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Embedded card provides MPEG-4 MPEG-2 and M-JPEG compression
Advanced Micro Peripherals’ new MPEG4000WA is a multi-format video encoder which combines graphics overlay, motion detection and enhanced Watermark Authentication on an industry standard PC/104-Plus module. The MPEG4000WA serves as a very powerful solution for capturing and compressing up to 4 concurrent live analog video inputs to full D1 resolution using either MPEG-4, MPEG-2 or M-JPEG encoding standards. The board can also encode audio for ea... [more]
Schneider Electric's Magelis HMIs reduce downtime at Nicholl Food Packaging production plant
One of the UK’s largest food packaging companies, Nicholl Food Packaging is a specialist manufacturer of aluminium foil containers and catering disposables for all sectors of the food industry. Its 10-acre Cannock site houses the most up-to-date production facility in Europe and its production is handled by a large number of electronically controlled presses. The old Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) and existing PLCs were installed a number of y... [more]
Festo launches ELGR toothed belt drive axis to enter the low-cost electric actuator market
Festo has entered the low-cost electric actuator market with the launch of a unique toothed belt drive axis which marries cost-optimised design rules with precision engineering. Costing 65 percent less than Festo’s EGC series high performance electromechanical axes, the new ELGR toothed belt axis sets a new price-performance standard for the motion control industry. Designed primarily for applications involving relatively short stroke lengths... [more]
Festo one-day orientation course explains the latest requirements of the new Machinery Directive to machine builders
Festo has introduced a one-day orientation course for machine builders struggling to interpret the latest requirements of the new Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. Following the decision of the EC Machinery Working Group to extend the transition period of the existing EN 954-1 safety standard beyond its expected end-of-life deadline of December 2009, but for an unspecified amount of time, machine designers and builders now face the dilemma of wh... [more]
eGard Slide Latch modular safety interlock regulates access to dangerous machinery
Fortress has introduced the Slide Latch to its eGard range of modular safety interlocks that regulate access to dangerous machinery. The new eGard Slide Latch is a robust door locking device, for both hinged and sliding doors, that features an integrated tongue so it can be used in conjunction with key modules, safety switches and machine control functions. It is equipped with a self aligning actuator which works with the head bridge to realig... [more]
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