Capital Equipment

Heason Technology has launched a new low- cost modular actuator range for pick & place and sample dispensing in life science and other analytical equipment applications. The PLA range features an extruded anodised aluminium housing with a stepper motor driven leadscrew drive and precision recirculating ball linear guide bearings. The range is supplied complete with microstepping drives and a motion controller for a complete solution that is easily integrated into the customers’ machine.

An innovative modular conveying system, developed and manufactured by Autarky Automation with modular Schuco conveyor components, is being used by Unilever at its Home and Personal Care factory in Leeds, as part of a sophisticated filling and packing system for deodorant aerosols. The new conveying system incorporates a special anti-static material, to eliminate the potential for static discharges, and offers a unique anti-pinch construction that prevents shrink-wrap outer packaging becoming trapped between sections of the conveyor chain.

At first glance we might fail to see any link between products as diverse as wound dressings, filter membranes, cosmetic cleansing pads and labels for everyday items of clothing. Look a little closer however, and it becomes apparent that they all have at least one common feature, a non-frayed, sealed and smooth edge produced using ultrasonic Cut’n’Seal technology.

The latest Arctic Energy range of compressed-air refrigerant dryers from Hi-line Industries Ltd combine high build quality with reliability, and provide an operating efficiency designed to achieve a minimum energy profile.

J D Neuhaus manufacture a range of Ex rated handling equipment including hydraulically operated hoists and monorail hoists for safe operation within hazardous and explosion endangered areas. This equipment is the viable economic option where compressed air supplies may not be available, but where hydraulic lines, central hydraulic systems or hydraulic powers supplies currently exist.

Savings made from installing GEM’s Sapphire range of steam traps will help companies offset recent rises in gas and oil costs with energy savings of up to 55%. A further addition to GEM’s growing range of award winning venturi steam traps, the GEM Sapphire has been specifically developed for screwed pipework applications.

When it came to finding an answer to excessively high temperatures at its Cheshire bakery, Frank Roberts & Sons turned to CoSaf Environments to provide it with an effective cooling system. CoSaf specified the Breezair Evaporative Air Cooling System from Seeley International (Europe), which has been installed to provide effective spot cooling throughout the bakery including the mixing, production, slicing, packaging and despatch areas

Jet Edge, Inc., a leading manufacturer of ultra-high pressure waterjets, is pleased to introduce the iP60-100 100hp 60,000 psi (4,100 bar) waterjet intensifier pump.

Leading environmental heating and cooling specialist, CoSaf Environments, has announced that it will be launching Seeley International’s latest cooling product, Climate Wizard, on its stand B119, at the M&E Exhibition, London Olympia on the 7th and 8th October.

An innovative, on-demand MAXIGAS nitrogen gas generation system, manufactured by the Parker domnick hunter Industrial Division of Parker Hannifin, the global leader in motion and control technologies, is providing significant cost savings and improvements in operating efficiency at Ringtons, the family owned specialists of high quality teas and coffees.