On-site food waste bio-digester uses Variohm level switch

The Waste2O bio-digester is a safe and environmentally friendly food waste management system for commercial food service operators. Designed and manufactured by Mechline Developments Ltd in Milton Keynes, the innovative machine processes up to 180kg of soft, organic food waste and in 24 hours reduces it to waste water that is completely suitable for disposal using normal drains and sewers. To reliably ensure the correct fill level of this automatic and easy to use machine, Mechline use a Measurement Specialities LS403 series horizontal side entry level sensor - and they insist that it is supplied by Variohm EuroSensor.

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Energy-efficient frequency converters for bioenergy plant

Maabjerg BioEnergy in Holstebro, Denmark, has established itself as a world leader in the production of environmentally friendly and sustainable energy. 150 VLT drives helps the plant achieve its efficiency goals.

Universal Robot is a star attraction at Honda's Tech Fest

Programming a brand new conventional robot to perform a pick and place sequence would typically require considerable time investment and even the services of an expert. To integrate a second robot - so the two would perform that task in tandem - takes the complexity to another level of magnitude.

Atlas Copco compressors perform under polar conditions

Winter temperatures at Norway's remote Sydvaranger iron ore mine can plunge to -35degC. To keep things moving the mine relies on air dryers, oil-injected rotary screw compressors and oil-free compressors from Atlas Copco. Sydvaranger had three main reasons for choosing Atlas Copco as their supplier: "reliability, life-cycle cost and energy efficiency".

LabVIEW and CompactRIO used in scrum mechanics study

A 3-year research project, completed by the Rugby Science Group at Bath University and funded by the International Rugby Board (IRB), has contributed to recent changes in the law of scrummaging, with a new "˜crouch, bind, set' engagement sequence. Data collected from cameras, player-mounted pressure sensors and accelerometers, using National Instruments CompactRIO, show that this new engagement sequence reduces initial scrum forces by 25 per cent, making scrummaging safer and less prone to collapsing with time-consuming restarts.

tGard customisable safety system for robotic palletiser cells

Fortress Interlocks explains how its new tGard customisable safety system can be applied to the safeguarding or robotic palletiser cells and other hazardous machinery.

Compressor overhaul completed in 9-day maintenance marathon

Atlas Copco's ZH compressor plays a critical role at the Solvay hydrogen peroxide factory in Póvoa de Santa Iria, Portugal. When the 80 000-hour unit needed an overhaul that would require it to be out of service for 3 weeks, Atlas Copco and Solvay technicians developed a plan to complete the maintenance project in 9 days of intense work.

Mitsubishi robot emulates intuitive human cake-icing movements

Solving a long-standing automation problem in cake decoration has also produced a groundbreaking development that could be taken up across a whole range of other industries. Quasar Automation wanted to create a system that can neatly apply icing or other embellishments to cakes regardless of irregularities and imperfections in the cakes' surface. To achieve this they have integrated a ceiling-mounted food-safe robot from Mitsubishi Electric with a vision system and data processing software from Scorpion Vision.

High-density PXI multiplexer used in aircraft lightning testing

Pickering Interfaces has announced that a major UK manufacturer of aircraft engine control units recently awarded them a contract for a large quantity of High-Density PXI Multiplexers (model #40-651) as the switching system for use in its new automated production test systems. These systems will be used to test FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Controller) lightning-strike protection components on Airbus' A330 and A350 as well as Boeing's Dreamliner aircraft.