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Editor's Pick
| Achieving and maintaining a competitive edge in today’s market requires strategy and flexibility. It also requires foresight and stick-to-itiveness. This digest looks at an innovative product that can help reduce downtime by supporting predictive maintenance. It also looks at the distinction between copper clad aluminum cables over aluminum or copper. There is an invitation to register for German Technology Day, an event occurring soon with locations in Toronto and Montreal, and it looks at the most recent products and news stories that are impacting industry today in Canada and around the world. Enjoy reading! |
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Predictive Maintenance Reduces Downtime
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Predictive Maintenance Reduces Downtime
Omron’s innovative thermal condition monitor offers continuous thermal monitoring of critical components. The K6PM is compact and can perform thermal monitoring on high-voltage control panels, transformers, hydraulic equipment, data centres, bearings, gearboxes, and more. It utilizes a controller with a built-in display and remotely mounted thermal imaging cameras, automating what previously was a manual... Read More... |
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Copper Clad Aluminium (CCA)
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CCA Conductors Instead of Aluminium or Copper?
Copper conductors are typically preferred for most cables and wires due to their high conductivity, flexibility, tensile strength, and cost-effectiveness. These qualities make copper the ideal choice for a variety of applications. In some cases, conductors made of aluminum are used, particularly in energy transmission. However, aluminum has a conductivity of only about 63 percent when compared to copper. This results in... Read More... |
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Sponsored Content
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Soil Reclamation Unit Helps Save Environment
In emergency situations, such as during hazardous fires, people may have little time to react and often implement the best measures at hand to save lives and infrastructure. Because of this, the first measures introduced often focus on mitigating the immediate threat and do not consider the long term. Read More... |
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New Safety Locking Devices PSENmlock Mini and PSENslock 2
When protecting guards, there are various factors to consider, depending on the application. For example, the type of safety gate, the respective installation situation and how it is used. With this in mind, Pilz is adding two new sensors to its portfolio of safety locking devices – PSENmlock mini for space-critical applications and PSENslock 2 with optimized hygienic design, as well as new versions with... Read More... |
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Perforex Milling Terminal MT S from Rittal
Perforex Milling Terminal MT S speeds up lead times during mechanical machining of the smallest enclosures and panels up to a large enclosure. Hole-drilling, thread-tapping and cut-outs in all machinable materials such as steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper and plastic. Profitability and process acceleration from a batch size of just 1. Benefit from new features for your housing and flat part machining... Read More... |
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Green Range 221 Series Splicing Connector from WAGO
Nothing is too small to make a positive impact on our environment. Therefore, WAGO has reimagined one of their best-known products – the 221 Series Splicing Connector. A variant made of partially bio-circular and recycled plastics has been created to keep existing resources in circulation. The connector thus lays a more sustainable footprint right at the start of the installation. Benefits of the 211 Series... Read More... |
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PMAC Platform Solves Unique Challenges for Users
A leading automation solutions provider Omron Automation has expanded the Programmable Multi-Axis Controllers (PMAC) portfolio. Designed to facilitate ease of use, the PMAC platform encompasses a range of form factors that enable seamless integration into specialized machinery. A few of the key additions made to the PMAC platform are the CK5M, CK3M Laser Module, CK3C, and CK3A. The PMAC... Read More... |
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Transformation
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Welcome to German Technology Day 2023!
German Technology Day is back again, bigger than ever this year with twenty-two prominent German companies with expertise in automation and advanced manufacturing. Canada’s fifth German Technology Day series will occur on October 26, 2023, at Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, and on November 16, 2023, at Courtyard Montreal Airport. Beckhoff, Bosch Rexroth, Buerkert, Eplan, Euchner, Fraba, ifM, KUKA, Murrelektronik... Read More... |
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Sponsored Content
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ABB Motion Services Lifecycle Management Solutions for ACS800 Drives
ABB Motion Services brings together over 130 years of experience with manufacturing and servicing motors, and more than 40 years of experience with drives, across a wide range of industries to provide a new level of long-term partnership and deliver measurable results, now and in the future. ABB’s Preventive Maintenance for drives includes regular on-site inspections and components replacement according to the ACS800 maintenance schedule. |
This time-proven method will tackle maintenance costs and optimize uptime for your ACS800.
- Key benefits:
- Lowers operational costs
- Minimizes unexpected shutdowns
- Allows timely maintenance planning according to your operation schedule
- Reduces risk of expensive, unscheduled downtime
Learn More... |
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Guillevin Strategies and Solutions
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Enhancing Experience With Comprehensive Website
In today’s customer-centric business climate, creative solutions are needed to provide customers with the seamless experience they’re looking for. By offering a comprehensive, easy-to-use website that meets the diverse needs of its customers, Guillevin meets this challenge. With the aim of building lasting relationships with its customers, the website serves as a platform that not only simplifies the purchasing... Read More... |
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Murrelektronik Surge Suppression Devices
AutomationDirect has added new Murrelektronik surge suppression devices that help protect and lengthen the life of motors, contactors, relays, solenoids, and PLC outputs. These new surge suppression devices support a variety of applications and provide protection from voltage spikes and electromagnetic noise caused by inductive loads. New additions include universal surge suppressors that reduce high... Read More... |
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Noark Releases Woehner Busbar Adapters for MCCBs
Beginning in September 2023, Noark Electric has added busbar adapter solutions for our Molded Case Circuit Breakers to their portfolio of offerings. These Busbar adapters provide a faster and easier installation of Noark products for clients that are looking to leverage MCCB technologies in their power system designs. These new Busbar adapters are being supplied through Woehner, a global partner for energy... Read More... |
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Kollmorgen Expands its Line of Certified Explosion-Proof
Kollmorgen, a global leader in motion control systems, has announced ATEX certification and IECEx/cETLus listing for the explosion-proof Goldline EBH 480 Vac servo motor. These new explosion-proof approvals for the high-voltage Goldline EBH servo motor exemplify Kollmorgen’s commitment to advancing the state of the art in motion control and meeting the most demanding application requirements... Read More... |
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RHINO PSRP and PSRT Series Switch-Mode Power Supplies
AutomationDirect has added RHINO PRO PSRP and RHINO TOUGH PSRT series power supplies to their extensive selection of switching power supplies. The PSRP series power supplies feature a sleek, space-saving design with push-in connectors, a rugged aluminum housing, and many DC power options including: Single-phase input unit with 12 VDC output at 120 Watts, Single-phase input models with 24... Read More... |
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- ABB Survey Reveals Unplanned Downtime Costs $242,000 CAD Per Hour
According to the new “Value of Reliability” survey from ABB, 68% of industrial businesses experience unplanned outages at least once a month, compared to 69 percent globally. This costs the typical Canadian business* close to 242,000 CAD per hour, compared to 170,000 CAD globally. Despite this, 19% percent of Canadian businesses surveyed still rely on run-to-fail maintenance. The survey, conducted by Sapio Research...
- Ontario Investing in Hydrogen to Fuel Province’s Growing Economy
The Ontario government announced the first six projects that will receive funding through the new Hydrogen Innovation Fund, which will kickstart and develop opportunities for low-carbon hydrogen to serve as a clean fuel while strengthening the province’s reliable, affordable and clean electricity grid. The successful projects represent $7.5 million in funding and mark another milestone in the implementation of the....
- Alstom's Successful Demo of Hydrogen-Powered Train in North America
Alstom has announced the first results of North America’s first demonstration of hydrogen-powered trains. The Coradia iLint carried more than 10,000 passengers, over 130 trips spanning 10,660 kilometres in Quebec this summer from mid-June to the end of September. The demonstration saved our railway partner an estimated 8,400 litres of diesel and averted 22 tons of CO2 emissions compared to the diesel trains that...
- Endress+Hauser Customer Experience Centre Adds LEED Gold Certification
Endress+Hauser Canada’s Customer Experience Centre, which opened officially last year, has added LEED Gold certification to its growing list of achievements and accolades as a pace-setter for new sustainable design and construction. LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is an international symbol of sustainability excellence and green building leadership. Achieving LEED Gold certification...
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Featured Video
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Panduit Bulk Fiber Optic Cable
Panduit offers Bulk Fiber Optic Cables for indoor and outdoor plant and other applications. Physical infrastructure is a strategic foundation that can help futureproof your business. Panduit’s industrial electrical and network infrastructure ensures smart, scalable, and efficient connectivity solutions across the enterprise to help you compete and succeed in a constantly evolving global marketplace.
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Featured Video
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HPS Power Quality Products
Good power quality is important to maintain critical operations, improve energy efficiency and prevent premature equipment failure. Examples of poor power quality include harmonic distortion, reflected wave voltage, and low power factor. HPS products include active harmonic filters, passive harmonic filters, dV/dT filters, line and load reactors, drive isolation transformers, harmonic mitigating transformers and multi-pulse transformers.
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