Automotive industry parts and assembly quality standards have moved from sigma level sampling to zero defect requirements. As for example automated thread checking. Achieving these more stringent manufacturing results can be through a combination…
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Cable insulation monitoring improves preventive maintenance
What happens in your plant when cable insulation fails? The answer is anything from a difficult to find intermittent fault, to a major shutdown or even a fire. Using PLC based cable insulation monitoring…
Linear actuators offering soft-land capability
Electric cylinder actuators offer a high-speed, compact and price competitive alternative to pneumatic cylinders. Products from leading manufacturer SMAC also use moving coil technology to give the added advantage of a patented soft-land capability.
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Cost-effective high-speed container capping
Is the lack of high-speed container capping a production bottleneck you could do without? SMAC manufactures a unique range of precision electric moving coil actuators. They are unique in that force, position and speed…
How do XIOT remote sensors work?
One of the unusual features of Telemecanique Sensors self-powered XIOT cloud-connected sensors is they work outside of buildings. Indoor wireless sensor applications are not new, but now users can use them in a field with…
High-speed bottling rejection gets soft-landing
Reliably rejecting damaged containers is paramount to bottling operations. If a damaged container, especially a glass one, gets through the system it could become a high liability. This can be costly in both money…
Predictive maintenance boosts productivity.
An important new growth market is predictive maintenance is being driven by condition monitoring technologies. Specifically, it helps users predict equipment life and plan maintenance for reducing unplanned downtime. Predictive maintenance reduces costs, and…
