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APLEX realised that the global automation market needs a human-machine interface (HMI) which is highly expandable and customisable to satisfy a broad range of industries and applications. Designed for customers who need perfect integration, the ARCHMI series can be tailored to meet a wide range of end-user requirements. The ARCHMI series features IP65-rated flat panels, fanless enclosures, multi-touch capability, extensive expansion options, optional wide temperature support, optional sunlight readable anti-scratch screens, and optional optical bonding.

The ARCHMI series can be customised with a variety of I/O expansion modules and connectivity options. Eleven TB-528 series Mini-PCIe expansion modules are available and providing support for LAN, USB, and COM ports, as well as POE and CANbus.

The ARCHMI series is available with 7-inch~32-inch TFT-LCD displays and supports both resistive or projected capacitive touchscreens. The optional optical bonding of the LCD screen minimizes reflections, reduces condensation, and eliminates any dust between the layers to provide a longer service life with improved appearance. Constructed in a corrosion resistance aluminium heatsink style die-cast enclosure, the ARCHMI Series inherently provides very effective fanless thermal cooling. The design also allows easy access to the system’s internal hard disk or solid-state drive storage device. With Intel processor support for Celeron N2930 and 6th Gen. Core i3/i5 with up to 16GB of memory the ARCHMI Series can be optimised to meet the computing requirements of any application. In addition, a wide range 9~36VDC input voltage allows the ARCHMI Series to be power from almost any power source.

Industrial automation has evolved significantly in recent years and the ARCHMI Series has been designed to keep up with the challenges of Industry 4.0 and IoT. While the ARCHMI Series focuses on smart factory automation it is equally at home in commercial environments including building control, transportation, retailing and education.

In order to move doors, monitors, or even panels, users rely on lateral installation of the linear systems. To enable the linear guides to absorb these lateral forces better, igus has now developed a new hybrid linear system. Two hybrid bearings provide low-friction adjustment with polymer rollers and tribo-polymer slide elements. Combined with an easily fit rail adapted to the new roller bearings, Treotham offers a cost-effective and visually appealing complete solution.

In the packaging industry, furniture technology, or even in machine tools: drylin linear guides can be found wherever movement is required. On tribologically optimised liners, the linear carriages slide on the rail, ensuring precise and longlasting adjustment. If a low driving force is required for manual adjustments, rollers are used in the bearing element. Especially for a lateral installation, the position of the rollers for the force absorption is crucial.

As a solution for such applications, igus has now developed two new hybrid roller bearings, which offer smooth adjustment with low drive forces and maximum support at the same time. The WJRM-41-10 has two offset polymer rollers with optimised alignment for better force absorption and easier rolling. The hybrid roller bearing WJRM-31-10 with single roller is in turn the matching, supporting bearing on the opposite side. By using the two roller bearings, the user can minimise the coefficient of friction by half and increase the service life of the application. In both bearings, in addition to the rollers, there are sliding elements made of the low-friction tribo-polymer iglidur J. The lubrication-free and maintenance-free material is characterised primarily by its low coefficient of friction in dry operation. Both bearings can be positioned at the desired bearing clearance. These are very cost-effective if the bearings are produced in the zinc die-casting process.

Using a top plate, the two new roller bearings from Treotham can be expanded to a linear carriage. To ensure that the bearings can also be used on the appropriate guide, igus has developed a low-profile hybrid roller rail. This has a special geometry optimised for the hybrid roller bearing. The rail has a simple design without visible holes and is able to attach from the back with sliding blocks. This makes the new rail in combination with the hybrid roller bearing ideal for lateral installation, for example in kitchen and furniture construction as well as in machine tools or in jig construction.

BOGE has recently released their new C-2 series model oil injected screw compressors. Based on the very robust C and CL range these new models give customers a much greater variety of options to tailor a specific cost-efficient solution for their business.

The new BOGE C-2 range include a 11, 15, 18.5 and 22kW sizes with belt drive for fixed speed machines and direct drive for VSD machines. Options include base mount versions, integrated dryers or both of the above on a 500L air receiver.

The advanced BOGE compact module provides increased free air delivery with minimum power consumption. This design is already well received and is considered to be one of the most robust small compressors on the market.

The range now also includes a 22kW machine with either fixed speed belt drive or direct drive VSD with integrated dryer and a full feature unit on a 500L air receiver. This model is a great space saving option for customers with limited space.

The new BOGE C-2 models are compact, reliable with integrated design and small footprint. Manufactured in Germany by BOGE and marketed in Australia at a very competitive price.

Mouser Electronics, the industry’s leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is now stocking the PAC5524 motor controller and driver from Qorvo. The 70 V Power Application Controller (PAC) features increased input/output (I/O) capability and is optimised for a high-speed brushless DC (BLDC) motor control.

The Qorvo PAC5524, features Qorvo’s Multi-Mode Power Manager (MMPM), which delivers an all-in-one power management solution for multiple types of power sources. The MMPM features a configurable multi-mode switching supply controller that is capable of operating a SEPIC or buck converter and as many as four linear regulated voltage supplies.

The PAC5524 device is based on a 150 MHz Arm Cortex-M4F 32-bit microcontroller and integrates a Configurable Analog-Front End (CAFE) and multiple Application-Specific Power Drivers (ASPDs). The CAFE is comprised of three differential programmablegain amplifiers, four single-ended programmable-gain amplifiers, digital-to-analogue converters, comparators, and several I/Os. The ASPDs include integrated level shifters and pre-drivers designed for H-bridge, half-bridge, 3-phase, and general-purpose driving.

Qorvo’s PAC5524 motor controller and driver offers 128 Kbytes of embedded flash memory and 32 Kbytes of SRAM memory. The PAC5524 also features several serial communications interfaces, a 2.5 MSPS analogue-to-digital converter with programmable auto-sampling of up to 24 conversion sequences, and a flexible clock control system. The highly integrated device is housed in an 8 mm x 8 mm package, making it an ideal choice for compact, battery-powered BLDC motor applications that require additional I/O in order to implement value-add system control functionality.

In 2018, Bega Cheese environmental manager – Northern Victoria, Sean Trebley was given the task of upgrading their Strathmerton Plant’s wastewater aeration system. The wastewater system consisted of a DAF unit, which flowed into an aerated lagoon, and after this the effluent was stored in two non-aerated lagoons during winter, before irrigation in summer.

Aerators are needed to keep the COD down and reduce odours in the aerated and the downstream non-aerated lagoons.

They had an ageing system of surface aerators in the aerated lagoon, consisting of two 22kW units and six 8kW units, however generally only a couple of these units were operated at any time.

Over a number of years, these surface aerators had progressively failed because of their age and repairing them meant deploying cranes and/or boats to access them. This process was expensive and had resulted in damage to the dam liner. Eventually it became uneconomic to keep repairing the aerators.

A solution that was safer for operators and easier to maintain so Trebley contacted Hydro Innovations to discuss the use of their “bank-mounted” Venturi-Aeration systems. These are mounted on the banks of lagoons and use a self-priming pump to draw water from the lagoon. The pump discharges it under pressure through the Venturi-Aerator. The unit draws in atmospheric air using the “venturi effect”, mixes it with the water being pumped, and discharges it back into the lagoon, charged with dissolved oxygen. Sean and his team liked the idea of bank-mounting because it gave operators easy access to equipment for monitoring and/or repair, making it much safer and more cost effective to maintain. Their only concern was whether the units were as efficient as the surface mounted technologies. Hydro Innovations were able to provide information indicating that with the use of the right pump, oxygen transfer efficiency (OTE) for Venturi-Aeration units can be as high or higher than 1.86kgO2/kWh, making them as at least as efficient as the surface (floating) technologies.

The aerated lagoon contained 45ML of effluent, with in-flows from 80-120ML per year. This required a 150mm Venturi-Aeration unit and was paired with a GormanRupp V6A60-B self-priming pump, with a hydraulic efficiency of 70 per cent.

Bega Cheese installed the unit early in 2019. Since installation, operators have seen a continued increase in the dissolved oxygen (DO) level and have seen COD fall by 50 per cent even though the higher level of mixing was re-suspending settled solids, which became more “bioavailable” to the CFU’s.

Bega Cheese are happy with the ever-increasing levels of DO, the reduction in COD, and their odour free lagoon. The wastewater and maintenance teams are also pleased that monitoring and maintenance can be done safely, and without the use of cranes, boats or winches.

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Reliable level measurement in water treatment facilities, pump stations and rain overflow basins. Open channel flow measurement and water level monitoring.

VEGAPULS WL S 61 ▪ Measuring range up to 8 m ▪ Can be used outdoors without restriction ▪ Flood-proof IP 68 housing ▪ Operation via Bluetooth with Smartphone, tablet or PC