TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION
KNX UK award winners and new board members
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control package and offer the safety of power surge protection. The PS series is available in a wide range of 24V models with single or 3-phase input. Output current ranges from 0.75 A (18 W) to 40 A (960 W), a size for most applications. If you need even more power, simply connect multiple power supplies together in parallel. Other features include built-in advanced overload and overvoltage protection, load regulation to +/- one per cent, ripple/noise of less than 50mV on most models and adjustable outputs to compensate for differences in specific control needs. The mean time between failure is specified over 210,000 hours (24 years) while operating at published specifications. All power supplies hold worldwide approvals for use anywhere. All models are
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din-rail mountable
Balluff Tel: 0161 282 4700 Web:
www.balluff.co.uk
and simple
install. Recessed input and output terminals give protection from accidental contact.
to screw
he 2011 KNX UK Association AGM saw the presentation of the annual KNX UK Awards and the election of new Board Members. President Iain Gordon presented the Installation of the Year Award to
pecially designed for control devices, Balluff power supplies are easily integrated into your
Systems Integrator Reality Logic for the prestigious One Hyde Park project. Mark Redfern was selected as KNX Champion for his work in promoting the Association during 2011 and heading up the Marketing Task Group. ABB’s Four Gang Universal Dimmer and Power Tool was selected as KNX Product of the Year. The following Board Members were re-elected or elected: Iain Gordon (Re-elected President and Integrator Member), Mark Redfern (Re-elected Vice President and Manufacturer Member), Darren Burford (Integrator Member), Nick Gale (Integrator Member), Gareth Rowlands (Manufacturer Member), Andrew Braker (Manufacturer Member), Carlton Reed (Integrator Member), Stephen Payne (Manufacturer Member), Scott Burgess (Wholesaler Member), Wayne Brewerton (Manufacturer Member) and Ty Saville (Manufacturer Member).
KNX UK Tel: 0845 869 5908 Web:
www.knxuk.org enter 830 8 variable FOUNDATION™ fieldbus Indicators
can be Nodes or Listeners BEKA associates eight variable FOUNDATION™ fieldbus
indicators can now be configured as fieldbus Nodes or as fieldbus Listeners. As a Node the indicator is configured via the fieldbus host, the instrument push buttons being used to select which pre-configured variable is displayed and, if required, to return operator acknowledgements to the host. As a fieldbus Listener, the indicator is not visible to the host, does not use any valuable macrocycle time and may not be subject to a Node Licence Fee thus reducing operating costs.
Configuration is performed via the
instrument’s push buttons. All the models have an easy to read 20mm high 5 digit display plus a 31 segment bargraph.
The range includes panel and field mounting ATEX, IECEx and FM certified enter 829
intrinsically safe, Type n, nonincendive and safe area indicators. BEKA associates Ltd
Tel: 01462 438301
ABB drives help achieve precise control A
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BB and Tatham Ltd, a specialist textile machinery company, have in response to industry demand developed the technology to provide higher
production speeds with improved product weight distribution for crosslapper control. A crosslapper accepts a light weight fibre web from a carding machine and uses it to build up a heavier web in layers (known as a batt). The crosslapper overlaps the layers by means of a complex arrangement of conveyors and reversing mobile carriages that turn the material through 90 degrees. Typical end-products include automotive textiles, bedding, industry felts and filtration media. Tatham’s latest TSX control system utilises ABB high performance machinery drives and servomotors. Several panel combinations are available depending on the existing crosslapper configuration. The system is linked to the master process control using Profibus, an ABB AC500 PLC provides positioning data to the drives which convert it into control signals to maintain the speed of the servomotors.
ABB Ltd Tel: 01925 741111 Web:
www.abb.com
Skanska Choose Lighting From UK Manufacturer Riegens
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ood quality lighting, manufactured in the UK, was the preferred choice of leading construction company SRW (Skanska, Raleigh,
and Weatherfoil), who specified luminaires by Riegens Lighting for the new Fluor Limited Headquarters at IQ Farnborough. American owned Fluor provides engineering, procurement, construction and project management services on a global basis. The four-building complex of approximately 210,000 square feet at Farnborough was chosen as the ideal base for the company’s new headquarters because of its easy links to motorways and close proximity to London. Riegens sleek and elegant Arbos I recessed luminaire was used throughout the main office areas. Offering a good uniform light output with direct/indirect illumination and a twin light source (40W or 50W T5 lamps), the 600mm x 600mm luminaire has a dropped perforated central unit design.
Riegens Lighting LTD Tel: 01376 333400 Electrical Engineering MAY 2011 Web:
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today than ever before. The only way to completely ensure safety is by insisting on the use of Safety Switches in the workplace rather than ordinary rotary isolators. Katko Safety Switches, which are fully accredited
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and approved, are based on state-of-the-art technology and testing procedures. With a Katko Safety Switch overseeing assembly lines, air conditioning systems and other key electrical equipment, management
demonstrates an
immediate concern for safety of its employees. It could also prevent a costly damages award not
just under Health and Safety Regulations but also under
the new Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide acts.
Katko Tel: 01420 520530 Web:
www.katko.co.uk
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Switch to Katko for safety sake
he ethical and legal requirements to protect workers from risk of electrocution are stronger
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