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The optics specialist Leuze electronic will become a sensor allrounder in 2009 and has completed its product range with inductive switches. Leuze electronic thereby presents itself in automation technology as a full-service provider, well known for its customer orientation and willingness to provide service.

With this extensive product line, the “sensor people” accommodate the requests increasingly received from customers who wish to be able to find solutions to a wide range of sensor tasks from a single partner. As our customer, you profit from the portfolio of products perfectly matched to one another, the highest level of advising competence and simplified ordering processes.

A new thermal imaging camera that takes the guesswork out of  temperature measurement, by fusing visual and thermal images on to the same screen, has been launched to meet the needs of electrical contractors, maintenance engineers, HVAC professionals, energy inspectors and auditors, and engineers in construction and the automotive industry.

The IRI 2010 is the first in a new range of British designed and manufactured thermal imaging cameras produced by Northampton-based thermal imaging specialists Irisys, who have spent 18 months developing the technology that will give tradesmen an invaluable tool for temperature, & hot / cold spot detection for around £2,000. 

The new BEKOMAT 33 was presented for the first time at this year’s Hannover trade fair in Germany. With this new condensate drain BEKO further extends the range started with the 31 and 32 drains two years ago. These drains have been very well received by our customers, leading to demand for a larger device- hence the new 33.

All three drains in the range have the same basic innovative concept in common: The BEKO service module. This module contains all wearing parts in a corrosion resistant housing which is fitted in seconds- making service a doddle! On the 33 we find, in addition, a condensate receiver tank to cater for larger condensate output, and a larger valve orifice.

When changing the service unit the condensate tank remains in place attached to the compressed air system, meaning no time consuming de-coupling of solid pipework.

Every service unit is pressure and function tested at the BEKO factory for peace of mind, and requires no electrical installation other than unplugging the electrical housing and plugging it back in again once the drain is serviced- just like plugging in an electrical item at home!

The new BEKOMAT 33 joins the other drains in the BEKO range, of which more than 1.5 million have so far been sold around the world. Please contact BEKO for more details

Steelmakers Corus (Port Talbot) had been experiencing problems with their 42” edger drive system. The existing gear units were only providing 41 rpm when a drive speed of 59 rpm was required. Added to this, Corus’ Area Engineer Craig Dummer stated that “they were experiencing heavy vibration and ultimately, damage to the gear units”.

When the gears failed, this left Corus vulnerable to transfer bar loss, due to large section gaps in the rollers preventing delivery of the slabs to the down stream process.Hansen were called in and provided a new split drive gear system running the rollers at 59 rpm. Craig Dummer confirmed that “as the Hansen solution was to split the drive,utilising a matched pair of gearboxes, it is now far more economical than the originalconcept with a larger, single gearbox”.

By installing an eWON industrial-grade Ethernet router – that offers secure, Internet-based remote control and diagnostics – with its lighting control systems, Architen Lighting is now able to remotely monitor and control customer lighting systems from anywhere in the world using a secure Broadband or wireless connection.

In a recent project, this technology was used by Architen to monitor and diagnose a lighting system it had installed at the new O2 Arena in Dublin, Ireland. For this project, Architen sourced a single eWON Ethernet Gateway from M.A.C Solutions (UK) Ltd, which enables Architen to remotely monitor and control the lighting system. Architen engineers simply log on to a web page on the Internet using the eWON’s Talk2M (Talk To Machines) service, enabling them to turn on or change lighting effects from their own desktop, anywhere in the world.

Softstart UK has recently completed the development of a new range of Digital Medium Voltage Soft Starters, designed suitable for all types of induction motors, including synchronous and slip-ring types. The new Digitstart range covers both 3.3kV and 6.6kV in ratings from 60A to 700 Amps and features a completely new programming and monitoring regime.  Clearly starting motors in this category needs well considered programming and sensitive protection.

This is all provided by the 8.1ins full colour industrial PC and facilitates invaluable trend data such as previous starting data such as time to reach full speed, starting current characteristics, power absorbed and much more. All of this data is available at the central control point via ModBus or Ethernet so all start, run and diagnostic data is available to the operator.  Important optional features such as withdrawable line and bypass contactors, switch fuse disconnects and grounding switches have all been catered for and despite the comprehensive design, lead time is just 6 weeks as opposed to the several months experienced in the past.

Cool Energy can offer you a nationwide same and next day delivery service to help you with any unplanned Chill Store breakdowns and emergencies. Cool Energy are refrigeration specialists providing RENTAL low temperature fan coils and chillers, capable of being supplied to help provide sub 4°C air temperatures fast, whilst your breakdown is being repaired.

We can provide you with express delivery, installation and commissioning service alongside the supply of flexible water hoses, pipework connections, heat exchangers and power generators.Need a small or large cooling package now?

Based in North London with excellent access to the UK motorway network, FUCHS LUBRITECH UK provides the whole range of FUCHS LUBRITECH speciality products. In addition the plant has manufacturing and product support facilities for a specific range of specialised fluids and greases:

•    Milling and blending facilities for water, solvent and oil based solid lubricant dispersions and coatings. •    High temperature greases and assembly pastes with solid lubricants and mineral oil and synthetic fluid components.
•    Blending facilities for specialised fluid lubricants such as chain and rope oils. •    Food grade manufacturing facility for NSF H1 approved oils and greases. •    Clean manufacturing area for PFPE and PTFE lubricants and greases

Alps Electric (Ireland) Limited has reported significant efficiency improvements in its engineering maintenance processes since the installation of Mainsaver CMMS from Spidex Software. Alps, which supplies automotive electronics to some of the biggest motor manufacturers in the world from its plant in Millstreet, Co. Cork, runs Mainsaver version 10.2 alongside the complementary web-based modules Spidex WMM and Spidex BI.

“Before we introduced Mainsaver, our day-to-day maintenance activities were generating large quantities of paperwork and the objective was to remove as much of that as possible,” says Maintenance Supervisor Michal Ostrykiewicz. “Our two biggest sources of paper were preventative maintenance job sheets and purchase requisitions, so that’s where we started.”