Industry Products

Panasonic introduced two new rugged Toughbook computers: The CF-19 convertible tablet PC, and the CF-30 clamshell notebook. Both come with Intel Core Duo processors, security features, and optional embedded access to wireless data networks from all major cellular wireless carriers. In addition, these MIL-SPEC-certified notebooks incorporate daylight-readable screens.

Series 14000 brush-commutated DC motors and gearmotors feature 11-slot skewed armatures to minimize magnetic cogging (or reluctance torque) and promote quiet and smooth operation. They suit a wide range of power applications, including computer peripherals, imaging, and clinical diagnostics, among countless others.

EOTec 2104 Industrial Ethernet Ring Switch offers the performance features of a managed switch with the simplicity of an unmanaged switch. It comes preconfigured for ring redundancy, has self-healing ring topology, and allows for real-time data transfer with IEEE 802.3 Ethernet compliance.

Power Series solid state relays rol-feature 4,000 volts of optical isolation and include LED indicators that indicate when a control signal is applied, making it much easier for users to troubleshoot their control applications. The Power Series 240Di10, 240Di25, 240Di45, and 575Di45-12 SSRs have been tested, certified, and stamped as RoHS-compliant.

Enhancements to Avance 3.0 include serial data aquisition, flexible charting, OPC clients, data analysis tools, a python scripting integrated environment for data analysis. Avance manages, in real time, data from inputs such as manual input, Excel spreadsheets, text files, serial connections (RS-232), and OPC servers. Pricing for an annual license is $500.00.

The Easy-2-Combine tool is easy to use and can be accessed by anyone over the Internet. With the configurator, users can calculate and display entire handling modules online quickly and precisely. The configurator can compile a handling module (a pick-and-place unit, for example)without any extra calculation work. The configurator also provides complete documentation including CAD data for the user.

Enhancements in the SJ200-2 and L200-2 Series of inverters include Sensorless Vector Control technology, trip avoidance functions, side-by-side mounting, built-in timing logic and analog input math (PLC) functions, DIP-switch hand-off-auto, removable control terminal connector, and RS485 Modbus RTU communication interface. A CANopen option is also now available.

The Husky 10-port fault-tolerant Managed Industrial Ethernet Switch has a 2 Gbps backplane, 8K MAC address plus almost all the functionalities of a Gigabit platform switch but without the expensive Gigabit prices. Models HME-821 and HME-823 series can be remotely configured by a web browser, SNMP, Telnet, CLI and menu driven management.

Web-based Lean Tools is a collection of Web calculators that allow users to estimate potential energy savings to be gained by implementing various energy efficiency solutions, including lighting, transformers, drives, power monitoring, and power correction.

The SCADAPack Upgrade Kit features a 32-bit RISC processor, expanded 8 MB memory, and additional communication ports. Optional source level debugging software for C/C++ applications is also available. The total package installs in minutes in the field or factory, boosts performance by up to 100 times, and adds I/O capacity for thousands of analog and digital I/O.