Up to date news and opinion for design engineers, process engineers and electronics engineers throughout Asia 6th January 2009

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Motion control cards need no host PC

New models in PMD's Prodigy family of motion control cards can download and run motion programs with no need for a host PC to be connected

Anaerobic adhesives for bonding the joints types

Hardened adhesive is characterised by excellent vibration resistance, heat and chemical resistance, says ThreeBond

Excess stockpiles to cut chip industry growth

iSuppli projects that in the fourth quarter of 2008, excess semiconductor inventories could balloon up to $10.2 billion in value

Breather caps for hydraulic systems

Caps manage pressure change, filter air flow and seal the tank enabling the hydraulic pump to operate at its optimum

Materials Handling

Reliable alternative for rotary assembly

System uses a single central drive to operate up to 24 pick and place modules at speeds of up to 75 cycles per minute

Research hopes to seal the future of green packaging

By improving ‘form-fill and seal’ type of packaging, teams hope to reduce the amount of material used by 13 per cent

Intelligent line shaft boost packaging machine throughput

Elau has taken a fresh look at electronic line shafting and created a new system that enables machine cycle rates to be improved by up to 30 per cent

Process Technology

Hot air treatment helps remove soil contaminants

Soil treatment system uses hot air instead of an open flame. Pascale Tholl reports

Make the most of continuous online viscosity monitoring

Measuring viscosity is difficult and disruptive, but a new, online continuous monitoring solution is winning support from many different processing industries

High pressure hydraulic coupling reengineered

Whether at construction sites, in agriculture or wherever else hydraulicapplications are involved, assemblies are continually expected to delivermore.

Motors and Drives

Spherical roller bearings offer performance improvements

X-life versions of Schaeffler Group's FAG E1 spherical roller bearings offer up to 60 per cent longer life, plus higher load ratings and limiting speeds

Linear actuator for restricted space handling tasks

Offers machine builders and design engineers a compact modular unit that is suitable for both single and multi-axis linear automation systems

New needle bearing cam followers

Feature hardened and ground outer race and low-carbon alloy steel hardened studs and inner races, says Quality Bearings and Components

Instrumentation

Overcoming the problems associated with glass pH sensors

Burkert says its new enamel-based pH sensor overcomes the problems traditionally associated with glass pH sensors

Temperature sensors are easy to install

HBM's new TT-3/100 temperature sensor is bonded to flat or curved surfaces in the same way as a strain gauge

Phastite connectors approved to ISO 19879

ISO 19879 approval for Parker's Phastite high-pressure connectors will create new opportunities in the oil, gas, petrochemical, power and marine industries

Computers & Controls

Software via the internet offers a cost-effective alternative to licensing

Buying software through a conventional licensing agreement can be expensive and restrictive but, as Jon Severn reports, a new generation of web-native software can be hosted remotely and accessed via a browser, with cost-effective payments made on a monthly per-user basis

Nanotechnology making a big difference to rapid prototyping

Nanotechnology is now finding applications in numerous consumer products, ranging from sunscreen and cosmetics to sporting goods and guitar strings

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