A readily accessible details complete line of NI products, including the LabVIEW 7 Express graphical development environment and a full line of data acquisition (DAQ) products.
The Measurement and Automation Catalogue 2004 from National Instruments, a leading resource for engineers and scientists seeking innovative virtual instrumentation solutions from NI, is now available both in print and on the Web. The NI catalogue is a readily accessible resource that details the complete line of NI products, including the NI LabVIEW 7 Express graphical development environment and a full line of data acquisition (DAQ) products, with comprehensive tutorials, detailed specifications and selection guides. The catalogue highlights NI software tools that work together to boost performance, simplify development and increase efficiency.

The catalogue also features new measurement hardware, such as the 100 MS/s mixed-signal suite of PXI instruments for rapid prototyping and test and NI Compact Vision Systems, which extend the power of LabVIEW Real-Time to a new rugged machine vision package that withstands harsh environments.

Engineers and scientists can find The Measurement and Automation Catalogue 2004 on the Web at ni.com/products, which includes detailed product specifications and services, customised configurations, local pricing information and online ordering.

With the online catalogue, users can conveniently search for products by keyword, model number and part number.

About National Instruments - National Instruments (ni.com) is a technology pioneer and leader in virtual instrumentation - a revolutionary concept that has changed the way engineers and scientists approach measurement and automation.

Leveraging the PC and its related technologies, virtual instrumentation increases productivity and lowers costs for customers worldwide through easy-to-integrate software, such as the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment, and modular hardware, such as PXI modules for data acquisition , instrument control and machine vision.

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 3,000 employees and direct operations in 40 countries.

In 2002, the company sold products to more than 25,000 different companies in more than 80 countries around the world.

Five models of vibratory bowl feeders offer many distinct tooling features built into basic bowl designs, with tracks varying in width and shape to accommodate different types of components.
Elscint manufactures five models of Vibratory Bowl Feeders, i.e 100, 160, 250, 400 and 630. The feeders offer many distinct tooling features built into the basic bowl designs, with tracks varying in width and shape to accommodate different types of components. Bowls: The Bowls have many distinct tooling features built into the basic bowl designs, with tracks varying in width and shape to accommodate different types of components.

These inherent features of the bowl are of great assistance, when bowl tooling is being developed to fulfill a specific tooling application.

The Bowls are made in either cast aluminium or stainless steel.

In stainless steel various types of bowls are available like conical, step design, cylindrical and outside taper bowl.

Drive - all drive units are correctly engineered to give stable performance at high speed with minimum maintenance.

Totally encapsulated type coils with adequate power for particular models, are used.

A removable guard/cover is provided for safety.

Control Unit - every drive unit is supplied with separate control box, with which, it is possible to control the speed of the feeder infinitely.

Standard units are suitable for electrical supply of 230V, 50 Hz.

Soft start controllers are available.

Accessories - various types of stands, X-Y Tables, Z adjustments, hoppers, level controllers, silos and sensors are available for all the models.

Application - Elscint Vibratory Bowls are suitable for feeding components for subsequent operations on special machines in cosmetic, electrical, mechanical, pharmaceutical, optical, bearing and many other industries.

The components can be plastic caps, spouts, capsules and electrical connectors, bearings as well as heavy parts such as anchor bolts, bearing races and metal sockets.

Even oily parts! Durability and performance are guaranteed due to our extensive in-house testing.

Elscint offers total design, tooling, and manufacturing services for custom vibratory feeders.

When an automation company planned its website, it said: ‘The site should be the first port of call for engineers, designers, safety managers…’. Today, the site gets 5000 users every month.
When LC Automation began planning their Internet site a couple of years ago, the initial design brief stated that; ‘The site should be the first port of call for engineers, designers, safety managers and anyone else who is looking for reliable and up to date information about Automation, Motion Control or Machinery Safety’. It was easy to say, but a lot harder to put into practise! Well the proof as they say, is in the pudding, and the websitehas proven to be so popular that they now have around 5000 users every month! Not only are visitors looking at the latest news articles, application and product information, but they are also downloading manufacturer PDF files in their thousands, last month alone visitors download over 4000 copies of at least one section from the Mitsubishi Concise brochure. And it’s not all first-time users either; between 15-20% are actually repeat visitors! Malcolm Chadwick, LC Automation’s Sales Director explains the success; ‘We never wanted lcautomation.com to be a pushy sales site, with lots of pop-ups advertising cut price this and that.

LC Automation is a technical distributor and we focus as much on our service and backup as the products we sell.

We wanted the website to reflect that, so the emphasis is on giving the best information and latest news in an interesting and informative way - that’s why the site has become so popular.’ So many visitors bookmark the site and come back time after time, that it’s not surprising that the volume of traffic has increased by 500% in the past 8 months.

‘We are focusing our efforts on continually updating the website.

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to make sure that all the content is correct and as up to date as possible.

No one wants to return to a site with poor information, broken links and dull, out of date content.

The website is really important to LC Automation, if we weren’t going to do it right in the first place - we wouldn’t do it at all!’ The site also allows visitors to register online, giving them access to the e-quote facility as well as receiving a regular, monthly news update from LC Automation.

Once every month, registered users receive an e-mail with brief articles about recent news stories and the latest new product developments.

Electron Gun Parts are very delicate and require careful handling, so Elscint provides PU lining for the the Vibratory Bowl Feeders used for them
Elscint Automation, the manufacturer of Vibratory bowl feeders in India, has developed a lot of expertise in feeding of Electron Gun Parts. These parts are very delicate and require careful handling. Orientation is difficult though speeds are not very high.

For this Elscint provides PU lining for the bowls.

For taking care of the critical orientation, the bowls are CNC Machined from Stainless Steel.

Due to the high and quick requirement for these types of Bowl Feeders, Elscint keeps such bowls in stock so that the delivery time is reduced.

They are available at a very reasonable price.

Innovative, modular, carriage and rail production system can be used by assembly, process and manufacturing companies to reduce costs and increase productivity.
THK, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of linear motion technology, has launched a completely new and innovative carriage and rail production system, that can be used by assembly, process and manufacturing companies to reduce costs and increase productivity. The new system is called the HMG Multi-motion Guide and essentially comprises a series of modular track or rail sections with the latest specification THK linear motion guide technology. Track sections are available in a wide range of lengths, widths and straight and curved formats, enabling almost any configuration of production track to be constructed, with single or multiple carriages or blocks being used to move and position workpieces allowing variable capacity.

Unlike traditional production track equipment, the HMG system uses purpose designed linear motion components to ensure that each carriage moves consistently and accurately regardless of the set-up of the rail.

This eliminates potential variations in tolerances between different sections of track and ensures a smooth, almost friction-less motion, with positional accuracy of within +/-0.1mm.

Typical track configurations are circular, U-shaped, L-shaped or S-shaped.

In each case, it is possible to make considerable savings in design and construction time and cost.

For example, a conventional rectangular production track typically incorporates a turntable at each corner to re-align pallets or workpieces; using the HMG system the turntable units can be replaced with a simple curved section of track, allowing the linear motion carriages to move in a continuous path.

Similarly, several rails can be mounted in parallel, while heavier loads can be accommodated by using multiple rails or carriages.

The linear motion guides are robust, high performance units and are capable of being loaded in radial, reverse-radial and lateral directions, with a maximum static load rating of 66.7kN on a single carriage.

They are low maintenance and have a long operating life; a range of options including scraper seals is also available.

A measurement amplifier simplifies two-channel manufacturing and testing processes, such as press-fit monitoring, to ensure greater fitting accuracy.
The new MP85 measurement amplifier from HBM simplifies two-channel manufacturing and testing processes, such as press-fit monitoring, by checking two inter-related signals ensuring the optimum combination is obtained for greater fitting accuracy. This is beneficial, for example, during the press fitting of bearings or sleeves, when the applied force can be checked against the displacement curve, to give clear guidance on the process quality. Similar two-channel processes happen when monitoring clinching and fitting during assembly tasks.

The MP85 can also be used for monitoring rotational torque or angle curves in component and function testing, or for circularity tests where the rotational angle and displacement must be evaluated.

Almost any sensor can be connected to the MP85, such as strain gages, inductive or incremental transmitters, and SSI transducers.

The MP85 uses high-performance algorithms for curve evaluation with a maximum of nine predefined windows for each curve, or one master curve with envelope as evaluation criteria.

Users have the option of switching between absolute and relative reference co-ordinates to simplify parameter setting.

The MP85 uses digital I/Os to save statistics on component quality, either on a PC or an internal MMC card for later archiving.

The MP85 is available in a Profibus version, the MP85DP, ensuring optimum connectivity in the automation environment through canopen and Profibus interfaces or digital I/Os.

To complement its amplifiers, HBM supplies a complete range of force, pressure and displacement transducers and torque flanges for comprehensive monitoring of production processes.

About HBM - HBM is a globally operating company specializing in test and measurement.

HBM provides complete measurement solutions - from sensor to software - based on high quality products as strain gages, load cells, tranducers, signal conditioning and data acquisition electronics and software.

With development and manufacturing operations in Europe, America and Asia, HBM provides measurement solutions to a wide variety of companies in the automotive, aerospace, marine, rail transport, medical equipment, packaging, appliance, automation, and scale industries.

With a 50 year history of quality and precision products, the HBM name has become synonymous with ‘Measurement with Confidence.

Featuring a radical new design, latest brochure gives a colourful introduction and technical information on software, networks, PLC’s, HMI’s, inverters, motion control and robots.
Featuring a radical new design, the latest issue gives a colourful introduction to the Mitsubishi range before giving more technical information on Software, Networks, PLC’s, HMI’s, Inverters, Motion and Servo systems, Low voltage products and Robots. The Concise Version 6 brochure is the essential information resource for any Mitsubishi Electric user, giving a useful overview of the full Automation and Motion control product ranges. The eagerly awaited Concise Version 6 has just been launched and is now available from LC Automation - the largest supplier of Mitsubishi Electric products in the UK.

Featuring a radical new design, the latest issue gives a colourful introduction to the Mitsubishi range before giving more technical information on Software, Networks, PLC’s, HMI’s, Inverters, Motion and Servo systems, Low voltage products and Robots.

It also includes a short form price list and information on the many resources available on the Mitsubishi websites, making it easily the most user friendly Concise ever! It also highlights the innovative new products that are now available from Mitsubishi including the excellent MX4 SCADA software and the Alpha 2 family of compact controllers.

A vibratory bowl feeder that feeds flare nuts in two rows to flaring machines at up to 300 parts/min avoids the need for having to use a second feeder when two rows are wanted.
Elscint Automation, the ISO 9001:2000 certified vibratory bowl feeder manufacturer from India manufactures a vibratory bowl feeder for feeding of flare nuts to flaring machines in double rows. Elscint has a lot of expertise in feeding of flare nuts and in this type of vibratory bowl feeder, two rows of flare nuts can be fed side by side in separate orientation in each row. This gives more output and eliminates the need of a separate bowl feeder when two rows of flare nuts are required.

For this, either the Elscint Vibratory Bowl Feeder Model 250 or Model 400 can be used.

Feed rates or the speeds that can be achieved can be as high as 300 parts/min.

A vibratory bowl feeder for feeding of special plastics caps where the diameter of the cap head was equal to the height of the cap and where the orientation of the cap is particularly difficult.
Elscint Automation, the ISO 9001:2000 certified vibratory bowl feeder manufacturer from India manufactures a vibratory bowl feeder for feeding of special plastics caps where the diameter of the cap head was equal to the height of the cap. Due to these dimensions, achieving the required orientation of open side facing ground for the caps is very difficult and in fact a lot of bowl feeder manufacturers proclaim their inability to orient the same. However, the experienced bowl tooling engineers at Elscint have developed a standard bowl for feeding these types of caps in precisely the manner in which they were required at a very high feed rate of 150 caps per minute.

For this, either the Elscint Vibratory Bowl Feeder Model 250 or Model 400 can be used.

Packing and capping machine manufacturers have this type of requirement.

Elscint vibratory bowl feeders are already the preferred choice amongst the leading manufacturers of such machines in India and they are now getting popular even amongst manufacturers in Europe.

Updated factory automation catalogue features more than 500,000 components in a multitude of size increments, materials and mechanical specifications.
Available now from Misumi is an updated factory automation catalogue, featuring more than 500,000 components in a multitude of size increments, materials and mechanical specifications. Available now from Misumi is an updated factory automation catalogue, featuring more than 500,000 components in a multitude of size increments, materials and mechanical specifications. CAD data are available for the majority of parts.

According to Misumi Marketing Engineer Barry Cox: ‘Not only is our product range huge but the individual size range for each component is truly vast’.

‘In the majority of cases you can choose a component size in increments from as low as 0.01mm’.

‘We have literally hundreds of thousands of sizes’.

‘Behind this huge range of products exists a logistics expertise that allows us to guarantee delivery for most items in just 6-8 working days’.

‘We are also aware that many machine builders only require small quantities of parts’.

Therefore we impose no minimum order quantity or value on any order you place with us’, Cox concludes.