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Peacock Bros has announced the distribution of the new UPM Raflatac Freezer proof RFID tags, designed to operate within freezer environments down to -40°C.
The RFID tags are designed to automate the collection of data for both the receiving and storage of goods and inventory of frozen goods.
According to Peacock Bros, the tags offer a printable white synthetic face which can be printed over with an RFID thermal transfer label printer for encrypting and printing of user readable information.
Peacock Bros claims the tags can be read through a covering of frost, humid air and wet surfaces such as packaging and ice.
The RFID tags can be placed on pallets, cartons and product packaging and do not require “line-of-sight” to be read.
The system eliminates data errors from manual input, provides a platform for instant real-time locating of products and product movement information and reduces labour costs.
The UPM RFID tags comply with all GS1 EPC Global standards.
Peacock Bros has announced the distribution of the new UPM Raflatac Freezer proof RFID tags, designed to operate within freezer environments down to -40°C.
The RFID tags are designed to automate the collection of data for both the receiving and storage of goods and inventory of frozen goods.
According to Peacock Bros, the tags offer a printable white synthetic face which can be printed over with an RFID thermal transfer label printer for encrypting and printing of user readable information.
Peacock Bros claims the tags can be read through a covering of frost, humid air and wet surfaces such as packaging and ice.
The RFID tags can be placed on pallets, cartons and product packaging and do not require “line-of-sight” to be read.
The system eliminates data errors from manual input, provides a platform for instant real-time locating of products and product movement information and reduces labour costs.
The UPM RFID tags comply with all GS1 EPC Global standards.
The new Air Guide truck trailer technology from Industrial Conveying is suited to warehouses and factories that handle palletised goods and are loaded by forklifts.
It suits industries ranging from beverage and food through to manufacturing, retail and third party logistics and reduces truck loading time to as little as three minutes.
Air Guide flooring quickly loads stacked pallets that come out of an automated warehouse, plus it has the added advantage of providing easy unloading duties to a driver at delivery points.
The challenge was to design and produce a system that raises guides for automated loading but retracts once the load is in place.
The solution is the use of guides that inflate with air. Once the load is on board, a driver simply deflates the raised guides to return to a flat, even floor that allows the use of regular pallet trucks.
When a truck backs into a bay, it is automatically levelled and aligned. The load is prepared on the dock and once the truck is in place the press of a button has the load shipped onto the back of the truck.
Flexilift Australia is now the sole distributer in Australia for Sellick rough terrain and truck mounted forklifts.
The forklifts are suitable for heavy and dirty industrial environments such as mining, quarrying, concrete and construction, plumbing and sewage, public works, sawmills and lumber, warehousing, transport, ports and marinas.
Lifting capacities range from 2.2t up to the S160 Series 7.2t unit.
According to Flexilift, the S160 Series provides extreme lift capability and power but its control and handling is comparable to that of a smaller lift truck.
It uses a DieselMax 444, EPA-compliant Tier III, low emission, intercooled, turbocharged, 114hp diesel engine, is 4-wheel drive and 4-wheel steer, has 3-speed fully automatic powershift transmission and hi-visibility see-thru mast assemblies.
LMC Laser now offers the Hans Weber range of edge rounding, de-burring and surface finishing machines.
The Hans Weber range machines are said to be very popular in Europe with companies who like to provide a little bit extra in terms of quality. For laser cut and turret punched parts, the edge rounding is radius-like, and is considered a standard in the market today.
The range includes machines to de-burr oxy and plasma cut parts and round edges on laser cut and punched parts.
LMC Laser says it is also offering the STC Bolt Grinding Beam system and the DR Planetary Head system as optional extras to expand the capability of the Weber products. The STC system is used for de-burring oxy, plasma and thicker laser cut parts, whereas the DR Planetary Head system uses double rotation to achieve repeatable results with a perfect finish.
Peacock Bros has announced the distribution of the new UPM Raflatac Freezer proof RFID tags, designed to operate within freezer environments down to -40°C.
The RFID tags are designed to automate the collection of data for both the receiving and storage of goods and inventory of frozen goods.
According to Peacock Bros, the tags offer a printable white synthetic face which can be printed over with an RFID thermal transfer label printer for encrypting and printing of user readable information.
Peacock Bros claims the tags can be read through a covering of frost, humid air and wet surfaces such as packaging and ice.
The RFID tags can be placed on pallets, cartons and product packaging and do not require “line-of-sight” to be read.
The system eliminates data errors from manual input, provides a platform for instant real-time locating of products and product movement information and reduces labour costs.
The UPM RFID tags comply with all GS1 EPC Global standards.
The new Air Guide truck trailer technology from Industrial Conveying is suited to warehouses and factories that handle palletised goods and are loaded by forklifts.
It suits industries ranging from beverage and food through to manufacturing, retail and third party logistics and reduces truck loading time to as little as three minutes.
Air Guide flooring quickly loads stacked pallets that come out of an automated warehouse, plus it has the added advantage of providing easy unloading duties to a driver at delivery points.
The challenge was to design and produce a system that raises guides for automated loading but retracts once the load is in place.
The solution is the use of guides that inflate with air. Once the load is on board, a driver simply deflates the raised guides to return to a flat, even floor that allows the use of regular pallet trucks.
When a truck backs into a bay, it is automatically levelled and aligned. The load is prepared on the dock and once the truck is in place the press of a button has the load shipped onto the back of the truck.
Flexilift Australia is now the sole distributer in Australia for Sellick rough terrain and truck mounted forklifts.
The forklifts are suitable for heavy and dirty industrial environments such as mining, quarrying, concrete and construction, plumbing and sewage, public works, sawmills and lumber, warehousing, transport, ports and marinas.
Lifting capacities range from 2.2t up to the S160 Series 7.2t unit.
According to Flexilift, the S160 Series provides extreme lift capability and power but its control and handling is comparable to that of a smaller lift truck.
It uses a DieselMax 444, EPA-compliant Tier III, low emission, intercooled, turbocharged, 114hp diesel engine, is 4-wheel drive and 4-wheel steer, has 3-speed fully automatic powershift transmission and hi-visibility see-thru mast assemblies.
Motoman has released its new six-axis MA1400 ‘Master Arc’ welding robot with an integrated torch in the upper arm and SIGMA V motor control technology.
The Motoman welding robot has a 3kg payload and approximately1.4m in horizontal reach, 2.5m in vertical reach and a ±0.08mm (±0.003″) repeatability.
The welding robot’s power cable and welding utilities, such as gas and air hoses can be routed through the robot base and is available in floor, wall or ceiling mounted configurations.
According to Motoman, it is suitable for work cells with multiple robots working in close proximity, as well as for applications which require access to parts in tight spots or those with potential interference from fixtures.
Perfect Packaging has introduced the LST 50 Super, a semi-automatic shrink wrapper consisting of an L-sealer and shrink tunnel within the one frame.
It is suitable for fast and reliable shrink wrapping of a range of products including multiple packs of cereal, pharmaceutical products and fresh produce.
The product separates sealing and shrinking cycles for faster operation.
It is first inserted in the centre-folded shrink film by the operator; is then sealed by the L-sealer, followed by shrinking in the shrink tunnel.
IMTS Laser Specialists has launched Prima’s new laser system, the Zaphiro.
Designed for the sheet metal industry, the new laser system is said to be suitable for in-house manufacturers and job shops which rely on speed and accuracy for profitability.
The laser system is designed and built in Europe, and features a built-in polymer concrete base to eliminate special foundation requirements, and a zero emission system to shrink the users imprint on the environment.
The 2D laser cutting machine includes linear motors, P30L CNC with 17″ colour touch screen and integrated trackball, 5kW laser resonator, and an innovative Perfect Cut system.
The laser system is equipped with a magnetic bearing turbine and utilises 3 axis flying optics with BCS for accuracy.
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has announced the availability of Proficy Maintenance Gateway 2.0 to help customers avoid costly equipment failures and reduce asset maintenance costs.
The software is designed to enhance the company’s Proficy software suite, by ensuring that maintenance operations are integrated into each company’s journey toward operational excellence.
The product can be scaled up from a simple condition monitoring system to a sophisticated orchestration to help maximize asset utilisation and reliability.
The new release extends the capabilities of Proficy Maintenance Gateway by providing a new automatic measurement point update module, enhanced write-back functions from the enterprise to the plant systems, and new adaptors to Enterprise Asset Maintenance (EAM) applications, such as SAP’s PM module and newer versions of Maximo.
Honeywell has developed a carbon management information program designed to help Australian process manufactures to more easily understand their obligations under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act (NGER).
The NGER is the national framework for reporting greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and production by corporations.
Honeywell is working with its customers to integrate multiple data sources into one unified and validated dataset, making this data available for customer’s to meet their NGER reporting requirements and for support of their business improvement initiatives.
By implementing a single emissions and energy data management program, process manufacturers have a single version of the emissions data making reporting easier by improving the visibility, accuracy, and audibility of their carbon and emissions information.
The system enables companies to tap into bigger picture thinking by calculating carbon and energy data and incorporating this data into other reporting systems such as production management, SAP and Oracle.
Profile Cutting Systems (PCS) choose KALIBURN plasma cutting systems, as the KALIBURN Spirit range provides an unparalleled cut quality at an affordable price.
KALIBURN use HfOT (Hafnium Optimising Technology), a proprietary technology that maximizes consumable life while ensuring superior cut quality. HfOT begins with the design of the torch and consumables.
The components are designed to provide correct arc formation, constriction, and centring. HfOT includes a breakthrough method for starting and stopping the plasma arc, which is where the majority of the consumable wear occurs.
HfOT minimizes consumable wear during the start up and shut down by uniquely and precisely controlling the relationship between the arc current and plasma gas. HfOT results in superior cut quality, extraordinary consumable life, and low operating cost. The Spirit150a by KALIBURN is a 150 amp high current density plasma cutting and marking system incorporating fully automated process control.
The Spirit150a is designed to cut most metals up to 1’’ (25.0mm) thick, and has a maximum capacity of 1 ½’’ (38.0mm).
The Spirit 150a provides unparalleled precision and virtually dross-free cuts with focus on ease of operation. Unparalleled consumable life and the reassurance of a 3 year warranty on all power supplies are also benefits of all KALIBURN Spirit systems.
Profile Cutting Systems (PCS) choose KALIBURN plasma cutting systems, as the KALIBURN Spirit range provides an unparalleled cut quality at an affordable price.
KALIBURN use HfOT (Hafnium Optimising Technology), a proprietary technology that maximizes consumable life while ensuring superior cut quality. HfOT begins with the design of the torch and consumables.
The components are designed to provide correct arc formation, constriction, and centring. HfOT includes a breakthrough method for starting and stopping the plasma arc, which is where the majority of the consumable wear occurs.
HfOT minimizes consumable wear during the start up and shut down by uniquely and precisely controlling the relationship between the arc current and plasma gas. HfOT results in superior cut quality, extraordinary consumable life, and low operating cost. The Spirit150a by KALIBURN is a 150 amp high current density plasma cutting and marking system incorporating fully automated process control.
The Spirit150a is designed to cut most metals up to 1’’ (25.0mm) thick, and has a maximum capacity of 1 ½’’ (38.0mm).
The Spirit 150a provides unparalleled precision and virtually dross-free cuts with focus on ease of operation. Unparalleled consumable life and the reassurance of a 3 year warranty on all power supplies are also benefits of all KALIBURN Spirit systems.
FLIR Systems is a leading manufacturer of innovative imaging systems that include infrared cameras, aerial broadcast cameras and machine vision systems.
Our products play pivotal roles in a wide range of industrial, commercial and government activities in more than 60 countries.
Pioneers in the commercial infrared camera industry, the company has been supplying thermography and night vision equipment to science, industry, law enforcement and the military for over 50 years.
From predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, non-destructive testing, R&D, medical science, temperature measurement and thermal testing to law enforcement, surveillance, security and manufacturing process control, FLIR offers the widest selection of infrared cameras for beginners to pros.
With over 60 offices and the largest installed infrared camera base in the world, FLIR offers its customers unparalleled service, the best post-sale technical applications support available and world-class infrared camera and thermography applications training.
The new Allen-Bradley Kinetix 6200 servo drive from Rockwell Automation is said to have advanced safety features designed to help manufacturers protect personnel and improve production efficiency.
The safety drive includes features such as safe stop, zero speed monitoring, safe direction monitoring, and safe maximum acceleration monitoring. The safety features help improve machine operating efficiencies by providing safer access to guarded areas while a machine or process continues operation under limited conditions.
The safety-conscious servo drive also helps eliminate the need for additional panel space and wiring typically required when using an external safety monitor.
SEW-Eurodrive is offering a DriveAcademy training program, providing end-users and system integrators with drives solutions.
The DriveAcademy training program is based on the same technical syllabus SEW-Eurodrive uses to educate its own engineers and is said to provide students with skills sets for motor and drive technologies and applications.
The DriveAcademy training program covers project planning, including drive application, selection and usage, decentralised systems, maintenance and condition monitoring.
According to SEW-Eurodrive, product-specific classes are on offer and all classes are run by highly technical site-experienced training staff.
IFM efector’s new VK Series vibration switch continuously monitors vibration levels of critical plant equipment to help prevent machine failure and expensive downtime.
The compact switch is designed to permanently mount on a machine to monitor a machine’s vibration level. The switch provides continuous feedback of vibration level by indicating a 4.20mA analog output.
By detecting vibration changes when they first occur, the switch can prevent equipment from catastrophically failing, reduce secondary damage and eliminate expensive down time.
The vibration switch eliminates the challenges with traditional vibration monitoring such as spectrum analysis and data collectors. Implementation is based on the ISO10816 standard which defines vibration monitoring of machinery.
Wartsila Australia has released its Dry Ice Blast Cleaning system, said to provide a safe dry cleaning method for motors, generators and electrical systems.
The dry ice blast cleaning system fires dense, dry-ice pellets at high speed against a dirty surface before evaporating. This leaves the surface clean, dry and undamaged, while keeping the surrounding area free from secondary waste and debris.
Wartsila Australia claims the application is easily performed on-site with hardly any dismantling and is suitable for generators, switchboards, circuit breakers, electric motors and various other electrical and mechanical applications.
