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Welcome!
Men on the moon
owe debt to Canadian engineers from Avro
 By
Mike Edwards, Editor, DPN
medwards@clbmedia.ca
As part of the celebrations this month around the 40th
anniversary of Apollo 11's historic moon landing, Design Product News
lifts a glass to the Canadian engineers who contributed to NASA's
tremendous achievement.
A total of 33 of our engineers were recruited to the U.S. space program
after the Canadian government cancelled the Avro Arrow supersonic
fighter jet project in 1959.
Later, development of the Concorde supersonic airliner also gained Canadian expertise as a result of the Arrow's grounding.
Please watch my video tribute: More...
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August 4-6, 2009.
Austin, TX. NI Week hosted by National Instruments demonstrates
system design ideas (ni.com/niweek).
September 1-7, 2009.
Calgary. The 2009 WorldSkills Competition for ages 17-22 in 45
skill categories, including mechatronics & robotics
(worldskills2009.com).
September 22,
23, 24, 2009.
Toronto. HyperWorks 10.0 one-day training updates on HyperMesh/HyperView
presented by Altair Engineering Canada. Register with Christina
Craigen,
craigen@altair.com,
416-447-6463 x100.
September 22-24, 2009.
Rosemont, IL. Design & Manufacturing Midwest includes the
Assembly Technology Expo, Electronics Midwest, Quality Expo,
Green Manufacturing Expo and MD&M Midwest shows
(dm-midwest.com).
October 19-22, 2009.
Toronto. Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show
presented by the Society of
Manufacturing Engineers (sme.org/events).
New alpha Gearbox Upgrade Means Higher Tech Specs
Celebrating 25 years of the alpha brand, Wittenstein is
giving the market higher technical specs for alpha SP+ and alpha
TP+ gearboxes.
Starting in
July 2009, the alpha SP+ and alpha TP+ will have a slightly new
look…and, most importantly, higher technical specifications.
 These
two gearboxes have received a facelift which will make them
astatically look slightly different; however, this change which
will not impact on critical external and connecting dimensions.
All customers ordering gearboxes from these two series during
summer 2009 will receive the new series. The technical
specifications are already available online and in the 2009
printed Wittenstein (alpha) catalog.
The upgraded series are the results of
Wittenstein’s decades of research, development and
improvements in the field of mechatronics. The torques of the
new look are significantly higher – up to 25%, depending on the
version – raising the power density of what are in any case
incredibly compact gearboxes. Users can benefit through energy
savings from this extra torque by "downsizing", that is to say
they can select a smaller more cost effective gearbox without
compromising on specifications. The optimal gearbox design can
be designed into your system with the help of Wittenstein’s
new version of cymex®3.2 servo sizing tool, which additionally
features an integrated calculator for energy consumption.
Combine these benefits with 100% exit testing of all alpha SP+
and alpha TP+ gearboxes and you receive our expression of
perfection.
Additional configurations of the new design also
include:
• Reduced inertia option
• SP+ with Extreme High Speed option
• SP+ with hollow (shrink disc) output
Please visit the relevant product pages:
http://www.wittenstein-us.com/Precision-Gearboxes/Inline-Gearboxes/alpha-SP.html
http://www.wittenstein-us.com/Precision-Gearboxes/Inline-Gearboxes/alpha-TP.html |
 Motion
control encoder.
Renishaw's AM4096 On-Axis magnetic encoder
provides 4096-counts/rev of absolute position feedback for
high-speed digital motor and motion control applications.
 Busbar
power distribution. Rittal Systems has announced SV busbar
systems for power distribution applications ranging from 250 to
3000 A. Assembly times are said to be reduced by up 40%.
 Adjustable
lifting vacuums.
EXAIR’s Adjustable E-Vac product is a series of
low cost, compressed air powered vacuum generators where the
vacuum and flow rates can be adjusted to suit the application
requirements.
 Current
detectors.
E-T-A Circuit Breakers
has launched a line of over current detectors. The TD and 9001
Hall effect current detectors protect power semiconductors in
power electronic circuits by signaling when current in the
circuit has exceeded the nominal detector trip point.
 Photoelectric
long-range sensor.
Carlo
Gavazzi has introduced a long range diffuse photoelectric sensor
with background suppression technology. The model PD112 will
detect black objects at distances up to 2 m, and white and grey
objects at up to 2.5 m. Using triangulation technology, the unit
is said to be easily and precisely adjusted, with a 28 turn
potentiometer.
 Fuse
monitors.
CSA Class 1 Division 2 certified, Emphatec’s DEPRO fuse
monitors monitor up to 8 fuses or circuit breakers and provide a
1 form C (SPDT) relay contact to indicate a failure. The modules
operate as a logic AND device.
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