Industry Products

The ROUTE-MASTER Fieldbus System has been approved by Factory Mutual for use in the U.S. and Canada, clearing the way to apply it in hazardous areas. ROUTE-MASTER eliminates the crippling restrictions and extremely high cost of FISCO-based systems by allowing users to drive up to 350mA per segment and install up to 16 FOUNDATION Fieldbus instruments on a single fieldbus segment.

The software enables real-time operating systems, such as Wind River VxWorks, to run simultaneously with a general purpose operating system such as Linux on a single hardware platform while ensuring real-time behavior of the RTOS. It uses multi-core processors where each core may be assigned a separate operating system.

Both packages are xMII XApps Certified Packaged Composite Applications (PCAs). The Real-Time Finance composite application helps align process manufacturing operations with business objectives. The Real-Time Production Execution composite application provides a pre-integrated solution for dispatching, executing, monitoring, and evaluating manufacturing production and performance runs in discrete, batch, and hybrid plant operations.

PKS wire draw encoder provides precise linear position or distance information for paths up to 5 m in length with repeatability to ±3 measuring steps at speeds to 3.5 m/sec. Applications include presses, punching and injection machines, storage technology, wood and sheet metal processing machines, machinery construction and medical technology, among others.

DeviceNet cables are now available with TPE (thermoplastic elastomer) jackets, making the cables impervious to weld slag build up. The cables are ideal for applications where weld sparks and slag accumulation are common.

Version 2.5 of its AMS Suite: Asset Portal software expands asset management capabilities. It allows users to customize enterprise-wide asset information, including filtering and reporting alerts, polling on demand, and viewing graphical asset health reports.

Enhancements in Version 5.60 include a new PACSystems LD Online Compare utility and Word-for-Word change, Test-Edit, and Run-Mode-Store, to improve performance for online operations. These accelerate the commissioning phase of application development by improving the time it takes to perform online operations, and to find differences between the application in the controller and the project.

NWA will incorporate Infometrix multivariate technology in NWA SPC and Manufacturing Analytics products. As a result, NWA's customers will be able to perform multivariate SPC and other techniques using NWA Quality Analyst, Quality Monitor, and the embedded QAx and SPCx products based on models developed using Infometrix Pirouette software.

This move provides software development teams with all the added advantages of Eclipse integration for building and integrating distributed applications. The Eclipse platform provides an infrastructure that gives software tools the ability to plug in and share common services, such as dynamic data-sharing between tools, source-code control and editing.

The Model L2632 OEM NULL-KOTE transmitter is cost effective for OEM applications. The no-moving-part, all electronic unit is ideal for use in machinery and equipment such as beverage bottling machines, car washing systems, vending machines, automatic filling stations, material handling equipment, dispensers, packaging machines, and more. Price is about $200.

Enhancements in version 8.0 include improvements in the user interface, .NET interface, data management, and a web interface reporting engine. Dashboard management enables users to measure and even forecast key performance indicators in real time.

DR-200 provides secure communication between remote sites using a simple ADSL Internet service. It enables economical and reliable links connecting equipment such as PCs, PLCs, RTUs and I/O devices. It incorporates a firewall and five IPsec VPNs enabling encrypted secure tunnels. It can replace high-cost leased lines.

AccuProx analog inductive proximity sensors can sense objects up to four times farther than shielded and unshielded tubular analog sensors without compromising output accuracy. The sensors are ideal for applications that require precise position sensing and measurement or detection of small variances, such as error-proofing, saw blade deflection, material blemish detection, absolute angle detection and part positioning.

The LR Mate 200iC robot has built-in vision and is significantly lighter and more compact than its predecessor. It is suitable for high-speed part handling, machine tending, assembly and material removal applications.

ML8 miniature sensors (31mm x 11mm x 23mm) have tamper-proof construction to eliminate setting adjustments by unauthorized users, high ambient light immunity (40 klux), and a sensing range up to 2.5 meters, making them ideal for conveyor and over-sidewall sensing applications.

26DAM Series Digital Linear Actuators provide linear force up to 120 oz. (33 N), linear step resolution of 0.001, 0.002 and 0.004 in., and 3.4 Watts of power for fast response times and precise positioning capability.

UTO series meets IP68 or IP69K standards. This ensures that the connector remains watertight at depths of up to 10 m and during high-pressure cleaning operations at 140 bars. The seal is dynamic which means that it is preserved even when the cable is pulled in all directions.

This machine provides a method of converting RFID tags/inlays to be embedded accurately onto a paper or film label, even though each production batch has varying size labels and requires a different type of RFID tag to be embedded in a different area of the label.

ClassicLine I/O module eliminates the need for mounting tools and provides a simple connection method to the AS-i networking system. It has a simple sliding mechanism that quickly connects the module’s upper and lower parts.

CorrTran Corrosion Detection Transmitters now provide multivariable outputs with a single transmitter, including general and local corrosion rates, as well as conductivity, via a two-wire loop powered 4-20mA signal with HART protocol. This allows users to determine the effectiveness of corrosion inhibitors, and to detect and correct corrosion issues.