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Changing to NSK Molded-Oil bearings reduces maintenance costs at a car wash

The operator of a car wash line in Germany repeatedly had to replace bearings in the rotary unions of the system’s wash heads, leading to over €12,000 per annum for spare parts alone. However, maintenance costs were reduced to zero after replacing the bearings with NSK Molded-Oil deep groove ball bearings featuring DDU seals.

Wenglor News

Small Format, Large Switching Distances: Inductive Sensors Now in Compact D3 and M4 Housing

wenglor’s product family of inductive sensors with increased switching distances features enhanced performance in miniature design: A total of eight new sensors from the I03 and I04 series in the compact D3 and M4 housing are available for detecting metallic objects in confined systems.

Halstrup-Walcher News

HOW TO PACK BAGS OF CRISPS WITH A FULLY AUTO­MATIC CASE PACKER

During lockdown, we all spent a lot of time on the couch and some of us have gained a few pounds. But, when you open your crunchy bag of potato chips in the evening, have you ever stopped to think how many high-tech machines are involved in its production these days? The journey from potato to supermarket is a fascinating odyssey that involves a wide range of manufacturing and packaging machines. A host of machine builders are involved in developing and supplying specialist solutions for every step in the processing and packaging of foodstuffs. One of them is Tronrud Engineering from Eggemoen, near Oslo, in Norway. The company, which employs around 200 staff, supplies its customers with impressive, state-of-the-art packaging machines. Kjell Erik Meier is responsible for programming and automation of the machines at Tronrud. The TCP PN8 case packer is one of this high-tech machines.

Xiris News

Xiris' Easy Solution for Imaging Pulsed Welds

Xiris Automation has recently released a triggering solution to make it much easier to capture images of pulsed welding processes. Normally, when using a weld camera to acquire images of a pulsed waveform, the amount of light present in the image will vary considerably as the amperage varies and the arc flashes, making consistent processing monitoring more difficult.

NORD Drivesystems

NORD DRIVESYSTEMS at the FMB 2021 : Ready for the future: New energy-efficient and innovative drive technology

From 10 to 12 November 2021, the FMB trade fair once again brings together machine manufacturers and their suppliers. NORD DRIVESYSTEMS will be on site as an exhibitor in Bad Salzuflen (North Rhine-Westphalia) presenting the innovative DuoDrive geared motor, the energy-efficient IE5+ synchronous motor, the new decentralised NORDAC ON frequency inverter as well as the NORDAC PRO SK 500P control cabinet inverter.

Stratasys News

STRATASYS DELIVERS OPEN SOFTWARE PLATFORM FOR PRODUCTION-SCALE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Enterprise-ready GrabCAD Additive Manufacturing Platform integrates entire production workflow for Stratasys and non-Stratasys industrial 3D printers. Enterprise-ready GrabCAD Additive Manufacturing Platform integrates entire production workflow for Stratasys and non-Stratasys industrial 3D printers.

Phoenix Contact News

New gateways for secure remote maintenance of machines

The remote maintenance gateways portfolio of the Cloud Client product family from Phoenix Contact has been extended by four variants. They offer additional interfaces and fallback functionality alongside new software functions.

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