Industrial Factory Automation

TDK-Lambda has compiled a custom power solutions brochure, profiling the company's custom-power-supply capabilities across the EMEA region. Martin Southam, director of marketing for TDK-Lambda Europe, said: 'TDK-Lambda's custom power solutions range from full bespoke designs, modified standards and brick-on-board products covering 0.6V to 50kV, 1W to 50kW, AC-DC and DC-DC. TDK-Lambda uses a stage-gate design-review process to manage the development of custom power solutions, with full customer involvement throughout.

Meco Shaft Seals from FTL Technology offer clean and cost-effective sealing solutions for a variety of food processes. Originally developed for sealing dry powders in screw conveyors, Meco seals have evolved to fill sealing needs for a variety of food-processing machinery. Meco seals handle dry powders, pastes, slurries and liquids in most food-processing industries. FDA-approved materials are used and some models can be configured for explosive atmospheres and certified, if needed, for Atex service. Meco seals permit 6mm diametric shaft eccentricity (runout), ensuring product containment in mixing equipment. The seals eliminate packing and associated abrasion, product leakage and product contamination. The Meco seals' low purge air consumption keeps loss in weight systems accurate and can increase process efficiency by improving vacuum containment. Designed for quick and easy cleaning and sanitising, Meco seals help maintain product purity. Seals and rebuild components are availa...

Q-Sys offers a complete design-and-build service for all types of precision motion and positioning systems. Q-Sys aims to fill the gap between standard catalogue motion products and real-world applications. Instead of trying to create a solution for a complex motion task from components designed for mass production, Q-Sys enables engineers to obtain exactly what best suits their needs - bespoke, high-accuracy motion equipment. By exploring the real requirements of the application, Q-Sys said its engineers can offer high-performance but cost-effective solutions to today's demanding motion systems needs. This may result in a custom design to directly meet the customer's specification. However, more often than not, the solution will use one or more elements from previous designs. These are carefully selected to ensure the most cost-effective solution. The company said that this technique has proved successful, not only for one-off special-purpose systems, but also in producing th...