Show Stoppers

Technology innovations take center stage

This year's Hannover Fair, held March 20-25, in Hannover Germany, met the expectations of some 300,000 visitors seeking the latest in technology developments. Here's a look at some of the most exciting new developments in materials, fluid power, motion control/power transmission, and electronics that our editors saw at the show.

Fluid power

Winner of an Industrie Forum 2000 award from the Hannover Fair, Festo's new HMPL modular handling axis with built-in sensor is designed for small part assembly, palletizing, and part sorting systems

(Circle 563)

… Rexroth Hydraulics is offering a new damping system called the Rexroth Stabilization module that substantially reduces pitching in fork lift trucks and other loaders systems

(Circle 564)

…Enidine showcased its OEM .5 shock absorber series, that offers increased impact velocities of 180 inch/second and 250% more energy capacity

(Circle 565)

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Motion control/power transmission

The Indramat division of Mannesman Rexroth's new control features a PowerPC microprocessor, and combines motion control and logic control (Circle 566) …Movitec modular linear tables from IMPEX TECNICHE LINEARI can be combined to form multi-axis systems

(Circle 567)

…Winner of an Industrie Forum design award from the Hannover Fair, the "gimapick" line of modular pick-and-place components from GIMATIC promises millions of cycles without lubrication

(Circle 568)

… Delta Electronics' new VFD-L sub-fractional 100W drives operate on the vector control principle and provide a variable voltage/frequency curve for the three-phase ac motor

(Circle 569)

… API Motion just introduced a new low-cost, networked solution for step motor control, called DeviceNet microstep drives (Circle 570)… Baldor displayed its new single-axis motor controller with built-in drive, compatible with dc brushed or brushless motors

(Circle 571)

…New from Berkeley Process Controls , Xtreme, a highly integrated control package that boasts one tenth the volume of conventional controllers

(Circle 572)

… GE Fanuc showcased its COMPLICITY OpenProcess, a new hardware/software hybrid product that offers economical solutions to the process automation industry

(Circle 573)

… Kollmorgen showcased new web capabilities for servo controllers, including its Servostar 600 series digital servo amp

(Circle 574)

… PHD showcased the industry's first all-electric four-jaw gripper for CD handling

(Circle 575)

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Electrical/electronics

Rittal showcased its new Maxi-PLS busbar system for constructing switchgear installations in the heavy-current range up to 3,200A

(Circle 515)

…Taking its Series 10 optical sensors one stage further, Baumer Electric exhibited a laser version with an adjustable range of 20-200 millimeters

(Circle 516)

… TR-Electronic 's new ZI-58 programmable incremental encoder has a resolution that is software programmable between 1 and 32,768 pulses per revolution

(Circle 517)

… WAGO 's new 95 mm²Rail-Mounted Terminal Blocks feature a spring-clamp connection for push-in type jumpers, and the terminal blocks carry a rated current of 232A

(Circle 518)

… Unitronics presented the M90 Micro-PLC is a compact PLC with integrated HMI operator interface

(Circle 519)

… Kabelschlepp displayed its new type 0600 fully enclosed cable carrier, designed originally for DaimlerChrysler

(Circle 699)

… Turck 's new injected-molded housings for its sensor line promise a big cost savings and performance benefits for users

(Circle 700)

… Phoenix Contact's FC 200 PCI Interbus Field Controller extends a standard PC with a parameterizing memory, additional memory for non-volatile data, in accordance with IEC 61131-3

(Circle 701)

… Banner Engineering displayed PresencePlus, an economical and compact inspection system with a response speed of 50 ms

(Circle 702)

… igus launched its new low-noise family of cable carriers, the E4/100, which use rubber inserts to reduce noise by as much as 6 decibels

(Circle 703)

… Schroff introduced a new compact, high-performance power supply, which delivers an output power of 100W from a compact 6 hp case

(Circle 704)

… Sick AG unveiled the CLV 490 bar code scanner with auto focus based on laser diode technology

(Circle 705).