DRIVES

News

  • Register now for Rockwell Automation drives training

    Rockwell Automation has warned that there are only five seats available to its popular variable speed drives training course in Sydney from 12 to 13 August.

    02/08/2010

  • Technology boosting supply chain efficiencies

    Information about a shipment can be as valuable to a company as the shipment itself. Writes Alan Johnson

    23/04/2010

  • New sales manager to head Bonfiglioli expansion in QLD

    Bonfiglioli Transmission (Australia) Pty Ltd has appointed Peter Hiscocks to head its business expansion in Queensland; Hiscocks is said to offer more than 25 years experience in key areas of the business.

    13/04/2010

  • Drive training dates announced

    SEW-Eurodrive has announced upcoming dates for the company’s new DriveAcademy training program.

    05/03/2010

  • Expert Advice about Anaerobic Adhesives

    Henkel Australia’s Technical Engineers work in partnership with customers in a wide range of diverse markets. On a daily basis, the support team is questioned about the workings of Loctite anaerobic adhesives. There is a lot of interest in anaerobic adhesives clearly – but also a lot of confusion. Henkel’s Technical team have collected the most frequently asked questions about Loctite anaerobic technology and provided answers.

    24/02/2010

  • Schweppes control in the can

    When Schweppes Australia wanted to consolidate the process and logic control system in its Huntingwood production facility syrup room, a sophisticated automation and control system was chosen, based on the 'PlantPAx' process control solution from Rockwell Automation.

    24/02/2010

Products

  • Motors and drives training program

    SEW-Eurodrive is offering a DriveAcademy training program, providing end-users and system integrators with drives solutions.

  • Materials handling HD drive power pack

    Bonfiglioli has released its HD drive power pack for materials handling and process applications.

  • Low-voltage variable motors

    Schneider Electric has released two low-voltage variable speed drives for high power ratings, the Altivar 61 Plus and the Altivar 71 Plus.

  • New motion controller module from Omron Electronics

    Omron Electronics has launched a Trajexia motion controller module to integrate with CJ-series PLCs.

  • Multi-vendor PLC connection device

    Omron Industrial Automation has introduced the NV3 Series HMIs, said to provide OEM and machine builders with simple device connections to multi-vendor PLCs.

  • Submerged arc systems

    Lincoln Electric now offers the new Power Wave ac/dc 1000 SD and MAXsa drives and controllers - which the company says is a total update on its advanced Power Wave submerged arc welding system solutions.

  • Decentralised solutions save costs

    Leading drives solutions group, SEW-Eurodrive, has introduced a new decentralised drive solutions package.

  • Aluminium light crane system

    KONECRANES has introduced an aluminium light crane system for applications demanding high precision, less rolling resistance, low noise and corrosion-free extended durability and cleanliness.

  • Multi-axis handling systems

    PLUG & work multi-axis handling systems are now available from Festo.

  • Dock loading/unloading systems

    INDUSTRIAL Conveying Australia (ICA) has expanded its range of technologies to provide complete loading and unloading systems for dock operations at industrial premises.

  • The power of two heads

    TWO CUTTING heads, a 6 kW disk laser with beam splitting and a cross member made of race car tested carbon fiber (CFK) - the TruLaser 7040 is said to be the most productive laser cutting machine in the world.

  • Drive configuration kit

    ABB has announced the launch of its new drive configuration tool DriveConfig kit.

  • Space saving control system

    FESTO’s new FED-CEC device is a flexible and space-optimised control system. The display unit and controller are combined in a single unit, so system designers have only one component to program and install.

  • Drive configuration kit

    ABB has announced the launch of its new drive configuration tool DriveConfig kit.

  • New kit drives time savings

    GLOBAL power and automation technology group ABB, has announced the Australian launch of its new drive configuration tool DriveConfig kit.

  • Variable frequency drive (VFD)

    IMPROVED motor control and a simple plug-and-play philosophy for three-phase AC motor control is said to be one of many important benefits of WEG Australia's local launch of the CFW-11 variable frequency drive (VFD).

  • Transmissions technical catalogue

    IN support of the release of the Boneng range of gear reducer products by Motion Technologies, a 350 page full coloured catalogue has been produced. The fully English catalogue provides specific information on worm, helical and planetary gearing.

  • Electronic monitoring relays

    ONE new feature of the new generation of PMDsigma electronic monitoring relays from Pilz is the ability to set values simply via a rotary knob and then save them on to a chip card.

  • Revolutionary air compressor technology

    COMPAIR has set a benchmark by launching a new leading-edge, oil-free compressor technology. Quantima’s revolutionary Q-drive compression assembly has only one moving part spinning in a magnetic field, the heart of the new compressor design.

  • Mobile workstation

    LENOVO has recently introduced the ThinkPad W700, a 17-inch widescreen mobile workstation engineered with game-changing technologies and innovations to exceed the demands of the most data and graphics-intensive users.

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