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Norbar warns more care needed in the choice of tools to prevent vibration white finger
ommercial vehicle operators and power tool purchasers are largely unaware of the potential personal injury risks regarding the use of impact guns as a bolting device and this can seriously affect employee health. If impact has to be used we recommend it is used sparingly and only to tighten bolts to a specific point well below the required final torque, beyond that a properly calibrated torque wrench should be used. Prioritising speed over accuracy often compromises joint integrity and largely disregards concerns over employee health. Many workers across the UK are at risk of developing the disease as VWF can afflict anyone using vibrating tools and equipment, even for short periods, so although purchasers of power tools initially look for the less costly option, it does not always ‘pay off’ in the long term. Total compensation paid so far is £1.4 billion and these are the biggest personal injury claims in British legal history and possibly the world.
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Norbar Torque Tools Tel: 01295 270333 Web:
www.norbar.com
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-T-A Circuit Breakers, quality designer and manufacturer of a broad range of electro-mechanical and electronic products for circuit protection, has introduced a new miniature circuit breaker (MCB) in accordance with EN 60947-2. Designed for DIN-rail mounting, the new E-T-A 4230-T thermal-magnetic MCB is toggle actuated and features a positive, trip-free, snap-action mechanism to ensure reliable switching behaviour. It offers visual status indication and high rupture capacity and can be specified from a range of trip characteristics with optional add-on modules to satisfy a great variety of applications. The rail mounted E-T-A 4230-T MCB is ideal for the protection, for example, of cables, motors, generators, transformers, thyristors and silicon rectifiers; and of industrial process control systems, telecommunications equipment, power suppplies and UPSs,
lifts, computers and peripherals. The E-T-A
4230-T MCB features screw terminals and takes up less than 18mm rail width for the single pole version. It is offered in a large range of current ratings, from 1A up 63A, with single pole protection at 230V AC or from 2 to 4-pole protection at 400V AC.
E-T-A Circuit Breakers Ltd Tel: +44 1296 420336 Web:
www.e-t-a.co.uk
pirol Disc Springs provide a solution for design engineers in their on-going challenge to increase the productivity of turret punch presses. Traditional turret punch press tool designs have included Coil Springs to facilitate the pushing of the punch through the sheet metal and to pull it out. The spring automatically retracts the punch and this allows the ram to only have to work in one direction. The result reduces wear and extends the cycle life of the punch press. However, in a traditional press, the material type and material thickness to be puched has been limited by the Coil Spring's inability to produce a high force in a short linear distance. In these situations, Coil Springs can have a negative effect on the quality of the formed product and efficiency
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of the manufacturing process. To overcome this problem, Spirol Disc Springs can be stacked in series to provide a greater, more consistent stripping force than Coil Springs and require less space. They are becoming an instrumental component in the advancement of turret punch press tooling.
Spirol Industries Ltd Tel: 01536 444800 Web:
www.spirol.com
Mobile Power Banks & Solar USB Chargers for devices charged from a standard 5V USB outlet
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owersolve Electronics announce their brand new range of mobile power bank products and solar USB chargers for mobile phones, GPS, MP3 players, tablet PC’s, digital cameras and in fact almost anything that can be charged by
a standard 5V USB outlet. All of our products are fully tested for battery capacity, conversion efficiency and battery protection circuits. All battery ratings quoted are the “real” capacity of batteries fitted. These are high quality reliable products that can be used with confidence. They carry a full 1 year warranty against any faults or damage under normal operation. Each battery pack consists of a connector kit which will be suitable for most mobile smart phones. In addition to the battery packs we also offer a new range of AC-DC USB chargers from 5W to 15W with single and dual 5V 1A and 2.1A USB outputs. Over the coming months we will be introducing more products into this range, including higher powered solar chargers and other output voltage versions of the power banks.
Powersolve Tel: 01635 521858 Web:
www.powersolve.co.uk
New Coding & Labelling Systems I
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n a world where just about everything we purchase or use is identified in some way or other: either by coding, marking or labelling, the variety of product identification and labelling tasks requires an equally diverse range of equipment and systems to produce the marks and print and apply the labels. To meet these demands and maintain market leadership in an ever changing and competitive environment, Weber Labels & Labelling Solutions employ a philosophy of continual product development. The 2 latest product offerings from Weber provide a combination of compact affordable coding and a highly flexible and super reliable label print and apply system. The new X1Jet is a compact all in one inkjet coder, which offers a cost competitive solution for professional marking applications. This system offers simple and intuitive operation via 3 buttons, each with an LED indicator light. The X1Jet is available with either Lexmark or HP technology. Data transmission can be performed with a USB stick or other interface and users can directly select and print 9 layouts / label configurations. The X1Jet is so easy to use that no training is needed. With the controller fully integrated into the print module, this highly compact design offers simple integration into packaging systems and conveyor lines, allowing printing from the side or top at a distance of up to 12.5mm..
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Safety PLC Speeds and simplifies safety
engineering for complex control projects
BB has launched a new safety PLC offering exceptionally flexible and powerful
programming facilities that speed and simplify the development of safe control solutions for the most complex control applications. The safety PLC - the AC500-S - is a new addition to ABB's well-known AC500 PLC range and features a dual processor architecture that complies with SIL3/PL e functional safety levels. Prior to commercial release, the new controller has been extensively field tested over three years in some 10 pilot applications including different types of cranes, mining hoists, automatic guided vehicles,
and robotics. Among many
pioneering features for the safety PLC market segment, ABB's new AC500-S includes support for Structured Text (ST) programming - in addition to conventional graphical function block diagram (FBD) and ladder diagram (LD) software. This provides users with a high level programming approach that can greatly simplify the development of solutions for sophisticated applications requiring complex algorithms and mathematics.
The feature is
complemented by the inclusion of a powerful suite of functions for trigonometric calculations, including COS, SIN, TAN, ASIN, ACOS and LOG.
ABB Ltd Tel: 01925 741 111 Web:
www.abb.co.uk/energy
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