Author: Serkadis

Our brand new XHD Trencher is launched, the heavy duty trencher has been designed to trench deeper and wider and to be specifically used on
Excavators 5T to 10T, Backhoe Loaders and Skid Steer Loaders

The XHD Trencher is specifically designed for use on excavators in the range 5T to 10T, Backhoe Loaders and Skid Steer Loaders.
The XHD Trencher suitable for cutting trenches from 600 to 1500 mm depth in the most demanding conditions.
A retractable trench Cleaner Unit, ensures that spoil is directed onto the chain ans carried to the surface, leaving the trench clear of debris.
An Auger mounted on the output shaft pushes spoil away from the trench to leave a neat mound, ready for backfilling.

Application include :
Drainage
Gs/Water Piping
Electric Cable
Irrigation
Ground Heat Pump Installations
Tree Planting

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation today announced the introduction its new Vickers® direct-acting, poppet style, relief valves. They provide a compact and cost-effective solution for handling high pressure and flow requirements in Primary Metal, Press (metal and non-metal), Marine, Offshore, Civil Engineering, and general market applications. They are an ideal solution for safety circuits.

“These new direct-acting, relief valves expand our product range and are ideally suited for industrial applications, which typically have high duty cycles,” said Colin Cooper, Product Manager Industrial Controls – EMEA.

These Vickers valves offer rated pressures adjustable from 25 to 400 bar with flow rates up to 350 LPM. The valves are available in cartridge, subplate, and inline mounting styles in sizes 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 25 and 30.

The valves comprise principally of a sleeve, spring and poppet with an adjustable damping spool. The setting of the spring pressure is variable via an adjustment element.

For more information: [email protected]
Eaton’s Hydraulics Group is a segment of the company’s Industrial Sector. The business is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of a comprehensive line of reliable, high-efficiency hydraulic systems and components for use in mobile and industrial applications. Mobile and industrial markets include agriculture, construction, mining, forestry, utility, material handling, earthmoving, truck and bus, machine tools, molding, primary metals, automotive, power generation, port machinery and entertainment. Eaton’s Hydraulics Group provides customer-driven solutions under product names such as Aeroquip®, Boston®, Char-Lynn®, Eaton®, Hydro-Line®, Synflex®, Vickers®, Walterscheid™, and Weatherhead®. For more information, visit www.hydraulics.eaton.com.

Eaton Corporation is a diversified power management company with 2009 sales of $ 11.9 billion. Eaton is a global technology leader in electrical components and systems for power quality, distribution and control; hydraulics components, systems and services for industrial and mobile equipment; aerospace fuel, hydraulics and pneumatic systems for commercial and military use; and truck and automotive drivetrain and powertrain systems for performance, fuel economy and safety. Eaton has approximately 70,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 150 countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.com.

HANNOVER MESSE 2010 (19 – 23 April):
A truly unique event: HANNOVER MESSE 2010 will showcase all aspects of industrial automation

The Kawasaki Robotics GmbH is a overseas branch of the Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Japan. It´s the european headquarter and organizes the distributor network for Kawasaki Industrial robots.

With 40 years of experience in industrial robots, we can offer a wide range of applications in various industries. Our expertise includes, spot & arc welding, handling, assembling, palletizing, packaging, machine tending, loading & unloading, press tending, painting, sealing, gluing, deburring, grinding, polishing, washing, wafer handling, clean room applications.

Service and Backup from planing to realisation and in operation

Kawasaki Robotics GmbH is a competent partner for all questions of automation. Our Services are starting with the choise of the right robot, cycle time- and reachability analysis up to special trainings. In addition, we can introduce one of our Partners for a complete realisation of your automation project.

Services for robots installed in Germany are done by our skilled Service Engineers (Service, Maintenance). For Europe, Service is done by our local Distributors.

Kawasaki Robotics GmbH is providing it´s customers with the following Services:

Planing assistance
Simulation
Programing assistance
Installation and implementation assistance on-site
Maintenance and preventive maintenance
Diagnosis or Debugging (on-site or remote)
quick repare
complete spare part stock in Germany/Neuss (reduction of stand still time)
24 hours/365 days phone hotline for urgent technical issues

TandD TR-74Ui Accumulating Light, Humidity and Temperature Data Logger

Product Type
Measurement Items
The “TR-74Ui Illuminance UV Recorder” is a USB-dedicated data logger which can simultaneously measure and record four items: Illuminance, Ultraviolet Light (UV), Temperature and Humidity. In addition to these, the TR-74Ui is also capable of displaying Cumulative Illuminance and Cumulative Amount of Ultraviolet Light in the LCD display. From dim moonlight to the summer sun, Illuminance can be measured within a wide range.

The product is an all-in-one package that includes the data logger unit, sensor and software. Simply by connecting to a PC via a USB connection and carrying out a few easy steps, the measurement and recording of data can be started.page top

A complete range of round knife cutting machines and tools for cloth industry, curtains, bed industry,
fibre glass, sign industry…..

Several solutions in electric or pneumatic or battery powered machines

Blades from Ø 50mm till Ø 120mm

Also a range sraight knife cutters

See our complete range and vidéo clip on our web site.

Crown launches a new pallet truck built to handle the toughest working conditions

Pallet trucks are used for loading and unloading goods vehicles, and for picking and transporting goods in warehouses. Sounds easy? It’s not. These activities can place enormous strain on drivers and vehicles. The new WT 3000 Series, designed and built by Crown, has all the qualities a vehicle needs to work day in, day out in punishing conditions: ultra-tough design, unique durability, outstanding ergonomics.

Crown’s engineers set themselves ambitious targets. The new truck was to be designed in such a way as to provide the best possible support for operators working under such tough conditions. There was only one way to make sure the WT 3000 really lived up to users’ expectations. During the entire development process, the Crown team worked in close collaboration with customers, carrying out intensive research on customers’ premises which enabled the engineers to analyse working conditions in the warehouse and on the loading dock. Even during the final development phase, feedback from customers made a significant contribution. Using the onsite information, the team was able to further develop and refine the ergonomic and electronic details that have made such a difference to the truck’s productivity, durability and user-friendliness.

Tough construction for extended uptime
By analysing the results of their onsite research, the team identified exactly which truck components are subjected to the highest stresses. As a result, the truck’s heavy-duty side restraints are attached to the vehicle by a super-rugged mounting. Shocks that would otherwise cause the chassis and frame to judder are absorbed by guide casters mounted on lifetime torsion springs. The optimised suspension also extends caster life. Inside the WT 3000, carefully designed components all help to minimise running costs over the life of the vehicle. By radically reducing shaking and vibration, the smoothly efficient suspension system – combined with Crown’s revolutionary zero-maintenance e-Gen™ braking system – cuts service levels, minimises downtime for repairs, and keeps trucks running for longer.

A comfortable operator is a productive operator
Every day, truck operators have to work in conditions that restrict workflow and reduce productivity. Bracing for heavy impacts caused by driving over dock ramps; manoeuvring heavy loads down narrow aisles; keeping their footing on vibrating operator platforms – these are the challenges that confront operators working with conventional pallet trucks. The WT 3000 is designed to overcome them all. Crown’s patented FlexRide™ system reduces vibration by up to 80%. The floating suspension system reduces operator fatigue and obviates knee and back pain. Best of all, the shock-absorbing suspension smoothes out uneven floors, so operators no longer have to slow down when crossing ramps, boards or sills. The result is faster loading and unloading – and higher productivity all round.

The WT 3000 is also equipped with Crown’s state-of-the-art Access 1 2 3® control and diagnostics system. Performance parameters can be programmed for drivers with different skill sets, or adjusted for specific working conditions. Changing settings is straightforward, as there is no need to connect a laptop or PC.

Innovations that meet real customer needs
Only by working closely with end-users was the Crown team able to research specific needs in depth, then develop innovative features that fully satisfy those needs. Take the Quick-Exit side restraints on the folding-platform model, for example, which reduce the number of steps operators must take to walk round the truck. Quick-Exit restraints mean drivers save two steps every time they climb down, thereby significantly enhancing productivity and reducing fatigue. Fixed-platform models are fitted with Crown’s patented Entry Bar Safety Switch, which brings the vehicle to a full stop if the operator moves his or her foot outside the platform perimeter – a major safety enhancement. Rear-entry models are available with Crown’s unique, patented, weight-adjustable FlexRide system, which optimises driving comfort by tuning the vehicle’s suspension to the individual operator’s body weight.
The sum of these features is a decisive contribution to improving productivity and efficiency in the warehouse and on the loading dock.

SAFE Tanks are the right solution for the safe storage according to regulations of larger volumes of water-hazardous media and inflammable liquids according to the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health.

Lockable storage rooms with a surface of 2 to 32 square metres can be achieved. The wide equipment program enables the space-saving storage of barrels and small cans.

Advantages:
– According to the requirements of the Water Supply Law
– Approved for the storage of non-inflammable or inflammable,
highly inflammable or extremely inflammable liquids of all
Water Hazard Classes (WGK 1-3)
– Accessible grids, removable, galvanised
– Sump tray made from 3 mm sheet steel (S235JR),
galvanised, welded and leak tested
– Walls and roof made from stable, galvanised trapezoidal
sheet metal
– Various door versions and positions enable the optimal
adjustment according to your individual needs

Quick-clamp drill fixtures with exchangeable plate sets in
accordance with DIN 6347 are manufactured as Peiseler fixtures.

The drill and support plates are included in delivery without hole paterns. Mounting details are the customer´s responsibility.

Exchanging the plate sets makes it possible to machine various workpieces.

Further information can be found in this pdf file, or request our brochure.

The new LED signal tower CleanSIGN was specially developed and constructed for use in food and hygiene areas as well as cleanroom applications. From the very start, the existing standards and directives (e.g. EHEDG documents 8 and 13, machinery directive 2006/42/EG) were rigorously implemented, and experts and specialists in the field of hygiene consulted (e.g. TU Munich, Frauenhofer Institut).

Wide range of sophisticated design features
The new CleanSIGN is equipped with a series of sophisticated technical, constructional and design features which make a significant contribution to the safety of your products. For example, thanks to its compact construction it doesn’t have any uneven surfaces, grooves or joints where dirt could collect. This prevents impurities, significantly reducing the risk of contamination.

Save time and money
Thanks to the CleanSIGN’s cleaning-friendly design, cleaning times are significantly reduced and the simple and residue-free removal of dirt is guaranteed. In addition, savings are made in terms of energy and cleaning agent.

SM motors Series consist of three-phase asynchronous electric motors with power range between 0,09 kW and 45,0 kW while the motor frame is from 56 up to 225.

The basic construction is closed, fan cooled and IP 55 enclosure rating.

SM series motor is able to properly run under overload conditions thanks to a high thermal reserve; the insulating materials are class F as standard (Class H on request).

The efficiency standard is EFF2 or EFF1 (on request).

SM series motors are suitable to be supplied by inverter.

The motor is provided with a top insulation system between windings, high level rotor balancing and double rubber screen bearings (2RS).

The frame is made of aluminum alloy up to 132 frame size and of cast iron for bigger sizes.

Shields and flanges are made of aluminum up to 90 frame size and of cast iron up to 225 frame size.

SM series motors are provided with an hexagonal hole at the N-Drive end in order to allow a manual shaft rotation with an Allen key.

Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) announces 3D-Locate™, a library of 3D vision software tools that expands application possibilities in vision-guided robotics, assembly, and inspection.
Cognex 3D-Locate delivers accurate, real-time, three-dimensional position information that enables automation equipment to work with a wider variety of parts, including items that are stacked or tilted. Using 3D-Locate can improve vision performance for challenging applications such as logistics and robot-guided de-palletizing and precision assembly, and it can eliminate the need for expensive mechanical fixtures or measurement devices. Cognex 3D-Locate can also be used in combination with Cognex code reading, gauging, and inspection tools.

Robust 3D Location
Cognex 3D-Locate uses multiple sets of two-dimensional features found by Cognex’s patented geometric pattern matching tool, PatMax®, to determine an object’s precise three-dimensional orientation. PatMax tolerates non-uniform lighting and remains reliable even when patterns are partly covered, ensuring accurate part location even in the most challenging settings and conditions. Cognex 3D-Locate can also use input from other Cognex location tools such as SearchMax™ and PatFlex® to help determine part orientation.
Application performance is enhanced by high-precision Cognex calibration tools that adjust for optical distortion and camera position, and synchronize cameras with moving elements like robot grippers—key to the success of any 3D application. PC-based 3D-Locate can handle high throughput applications, and users have the option to choose from a wide range of industrial cameras.
“Many 3D vision packages fail to meet customer expectations in the field because the systems cannot deliver reliable, repeatable results,” said Markku Jaaskelainen, Executive Vice President and Business Unit Manager for Vision Software. “With 3D-Locate, Cognex has leveraged more than a decade of experience in 3D applications to create a robust, general purpose tool that can be used for a wide variety of applications.”
3D-Locate can be used in:
• Single camera applications that need more information than a 2D approach can offer
• Robot-mounted single or stereo camera guidance systems
• Work cells with multiple fixed-mount cameras, to eliminate mechanical fixtures
• Dimensioning, sorting and picking applications on conveyor lines
3D-Locate is available as part of the Cognex CVL software library.

Extremely efficient and fast grinding with maximum safety, highest convenience and simple operation!

Discover with the new FRITSCH premium line a completely new dimension in high-tech milling. For the first time ever, never known before, rotational speeds and ultrafine grinding results down into the nano range are achieved.

Due to the time-saving premium grinding bowl locking-system, the automatic checking of the locks in the mill, the blocking in event of impermissible operating states and the new automatic shut-off function in event of an imbalance, man and the machine are kept safer than ever.

Grinding has never been as fast and safe!

Your advantages with the FRITSCH premium line:

FASTER
With the FRITSCH premium line you can achieve for the first time revolutionary rotation speeds of up to 1100 rpm and a sensational acceleration of 95 times the force of gravity. The resulting energy application is roughly 150% greater than classic planetary mills.

Your practical advantage: Tasks are more economical and considerably finer grinding results in shorter times are delivered.

SIMPLER
For the first time, the bowl and lid form a solid unit – the grinding bowls are closed gas-tight with one motion and with a second motion, they are safely locked in the mill. The grinding bowls position themselves and snap securely into place – no additional tensioning, no incorrect operation! The grinding chamber of the premium line opens and closes automatically and independently rotates the bowl mounts in a convenient position for handling.
A well-organised touch screen provides simple and precise navigation through the menu structure; it is easy to program in precise start times.

Your practical advantage: Absolutely user-friendly handling and time-saving – a decisive simplification of your daily work.

SAFER
Safety redefined: The mill automatically detects the inserted grinding bowls via a special RFID chip, then optimises the rotation speed and prevents impermissible grinding settings.
Especially practical: The automatic parameter check – before every grinding – guarantees exact reproducibility.

Your practical advantage: Guaranteed constant and optimal results – incorrect operation impossible!

As part of our efforts to continuously improve our laser marking products, we have redesigned the IP65 version of the 3320 laser system to make it smaller, lighter and easier to service. The new IP65 design is a replacement for the previous IP65 design.

The VJ 3320 is the fastest in its class:
– up to 1,300 characters/s
– line speed up to 15 m/s

Other benefits still available:
– Easy integration through flexible standard components
– Longest laser tube life due to large gas volume and optimized air-cooling
– No plant air costs
– Rugged hand held removes the worry of a non IP65 PC based controller in your harsh environment.

To get more information regarding this product and other Videojet coding systems and services, please click on the link.

Videojet, Uptime Peace of Mind

With the N-216 series NEXLINE drives, Physik Instrumente (PI) from Karlsruhe has now available in its product range new high-load linear actuators which combine travel ranges of 20 mm, pull or push forces of up to 600 N and positioning accuracies in the nanometer range.They are suitable for open-loop and closed-loop operation: The integrated encoder of the versions which can be operated in closed-loop mode has a resolution of 5 nm over the total travel range. In open-loop mode, e.g. for highly dynamic applications, position resolutions of up to 30 picometers are achieved. In order to make the best possible adjustment of the drives to the relevant application, two different controllers are available: The E-755 offers all functions for a positioning with nanometer accuracy and covers thus most applications well. The E-712 controller system additionally has improved linearization algorithms for extremely steady motion and allows faster feed-forward motions with maximum force.
The NEXLINE drives produce the feed forward using a combination of longitudinal and shearing piezos, i.e. piezo actuators with different motion characteristics. If they are driven appropriately, clamping as well as also driving motions can be realized, which resemble the motion of a quadruped. The load can thus be moved with constant speed over the total distance. Additionally, in this way the position can be actively readjusted after the target position is reached. This can be used to compensate vibrations. Since the drives have no moving parts such as gears or leadscrews, there is no mechanical play and no wear.

Technical specifications:

Electric motor: three-phase induction motor MEC T63C4 or single-phase induction motor MEC M63C2
Power supply: 230 V / 400 V – 50 Hz depending upon the model
Power output: 0.22 kW / 0.25 kW depending upon the model
Absorbed current: 1.6 A / 1.4 A depending upon the model
Protection rating: IP 55
Condenser: 10 µF
Speed of motor rotation: 1,380 rpm / 2,800 rpm depending upon the model
Maximum pressure: 100 bar
Capacity: ranging from 0.5 to 12.5 litres / minute

Data referring to the following test fluid: oil with viscosity n =13 cSt and temperature ranging between 15°C and 20°C

After months of planning, GSF are delighted to announce the launch of their own range of Heavy Duty, shock resistant slides to replace their old discontinued line. GSF’s HD range centres on precision, price and performance and replaces the older, less cost effective heavy-duty slides without compromising on quality or weight distribution.

GSF’s announcement, early this week, is decisive in that it closes the gap between manufacturer and end user by ensuring supply security and a marked reduction in the cost of the HD range of slides. “We’ve been very careful that the new range should meet, and indeed exceed, the discontinued range in every respect, including better load capacity on lower width profiles,” said Managing Director – Jonathan Lye.

Entirely manufactured from cold drawn steel profile with extensive after machining, the new HD slides have much more reliable action and precise movement without the usual costs associated with a hardened raceway product. Less well-made products, which have little or no machining after the drawing process, lead to inconsistency of ball track and the malfunctioning of the slide. To overcome this, slides are fitted loosely, but this leads to a reduction in load capacity and an increase in deflection. GSF’s new HD range means that from now on there’s no need to fit the slides loosely to take up poor manufacturing tolerances.

GSF’s own HD range delivers precision, price and performance to the Blue Light and Defence Industries and is available to order now. For sales please contact Tony Macis, UK Sales Director, on 07971 920 233

Kind Regards

Matthew Grantham
Site Manager

For more information on the new GSF HD Range or if you have any other queries please call GSF on +44 (0)1691 770303, email [email protected] or visit

www.gsfslides.com/www.gsf-promounts.com

The new PCD-arbor milling cutter (PCD face-corner milling cutter) of HAM in Schwendi-Hörenhausen is specially designed for machining of Aluminium. Constructed as a modular tooling system, the compact adaptor and clamping chuck (Monoblock), as well as the arbor milling cutter itself, build together the two main components. For this reason, the PCD arbor milling cutter can easily be exchanged if required. With its brazed PCD-cutting edges an axial runout accuracy of 0,003 mm and a concentricity of 0,01 mm is guaranteed. By the combination of the unequal number of teeth and the positive cutting edge geometry, an improvement of the surface quality and machining accuracy is achieved and thereby vibrations are avoided as far as possible. By the resharpenable PCD-cutting edges, it is possible to achieve cutting depths until 8 mm. The PCD-arbor milling cutter is suitable for roughing and finishing of work pieces, made of Al-cast and Aluminium solid material.

Hartmetallwerkzeugfabrik
Andreas Maier GmbH
Stegwiesen 2
D – 88477 Schwendi-Hörenhausen
Telefon: +49 (0)7347 61-0
Fax: +49 (0)7347 61-207
www.ham-tools.com

Phantom camera
is used to characterize performance of
Power Angle ® diagonally strung tennis rackets

Vision Research high-speed Phantom cameras used to identify performance advantages of tennis racket stringing patterns.
Tennis is a game of speed, agility and precision. The sport requires a significant amount of concentration and hand-eye coordination, especially when your opponent serves a felt tennis ball in your direction at speeds upwards of 120 miles-per-hour! It’s also a sport known for its subsequent injuries, especially lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow), which affects 40 percent to 50 percent of tennis players. That being said, those who take to the court are always in search of ways to reduce stress and potential injury, as long as the solution doesn’t sacrifice performance.
Reassessment and modifications to tennis equipment, namely the racket, have been the focus of many manufacturers and professionals over the years, with a significant amount of attention falling on the stringing pattern, where the impact with the tennis ball actually takes place. Besides the obvious advantages yielded by high-performance, lightweight composite materials such as graphite – used in the construction of the racket frame – and the benefits of natural gut and synthetic gut (nylon) for stringing, many tennis players feel that employing a diagonal stringing pattern can effectively reduce vibration, a leading cause of tennis elbow. Diagonal stringing, a method consisting of opposite pairs of equal strings, has been developed to reduce harmful vibrations without compromising the performance offered by a conventional (perpendicular) pattern.
To clearly identify the benefits of each stringing pattern, Vision Research
worked alongside Micah Joselow*, a junior at Ossining High School, in Ossining, N.Y., who spearheaded a scientific research project focused on highlighting the characteristics of a PowerAngle diagonally-strung racket versus a conventionally strung racket. Vision Research provided Joselow with a high-speed, Phantom v7.1 digital camera, which was utilized to record the interaction of a projected tennis ball with each racket. Joselow’s findings were impressive and in recognition of his work, the project took first place honors in the Physics category at the Westchester Science and Engineering Fair (WESEF) and won the prestigious Yale Science and Engineering Award.

IDRM have specially developed a solution for coupling between ATEX electric boxes in gas area 1, 2 and dust area 21, 22. Made of Stainless steel, the explosion-proof throug wiring is a part that will allow electrical connection between two explosion-proof boxes Ex d, or between an explosion-proof box Ex d and a increased safety box Ex e.
Other protection mode can also be used. this product guarantee an IP66 protection between boxes.

The TMX explosion proof throughwiring allows a wide choice of sizes (from M16 to M63), and wire sections until 70mm ², and is the most multifontional of the market.

The external grinding machine ED.1 CNC confirms the extraordinary qualities of solidity, precision, long-life and environmental respect of the ED.2 model, adding the advantage of a more competitive purchase price.

The machine differs, however, in the fact that it is more compact, it uses smaller wheels and the pieces that can be ground have smaller dimensions.

Suitable for the machining of large and small batches with the same precision, the ED.1 CNC also features easy programming and is very easy to operate.