EoW May 2011

technology news

Zumbach’s broad range of measurement and control systems for wire insulating and jacketing, wire drawing and rod mill applications includes an extensive range of proven measurement solutions and the latest technological advancements. These include Odac ® laser diameter scanners, Wallmaster ultrasonic wall thickness measurement and control system, Odex ® laser/magnetic non-contact concentricity gauge, Capac ® measurement system for foamed and solid insulated datacomm and coax applications, FFT/SRL software for structural return loss analysis, Zumbach/WST Tempmaster preheaters and AUTAC temperature sensors, and Profilemaster ® . New technology includes Zumbach’s Simac ® , a modern surface inspection system for extruded products like pipe, cable and hose, where machine vision technology is used consistently. The Profilemaster system will provide an accurate and economical solution to measuring dimensions or even the complete cross-section of profile shaped products (such as figure 8 cable) that must be continuously measured and monitored in the manufacturing process. One or up to six laser/camera modules measure the cross-section of the moving profile. The compact, heavy-duty and industrial designed Speel 3000 is designed for applications requiring very high accuracy even at very high velocities, and is available for a measuring distance of 300mm (11.81"). Considering the length measurement, it reaches an accuracy of 0.05% or better. Zumbach Electronics Corp – USA Fax : +1 914 241 7096 Email : sales@zumbach.com Website : www.zumbach.com New technology from Zumbach

Wi-Fi, Wireless communication seems to be the trend of the Internet network. Despite Wi-Fi adapters/cards and USB wireless dongles replacing and minifying the wireless networking device, there are still some practical problems like signal receiving/transmitting range and ability on wireless networking PCB device without the auxiliary of an external antenna. Coaxial cable was originally used for networking but is applied in fields that require high conductivity and low attenuation of signal such as antenna cable, speaker audio cable, CATV cable, etc. In WLAN application, you can find the presence of coaxial cable as the linkage of antenna. It may also be found embedded within AP routers, laptops, cell phones and other electronics. Weiyang Co, Ltd is dedicated to coaxial cable manufacturing, focusing on flexible RF coaxial cable like RG 174/178/179/316, mini FEP Teflon coax 0.81/1.13/1.32/1.37/1.48mm, and low loss WY 100/195/200. Stable quality, flexible quantity, and short L/T are the most competitive features. Weiyang Co Ltd – Taiwan Fax : +886 2 22693325 The essential wire in ‘wireless’ applications WiMAX, WLAN, 3G network…

Email : sales@weiyang.com.tw Website : www.weiyang.com.tw

Diameter gauges with integrated fault detection

amongst others, minimum and maximum diameter values, ovality, etc. A complete line of gauges is available for dimensions between 0.25 and 550mm (0.01" to 21.65"). Advantages include double or even higher scan rates than before, ie more measurements per time unit; maximum fault detection (lumps/neckdowns) at increased line speeds; and FFT/SRL analysis with higher bandwidths. Zumbach Electronic AG – Switzerland Fax : +41 32 356 0430 Email : sales@zumbach.ch Website : www.zumbach.com

Zumbach Electronic has introduced the new ODAC® F line of laser gauges. The new series offers high-precision, non-contact laser diameter measurement with high scan rates and an integrated fault detection function. Combined with the powerful Zumbach USYS processors they can process up to 4,500 measurements per second from 3-axis scanners. A special laser beam geometry enables the detection and process of very small defaults or diameter variations. Up to 333 data packets per second can be processed forward to a higher

▲ ▲ The new line of laser gauges from Zumbach

level system. Data packets can include,

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EuroWire – May 2011