Stainless steel pressure sensors provide very fast response time

Stainless steel pressure sensors that provide very fast response times of less than 0.5ms are now available from Impress Sensors & Systems Ltd. The DMP 320 series of pressure sensors represent "˜high speed and high precision'. With a response time of ≤0.5ms and a sampling rate of 10kHz, the sensors are suitable for a wide range of high-precision, high-speed pressure measurement applications in a variety of industry sectors, including energy, utilities, water and waste water, power generation, chemicals and petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, oil & gas, and general process manufacturing. Typical operating media are oil, gases, fuels and water.

E75/E76 series photoelectric sensors for demanding applications

Eaton is launching its new E75/E76 series of high-performance photoelectric sensors. Sensors with field-adjustable background suppression and a considerably extended sensing range are being released for the first time thanks to the IntelliView technology. This technology enables a number of new sensing techniques for colour, contrast and luminescence sensing for demanding applications requiring increased precision over large distances in challenging conditions. The high precision combined with the improved background suppression make the E75/E76 series into a flexible, high-performance option for a wide range of applications. Through the small number of sensing errors, the devices contribute to increasing the productivity of machines and plants.

O-Box air quality indicator detects oil risks in compressed air

Atlas Copco is offering on-the-spot oil contamination testing to compressed air users in the UK with the launch of its new O-Box indicator system. The company's sales engineers are able to quickly measure the oil content of an operator's compressed air network and submit the results in a report within 3 minutes on site.

CBL50: expansion of the CBL series electric cylinder from SMAC

SMAC, Inc. is introducing the CBL50, an addition to its CBL series of high-performance electric cylinders, designed to overcome problems presented by conventional devices in the packaging industry.

RMIG Bridge Slot screens cut process drying times

An innovative range of drying screens has been launched in the UK by RMIG. Bridge Slot screens are specially designed for use in drying and storing all sorts of solid materials, such as grains, herbs, and more recently wood-chip, which is now primarily used to fuel biomass boilers.

Picked to perfection

A newly developed food picker cell which performs typical loading and unloading packing scenarios is designed to inspire the food industry to greater adoption of food grade robots.

Protecting profitability in food and beverage applications

Phil Burge of SKF explains how food processing and packaging companies can make significant improvements to production line efficiency.

Proven control on £17m water works

The Dee Valley Water (DVW) project to build a new water treatment works at its Llwyn Onn site in North Wales, has now been completed. The £17m project was officially opened in March and is controlled by a Mitsubishi Electric system redundant, Q series modular PLC solution.

No more hard wiring with openSAFETY panels

New openSAFETY control panels from B&R allow safe data exchange over the bus system. The integrated openSAFETY interface renders the hard wiring of E-stop, operating mode and start buttons obsolete.