Control Systems

Buck Systems, part of GEA Pharma Systems based in Birmingham UK is using Burkert to sub-contract supply pneumatic control systems for it’s leading edge powder processing plant equipment used in one of the world’s largest and most advanced tablet manufacturing plants in the Far East.

Electrical safety impacts the design of the simple Ethernet switch with the new Active GracePort from Grace Engineered Products. The current NFPA 70e electrical safety mandate severely regulates voltage exposure to workers, thereby making simple tasks like opening an electrical enclosure door for diagnostics very time consuming. The new Active GracePort is transforming the 30-minute task of diagnostics into a 30-second one, which greatly increases employee safety and productivity.

Ethernet Direct Corporation launches HMG-628GE-CD, an enhanced version of Industrial Managed Gigabit switch that comes with extended operating temperature of -40 to 80 deg C especially designed for mission critical applications like in military, power & utilities, mining, oil and refineries plus other areas with hazardous environments.

The new Calex PPT245 DIN-rail mounted controller provides a highly versatile alternative to panel-mounted instruments and greatly simplifies the measurement and control of processes using non-contact infra-red temperature sensors. It has a single analogue input which is configurable for up to eighteen different sensors/signals, two relay outputs, and a third output which can be configured either as a SSR logic signal or a 4 to 20mA / 0 to 10V analogue signal for control or re-scalable retransmission of the process variable or setpoint. The analogue output can also be used to adjust the emissivity setting on a Calex PyroEpsilon non-contact temperature sensor.

The ultra-fine control, accuracy and repeatability provided by Burkert’s CMOSens mass flow controller technology (MFC) has been instrumental in enabling Plasma Surgical to develop PlasmaJet, the first and only true plasma surgery system for surgical cutting and coagulation.

In the next five years or so, there is only one way for energy prices to go. UP! And UP! A solar hot water system will become a more and more commonplace sight in the future.

Ethernet Direct Corporation has announced a new hardware tool especially designed for Industrial Managed switches for flexibility and easy configuration anytime and anywhere. The ED-Key is an easy-to-use, plug-and-play hardware tool for Ethernet Direct managed switches. It connects to a managed switch via its RS-232 console port for users to save and load setup configurations to the managed switch via the embedded web server.

Bürkert and BBS-Systems AG of Switzerland have formed an alliance that offers combined competence and a single source for specific system solutions in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical- and food market sectors. The alliance provides a unique synergy of Burkert’s valve, sensor, process control, hazardous area and specialist products with BBS’s sterile range of ancillary piping, flanges, connectors, indicators, sampling systems and vessel equipment.

Steinmeyer, Inc. announced the MP63 3 axis micro manipulator module, a fully enclosed 3 axis positioner with 25 mm stroke in each direction. Included inside the compact precision assembly are dc gear motors, rotary encoders, lead screws, and non-contact limit switches. Accuracy in each direction is 5 microns with ± 1 micron repeatability.

Heason Technology has been awarded a £ ¼ million order by Synchrotron Soleil, the French national synchrotron facility and research laboratory. Heason are to design and manufacture four nanopositioning manipulators that combine as a 14 axis ultra-high vacuum and low magnetic motion system to position samples and optics for an exciting new soft x-ray scanning photoemission microscope project called ANTARES.