TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION ADVERTORIAL
Mosca project management initiative ensures maximum customer satisfaction
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keeps optical beam smoke detectors clear of condensation
use traditional point-type detectors. They are also ideal for large indoor spaces with high ceilings, such as warehouses, sports arenas, factories or shopping malls. There are two general types of detector: end-to-end, which utilise two detector heads; and reflective, which have one detector head and a reflector (prism). With the onset of autumn, lower temperatures can cause condensation to form on detector lenses and reflective prisms. This obscures the lens and prism, reducing the amount of infrared (IR) light reaching the detector. This has a similar effect to smoke and can lead to unwanted false alarms. To combat this issue, FFE has developed a new range of anti-condensation heaters for its Fireray range of optical beam smoke detectors and reflective prisms. The detector heater circulates a current of warm air over the lens, raising its ambient temperature by up to 10°C and maintaining the lens at an incrementally higher temperature than the surrounding air.
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Fire Fighting Enterprises +44 (0)1462 444 740
www.ffeuk.com
FE’s Fireray optical beam smoke detectors provide wide area smoke detection when it is impractical to
trapping specialist Mosca Direct has launched a dedicated Project Management service to provide customers with consultation and expert advice during the specification and supply of a new strapping machine. The initiative has been introduced following an in-depth analysis of current purchasing trends. Mosca Direct believes it is the first of its kind in the industry and will enable the company to further enhance its high standards of customer service and support. “We are pioneering this Project Management provision as we regularly see customers who are not sure about what they need or what is possible due to space limitations within their factories,” explains Managing Director Gaye Tate. “With the introduction of a dedicated Project Management function that is able to offer advice and assistance with decision making early in the ordering process, we can ensure that the best machine solution for our customer’s needs plus the most efficient use of space on the shop floor will be achieved.”
Mosca Direct 0115 989 0209
http://en-uk.mosca.com
Fortress unveiling new Safety Interlocks and Communications Modules at SPS IPC Drives Show
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ndustrial safety specialist Fortress Interlocks is unveiling new safety interlocks, communications modules and accessories at this year’s SPC IPC Drives trade show in Nuremberg, Europe’s leading exhibition for electric automation technology. The company will be in Hall 9, Booth 202 and invites anyone interested to call past the booth and speak to its industry experts. New products on show will include: proNET, a PROFInet/PROFIsafe communications module for Fortress’ amGardpro interlocks. This allows the features of the amGardpro to be distributed on a PROFInet network, with safety information exchanged using PROFIsafe extensions.
amGardncs, a robust, coded, non-
contact, safety proximity switch. Extremely long-lasting and requiring very little maintenance, non-contact switches are used in when precise guidance of guards can be difficult. With a stainless steel IP69K housing, the amGardncs is ideal for high purity applications such as food, beverage and pharmaceutical manufacturing, or anywhere where hygiene is of paramount importance.
Fortress Interlocks Ltd +44 (0)1902 349000
www.fortressinterlocks.com
SICK Safety-Certified encoder protects operators with Safe Motion Control
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ICK UK has announced the launch of the PLd / SIL2-certified DFS60S Pro incremental encoder, enabling motion to be safely controlled in automated guided vehicles or machinery requiring frequent operator interaction. The DFS60S Pro enables safe operator interaction at slow speeds without the need to stop the machine. Especially when teamed with the Flexi Soft FX3-MOC Drive Monitor, the DFS60S Pro permits safe working without loss of productivity during routine operations, such as piece part loading, magazine replacement, adjustment on machining centres or splicing of material on reel-fed machinery. Using a single DFS60S Pro, the rotating shaft speed is monitored and output to a safe motion monitor, providing data which can allow PLd / SIL2 safety for the equipment, PLe / SIL3 if two encoders are used. “DFS60S Pro delivers easily-verified safety for controlled slow operations where production efficiency is key,” explains Darren Pratt, SICK (UK) encoder specialist. “Using non- certified encoders requires substantial investment in validation and verification of the safety function to ensure compliance with the Machinery Directive. “The DFS60S can be fitted to rotating machinery and connected with any suitable safety drive monitor or retrofitted to equipment where the SICK Flexi Soft safety systems have been already installed to operate other safety sensors and switches.” “The DFS60S Pro continually communicates shaft rotation but comes to the fore after a slow speed phase is signalled, for example when personnel are detected entering the designated safe zone. The drive monitor determines the shaft speed using the DFS60S Pro data, and monitors pre-configured motion characteristics until the appropriate clearance signal is received.”
SICK UK LTD 01727 831121 / FACTORY EQUIPMENT
www.sick.com
Thorite provides pneumatic power for innovative shoulder joint testing rig
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everse shoulder joint replacement is an increasingly common surgical intervention. However there are concerns in relation to such joint replacement, while novel designs of reverse shoulder prostheses continue to appear on the market. Many claim to offer improvements over older designs but such assertions are difficult to validate when there is no agreement as to how such implants should be tested in the laboratory - or even if such testing is necessary. In order to permit appropriate laboratory testing of all types of reverse shoulder prostheses a unique, multi-station test rig has been designed by Dr Simon Smith and built under the direction of of Professor Tom Joyce in the School Of Mechanical and Systems Engineering at Newcastle University, with help from the North Shields Sales & Service Centre of Thorite, the UK’s biggest distributor of pneumatic products & process systems.
Thorite 01274 663471
www.thorite.co.uk
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