Conveying - with no moving parts August 2005, Conferences & Events Exair's compressed air operated Line Vac connects to standard hose or tube to create a powerful in-line conveyor. The compact design features large throat diameters for maximum throughput capability. ...
High performance pneumatic actuators June 2005 PremiAir pneumatic actuators from Tyco Valves & Controls have been engineered to provide reliable and economical operation for all types of quarter turn valves - in demanding process environments. One ...
High performance positioners May 2005, Spirax Sarco South Africa Approved by major petrochemical companies, Mitech's high-performance positioners have three take-off options making them suitable for almost all applications. They are available either as electro-pneumatic ...
Pneumatics helping to paint a bright future April 2005, Festo South Africa, Surveillance, Products & Solutions While painters appreciate the benefits of ready-to-use paints and varnishes, the production of these is a major challenge to the automation components concerned, with all the dust and dirt present in ...
Simple device prevents backache December 2000 A typical application that has often resulted in unnecessary backache, has been when a vibratory bowl is used to debur manufactured items. The items to be deburred are placed in the vibrating bowl, which ...
Pneumatic drives for hygienic and corrosive environments December 2004, Festo South Africa Specially designed for corrosive and hygienic environments, the CRDH and CDN pneumatic drives from Festo fulfil the requirements laid down by the industries that place great demands on cleanliness.
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Future bicycle designs tested on fluidic muscle October 2004, Festo South Africa Tensile forces of up to 7000 N at a pulse frequency of 3 Hz and 100 000 load changes per test run. These are the stringent requirements that the fluid muscle, a unique actuator from Festo that closely ...
Hydraulic valve interface module July 2004, Danntech, Information Security, Infrastructure Interfacing to hydraulic valves is generally never simple. To make things a little easier, Danntech has designed a multipurpose hydraulic valve interface module with a variety of inputs, various outputs ...
Locally manufactured exported bagging solution May 2004 The design and manufacture of the new brick-pack machine included every component on offer from Tectra Automation, local specialists in linear, pneumatic, servo-drive and control systems
Meeting the demand for smaller, faster technology May 2004, Festo South Africa As customers' products are becoming smaller, faster and more intelligent, Festo's pneumatic automation technology is being continuously developed to fill the need for improved performance, smaller dimensions, ...
Reliable part seat monitoring May 2004 From metal forming and machining to assembly automation, work-piece positioning and gap detection in very harsh operating conditions such as dirt, fluids and extreme temperatures, continue to present ...
Efficient nozzles save compressed air March 2001 In a typical application: galvanised steel sheet has to be cleaned of loose zinc particles as part of the final rolling operation. An air manifold having 42 eighth-inch open pipe nozzles had been installed ...
Effective nozzles save compressed air March 2002 In a typical application: galvanised steel sheet has to be cleaned of loose zinc particles as part of the final rolling operation. An air manifold having 42 eighth-inch open pipe nozzles had been installed ...
Corrosion resistant pneumatics range February 2004, Festo South Africa, Events Pneumatics is a rugged, longstanding technology and Festo's development of an extensive CR (corrosion-resistant) pneumatics range brings this technology to various applications and conditions which promote ...
Pneumatic actuators and drives for process automation systems February 2004, Festo South Africa, Electrical switching & drive systems & components Miniaturisation of automation technology components is high on the wish list of many customers in the manufacturing industry. But not in the process industry, where the main demand is for pneumatic rotary ...
Pneumatic and electro-pneumatic positioners October 2003, Spirax Sarco South Africa The locally designed and manufactured range of pneumatic and electro-pneumatic positioners from Mitech is suitable for up to 1 MPa supply offering both double acting and single acting modes.
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Hardy sensors for mobile hydraulic applications October 2003, ATI Systems Temposonics sensors operate on a magnetostrictive principle - which offers contactless, absolute, wear-free and accurate displacement measurement - desirable characteristics for mobile hydraulic applications.
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Linear and rotary pneumatic actuators October 2003 SMC's standard type linear positioner, series IP200, is suitable for remote positioning or stroke regulation of dose units, pumps, gears, drives, velocities, proportional apertures of valves and many ...
Guided pneumatic drives replace user-fabricated solutions October 2003, Festo South Africa, Training & Education The DFM modular pneumatic drive system and the small, rodless DGC pneumatic drive from Festo both replace elaborate user-fabricated solutions and save space. With features including a maximum speed of ...
Clean design - the new look in pneumatics August 2003, Festo South Africa 180 kindergarten children fall ill after eating noodles with ham, 13 000 Japanese are admitted to hospital with food-poisoning symptoms owing to a lack of hygiene in a dairy - events that have made the ...
