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What are thermal overload relays and what motion components do they protect?

October 21, 2020 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

Heat is a major factor in the performance and life of a motor, and one of the primary sources of motor heating is current running through the motor windings. Since heating is an unavoidable condition of motor operation, it’s important to protect the motor from overheating, or thermal overload. In a previous post, we described […]

Filed Under: AC Motors, FAQs + basics, Featured, Sensors + Vision

How do vibration sensors measure acceleration to track machine health?

September 18, 2020 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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Condition monitoring of machines is intimately linked with the larger program of predictive maintenance. The goal of predictive maintenance is to reduce or eliminate entirely sudden and catastrophic machine failure by actively monitoring those components that are critical to machine function. By monitoring components such as motors, fans, pumps and other constituent components such as […]

Filed Under: FAQs + basics, Sensors + Vision

What is Ecolab certification for automation components?

June 24, 2020 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

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In applications that involve wet or humid environments — especially those in the food and beverage industry — a component’s IP (International Protection) rating for ingress of dust and water is an important factor in its selection. But even if a component is rated as dust-proof and protected against the forceful water jets used during washdown […]

Filed Under: Connections + Sliprings, FAQs + basics, Featured, Sensors + Vision

What are Hiperface and Hiperface DSL?

June 15, 2020 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

Hiperface

Position feedback is core to any servo application, and most rotary servo motors employ an integrated feedback device with a physical link back to the servo drive, allowing the drive to read the motor’s position and correct any errors between the commanded and actual positions. Two interfaces that facilitate the communication between the motor feedback […]

Filed Under: Encoders, FAQs + basics, Featured, Networking + IoT, Sensors + Vision

Combined displacement-inclination sensor saves costs, installation space

May 27, 2020 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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Many applications require both displacement and inclination to be determined. Usually two different sensors need two be applied to capture both parameters, even if the variables need to be measured at the same spot of the machine. In such cases, a combined measurement of the variables in one sensor saves costs, installation space as well […]

Filed Under: Networking + IoT, Sensors + Vision

How conditioning monitoring data helps solve future problems

April 6, 2020 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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Condition monitoring can help protect organizations against future problems, maximize equipment lifetime, and optimize operations. Abhishek Jadhav Product Manager Dynapar Corporation  In today’s demanding production environment, manufacturers need to maximize productivity while minimizing cost of ownership. Condition monitoring provides a solution. Conditioning monitoring systems collect rich amounts of data that can be converted to reliable […]

Filed Under: Networking + IoT, Sensors + Vision Tagged With: Dynapar

New flexCoder sensors for robotics and automation

March 23, 2020 By Heather Hall Leave a Comment

flexCoder technology New developments in robotics, automation and many other rotative applications are aiming for ever more compact designs and often cannot be implemented using the standard components available on the market. To prevent restricting the scope of design for the customer, SIKO offers a new flexCoder technology – an encoder system comprising a sensor […]

Filed Under: Robotics, Sensors + Vision Tagged With: Siko GmbH

Trends 2020: Sensors on the front lines of industrial networking

March 20, 2020 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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Sensors for motion control range across many applications and uses; from object and position detection in manufacturing processes to remote condition monitoring for predictive maintenance purposes. Overall, the sensors are the vital link between the physical systems themselves. They collect data from various machine processes and use communication links to transmit that data to the […]

Filed Under: Networking + IoT, Sensors + Vision Tagged With: Banner Engineering

NK Technologies releases 2020 product catalog

March 3, 2020 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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NK Technologies released its new 2020 product catalog, featuring performance data, sizes, specifications, and technical references for the company’s extensive portfolio of current sensing switches, transducers, transformers, and ground fault protection products. The new catalog includes recently introduced products such as: DT-BB DC current transducer: Allows a split-core transducer to be installed over existing bus […]

Filed Under: Industry News, Networking + IoT, Sensors + Vision Tagged With: NK Technologies

POSITAL offers encoders, sensors with IP69K environmental protection

February 18, 2020 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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POSITAL has expanded its portfolio of rotary encoders and inclinometers (tilt sensors) to include more devices with IP69K level environmental protection. These sensors, which are designed to stand up to repeated exposure to the hot, high-temperature water jets used in pressure washing systems, are now available with a wider range of mechanical options and communications […]

Filed Under: Encoders, Featured, Sensors + Vision Tagged With: posital

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