Tech Briefs Magazine - June 2022 - Sensor-24

Octoplant Data
Management Platform
AUVESY-MDT, Landau in
Industrial Gateway
der
Pfalz,
Germany, is releasing octoplant, the next
level of development of the versiondog and
AutoSave solution. Octoplant is a new data
management platform that provides a vendor-independent and comprehensive
view of all automation backup processes involving OT and
IT. Users are protected against production downtime, data loss, and
also experience significantly increased cyber security. Consisting of
eight function sets, octoplant is tailored to different industrial needs
and uses dashboards to display the various statuses of the plant clearly
and precisely.
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Retro-Reflective
Photoelectric Sensor
The new 36 sensor series from Leuze
Electronics, Inc, New Hudson, MI, detects
objects even at large operating ranges.
They detect objects with different optical
properties - even at a great distance, with vibration, ambient lighting,
or soiling. The advantage for system manufacturers and operators: The
cost-optimized 36 series is an economically attractive solution, especially
in the case of highly automated systems with a large number of
sensors. They are available as retro-reflective photoelectric sensors (up
to 17 meters).
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Motion Control System
Optimal Engineering Systems, Inc (OES),
Van Nuys, CA, is introducing the FIGARO
series motion control system to complement
Optimal Engineering Systems' growing line
of single and multi-axis positioning stages. It is an easy-to-use, plug-andplay,
cost effective solution motion controller. The standard 1, 2, 3, and
4 axis FIGARO Motion Control Systems are available as compact, countertop
enclosures or 19-inch rack mounts (shown) for stepper motors,
dc servo motors with quadrature incremental encoders, three-phase
brushless dc servo motors with quadrature incremental encoders, Hall
effect Sensors, or voice coil motors with linear encoders. Additionally,
the FIGARO series can be configured with any combination of drivers
for steppers, dc servos, and bldc motors.
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Asset Health Monitoring
Sensata Technologies, Swindon,
UK, announced the new Sensata IQ
platform that makes it easy to deploy
asset health monitoring to prevent
unplanned downtime within manufacturing environments. Sensata IQ
delivers a cost effective, easy-to-install solution that enables factory
managers and maintenance engineers to intuitively monitor all their
assets from anywhere, including on a smartphone, PC, or tablet. The
cloud-based platform uses artificial intelligence to process data from a
broad portfolio of Sensata IoT devices and qualified third-party sensors
to gain insights into the health of each asset. Sensata IQ, enables plant
managers to get reliable and easy-to understand alerts regarding their
facility's equipment health before assets fail.
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The Industrial Gateway from Weidmuller Inc.,
Richmond, VA, provides a cost-effective, flexible
solution for every system integrator, whether you
are moving toward digitalization and Industry 4.0,
connecting legacy devices, or integrating new machines.
With the capability of supporting up to 12
protocols simultaneously, the Industrial Gateway,
serving as a client/master (only), can establish communication across
multiple data sources, move thousands of tags, and bridge communication
gaps between Ethernet and/or serial devices, all within one gateway.
It includes an integrated web-based configuration - no additional programming
software is required.
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Pre-Calibrated Linear
Position Sensors
Pre-Calibrated Linear Position Sensors
from NewTek Sensor Solutions, Pennsauken,
NJ, serve as long-term replacements for potentiometers.
As potentiometers rely on mechanical contact to provide
position feedback, components wear out and are affected by heat, vibration,
and humidity, making output progressively noisier and unreliable
over time. Non-contacting and with no parts to wear out, NewTek LVDT
Position Sensors offer frictionless operation and do not drift or get noisy
even over extended periods. The excellent repeatability, temperature resistance,
and resolution of LVDTs are critical for industrial applications that
require measurement of very small movements such as TIR measurements,
thermal expansion, and dimension quality.
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Chromatic Confocal Non-Contact Sensor
Marposs Corp., Auburn Hills, MI, has announced
the availability of its high-performance
STIL MPLS-DM sensor. This non-contact
sensor enables very fast, high-resolution
gauging of distance, roughness, thickness, and
shape of all materials including transparent
and polished mirror surfaces such as glass, plastic, or silicon wafers, as well
as liquids such as paint film. The MPLS-DM provides high quality control
and working frequencies up to 2kHz in standard mode or up to 6kHz with
a reduced range of the sensor. It offers 180 measuring points aligned along
a line ranging from 1 to 12 millimeters and minimum measurable thickness
capability of 18 µm to 300 µm, depending upon the model.
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Multi-Frequency GNSS
Receiver
A GPS/GNSS positioning receiver from
Septenrio NV, Leuven Belgium, provides
accurate and affordable navigation. But it is
crucial to understand vulnerabilities of these sensors and the effect they
could have on the navigation system. They are used for automation and
robotization in many industries, from agriculture and delivery drones to
self-driving cars. Spoofing is a real threat to GNSS-based INS systems, so it
is critical that receivers are designed to be resilient to GNSS vulnerabilities
such as jamming and spoofing. Taking advantage of robust GNSS technology
is also cost effective, allowing companies to focus their development on
sensor fusion and navigation.
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