The Allen-Bradley SensaGuard family of non-contact, RFID-coded safety switches offer a Category 4/SIL 3 safety rating. With an operating field up to 25-mm, the switches feature a high tolerance to misalignment, which reduces nuisance tripping. SensaGuard switches do not require a dedicated controller, allowing the system designer to use one safety controller for the entire safety system. The switches offer connectivity to a variety of safety relays. And they have built-in diagnostic functions.
Flex-Line Automation
Veyors
Veyors from Flex-Line Automation are a new line of simplified conveyors that have a modular design, angled presentation of products for improved ergonomics and centering of different product sizes without adjustable guiderails. And the open design of Veyor sections allows four-sided printing on products.
Aerotech Inc.
Nmark SSaM
The Nmark SSaM from Aerotech Inc. combines an X-Y Galvo scanner with a servo motion controller for laser marking, welding and cutting applications that need coordinated motion between the scanner mirrors and servo base actuators. Previously, the scanner and servo controllers had been separate entities — in part because of the large differences between scanner field-of-view and servo base actuator travel. The Nmark supports a variety of scanners through the high-speed XY2-100 serial communication interface. Supported servo axes include brush, brushless and stepper motors in both linear and rotary configurations.
Eagle Precision Technologies
HVAC Assembly Machine
Eagle Precision
Technologies has created a new machine that speeds the normally
time-consuming process of assembling heat exchangers for HVAC systems. Instead
of the usual manual assembly work, this machine completely automates the process
of mechanically locking together heat-exchanger tubes, panels and secondary
coils. And it does so while maintaining airtight joints needed to prevent the
escape of combustible gases from the finished heat exhchangers. The assembly
machine can be user programmed to accomodate different heat exchanger design on
the fly, eliminating change-over time. It also offers an integrated leak-testing
cycle to complete the assembly process.
Almost every automaker has had to 'pick a side' when it comes to alternative fuel options and ways to divest from a reliance on gasoline. Fiat is looking to back compressed natural gas or liquid propane as an interim solution.
Designing and filling a new type of water bottle might take less engineering work, but the description will help kids understand how science, math, and engineering influence their lives even through things that seem mundane.
Against a backdrop of mounting product complexity and a need to keep a lid on development costs, companies are recognizing a need to make simulation a more integral part of the design process. In response, vendors in the CAD world are building out CAE functionality as part of their CAD suites while simulation vendors are building tighter integrations to leading CAD tools. Keith Meintjes, Ph.D., Practice Manager, Simulation and Analysis at CIMdata, Inc., joins Design News CAD Editor Beth Stackpole in this radio program to explore the new face of integrated CAD and CAE, how companies are benefitting from this tighter partnership between platforms, and how integrating CAE earlier in the development cycle pays off in optimized product designs.
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