness days for 2013. We set up a stand at your work place free of charge allowing staff to view our products, look at some case studies and talk through projects with our engineers.


Drive Lines Technologies Ltd. Tel: 01234 360689 Web: www.drivelines.co.uk


enter 810 GESIPA® TAURUS Tool


with process control A failsafe riveting process is facilitated


by GESIPA’s Process Control technology added to its Taurus Range


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ESIPA®’s pneumatic hydraulic riveting tool, Taurus series, is well known to the fastener industry due to its technical peculiarity of saving up to 68% of the compressed air by its dual use.


Recently, these Taurus Tools were introduced by GESIPA® with a process control mechanism. Explaining the process control mechanism, Stuart Booth, Technical Lead, commented: “Contained within these special Taurus tools, are sensing & processing capabilities that analyses each rivet set, via a real time analysis of traction and stroke during the riveting operation. An immediate feedback is provided to the operator via Green and Red LED’s located on the tool to confirm good or bad rivet setting. Rivets that fail to set according to defined parameters are detected and reported.”


In addition to that, multiple job profiles stored in a computer can be quickly down-loaded into the tool’s memory, programming it for varying applications. The tool’s internal memory stores data on up to 260,000 rivet sets. The output data can be transmitted in real-time to collection devices, audible/visual signal systems and electronic controllers or downloaded at intervals to provide analysis of the riveting process. The system also identifies failure patterns and memorizes those for failure analysis and troubleshooting.


Considering all the work that is done by these special


Taurus tools, it is notable that all the system components involved are part of the tool itself and each analysis takes less than a microsecond. Moreover,


measurement parameters and riveting sequences can be adjusted with special software.


GESIPA® Tel: 01535 212200 Automation FEBRUARY 2013 Web: www.gesipa.co.uk enter 812 all New spot facing kits


reduce accelerometer fitting times


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ansford Sensors has launched its latest spot facing installation kits, which have been introduced to help maintenance and production engineers reduce the time required for the fitting of accelerometers in a wide range of industrial applications.


The latest accelerometer installation


kits feature a new design of spot facing tool, with a high-wear tungsten tip, which extends operating life still further, while enhancing the precision with which each sensor can be fitted.


The kit also includes


tapping drill, taps and tap wrench, providing everything that engineers need to prepare the surface of the equipment to be monitored, form the appropriate mounting hole and install the sensor to ensure that subsequent output readings are accurate, consistent and repeatable. Each kit is supplied in a robust carrying case and is available with a choice of tools for ¼, M6 and M8 mounting threads.


Hansford Sensors Tel: 0845 680 1957 Web: www.hansfordsensors.com


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n customer request, PATLITE now offers its successful CLA series LED work lights with protection type IP 54 and therefore at a lower price. With protection type IP 69K the Ecolab- certified CLA work light is predestined for installation in high-purity and hygienic areas, for example in the food and beverage as well as pharmaceutical and semiconductor industries. However, some applications in these and other sectors require the excellent illumination of a CLA light, although the requirements for the protection type are considerably lower. For such applications Patlite now offers the lower priced CLA work light with protection class 54. Aside from the lower protection type, the new CLA version has the same features as the IP69K version.


Long-lasting, eco-friendly and silent The smooth housing is made of high-strength polycarbonate. The special translucent material provides for even distribution of the light, which is emitted at an angle of 120°, and produces a natural light that is neither too dim nor too bright. Equipped with mercury-free high-performance LEDs, the CLA light bars give off hardly any heat. They generate about 34 percent less heat than conventional fluorescent tubes. With a life of more than 40,000 hours the CLA lights are superior tenfold to existing fluorescent tubes and therefore significantly increase machine availability. Efficiency also plays a major role here: the low power dissipation of the CLAs reduces the energy consumption by more than half compared with a 20 W fluorescent lamp and the carbon dioxide levels are also cut in half. The use of 24 V DC power eliminates the typical annoying humming sound of fluorescent tubes – the CLA lights are absolutely silent, which greatly improves the work environment. The CLA series LED lights withstand temperatures between -40 and +60°C – yet another advantage over conventional fluorescent tubes.


The low-priced, mercury-free LED light bars of the CLA series in the colour “Daylight” are available in the lengths 300 and 600 millimetres with mounts for many different applications.


PATLITE Tel: 49-811-9981-9770-0 Web: www.patlite.com enter 811


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