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Robust LED strip lights
RET is expanding its LED lighting portfolio with the new versatile
WLS27 series from Banner Engineering. Featuring a shatterproof,
UV-stabilized, polycarbonate shell,WLS27 LED strip lights are ideal
for machinery and workplace lighting in harsh indoor and outdoor
applications. Designed with the same durable, low-profile design
and efficiency as Banner’s work light strip family,WLS27 LED strip
lights are optimal for mounting even in narrow installation situ-
ations. The hygienic design in a robust round housing meets the
high requirements in the food industry, as well as in the machine
tool or in the area of mobile machinery.TheWLS27 LED strip lights
are suitable even for applications in the semiconductor industry,
requiring a laminar air flow.
The WLS27 LED strip lights resist exposure to high-pressure,
high-temperature water, solvents, cutting oils and a broad range
of chemicals. They are available in rugged, water resistant IP67
and IP69K construction. An internal temperature monitoring circuit
protects the device in extreme
conditions, ensuring the light
does not satisfy di-
verse applications, the WLS27
is available in eight lengths
from 145 mm to 1130 mm and
multiple colour illumination
options, including single, dual,
dimmable and cascadable con-
figurations. Colour options include cool white, warm white, red,
green, blue and yellow. WLS27 LED strip lights are offered with
flexible mounting options, allowing users to deploy them in areas
and applications where other lights may not fit.
Enquiries: RET Automation Controls.
BrandonTopham.Tel. +27 (0) 11 453 2468
or email
Entry of mechanics into the digital world
Siemens unveiled its digital measurement
technology for gears, Flender Gearlog, for
the first time at Hannover Messe 2016 held
inApril.This new technology entails the cap-
ture of values relating to rotational speed,
torque, temperature and in the future also
vibration by special sensors. The system
adds up these readings in parallel with
machine capacity utilisation.The measure-
ment results are logged, saved and digitally
depicted in compressed form. Operators
are able to visualise the results at any time
or read them out in the form of a dataset.
The measurements enable conclusions
to be drawn about the applied load and
loading capacity of gears when used in
specific applications.The full transparency
of operating data means it can be used
to identify possible sources of damage,
capacity reserves and overloading in the
measured gear. Flender Gearlog allows
application-specific load collectives, which
often vary for operational reasons, to be
matched against the operational stability
of individual gear components and also
other elements of the drive train. In this way,
customers can find an optimum standard
gear ‒ working machine match.
Flender Gearlog comprises a software
solution linked to a hardware component
and sensor equipment coordinated in line
with the gear. Siemens also offers services
such as installation and commissioning, se-
cure access to all data, regular evaluation of
data and status reports. Special algorithms
are used to compress the time signals and
depict wide-ranging information relating to
operating data on a digital basis. If thresh-
old values are exceeded, Flender Gearlog
also records time signals, allowing any
detected overloads, for instance, to be ad-
ditionally analysed.The measurements can
be performed on all available Flender gears,
both catalogue and non-standard types, for
instance for the mining, cement or oil and
gas industry, for wind turbines and cranes.
Flender Gearlog represents the first entry
of a mechanical component into the digital
world of industry.
Enquiries:
Email
RFID antennas for automation and conveying
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The new robust RFID antennas have been developed especially for the requirements in
automation and conveying technology. In combination with the antenna adapters, they
ensure excellent operating distances for more reading reliability even under adverse in-
stallation conditions. Data access to the transponders is fast and simple, via the provided
function blocks as well as directly via the process image of the controller. All evaluation
units have an integrated web server. Users can log in via an HTTP address to fully access
the device. Each evaluation unit offers four sockets to connect up to four RFID antennas.
Optionally, unused RFID antenna inputs can also be used for the control of outputs or the
detection of digital input signals.Two digital sensors can be connected to each socket set as
an input; and an actuator to each output.The ifm RFID evaluation units offer a wide range
of industrial fieldbus interfaces. RFID-based identification tasks can easily be integrated
into SAP/ERP systems. The industrially compatible connection technology ‘ecolink’ en-
sures quick and reliable connection of antennas and sensors to the RFID evaluation units.
Enquiries: Alwyn Skelton.Tel. 27 (0) 12 450 0400 E-mail:
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