Plant & Works Engineering April 2022

Controls and automation specialist, CARLO GAVAZZI will make its debut appearance at this year’s Drives and Controls exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC on 5 - 7 April 2022 on stand no. G74 - the UK’s must-attend and leading event for drives, power transmission and motion control.The Carlo Gavazzi team will present HDMS, a radical single-phase motor starter that can start a motor without the need for a start capacitor, also on show will be the latest technological innovations and advantages of IO-Link Sensors. Visitors will also see: IO Link Sensor Range, SSR’s and Energy Management solutions. Will Darby, Carlo Gavazzi explains: “New technologies will undoubtedly increase efficiency and output; we can show how these advances in technology will implement operational improvements whilst improving productivity and energy usage.” t | 01276 854110 e | alison_stevens@carlogavazzi.co.uk w | www.carlogavazzi.co.uk In the port city of Yeosu in South Korea, pump optimisation specialist RIVENTA says it has created significant savings at a global tyre manufacturer’s water pumping plant, including an annual energy reduction of 13%. For a pressurised system that circulates cooling water for synthetic rubber processing, Riventa utilised its FREEFLOW technology and Green Pump Index (GPX) benchmarking system to simultaneously monitor five pumps. For 150 hours, system pressure was measured, together with flow rate and head combinations to pinpoint how effectively the pumps could meet the varying demands of the system. By fully understanding the operation of the system and how the pumps interacted with it, Riventa was also able to calculate optimum performance and make potential GPX Recommendations. w | www.riventa.com Large control cabinet space requirements, bulky cable trays, and complicated distributor box installation: When motors in conveyor systems are safely turned off in the traditional manner, the wiring and energy distribution involved is typically very complex. WIELAND ELECTRIC wanted to reduce the complexity in installation and make it more user friendly. This motivation eventually led to the development of the motor starter podis MS 5HP. The extremely compact, robust, and user-friendly drive component includes an integrated STO (Safe Torque Off) function that, when activated, renders the connected motor torque-free and allows the power supply to be completely disconnected from the emergency stop circuits. As a result, STO circuits no longer need to be routed over long distances to a central distributor and assigned to a specific energy branch. t | 01483 531213 w | www.wieland.co.uk CARL KAMMERLING NTERNATIONAL (CKI), the home of C.K Tools, says it is giving the electrical and industrial trade another reason to have access to the best tools for the job through its 2022 Fusion. Live now and running until the 27 May 2022, Fusion is offering tradespeople and contractors a welcome discount with 170 products on promotion across the C.K Tools, C.K Magma, C.K Classic, Avit and Kasp Security brands. With discounts of up to 54% at participating stockists, CKI is also making five new products, two new tool kits and three exclusive bundles available for a limited time only as part of the deal, rendering this the business’ most standout Fusion promotion to date. Visit www.pwemag.co.uk for full details. To find your nearest stockist visit: www.ck-tools.com/find-a-stockist www.ck-magma.com www.avit-tools.com/Stockist_Directory/ www.kaspsecurity.co.uk/stockist-search/ 2022 ‘Fusion’ promotion launched Ball bearing and bearing assemblies are vital motion control components within a huge range of industrial and manufacturing machines. The rapidly increasing demands of robotics and advanced automation has seen the development of more compact, lightweight thin section bearings and these high precision components have become essential across many industries. For example, aerospace, defence, satellite systems, optical lenses, semi- conductor manufacturing to camera gimbals. Oxfordshire based precision bearings specialist CARTER MANUFACTURING is the European Distributor for Silverthin Precision Thin Section Bearings and offers many years of experience in the application and use of thin section bearings. Carter can provide application advice on all aspects of its Silverthin thin section bearings so is well placed to deal with design challenges where space is at a premium. t | 01865 821 720 e | sales@carterbearings.co.uk w | www.carterbearings.co.uk/bearings/thin-section- Thin section bearings Complete solutions for the future Pump system optimisation TREND NETWORKS has launched LanTEK IV-S, and says it is its fastest, most powerful and easy to use copper and fibre cable certifier to date. “LanTEK IV-S has double the power of the original LanTEK IV model, which was a trailblazer when it was first introduced in 2019,” says Tim Widdershoven, marketing director for TREND Networks. “LanTEK IV-S builds on the exceptional functionality and reliability of the original model, with a new dual core processor, new 3.0 operating system software and twice as much memory storage, enabling 5,000 tests to be saved.” The company says testing links with LanTEK IV-S can now be done 16% more quickly and to help manage the test data, the best-in-class TREND AnyWARE Cloud system has also received a major speed improvement powered by Microsoft Azure. w | www.trend-networks.com 40 | Plant & Works Engineering www.pwemag.co.uk April 2022 Process, Controls & Plant Superior safety with minimal effort Cable certifier power doubled