Original article date: March 1999
According to JOHN GOODAY Product Manager at Rockwell Automation the RSWire software package can reduce electrical design and documentation time by up to 50%.
RSWire is an electrical design package for engineers designers and implementers of electrical control and power systems. It replaces the drawing board mechanical CAD and electronic schematic software [...]
Original article date: November 1999
Alan Quinn’s three-yearly defection to PRW Magazine to help judge its product design awards yielded this device from Ultronics – a software driven programmable electronic hydraulic proportional valve. Quite a mouthful, but a clear winner nonetheless.
It’s often predicted that on tomorrow’s truck there will be a joystick with which the driver [...]
Original article date: March 1999
Before I get going, I must tell you about an email I received from a friend and reader recently, suggesting I point out that, in view of the future importance of the Internet, we should all be thinking about reserving our own personal domain names for the future. The message came [...]
Original article date: November 1997
Competitive prices, small design improvements, a continuing need for replacement and consistent demand across Europe can all be expected to benefit revenue growth in AC motors, says a new Frost & Sullivan survey.
The commercialisation of technology offering greater efficiency and reliability in the AC market is significantly contributing to rising demand [...]
Original article date: July 2000
Looking for a cost effective alternative to weld nuts? Alan Quinn reports on the Kaptinut
There are many alternative captive fasteners available for the sheet metal industry, each with its own benefits and disadvantages. The Kaptinut is a cost-effective alternative to weld nuts in high volume automotive, appliance and other sheet metal [...]
Original article date: May 2000
With the small data capacity of bar codes increasingly limiting their usefulness, Omron’s SEAN ELEY looks at the emergence of the 2D code, and the equipment to print and detect it
The humble bar code has been meeting data portability requirements industry-wide for decades, unmatched in its ease of application and of [...]
Original article date: July 1999
Alan Quinn takes a look at the KV Automation range of dry-operated solenoid valves in which the solenoid is isolated from the valve body and media.
To enable solenoid valves to control the flow of aggressive or contaminating media KV Automation is offering a dry operator version as part of its FAS [...]
Original article date: April 2000
JAIME PETERS takes a look at the strides being made by MIRA and others in thermal imaging technology
Thermal imaging technology has taken a step forward at the Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA), where engineers have discovered a way to let a camera ’see’ air flow. The brain behind the technology is [...]
This article was originally written in the period 1995-2000
Dave Maundrell, Worldwide Product Manager at Gems Sensors (formerly TransInstruments), takes a look at pressure transducer specifications.
Pressure transducer specifications vary from manufacturer to manufacturer and from instrument to instrument, often with each company claiming that their instrument is more accurate, faster, more reliable and so on. Typically, [...]
Original article date: January 2001
Only when the time capsule was opened did it become apparent that the documents inside were from before the great floods of 2020. This document, explaining some of the key technology stories of the year 2001 shed some light on the kind of lives we lived back then…
January:Ford introduces the first [...]