The Balluff BGL fork sensors: a light-band accomplishes more■ Analog signal proportional to
the skin depth of the object
■ Stable value, even in the
event of height variations
■ Fieldbus connection
with IO-Link
Read more: Hold the Press - Balluff's Reliable Web Edge Control
New control gear range offers host of benefits for end users and OEMs
ABB has released a new generation of control gear, including contactors coupling energy saving technology with simplified specification and ordering.
The latest development in ABB’s 120 year heritage in the design and manufacture of motor control equipment, the new range offers a raft of exciting benefits for end users, stockists, installers and OEMs alike.
Read more: ABB unveils new energy saving control gear family
Catch the Festo Air Penguins ON Wednesday on BBC 1 at 19.30 (Wednesday 3rd November).
The BBC is screening a new series on innovation using the Bristol based, Aardman Animation’s cartoon characters – Wallace and Gromit.
Earlier this year, a BBC production team from this series visited our Technology Centre in Germany to film the Festo Bionic Concepts.
Bürkert presents multiCELL 8619: new transmitter/controller for different sensor types
Bürkert is expanding its line of modular measuring and control instruments with versatile multiCELL transmitters/controllers for use with different sensor types. MultiCELL can be adapted to different applications and used for measuring flow rate, pH, ORP or conductivity, for example.
Read more: Measuring flow rate, pH, ORP or conductivity just got easyer
Bionic FinGripper sorts bulbs and chocolate eggs
Learning from nature – built for nature:
with the FinGripper from Festo fruit, bulbs or pressure-sensitive food can be handled quickly and reliably. This is thanks to the so-called “Fin Ray effect” which is based on the design of the tail fins of fish.