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Ionising bars use air-assistance for static control

New GO Stat 8000 series ionising bars from Static Solutions give powerful and highly-effective output, with the air-assistance giving them increased range

Gigabit Ethernet switch can support Power over Ethernet

Belden's MACH1040 gigabit Ethernet switch offers high operational safety and network availability, plus optional support for Power over Ethernet

High-power connector includes signal contacts

The new Han Q 4/2 industrial connector from Harting has four 40A power contacts and two 10A signal contacts

IDC connectors help motor manufacturers migrate to aluminium

Tyco Electronics says its Mag-Mate insulation displacement crimp interconnects will be of interest to motor manufacturers switching from copper to aluminium conductors

Switched-mode PSU for high-power CompactPCI applications

Schroff's new maxpowerPRO 13100-145 power supply is rated at 500W for high-power CompactPCI applications

Converting machine design simplified

Siemens says its Converting Toolbox streamlines converting machinery, resulting in time to market being reduced by up to 80 per cent

Thermocouple is suitable for measuring very high temperatures

Okazaki Manufacturing Company is launching the Aeropak Great thermocouple for measuring very high temperatures in harsh process environments

Application development software for micro PLCs

Rockwell Automation is offering free RSLogix Micro Starter Lite application development software for use with Allen-Bradley Micrologix PLCs

Integrated non-contact incremental magnetic encoder

Avago Technologies is launching the compact AEAT-601B integrated incremental magnetic encoder for speed detection, knob control and rotary encoder applications

Hilliard

The Hilliard Corporation offers a broad line of motion control products, oil filtration and reclaiming equipment, starters for industrial gas and diesel engines and gas turbines, and plate and frame filter presses. Many Hilliard products were custom-engineered and can be modified to fit new applications.

CoM for harsh environments

Qualified for an operating temperature of 40°C to 85°C with conduction or convection cooling

Explosion isolation pinch valve

Solution to prevent deflagration propagation through interconnecting pipes or conveying lines

Plant controlled by automation system with integrated telecoms

Plant will be controlled by ABB Extended Automation System 800xA and integrated with the telecoms systems

Steel belt-based granulation systems

For applications as diverse as foodstuffs, subcooling melts, thixotrpy, abrasive and corrosive products

Enhanced camera systems enable safer working

Enable engineers to comply with safety levels up to SIL 2 and PL d, in line with European safety directives IEC 61508

Sensor erupts with volcanic data

Torqsense unit is robust enough for arduous fieldwork yet sensitive enough to detect the slightest change in dynamics

Digital event recorder with four voltage or volt-free inputs

Audon's new S7841 four-channel digital event recorder can be used with voltage signals or volt-free contacts

Mini Canbus datalogger has USB port for communicating with a PC

New from Sensor-Technik is the C2U-Mini datalogger that records data from Canbus systems and connects to a PC via a USB link for data storage and analysis

LVDTs suit applications requiring high-frequency response

RDP Electronics says that its LVDTs are able to respond to mechanical oscillations at up to 1kHz and have a lifetime that is effectively infinite

Optical strain gauges test composites over millions of cycles

HBM has improved its K-OP optical strain gauges so they are suitable for up to 10million test cycles with an alternating strain of +/-5.000um/m

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