Drives for all applications Africa Automation Technology Fair 2023 Show Preview, Siemens South Africa
The SINAMICS low-voltage drives range from 0,12 to 6840 kW and address a wide range of applications: from the most basic requirements up to the highest dynamic performance for multi-axis applications ...
Management of motor-driven systems Africa Automation Technology Fair 2023 Show Preview, Schneider Electric South Africa
Motor management is an essential part of any industrial operation. Schneider Electric is proud to offer a comprehensive range of solutions to help businesses manage their motor-driven systems more effectively. ...
SKF’s Circular Economy Centre April 2023 The SKF Circular Economy Centre has secured a new customer on the strength of its capabilities in bringing deliverables that combine optimised operations and cost savings with environmental benefits.
Robot for heavy payloads Africa Automation Technology Fair 2023 Show Preview, Omron Electronics The high-performance OMRON TM20 collaborative robot improves cycle time. With a payload of 20 kg, the new robot is ideal for applications in palletising, machine tending, and material handling. Despite ...
Cobot palletising system Africa Automation Technology Fair 2023 Show Preview, Omron Electronics OMRON has launched a new palletising solution for collaborative robots, responding to the need for more flexible production processes whilst reducing programming time. The PLC-based cobot palletising ...
Live factory monitoring system Africa Automation Technology Fair 2023 Show Preview MT-LINKi is a live monitoring tool for the factory floor. It allows a user to monitor operations remotely via notifications of alarms, thus reducing potential downtime. It also allows analysis of machine ...
Hägglunds’ newest product wins industry recognition April 2023 Hägglunds Fusion, a powerful drive system that mounts directly on the drive shaft, was named the 2022 Innovation Award winner from New Equipment Digest – Hydraulic and Pneumatic category. The award celebrates the most disruptive innovation in industrial technology, tools and equipment.
Modular Delta robot automation platform Africa Automation Technology Fair 2023 Show Preview The Delta robot from igus is a modular system where users can choose between a compact self-assembly kit, or pre-assembled in a transport frame. A calibrating pin allows for easy positioning at the zero ...
Aberlink’s new horizon Africa Automation Technology Fair 2023 Show Preview Aberlink has launched a new range of CNC bridge-type CMM, named the Horizon. Utilising linear motors, it breaks new ground in CMM design. The frictionless linear drives are the key to its fast, exceptionally ...
Full service MRO solutions Africa Automation Technology Fair 2023 Show Preview
ICR Services offers component-level repairs, asset management, on-site field service, and refurbished spare parts. Industrial automation and advanced manufacturing equipment on display at Stand G503 ...
Complete control overall wireless devices Africa Automation Technology Fair 2023 Show Preview, Schneider Electric South Africa The Harmony Hub is the latest addition to the Harmony XB5R and XB4R wireless pushbutton ranges. This configurable device provides network connectivity, serving as an intermediary between wireless devices ...
Four-axis high-speed robot Africa Automation Technology Fair 2023 Show Preview, JTR Technologies
Stäubli’s TS2 four-axis robots share the same structural segments of the six-axis TX2 robots, offering an identical footprint for high modularity and optimised development times, as well as the same ...
Six-axis robotic system Africa Automation Technology Fair 2023 Show Preview
Stäubli designs a unique range of SCARA robots, collaborative robots, and mobile robot systems that offers a host of advantages: compact size, broad work envelope, high speed and precision, ability ...
Girth gears for scrubber upgrade March 2023, SEW-EURODRIVE
Drive technology specialist, SEW-EURODRIVE is installing four of its large segmented girth gear systems at De Beer’s Venetia Diamond Mine in Limpopo province.
Venetia mine, in operation since 1992, ...
Just the right amount of fertiliser March 2023, Horne Technologies
Plants need nitrogen. Unfortunately, they can only absorb this element in the form of soluble nitrate compounds. Excess nitrogen fertilisers can thus easily find their way into the groundwater where ...
Improving order picking with robots March 2023, Omron Electronics Together, shipping, receiving, and storage count for less than half of all warehousing activity costs. The lion’s share of expenses − a whopping 55% − is bound in order picking. Breaking down the various ...
Perfecting cone crusher performance March 2023
A single component has proven to be the difference between a good and great machine for a local manufacturer of crushing equipment for mines.
Leon Venter designer and founder of Crush Force, says ...
Gear units keep power station cool March 2023, SEW-EURODRIVE In a highly specialised application for a power station’s dry cooling towers in southern Africa, SEW-EURODRIVE’s MACC-series air cooled condenser units have come to the rescue. The customer had experienced frequent failures on a competitor product, compromising the towers’ vital cooling functions. The success of the MACC units has now led to a second order.
Greater efficiency with WEG motors March 2023, WEG Africa Taking proactive steps to become more energy efficient, South African water utility ERWAT is installing WEG IE3 top premium efficiency and WEG IE4 super premium efficiency motors from Zest WEG. The motors – from WEG’s popular W22 range – will assist in reducing the impact of rising electricity costs and lower the total cost of ownership.
Motors for high standards of hygiene March 2023 Automated processes are standard practice in the food industry. Production efficiency is not the only motivation, hygiene also plays a key role. We met with Deprag Schulz product manager, Dagmar Dübbelde to discuss how to design a drive to meet these requirements and incorporate both these goals.
