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Norbar launches new electronic torque tool
orbar Torque Tools has launched a new electronic torque tool, the EvoTorque®, designed to offer users unprecedented joint control. Norbar, the world’s leading torque company,
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EvoTorque® to ensure that operators have the correct torque output from hard through to soft joints by utilising patent pending motor technology and control software. The EvoTorque® can also safely be used on pre-tightened bolts as part of a joint verification process The range is available in both 110V and 230V versions.
Importantly, the EvoTorque® is weather sealed to IP44 and equipped with a maintenance free motor. Torque control or angle control can be selected by the user on the tool and a clear signal on the tool indicates when the correct torque or angle has been achieved. Crucially, the EvoTorque® has a third party verified sound power of 72.3 dB (A) and vibration level of 0.304 m/s² which significantly reduces any possibility of medical or health and safety related issues such as hearing loss or White Finger during use.
Norbar Torque Tools Tel: 01295 753600 Web:
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OBOTRAX PROTECTOR protects the cable carrier against premature wear, absorbs shocks and impacts and is easy to mount. The combination of PROTECTOR and PULL-BACK UNIT significantly increases the service life of the ROBOTRAX cable carriers again. ROBOTRAX cable carriers from TSUBAKI KABELSCHLEPP are designed for three-dimensional swivel and turn movements on robots. With fast motion sequences and large work areas, cable carriers may touch the robot arm and therefore wear out faster. The PROTECTOR can prevent this effect, though: The impact protection is available for all ROBOTRAX sizes and can easily be mounted on each required chain link. It protects cable carrier and cables while also limiting the smallest bend radius. When the ROBOTRAX glides across the robot arm, the PROTECTOR protects the cable carrier against heavy abrasions and premature wear. This means that only the PROTECTOR has to be replaced eventually, rather than the entire cable carrier. The service life of the ROBOTRAX cable carrier can be significantly increased if the protector is combined with the PULL-BACK UNIT. The active pull-back mechanism keeps the cable carrier under tension, preventing unwanted contact with the robot.
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Kabelschlepp Metool Tel: +44 (0) 115 95 18 704
Rockwell Automation expands power-quality capabilities with advanced identification and monitoring solutions
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Increased servicelife and minimized downtime
New accesories for ROBOTRAX cable carriers from KABELSCHLEPP Metool
rregularities in incoming power can negatively impact discrete and process applications’ electronic components and the bottom line. Rockwell Automation has expanded its Allen Bradley power quality portfolio to now include the i-Sense monitoring solution, i-Grid service and DySC dynamic sag corrector. These scalable solutions help OEMs and end users identify and mitigate power issues to improve uptime and productivity. “Power-quality issues are responsible for a significant amount of unplanned downtime, yet power quality is often overlooked as a key productivity variable,” said Scott Harlan, product manager for power-quality portfolio, Rockwell Automation. “Our new monitoring and mitigation solutions help identify where and when voltage sags and outages occur, and offer corrective actions to improve performance.” Improved monitoring – The first step toward improved performance is identifying any power quality issues affecting electronic equipment. The i-Sense voltage monitors read incoming power for the entire facility. The cost-effective, maintenance-free i-Sense technology provides vital data that pinpoints voltage-based power events, reveals any consequent relationship between voltage sags and downtime situations, and helps users get operations running with minimal mean time to repair (MTTR). Real-time analysing – The subscription-based i-Grid service logs, analyses and corroborates i Sense data via an Ethernet or modem connection from in and around facilities to confirm if power-quality issues were the result of a grid event. Service options include detailed technical analysis and executive summaries. The i-Grid service also can send instant notifications to facility managers that a power event has occurred, enabling them to more quickly diagnose downtime and resume operations. Proactive protection – Data collected from the Rockwell Automation installed base of several thousand i-Sense units suggests that most downtime events are the result of short-duration voltage sags, commonly lasting less than 0.1 seconds. While barely perceptible, these sags can impact the performance of electrical equipment and the facility as a whole. The DySC dynamic sag corrector uses patented, double-conversion inverter technology to protect against brief voltage sags and momentary outages. Customers can scale the DySC corrector from 0.25 kVA to 2000 kVA, offering machine- to facility-wide protection. The corrector provides 100 percent sag protection in a relatively compact size and without batteries, compressors, pumps or flywheel bearings. Optimised for fast response at voltage peaks, the DySC corrector has a typical peak voltage detect time (pVdT) of one millisecond and can provide a facility continuous, uninterrupted power for up to five seconds.
Rockwell Automation Ltd Automation OCTOBER 2013 Tel: 0870 242 5004 Web:
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variable-speed drives
variable-speed drives (VSDs) and motors for quick and easy testing of its new pump variants at different speeds. The power supply panel, inverters, cabling and local isolation boxes were installed by ABB Authorised Value Provider, Inverter Drive Systems (IDS), which also installed a control system and software, as well as undertaking complete electrical installation and cabling for the
project.The company is using a test bay at its facility in Newark, United Kingdom, to conduct production tests on the new pump variants. The test rig is divided into two independent test facilities capable of running at the same time. The first and smallest facility has two test stations with ABB 2 pole motors, one of 11 kW and the other of 37 kW. The second, larger, facility has three test stations with ABB motors, one with a 75 kW 2 pole, one with a 132 kW 2 pole and one with a 75 kW 4 pole. The motors are controlled with an ABB standard PC package called ‘Drive Windows’ enabling remote start/stop and VSD control via fibre optic link.
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lowserve Corp., a leading provider of fluid motion and control products and services, is using ABB
Flowserve gets fast pump testing with ABB
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