Industrial Plant & Equipment

24 hour service

Round-the-clock service for a
comprehensive range of geared
motors and couplings has been
introduced by Siemens Mechanical
Drives, part of Siemens Industry
Automation & Drive Technologies.

After a recent factory reloc

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Altra brings brands together at Hanover

Altra Industrial Motion used the
2011 Hanover Fair to bring all its
brands together under the same roof
for the first time. The company is a
global supplier of power
transmission products, whose brands
include Warner El

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Longer life motors

Europart Ashcroft has been
appointed exclusive UK distributor
for Ametek’s new range of 8.4 and
6.6in air-driven motors. The new
range features innovations in carbon
brush design, that are said to offer
longer motor lif

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Drive designer

The new version 3.0 of the Lenze
Drive Solutions Designer (DSD) is
capable of analysing motion profiles
from simple point-to-point to
complex cam profiles or dynamic
reversing.Multiple axes can be
evaluated on the same

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Variable speed drive system strikes gold

When gearbox failure
stopped production at the
Omagh Minerals
goldmine in Cavanacaw, Ireland it
initially seemed that repairs would
take weeks if not months. However,
in just over a week, motor control
expert Ralspeed

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Filter range

BEKO Technologies has an
upgraded version of its
Clearpoint filter range.

Clearpoint 3E (Energy
Efficient Element) filter
elements cover the range 35-
34680m3/h at 7 bar (high
pressure variants to 500 bar).

The ne

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Meter designed for very low flow

Bell Flow Systems now
manufactures in the UK micro-flow
meters to cope with a wide variety of
extremely ‘low flow’ liquid
measurement applications, for
example on liquids such as solvents,
fuel and chemicals with altern

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Collaborative approach

Schneider Electric has announced
the launch of its PlantStruxure
architecture, a collaborative system
that integrates both hardware and
software components throughout the
plant, offering flexible, scalable and
collabora

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Modular servo-hydraulic control

The result of a partnership between
Zwick Roell and CaTs3, Control Cube
is a new development in modular
digital servo-technology, offering
technical benefits to the single and
multi-actuator materials, components
and st

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High accuracy measurements

Anton Paar’s MKT 50 millikelvin 2
channel thermometer has measuring
accuracy to 0.001°C (1 mK). Used in
combination with platinum
resistance thermometers (Pt100 and
Pt25.5), it is designed for temperature
measurements o

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