Paramount Packaging Systems, distributor of Fuji Machinery Company’s horizontal and vertical form-fill-seal equipment in the UK and Ireland, has launched an Alpha VII FW3710BS/B back seal flow-wrapper that has been adapted for high speed operation on the mobile field harvesting rigs widely used by fresh produce growers.
Advanced ceramics specialist Kyocera has launched the Magic Drill DRA, a drill with an easily replaceable bit, which is said to achieve superb drilling accuracy at a low cutting force. Optimisation of the drill bit and chip flute, as well as a special coating, ensure high stability and long tool life.
Available from Deltaline, Portescap’s Ultra EC motors offer ultra-high speed performance and torque performance at competitive prices.
A deionised water system has been supplied by Veolia Water Technologies to Jaguar Land Rover’s Halewood factory. The bespoke system, can deliver up to 90m3/h of deionised water.
On show at the recent Drives & Controls event, ABB’s machinery drive ACS380 is robust and compact and delivers predictable and precise motor control. It is easy to integrate into machine designs, as it is readily customised for industrial fieldbus protocols and can control a broad range of motors.
ABB’s compact PSTX softstarter range offers features that were previously only available with variable speed drives.
Flexim Instruments provides critical chilled water flow measurement at Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire, the UK’s only synchrotron, which scientists use to study anything from fossils to jet engines to viruses and vaccines.
With the portable Fluxus G601 CA Energy ultrasonic flowmeter, engineers at British Sugar have an all-purpose tool for tapping the energy efficiency potential of compressed air.
The new MDM50 portable hygrometer from Michell Instruments gives rapid dew-point measurements in compressed air – T95 to -35°C from ambient typically in less than 5 minutes. It has been designed to make spot checks of dew point in air and gases both simple and fast.
Demonstrating its commitment to customer service, Thorite, an independent distributor of pneumatic products and process systems, now stocks top quality IMI Norgren pneumatic cylinders in every bore size, in every stroke size, in every one of its 10 regional sales and service centres.
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