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Nov/Dec 2011 P&TR 3 

This month from the editor 

Dear Readers/Advertisers, 

Getting 2011 all wrapped up for Christmas 

With the festive season just around the corner and 2012 not far behind, I’ve been 

reflecting on what a year it’s been for the Power Transmission Review team. 

Not only have we successfully launched our new, comprehensive and fully interactive 

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Incredibly, PTR has been going from strength to strength for over seven years. Since our 

launch in early 2004 we’ve become the leading publication in the UK power transmission 

distributor industry. 

But 2012 promises to be our most exciting year since 2004. Why Because we’re 

planning to amalgamate PTR with its popular sister publication dedicated to the fluid and 

hydraulic power industry, FPR. 

We believe our new ‘integrated’ magazine will be ‘The ONE leading voice for the Fluid, 

Power & Transmission Industry.’ And we hope upon reading it you will think so as well. 

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chain, Synergy, is still the 

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Products 

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ring combination provides 

electrical protection for motor 

bearings. p18 

The overrunning alternator 

pulley. p20 

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peaceful and successful New Year. 

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P&TR News 

Control Techniques appoint new 

Regional Director for UK and Ireland 

Shaun Prinsloo has been appointed 

to the key management position of 

Regional Director, UK and Ireland, 

managing the Control Techniques 

Drive Centres in both countries. 

Shaun has relocated to the UK 

from South Africa and started in his 

new role on 1st October, reporting 

directly to Phil Sewell, Executive Vice 

President, Sales and Marketing. 

Hillhead 2012 

Stand spaces filling up quickly! 

WITH almost nine months to 

go, 91% of the stand space at 

Hillhead 2012 has already been 

allocated to exhibitors, including 

major players such as Volvo, 

Sandvik, Metso, Terex Group, 

Finning/Caterpillar, Liebherr and 

Bell Equipment. 

Event director Jack Berridge 

said demand for space over the 

summer had been very buoyant 

and the site plan had filled up 

very quickly. “At the present time 

the exhibitor list stands at 248 

companies who have confirmed 

their requirements, while a 

number of other stands have been 

reserved pending sign-off,” he 

commented. 

In the 2012 Olympic year, the 

show dates have been brought 

forward by one week to 19–21 

June. Details of remaining stand 

space availability can be obtained 

from Penny Lewin, operations 

manager, on tel: +44 (0)115 945 

3890; or by email: penny.lewin@ 

qmj.co.uk 

Born in South Africa, Shaun 

completed his electrical engineering 

degree at Durban University before 

moving into sales of electrical 

equipment and components. He has 

some 15 years experience in the 

drives industry having worked as 

a Sales Director, a Sales Manager 

and, most recently, as a Business 

Development Manager responsible 

for developing the reseller and end 

user business. 

His experience encompasses 

the steel, mining, water and 

HVAC/R industries and includes 

OEM projects, servo systems and 

upgrades of drive systems. 

Shaun’s brief is to significantly grow 

Control Techniques’ market share 

in the UK and Ireland, developing 

relationships with OEM companies 

and end users alike. 

For reader enquiries, please 

mention PTR: 

Control Techniques, 

Unit 79 Mochdre Industrial Estate, 

Newtown, SY16 4LE, 

Tel: +44 (0) 1686 612000, 

Fax: +44 (0) 1686 612999 

Email: controltechniques@emerson.com 

www.controltechniques.com

Pennine Pneumatic Services 

celebrates 20th anniversary 

Pennine Pneumatic Services, 

an Atlas Copco Compressors’ 

Premier Distributor in West 

Yorkshire, is celebrating its 

20th year in the compressed air 

business. Founders and joint 

directors, Gary Whitaker and 

Leighton Harris, attribute the 

company’s commercial success 

to its ability to offer cost effective 

and energy efficient solutions, 

setting a clear strategy with 

market leading suppliers to 

ensure long term support for 

businesses in the region. 

Pennine Pneumatic Services 

(PPS) has been an authorised 

Atlas Copco Compressors 

distributor for 20 years. From 

its Halifax site, the company 

offers complete compressed 

air solutions specialising in the 

design, supply, installation and 

after sales service of industrial 

and automotive compressed 

air systems. It provides a 

full range of ancillary and air 

related products, in-line filters, 

compressed air dryers, oil 

condensate removal systems 

and pipe work installations. PPS 

also has a dedicated energy audit 

department to carry out full site 

air audits and leak surveys using 

the latest Atlas Copco iiTrak 

loggers to provide a reliable and 

cost-effective energy efficient 

compressed air package. 

In fact, the two directors believe 

the ever-increasing cost of 

electrical energy has had a 

profound influence on the way 

compressed air business is 

conducted today. As Leighton 

Harris comments: “These days 

it is reasonable to expect any 

professional organisation to 

offer the most cost effective 

and energy efficient solution. In 

partnership with Atlas Copco, 

Pennine applied this policy many 

years ago and it is this approach 

which we believe has set us apart 

from our competitors, leading to 

the success we enjoy today”. 


mention PTR: 

Atlas Copco Ltd, 

Swallowdale Lane, 

Hemel Hempstead, 

Herts, 

HP2 7EA 

Tel: +44 (0) 1442 261201 

Fax: +44 (0) 1442 234791 

www.atlascopo.co.uk 

PIX awarded coveted 

DNV-MED certification 

PIX hydraulic hose & end-fittings 

have been awarded the prestigious 

DNV (Det Norske Veritas) MED 

(Marine Equipment Directive) Type 

Approval. This recognition is in 

addition to the DNV certification 

that was previously conferred upon 

the company in 2008. 

The MED Type Approval is an 

unbiased third-party certification 

attesting to a product’s adherence 

to specific standards or 

specifications, and verification of 

an appropriate production quality 

system. This approval is strongly 

recommended for products used 

in high performance industries, 

in particular, marine, mining and 

offshore, endorsing their quality 

and safety. 

Following receipt of the 

certification, Operations Director 

for UK based PIX Hydraulics, 

Karan Sethi said: “In this day 

and age of ever increasing quality 

expectations from our customers, 

the DNV MED will serve as our 

competitive edge. As a company, 

we have made a conscious 

effort to be at the forefront 

of continuous improvement in 

our manufacturing standards, 

quality, and processes; and this 

approval confirms that we are 

heading in the right direction. 

This is a fantastic feat and we 

are absolutely thrilled to join an 

elite league of DNV MED approved 

manufacturers.” 


mention PTR: 

PIX Hydraulics (Europe) Ltd, 

Unit 24 Farthing Road, 

Industrial Estate, 

Sproughton, 

Ipswich, 

Suffolk IP1 5AP, 

Tel: +44 (0) 1473 744612 

Fax: +44 (0) 1473 744613 

Email: mdeal@pixeuro.com 

www.pixhydraulics.com 


ContiTech at MDA India: Innovations 

for machine and plant engineering 

Technology company ContiTech presents solutions for drive 

technology and air actuators • Environmentally-friendly 

belts for industrial applications • Production sites in India 

Environmentally-friendly drive belts 

and air actuators that are resistant 

to harsh environmental conditions 

are the highlights presented 

by ContiTech (hall 1 DL, booth 

422) at MDA India in Banga-lore. 

From December 6 to 9, 2011, 

the technology company from 

Hanover, Germany, displayed its 

rubber and plastic products at the 

leading trade fair in India for drive 

technology and automation. India is 

one of ContiTech’s most important 

markets, and is also equally 

interesting as a production location 

and sales market. The company 

has increased its commitment in 

the market over the past several 

years and will continue to expand its 

presence there significantly. 

Drive belts for 

environmental protection 

With the BlueConcept family of drive 

belts, ContiTech has taken on a 

trail-blazing role in environ-mentallyfriendly 

and health-friendly industrial 

applications. At MDA India, the 

company is showing the CONTI-V® 

PIONEER wrapped V-belt, which is 

composed mainly of renewable raw 

materials, and, although it is made 

without carbon black, it is electrically 

conductive. In addition, the carbon 

black and allergen-free timing belt, 

CONTI® SYNCHROBELT PIONEER, 

will be on display. It is the ideal 

solution for drive applications that 

people come into contact with. 

From its complete range of drive 

belts for machine and plant 

engineering, ContiTech is also 

pre-senting its high-performance 

timing belts and flat belts made of 

polyurethane, rubber timing belts 

as well as wrapped V-belts and raw 

edge heavy-duty V-belts. 

Air actuators with an 

impressively long-life design 

Also on display are air actuators 

for pneumatic tasks in machine, 

apparatus and plant engineer-ing. 

Air actuators are used in many 

industries when a lot of force has 

to be produced with pneumat-ics, 

but little space is left for installation 

and especially difficult environmental 

conditions are preva-lent.The 

long-life design of ContiTech air 

actuators is a convincing factor in 

applications involving heavy deposits 

and contamination – such as in the 

With their long-life design, air actuators 

from ContiTech for pneumatic tasks 

in machine, apparatus and plant 

engineering are convincing products. 

With the CONTI-V® PIONEER, ContiTech 

is presenting the world’s first eco-friendly 

wrapped V-belt. It is composed largely of 

renewable raw materials. 

The environmentally-friendly timing 

belt, CONTI® SYNCHROBELT 

PIONEER from ContiTech, is ideal for 

applications that people come into 

contact with. 

wood processing or textile machine 

industries, in offshore usage, saw 

mill machines or the food industry. 

Since air actuators function without 

me-chanically operated parts like 

pistons, piston rods and friction 

seals, they are not subject to 

wear and require no maintenance. 

This gives them an edge over 

conventional cylinders.They are also 

more environmentally-friendly as they 

do not require oil. 

Involvement in India 

ContiTech has had a presence in 

India for many years, operating two 

production plants and em-ploying 

around 900 people there. At the New 

Delhi location ContiTech produces 

high-quality drive belts, and it is from 

here that Indian customers get their 

supplies. Air spring systems are 

also manufactured in New Delhi for 

the Indian market, and especially 

for the state-run Indian Railways. 

Near Kolkata, ContiTech produces 

conveyor belts for mining and 

other industrial uses. In addition, 

ContiTech supplies the Indian 

subcontinent with hoses. 


mention PTR: 

Mario Töpfer, 

ContiTech AG, 

VahrenwalderStrasse 9, 

D-30165 Hanover, Germany 

Tel: +49 511 938-1304 

Fax: +49 511 938-1305 

Email: mario.toepfer@contitech.de 

www.contitech.de


P&TR News 

Driven linear actuator 

system for bottle spraying 

The Liverpool-based company 

Dibro has one of the largest 

facilities in the UK for decorating 

glass bottles. It applies decorative 

painted finishes, acid-etched 

effects and lacquers to a variety of 

glass containers and has recently 

installed a new printing facility for 

the ceramic and precious metal 

printing of glass containers. The 

company is a specialist in its field 

but by its own admission no expert 

in linear motion. So when it came 

to automating a glass treatment 

process on the new plant to increase 

productivity it chose HepcoMotion® 

to recommend the most appropriate 

system for linear actuation. 

Alert on HSE cost recovery proposals 

New proposals by the Health 

& Safety Executive (HSE) are 

likely, if they are implemented 

in their present form, to have 

serious financial implications for 

employers that are found to be in 

breach of health and safety laws, 

warns Paul Laidler, Managing 

Director of Laidler Associates, 

a division of TÜV SÜD Product 

Service. 

In essence, the HSE is seeking to 

recover, from offending employers, 

the costs it incurs while 

investigating a material breach of 

health and safety law, and also 

any additional costs in providing 

support to the employer as an aid 

to ensuring that the situation is 

successfully remedied. 

The arrangements have already 

been agreed in principle with the 

Government, and the proposals 

were available for public 

consultation until 14th October. 

If, as seems likely, the proposals 

are adopted, the new system of 

charging could start as soon as 

April 2012, and it is estimated 

that the HSE will charge for its 

The process Dibro was seeking 

to automate involves spraying 

the bottles with a slip coating 

after printing as they emerge on a 

conveyor from the firing lehr. This is a 

kiln with a temperature gradient from 

end to end for annealing glass, a 

method of slowly cooling the product 

to prevent thermal shock. The linear 

system was required to transport a 

spray nozzle mechanism across the 

full width of the conveyor, coating a 

line of bottles on each pass. 

For this purpose HepcoMotion® 

suggested a complete system based 

on a hybrid version of its Profile 

Driven Unit, the PDU2; a bespoke 

inspectors’ time at a rate of £133 

per hour. 

“The costs will certainly mount 

up very quickly,” said Paul 

Laidler, “so it’s important that 

employers are fully aware of 

these new proposals. However, 

they should also bear in mind 

that the charges will only apply 

to companies that break health 

and safety laws, so those that 

are careful about meeting their 

responsibilities and staying within 

the law will not be affected in any 

way.” 

The new proposals are, however, 

a wake-up call to businesses to 

review their health and safety 

practices and procedures to 

ensure that nothing has been 

overlooked. In particular, 

machinery users are advised 

to check that their PUWER 

assessments are up to date and 

comprehensive in their coverage. 

Should these checks throw up 

any concerns, businesses are 

encouraged to seek expert advice 

of the type provided by Laidler 

Associates rather than taking the 

solution from its standard range of 

products. “We knew we needed a 

linear system that would provide 

consistent speed of the traverse unit 

to ensure an even spray coating and 

also the accurate positioning of the 

spray head so only the sides of the 

bottles are coated,” explained Tom 

Dickinson, Managing Director and 

son of one of the Dickinson brothers 

that founded the company in 1933. 

Many HepcoMotion® customers 

know precisely what they want to 

achieve through automation within 

a given budget but they do not have 

the linear motion expertise to specify 

the required system with confidence. 

Tom Dickinson continued: “We were 

certainly attracted by the quality 

of the HepcoMotion® product but 

more importantly for us it was 

the technical understanding the 

company brought to the table. 

HepcoMotion® just made it so easy 

for us.” 

The PDU2 at the heart of the 

Dibro system is a belt-driven linear 

actuator and ideal for this high 

performance application because 

it is compact and, thanks to its 

Herculane® wheels, runs virtually 

friction-free on the inside of the 

profile. This provides extremely 

stable support for the carriage plate 

that carries the spray nozzle; felt 

wipers sweep away any debris in its 

path. 

The overall system comprises a 

rigid but lightweight aluminium 

slotted profile into which fits the 

toothed belt drive and carriage, 

an arrangement that effectively 

encloses the unit and makes it ideal 

for operating in the damp conditions 

on the Dibro bottle production 

risk that HSE inspectors may be 

the first to discover a problem. 

“The cost of professional advice 

from a consultant with a proven 

track record is modest,” said Paul 

Laidler, “and will certainly be less 

than the fines and the new HSE 

cost recovery charges that are 

likely to be imposed if health and 

safety laws have been broken, 

even inadvertently. Therefore 

where there is any doubt at 

all about health and safety 

compliance, professional advice is 

a very sound investment.” 

line. This quality is enhanced 

by stainless fixings, available 

as a standard choice within the 

HepcoMotion® product programme. 

HepcoMotion® specified and 

delivered the turnkey driven system 

complete with extra long beam to 

accord with the width of the lehr 

and AC motor to drive the PDU2. 

“We also wanted to fit ancillary 

sensors for positioning and control 

of the drive unit to vary speed 

using an inverter,” Tom Dickinson 

explained. “And the HepcoMotion® 

system gave us the facility to do 

that easily.” 

The system cycle is dictated by 

the belt speed of the lehr which 

in turn is dependent on the size 

of the bottles being printed. 

Typically the traverse unit operates 

every minute, travelling at around 

200mm/sec. The lehr is 2m wide 

so it typically takes the system 10 

seconds to coat 15 one-litre spirit 

bottles or 50 perfume bottles. 

The new printing facility is now 

up and running bringing new 

business to this family firm. Tom 

Dickinson concludes: “Currently 

the lehr is operating 24 hours a 

day and I’m pleased to confirm the 

HepcoMotion® system is working 

very well.” 


mention PTR: 

HepcoMotion, 

Lower Moor Business Park, 

Tiverton Way, Tiverton, 

Devon EX16 6TG 

Tel: +44 (0) 1884 243400 

Fax: +44 (0) 1884 243399 

Email: hepco@hepcomotion.com 

www.HepcoMotion.com 

News in brief 

EPTDA Annual Convention 

for 2012 will be held in 

Lisbon, Portugal on 26-28 

September. 

Learning to walk faster 

with high performance 

modelling 

Discover how MapleSim physical 

modelling software is helping to 

perfect the process of humanoid 

walking in robots at MMU. 

MapleSim’s accuracy and kinematics 

capabilities help construct complex 

simulations and build models faster, 

plus complete experiments with 

better data. 

Huco Sliding Disc 

Couplings 

Providing generous radial 

compensation and easy 

maintenance, the Huco Oldham 

sliding disc, backlash-free couplings 

are available in a wide choice of 

materials and configurations to suit 

your application.

Exclusive system of premium engineered sprockets 

and belts has Goodyear’s patented H.O.T. (Helical 

Offset Tooth) design. Eagle NRG merges belt and 

sprocket into the quietest, smoothest and one of the 

most compact drive packages available. 

WHITEHAWK 

The premium choice for greater horsepower 

capacity and high-performance, all in a universaltooth 

profile belt. 

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P&TR News 

Transdev adds Esband 

and Werner GRAF 

endless flat belts 

Transmission Developments has signed a UK distribution 

agreement with the endless flat belt specialist Max 

Schlatterer GmbH, bringing the premier Esband and Werner 

GRAF brands to its comprehensive range of belting products. 

These drive and conveyor belts are 

manufactured using a genuinely 

endless woven technique in a 

wide range of carcass materials 

and finished with special coatings 

that are matched to the friction 

coefficient, durability, speed and 

accuracy requirements for high 

precision/high performance power 

transmission and conveying. 

The range is characterised with 

application advantages such as 

low and uniform elongation, long 

operational life, excellent flexibility 

for small bending radii, high tear 

resistance plus extremely consistent 

tensile strength.. The truly endless 

belt design also allows the ability 

in manufacture to precisely control 

the belt thickness over its entire 

length, avoiding the step problem 

found in jointed alternatives; and 

with no splice or seam they are also 

extremely quiet in operation with no 

step-induced noise spike or vibration. 

British engineering innovators 

scoop prestigious manus awards 

At a recent awards ceremony igus UK, a leading manufacturer of high-performance polymer 

bearings, presented its coveted manus awards to two British engineering companies, Trailerteq and 

MBP Concepts. The manus competition is a plastic bearing design innovation contest held every 

two years and winners are selected by an independent panel of academics and industry specialists. 

Winning the manus award for ‘Most 

Eye Catching Design’ was MBP 

Concepts with its Tyligo product. The 

Tyligo trailer, designed and developed 

in Britain, uses the iglidur sleeve 

bearing from igus for the critical 

function of folding and opening the 

trailer by sliding the front bracket on 

the main stainless steel beam. 

Key requirements for the trailer were 

that the bearing should combine high 

load bearing capacity with long life, 

small size and minimal maintenance 

requirements. It was decided that 

the iglidur sleeve bearing would 

Esband drive and conveyor belts 

address the needs of specialists 

application areas and are custom 

manufactured with traction elements, 

coatings and finishes to optimise 

machine performance. They are 

widely used in packaging machinery 

for form-fill-seal and flow wrapping 

or precision infeed and outfeed 

conveying with design characteristics 

tuned for any combination of dry or 

wet grip, high or low speed, hygiene, 

and durability. They particularly 

suit food and beverage production 

machinery and weighing equipment 

and are available with perforations 

for vacuum processes, and 

processes requiring knife shaped 

edges and tight flexing radii. Esband 

belts are also critical process 

enabling components for paper 

handling machinery such as printing 

press, copiers, scanners, ticketing, 

ATMs, postal sorting machines and 

many more. 

best meet these requirements, as 

it has characteristics that are far 

superior to those of conventional 

metal bearings. The ability to carry 

a much greater load for the same 

physical size of bearing is thanks 

to the material’s high compressive 

strength and superior elasticity 

properties. 

The second winner on the day was 

Trailerteq, who won the manus 

‘Plastic Bearing Innovation’ award. 

Trailerteq is a British manufacturing 

company, based in Lancashire, and 

it used igus’ range of iglidur polymer 

The GRAF range is available 

in a number of standard build 

configurations covering both stable 

length or elastic belt properties 

to suit applications where perfect 

running is critical. HEVALOID® 

standard belts are available for 

crowned pulley diameters from 4 

mm to 40 mm and have a high 

and uniform tensile strength with 

polyester endless woven tensile 

members and synthetic rubber 

coatings (Chloroprene) which are 

antistatic and highly resistant to 

abrasion. CRELAST® elastic fold 

and conveyor belts are used for low 

power transmission and exacting 

conveyor use and are particularly 

suited to paper handing. They are 

supplied with chloroprene, nitrile, 

EP and silicon coatings. Solutus®flat 

belts consist of endlessly 

wound polyester yarns with leather 

or fleece plies. They are used 

for very oily or wet processes as 

well as feeding and accumulating 

processes for folding/gluing 

machinery. A version is available 

bearings in its compact Rapid 

Deployment Transport (RDT) trailer. 

The igus bearing was used after it 

was discovered that a phosphorbronze 

bearing used in the main 

arm, linking the body of the RDT with 

the towing vehicles, was prone to 

premature failure. 

The iglidur polymer bearings range 

have extremely high compressive 

strength coupled with high elasticity, 

which means that, size for size, 

they have a much higher load 

carrying capacity than conventional 

metal bearings. In addition, the 

bearings require no lubrication or 

other maintenance, and they are 

highly resistant to the effects of dirt 

ingress or other contamination. 

“We selected these two worthy 

winners for the igus UK manus 

awards, as they both used plastic 

bearings to perform a key function 

while transforming the performance 

with steel cords for specialist 

newspaper print friction drives. 

Across both Esband and Werrner 

GRAF product lines, special 

processing and finishing is available 

to include ground surfaces, multiple 

layers, perforations for vacuum or air 

blowing processes, and machined or 

bonded features for flights. Transdev 

provides a complete design and 

application engineering service 

which also covers manufacturing for 

specialist crown pulleys for use with 

the endless flat belt range. 


mention PTR: 

Ian Osborne 

Transmission Developments Co 

(G.B.) Ltd, 

Dawkins Road, Poole, 

Dorset BH15 4HF 

Tel +44 1202 675555 

Fax +44 1202 677466 

Email: iano@transdev.co.uk 

www.transdev.co.uk 

L-R: Ian Dunn of Trailerteq, Matthew 

Aldridge of igus UK and Matthieu 

Philippault of MBP Concepts at the 

awards presentation 

of their product and helping reduce 

costs. We are always pleased to 

see plastic bearings being used in 

unusual applications, and for solving 

engineering problems that would 

be difficult to address in any other 

way. We congratulate both Trailerteq 

and MBP Concepts on their superb 

designs and we are confident that 

both their products will have a wide 

market appeal”, said Matthew 

Aldridge, director of igus UK. 


mention PTR: 

Matthew Aldridge, 

igus UK Ltd, 

51A Caswell Road, Brackmills, 

Northampton NN4 7PW 

Tel +44 (0)1604 677240 

Fax +44 (0)1604 677245 

sales@igus.co.uk 

www.igus.co.uk

Brammer fundraisers 

for Make-A-Wish 

Foundation ® UK 

Nicola Sivori (left), Charity 

Committee Chairperson at 

Brammer UK, part of Europe’s 

leading distributor of maintenance, 

repair and overhaul (MRO) 

products and services, presents 

a cheque for £20,000 to Karen 

England (right), Director of 

Fundraising at Make-A-Wish 

Foundation® UK. 

The presentation, which took place 

at Brammer’s highly successful 

Manufacturing Forum held at the 

Museum of Science and Industry in 

Manchester, brings the total raised 

by Brammer for the charity to more 

than £120,000 since early 2007. 

Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK 

grants magical wishes to children 

and young people fighting lifethreatening 

illnesses, and has 

granted more than 7,000 wishes 

since the charity was established 

in 1986. 

Fundraising efforts undertaken by 

Brammer staff nationwide this year 

have included a 686 mile cycle 

tour around 16 Brammer locations 

in Scotland and Northern Ireland, 

climbing Snowdon and the BUPA 

Great North Run. 

Nicola Sivori commented: 

“The money raised this year 

demonstrates our commitment 

to Make-A-Wish, which is a very 

deserving cause and one that 

Brammer is only too happy to 

support. The difference that a 

charity like Make-A-Wish can make 

to children with life-threatening 

illnesses is remarkable, and we 

are proud to have continued our 

association with the charity since 

2007.” 

… well done Guys at Brammer, 

wonderful news, Ed. 


EPTDA’s 2011 Convention in 

Budapest closes on a high note 

The European Power Transmission 

Distributors Association (EPTDA), 

the leading European organisation 

for the mechanical Power 

Transmission and Motion Control 

(PT/MC) industry, reports recordbreaking 

attendance at its 2011 

Annual Convention in Budapest. 

With more than 350 participants 

featuring 32 companies joining for 

the first time, over 700 individual 

meetings between Distributors & 

Manufacturers at the signature MD- 

IDEX sessions, EPTDA re-establishes 

its position as the leading 

association in Europe for PT/MC 

decision makers. 

Signalling its commitment to 

personal training and development, 

at the Budapest 2011 Annual 

Convention, EPTDA also launched 

its much-awaited EPTDA Academy 

in collaboration with Nyenrode 

University of The Netherlands. The 

EPTDA Academy will host its first 

Executive Training programme in 

June 2012 focusing on Strategy – 

new business models for growth 

and creating the future in the 

power transmission and motion 

control industry; Leadership – in 

transforming the organisation 

towards the future; and Innovation – 

as a source for strategy execution. 

The 2011 Annual Convention 

brought to stage some of the most 

sought-after and influential public 

speakers of our times including 

Mrs Connie Podesta on Standout 

Leadership - How To Achieve 

Success By Influencing Others To 

Be Successful; Mr Alan Beaulieu, 

Principal ITR, Institute of Trend 

Research, and EPTDA Economic 

Forecaster on Global Prosperity 

– Maximising Profits; and Mr Ben 

Legg, Former COO of Google and 

COO of European Directories on The 

internet – what is next. 

From “Next Generation Event” 

to “Distributor Forum” delegates 

interacted and engaged on a formal 

and informal level to address the 

future of the industry and areas of 

mutual growth and mutual issues. 

In 2012, EPTDA Annual Convention 

will be held in Lisbon, Portugal 

on 26-28 September. For more 

on EPTDA 2011 Convention 

highlights, please refer to www. 

eptdaconvention.org. 

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P&TR News 

See Inside Manufacturing 

open day at Schaeffler UK 

gives pupils a taste of a 

career in manufacturing 

More than 60 pupils from local secondary schools took part 

in a See Inside Manufacturing open day event at Schaeffler 

UK’s automotive engine component manufacturing plant in 

Llanelli, South Wales. 

More than 60 pupils from local 

secondary schools took part in a 

See Inside Manufacturing open day 

event at Schaeffler UK’s automotive 

engine component manufacturing 

plant in Llanelli, South Wales. 

The event was part of the 

UK Government’s See Inside 

Manufacturing Initiative, a 

nationwide ‘open days’ programme 

to help improve the image of UK 

manufacturing to young people, 

with the objective of attracting 

the brightest and best talent into 

a career in manufacturing and 

engineering. The event at Schaeffler 

UK was arranged in conjunction with 

the local college, Coleg Sir Gar, and 

was facilitated by Schaeffler’s own 

apprentices and toolmakers. 

The open day, which took place on 

21st November 2011, was divided 

into a morning and afternoon 

session in order to accommodate 

more children. In the morning 

session, 30 Year 9 pupils (aged 

13-14) attended from three local 

secondary schools: Amman Valley, 

St John Lloyds and Bryngwyn. In the 

afternoon, 32 Year 9 pupils visited 

the plant from three other schools: 

Queen Elizabeth High School, 

Coedcae and Glan y Mor. 

On arriving at the plant, pupils 

and teachers were welcomed by 

presentations from Plant Director 

Roger Evans MBE and from 

Schaeffler UK’s Training Manager 

Donna Williams-Bevan. The pupils 

and teachers were then given 

a guided tour of the factory by 

Schaeffler apprentices and toolroom 

staff. This gave pupils an opportunity 

to see what it would be like to work in 

a real manufacturing environment. 

Pupils were then split into teams in 

order to compete in an Engineering 

Challenge. Led by Schaeffler UK’s 

toolroom technician Gareth Gravell, 

this challenge involved pupils having 

to correctly read an engineering 

drawing before devising a suitable 

method for assembling an idler hub 

bearing. The winner was the team 

that correctly assembled their idler 

hub in the fastest time. 

The Engineering Challenge was 

followed by a Schaeffler quiz, which 

tested the pupils’ ability to recall 

information provided in the Schaeffler 

presentations. Before departing the 

plant, lunch with senior managers 

and apprentices gave pupils the 

opportunity to ask any further 

questions in an open, informal 

environment. 

Also in attendance on the day 

were Alex Robinson, Automotive 

Components Section Manager at 

The Society of Motor Manufacturers 

& Traders (SMMT) and Paul Bullock, 

Industry Liaison Manager at the 

Welsh Automotive Forum. 

As Alex Robinson commented: 

“The SMMT, in accordance with 

the Automotive Council, has aimed 

to build on local activities already 

undertaken by individual companies 

to coordinate a nationwide See 

Inside Manufacturing programme for 

young people considering their future 

career options. I believe Schaeffler’s 

event is a credit to the initiative 

and has undoubtedly left a positive 

impression on many of the school 

children who visited.” 

“It is especially pleasing to see 

the automotive sector taking a 

lead on this activity in 2011, with 

government keen to extend the 

initiative across other manufacturing 

sectors in 2012. Schaeffler’s event 

will hopefully serve as a tool to spark 

off an interest amongst local school 

children in engineering and dispel the 

outdated attitudes towards a career 

in the profession.” 

Paul Bullock of the Welsh Automotive 

Forum agreed: “If the UK is to 

plug the current skills gap in UK 

manufacturing and engineering, it is 

critical that we attract more young 

people, both boys and girls, into 

a career in manufacturing. It was 

therefore particularly pleasing to see 

as many girls attending the Schaeffler 

open day as there were boys. 

Interestingly, three of the four winning 

teams on the Engineering Challenges 

comprised all-girl members.” 

Roger Evans MBE, Plant Director 

at Schaeffler UK commented: “The 

open day has been a tremendous 

success for everyone involved and 

we look forward to holding similar 

events in the future. Giving school 

children the opportunity to visit a real 

manufacturing plant, to ask questions 

of apprentices working there and to 

see what it’s really like working with 

the latest modern machinery in a 

dynamic, fast-moving manufacturing 

environment is essential if we are 

to attract more young people into a 

future career in this industry.” 


mention PTR: 

Schaeffler (UK) Ltd, 

Forge Lane, Minworth, 

Sutton Coldfield, 

West Midlands, 

B76 1AP 

Tel: 0121 313 5870 

Fax: 0121 351 7686 

Email: info.uk@schaeffler.com 

www.schaeffler.co.uk 

Atlas Copco Compressors appoints Paul Clark 

as Industrial Air Business Line Manager 

Atlas Copco Compressors has 

announced the appointment of Paul 

Clark as Business Line Manager 

of its Industrial Air division in 

Great Britain. Commenting on his 

new position in the company, Paul 

Clark said: “It is a challenging 

role. I see my task as ensuring 

that the company continues to be 

represented by professional, trained, 

motivated and experienced people, 

backed by world-leading products.” 

Paul started his engineering career 

as a qualified toolmaker first in the 

UK, and then in the USA, before 

returning back to the UK to take 

up a sales role for a compressed 

air distributor. He then took up 

the position of Sales Manager 

for a dryer manufacturer before 

his appointment to Managing 

Director of air dryer and filtration 

specialist, Hankison UK. Following 

the company’s acquisition by 

SPX, Paul Clark was employed as 

Sales Director for its air treatment 

division with responsibility for 

establishing business line goals 

and strategy. After this, Paul joined 

Atlas Copco Compressors within 

Business Development, before being 

promoted to Business Line Manager. 

In his new role Paul and his team 

will be focused on the sales and 

marketing of cost-effective, energyefficient 

industrial air compressors, 

quality air accessories and nitrogen 

generators, including solutions 

that not only embrace improved 

productivity but offer the tangible 

benefits of energy recovery, remote 

monitoring, and real-time control 

and management. They will also 

continue to increase Atlas Copco 

Compressors’ representation across 

GB through direct and distributor 

sales and continue the long term 

support and stability which the 

company has maintained for its 

customers over the years. 

Outside of work, Paul, who comes 

from Baldock, Hertfordshire, runs a 

junior football team in his home town 

and plays golf as often as he can. 


mention PTR: 

Atlas Copco Compressors Ltd 

Swallowdale Lane, 

Hemel Hempstead, 

Herts, HP2 7EA 

Tel: +44 (0) 1442 261201 

Fax: +44 (0) 1442 234791 

Email: gba.info@uk.atlascopco.com 

www.atlascopco.co.uk

Diageo receives award for 

Business process improvement 

Leading premium drinks manufacturer 

Diageo has received an award at 

the 2011 Brammer Manufacturing 

Forum and Awards for cost-savings 

achieved within the management of 

its maintenance spares supply chain 

working in partnership with Brammer. 

The business process improvement 

award was given to Diageo by 

Brammer, the UK’s leading distributor 

of industrial maintenance, repair 

and overhaul (MRO) products, at 

Manchester’s Museum of Science 

and Industry. The Brammer Awards, 

now in their fifth year, celebrated the 

very best in product and business 

process innovation within the UK 

manufacturing industry. 


award highlights how production 

operations can be made to run 

more efficiently and profitably 

through better management of 

the maintenance spares supply 

chain.. Brammer has worked with 

Diageo over the past 12 months 

to improve its maintenance spares 

procurement and management. This 

was achieved through reducing total 

acquisition costs over 37 UK sites 

by improving the purchase to pay 

process (removing 8,000 invoices), 

and through vendor consolidation, 

re-routing 243 suppliers and 

consolidating 114,000 parts. 

Tony McCartney of Diageo (right) 

receives the business process 

improvement award from Brammer plc 

Chief Executive Ian Fraser (centre) 

and Brammer UK Managing Director 

Ian Ritchie 

Ian Ritchie, Managing Director 

of Brammer UK, said: “We have 

worked closely with Diageo over 

the last year to evaluate how the 

company can increase efficiency 

and reduce costs by improving the 

management of their maintenance 

spares supply chain, which were 

then put into action. The results 

simply speak for themselves and we 

would like to congratulate Diageo 

once again for winning the business 

process improvement award, which 

demonstrates that optimised 

changes to managing a businesses 

spares supply chain really can make 

a huge difference.” 


award was presented to Tony 

McCartney, Supplier Performance 

Manager at Diageo. 


R. A. Rodriguez expands 

its sales team 

The precision engineering 

component specialist R.A. Rodriguez 

is growing and there are a number 

of reasons for this good news. The 

company’s appointment as the 

European master distributor for 

KHK is partly responsible. So too 

is its increasing export sales for 

KAYDON® thin section bearings 

and the development of the R.A. 

Rodriguez automation business. 

Indeed, such has been the demand 

for the latter that Southern Area 

Sales Manager, Andrew Mason has 

now changed roles to focus on this 

burgeoning market. 

As a result, R.A. Rodriguez is 

pleased to confirm the appointment 

of Darren Reynolds to fill the 

vacated southern sales position. 

Darren is now responsible for 

selling the company’s entire product 

range across England and Wales, 

an area bordered by Staffordshire, 

Lincolnshire and Leicestershire 

in the north. He is based at 

the company’s sales office in 

Letchworth. 

Darren brings with him a background 

in engineering sales and technical 

support as well as 15 years 

purchasing experience in the bearing 

industry; this included the R.A. 

Rodriguez brand. “Having worked 

with R.A. Rodriguez as a distributor, I 

know the strength of the engineering 

support the company provides and 

quality of the products it markets. 

I’m looking forward to being part 

of this family-owned company that 

gives applications support such high 

priority.” 


mention PTR: 

R.A. Rodriguez, 

28 Campus Five, 

Letchworth Business Park, 

Letchworth, Herts. SG6 2JF 

Tel: 01462 670044 

Fax: 01462 670880 

Email: info@raruk.com 

www.rarodriguez.co.uk 

News in brief 

Vibration testing made 

easy with the Fluke 810 

Equipped with the new and unique 

Fluke 810 Vibration Tester-the 

maintenance professional can 

quickly and reliably determine 

the cause and severity of most 

machine vibration and receive 

recommendations for repair.


P&TR News 

Wear resistant chain 

is still the longest 

lasting solution 

Renold’s highly wear resistant chain, Synergy, is still 

the longest lasting solution available to engineers for 

applications where maintenance reduction is desirable, or 

where short wear life is a problem. According to Renold, 

laboratory tests show that Synergy lasts up to six times 

longer than other major brands of standard chain. 

PIX Hydraulics launch new 

Bastion Hose – Safety fortified! 

PIX Hydraulics (Europe) Ltd. have 

launched a brand new range of 

hydraulic hoses dubbed ‘BASTION’. 

As part of their constant endeavour 

for product improvement and desire 

to provide innovative solutions, PIX 

have designed BASTION for use 

in severe hydraulic applications in 

challenging conditions. 

BASTION has been specially 

designed to outperform standard 

hose when used in heavy duty 

hydraulic systems and applications 

where components are subject to 

high abrasion exposure and extreme 

environmental conditions such as 

temperature, UV and ozone. 

Furthermore, BASTION is also MSHA 

certified due to its flame resistant 

and antistatic properties. With a 

wide range of fluid compatibility, 

applications for the new hose 

include marine and offshore, 

underground and open pit mining 

and quarrying. 

Commenting on the launch of the 

BASTION hose range, Operations 

Director for UK based PIX Hydraulics 

(Europe) Ltd, Karan Sethi said: “As 

the applications and the working 

environment for hydraulic hoses gets 

more complex, our BASTION range 

will allow customers to effectively 

use the hose in the most adverse 

conditions. This product has been 

engineered in a way that allows it 

to exhibit its superior performance 

qualities whilst withstanding the 

harsh environments prevalent in 

mines, etc.” 

The PIX BASTION series hose range 

includes: 1SN, 2SN, 1SC and 2SC 

standard braided hose, and 4SP, 

4SH, R12, R13 and R15 standard 

multi-spiral hose. 


mention PTR: 

Matt Deal, 

PIX Hydraulics (Europe) Ltd, 

Unit 24 Farthing Rd 

Industrial Estate, 

Sproughton, Ipswich, 

Suffolk. IP1 5AP 

Tel: 01473 744612 

Email: mdeal@pixeuro.com 

www.pixhydraulics.com 

Synergy was recently enhanced 

with a specially developed 

lubricant that reduced initial 

wear by up to 50 percent. The 

chain is ready to install right 

out of the box. It should then 

be lubricated as normal while in 

operation. 

Synergy has helped maintenance 

engineers reduce servicing on 

new products in a wide range of 

sectors from wool processing 

to breeze block production and 

even equipment for the film 

industry. It has also helped 

maintenance engineers cut down 

time and increase productivity, 

delivering significantly longer 

wear life than previous chains. 

According to David Turner, 

Renold Chain’s marketing 

communications manager, 

“Synergy is the only true 

high-performance chain on 

the market. Engineers and 

maintenance professionals 

around the world have come to 

rely on the wear resistance and 

exceptional working life of this 

remarkable chain technology.” 

Synergy is available in British 

Standard sizes ranging from 

06B to 24B in Simplex, duplex 

and triplex construction. It is 

also available in ANSI standard 

sizes ranging from 35 to 160 in 

simplex, duplex and triplex. 


mention PTR: 

Chris Bradley, 

The Marketing Practice, 

792 Wilmslow Road, 

Didsbury, 

Manchester, 

M20 6UG 

Tel: 0161 442 3700, 

Email: themarketingpractice@ 

yahoo.co.uk 

NKE joins Research 

Association Power Transmission 

Engineering FVA 

In July 2011 bearing manufacturer 

NKE Austria GmbH became a 

member of Frankfurt-based research 

association Forschungsvereinigung 

Antriebstechnik e.V. (FVA). 

In joining the network, which 

focuses on research all around 

power transmission, NKE aims 

to participate in the member 

organisations’ joint research 

activities and to gain additional 

research capacity for developing new 

products and technologies. 

FVA – part of the German 

Engineering Federation VDMA – is a 

network of mainly German research 

institutions and manufacturing 

companies. Its objective is joint 

research and training in the fields 

of electrical, mechanical and 

mechatronic drive engineering. 

An important criterion for NKE’s 

admission to the network, for 

which it was audited by FVA, was 

the bearing manufacturer’s value 

creation in Austria. Supplementing 

its own research capabilities, FVA 

membership will allow NKE to 

participate in research ventures with 

leading research establishments 

and companies and to benefit 

from their outcomes. The research 

project aims, which are defined by 

working committees made up of FVA 

members, are to advance technical 

expertise and product quality and to 

cut production costs. 

“All of our key customers and 

industry trend-setters are 

represented in FVA. This enables 

us to develop a good sense 

of direction for future product 

developments”, explains Gunnar 

Simm, Head of Engineering at 

NKE. “To obtain valuable stimuli 

for the continued expansion of our 

production facilities in Steyr, we will 

be able to draw on the extensive 

know-how available within FVA.” 


mention PTR: 

NKE AUSTRIA GmbH, 

Janet Mo, Marketing, 

Im Stadtgut C4, 

A-4407 Steyr, Austria 

Tel: +43 7252 86667 345 

Fax: +43 7252 86667 59 

E-mail: j.mo@nke.at 

www.nke.at

Stema wins major contract 

for tyre plant upgrade 

Collaboration between Italian engineering company Stema 

Service Srl and Control Techniques Italy has resulted in 

a substantial contract with one of Italy’s leading tyre 

manufacturing groups. 

The project, with Unidrive SP 

AC drives used throughout, has 

produced energy savings, increased 

production and resulted in a 

reduction in maintenance costs. 

Stema Service Srl is an engineering 

company providing automation 

and process control solutions 

for companies in the plastics, 

rubber, iron and steel, marine and 

galvanic water treatment sectors. 

Stema Service routinely works with 

automation systems to improve 

production throughput, efficiency 

and reliability. Recently, with 

increased success in international 

markets, the company has 

standardised on suppliers in key 

areas, including PLC platforms and 

drives, with Control Techniques 

selected as its technological 

partner because of the technical 

excellence of its product and 

application experience and the 

worldwide support from the network 

of Drive and Applications Centres. 

At the tyre manufacturing company, 

a variety of applications, including 

rubber mixers and calendar lines, 

still used DC technologies and 

solutions. Following extensive 

study, it was determined that a 

switch to AC throughout could offer 

real benefits in terms of energy 

savings, reduced maintenance and 

downtime and better throughput 

and quality. With the maintenance 

needs of the DC motors eliminated, 

the company turned its attention 

to a review of the control system 

leading to a new approach utilising 

new PLCs and the introduction of a 

digital communication bus system 

based on ethernet. 

The company has a mixture of 

induction and synchronous motors 

and has been able to standardise 

on Unidrive SP AC drives from 

Control Techniques for all of these. 

Mixers rated at up to 400kW utilise 

Unidrive SPM modular drives, 

which, by virtue of their modular 

configuration – AC/DC modules, 

plus power modules – deliver 

greater flexibility for the architecture 

of the system, as well as minimising 

back-up spares. On the calendar 

line, where motor powers vary 

from just a few kilowatts up to 

90kW, Unidrive SP drives are used 

throughout in open loop, closed loop 

and brushless servo configurations, 

depending on the motors employed. 

All drives were fitted with Ethernet 

plug-in modules to give a single 

Ethernet fieldbus. 

Some drives feature SM-Applications 

modules, bringing a high level of 

motion control functionality down 

to the drive level, with the major 

benefits of less wiring, less chance 

of interference and enhanced 

process reliability and performance. 

Control Techniques’ Unidrive 

SP ‘solutions platform’ AC 

variable speed drive range spans 

0.75kW right up to 1.9MW and 

is configurable into five operating 

modes – open and closed loop, 

vector, servo and regenerating 

mode. A wide range of plug-in option 

modules provide extra processing 

power and functionality including 

extra I/O and field bus connectivity 

to most industry standard networks 

and compatibility with most position 

feedback protocols. 

The customer is delighted with the 

results of this extensive project, with 

the result that other commissions 

have followed and Stema Service 

has become the point of reference 

for other turnkey projects. 


mention PTR: 

Joseph Walker, 

Control Techniques Ltd, 

Ty Rheoli, 


Newtown, Powys SY16 4LE 

Tel: 01686 612900. 

Fax: 01686 612999. 

Email: joseph.walker@emerson.com 

www.Emerson.com 

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P&TR Products 

Bearing isolator 

and grounding ring 

combination 

The new Garlock SGi Shaft 

Grounding Bearing Isolator 

protects motor bearings from 

electrical damage as well as from 

lubricant loss and contamination. 

Maintenance-free, the Garlock SGi 

bearing isolator combines the proven 

technologies of Garlock’s GUARDIAN 

non-sparking bronze labyrinth seal 

together with an AEGIS shaft 

grounding ring in a single unit. 

It is ideally suited for motors 

controlled by variable frequency 

drives (VFDs) running pumps, 

fans, high-speed spindles, and 

other equipment in severe-duty 

applications such as mining and 

the processing of pulp/paper, food, 

pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and 

water/wastewater. 

Commonly used to save energy, 

VFD’s induce motor-shaft currents 

that can damage bearings, 

completely wiping out any energy 

cost savings. 

Standard bearing seals only keep 

out contamination and prevent 

leaks, but the Garlock SGi diverts 

harmful currents safely to ground, 

bypassing the bearings entirely and 

extending motor life. The patented 

AEGIS FiberLock Channel built 

into the Garlock SGi permanently 

secures circumferential rows of 

conductive micro fibres, preventing 

their dislocation and the resulting 

accidental contamination of the 

bearing. 

The micro fibres themselves, 

proven in hundreds of thousands 

of installations to protect bearings 

from harmful currents, are 

engineered for flexibility to prevent 

breakage and ensure that the SGi 

will last for the service life of the 

motor. 

Designed for long-term total bearing 

protection, the SGi also provides an 

IP56 non-contact isolation seal that 

withstands dust and powerful jetting 

liquids. It replaces contact lip seals 

and traditional bearing isolators 

commonly used in industrial 

applications and withstands 

operating temperatures from -30°C 

to 149°C (–22°F to 300°F). The 

unit is available for motor-shaft 

sizes ranging from 22.2mm to 

152.4 (0.875 ins to 6 ins) in 

flanged, flangeless, and custom 

configurations. 


mention PTR: 

Gerry Morgan, 

Garlock Ltd, 

Tel: +44 (0)1422 313600 

www.garlock.co.uk 

Eaton Introduces AxisPro , 

a New Generation of 

Proportional Valves 

Diversified industrial 

manufacturer Eaton Corporation 

today announced a new 

generation of proportional valves 

created to provide integrated 

programmable control capabilities 

in sophisticated electro-hydraulic 

axis control applications. 

Eaton’s new AxisPro valves 

are designed to support both 

centralized and distributed axis 

control architectures in highperformance 

applications in 

woodworking, wind turbines, pulp 

and paper production, metal 

forming, plastic injection and 

blow molding, primary metals, 

and other industries. 

Eaton AxisPro valves contain 

both programmable onboard 

electronics and integral spool 

Linear Voltage Differential 

Transformer (LVDT) sensors 

to provide precise, accurate, 

responsive axis control 

capabilities. The initial products 

are offered in ISO-3 and ISO-5 

sizes with rated flows of 40 

lpm and 100 lpm (10.6 and 

26.4 gpm), Dynamic bandwidth 

for the ISO-3 valves is 150 Hz 

and 100Hz for the larger ISO-5 

models. Both have 350 Bar 

(5,075 psi) rated P, A and B ports 

and 250 Bar (3,625 psi) rated 

T-port. 

“These valves are building blocks 

for the next generation of electrohydraulic 

sophistication,” said 

Colin Cooper, product manager, 

industrial valves. “Their modular 

design delivers four levels of 

control capability ranging from 

an entry level valve that is quick 

and easy to configure, right 

through to a valve that can be 

uniquely customized by uploading 

application code created using 

Pro-FX Control software based 

on the IEC-61131-3 programming 

standard. Additionally the valves 

can be selected with CanOpen 

field bus communication and 

control capability, a range of 

optional sensor inputs, an 

embedded on-board pressure and 

temperature sensor capability 

and easy-to-read LED status 

indicators”. 

“We have optimized AxisPro 

valves for performance, flexibility, 

reliability and easy diagnostics. 

They give customers machine and 

application performance benefits, 

which translate into significant 

improvements in efficiency, 

productivity and repeatability 

for many applications,” Cooper 

added. “AxisPro valves also 

have best-in-class IP65 and 

IP67 protection against dirt and 

moisture ingression, and best-inclass 

85° C ambient temperature 

ratings.” 

New high power field 

controller from Sprint Electric 

Sprint Electric has added 3 phase 

field controllers to the product 

range of DC drives for control 

of high current excitation fields 

on DC motors. The new product 

with the brand name QLX will be 

introduced in November at SPS/ 

IPC/Drives, the international trade 

fair for electric automation, systems 

and components, in Nuremberg, 

Germany. 

The QLX uses 3 phase supply 

power to provide a controlled DC 

field current. It will work with the 

armature controller to provide 

all usual field control functions 

including field reversal. The model 

range spans currents from 12 to 

2250 Amps, with fully digital control 

and all the usual communications 

facilities. QLX 3 phase field 

controllers are ideal for controlling 

the high current excitation fields 

of DC motors used in applications 

such as a hot rolling mill and steel 

handling. 

The QLX 3 phase field controller 

has the same digital functions as 

Sprint Electric’s established PLX 

range of DC drives, including field 

bus options such as Profibus, 

DeviceNet, CanOpen, Modbus TCP/ 

IP, EtherNet etc. The QLX range 

consists of five frame sizes with the 

maximum current capability of up to 

2250 Amps. It offers Field Reversal 

and Auto Field Weakening for high 

power fields. It also has a built-in 

Standby Field mode. For start and 

stop functions, the QLX directly 

interfaces with the main armature 

controller such as the PLX or other. 

It cost-effectively adds reversing to 

large DC motors where the facility 

does not already exist, or exists 

only with contactors. 

Sprint Electric offers a wide range 

of DC motor control, with over 150 

models covering both 1 phase and 

3 phase, regenerative and nonregenerative 

DC motor applications, 

together with digital slip ring motor 

controllers. Sprint Electric’s full 

range of products include analogue 

and digital DC drives from 12 up to 

2250 Amps. 

Whether in retrofits or original 

equipment, DC drives from Sprint 

Electric are being used in many 

different applications including 

metal processing, the pulp and 

paper industry, rubber and plastic 

processing, lifting equipment, food 

processing, leisure industries and 

many more. 

QLX high power 4 quadrant DC field 

controller from Sprint Electric. 

For reader enquiries, please mention 

PTR: 

Sprint Electric Ltd. 

Mr. Gary Keen, 

Peregrine House, Ford Lane, 

Ford, Arundel, 

West Sussex, BN18 0DF 

Tel: +44 (0)1243 55 80 80 

Fax: +44 (0)1243 55 80 99 

Email: gary@sprint-electric.com 

www.sprint-electric.com


Closer to Home 

Specialising in a niche market for UK manufacturers is not 

something new, but for Stockport based gear manufacturers, 

Mini Gears, it has recently taken on a whole new meaning. 

Mini Gears, probably best known for 

producing medium to high volume 

batches of commercial gears and racks, 

has recently diversified into totally 

different markets, including low volume 

and very high precision industries such 

as Autosport, specialist gears for classic 

cars, high end valves applications, rotor 

pumps and even as diverse as aircraft 

seating for first class business travellers. 

Over the last 18 months the company 

has been very busy investing in areas 

such as gear grinding, gear shaving, low 

volume turning and milling on the newly 

acquired XYZ machines and this is to 

compliment the already existing very 

flexible machining cells that include 3 of 

the latest Mazak 5 axis CNC multitasking 

centres and CNC Gear Hobbing. 

Although Mini Gears’ traditional markets 

are still holding up extremely well, 

the fact that so many high volume 

components have migrated abroad and, 

in a lot of cases the whole assembly of 

the product, this has meant that future 

expansion is very limited in these areas 

and some 2 years ago the company 

made the decision to diversify into 

markets nearer to home. 

The positive side of this move has 

created many new jobs at Mini Gears’ UK 

factory, which employs 80 people and 

even during the recession the cut backs 

that we had to make were nowhere near 

as severe as against most companies in 

the manufacturing sector. We have also 

taken on 3 apprentices to train up for 

the skills gap which is very prevalent in 

engineering and the areas we are looking 

to cover are the highly skilled machining 

side together with the technical, design 

and commercial side of the business. 

As well as the new lower volume 

business we have also seen during the 

last 6 months a very high number of new 

enquiries for parts that would normally 

be sourced overseas and, due to a large 

cost increases in these regions, we have 

won back a number of contracts for our 

UK facility. 

The recent installation of new hi- tech 

equipment, particularly in gear grinding, 

has been a key factor into entering new 

markets. We invested in a Hoefler Helix 

400K CNC Gear Grinding Machine, 

one of the most modern and up to 

date machines for grinding a special 

Mini Gears manufacture gears for cars 

such as the Triumph TR4 pictured above 

The Mini Gears team (in black) meeting 

with Oxford Brookes Racing (in white) 

profile on the gear tooth. Applications 

have included power take-off units, 

very accurate gears for pump rotor 

systems, Autosport applications for high 

performance gear boxes and drive trains 

and, quite ironically, we have used the 

machine to make reproduction gears for 

a British company at the very high end 

of the market who are reproducing a 

1930s Roadster to original specifications 

but with all the latest updates to enable 

the engine to pass the latest emission 

controls. With this type of new technology 

the accuracy of the gears that can be 

achieved is now so accurate that it 

becomes necessary to invest in the 

latest up to date CNC gear checking 

machines and we have now ordered a 

brand new Gleason 350 GMS due for 

delivery in March 2012. 

Also, at the other end of the spectrum is 

the ultra modern design of engines and 

gearboxes used in Formula 1 Racing, plus 

many other applications at club racing 

level, mainly used in saloon cars. 

One of our most recent projects we have 

been involved in is to supply Oxford 

Brookes who are one of the leading 

Universities in engine and gearbox design 

with a number of gear components 

for their racing car which competed 

against 500 universities world-wide 

in a major racing series. Mini Gears’ 

parts were displayed at Silverstone’s 

Formula Student which was attended 

by Ross Brawn OBE who is Patron of 

the organisation and who gave a very 

inspiring speech to all the students. 

Since then two of the students we dealt 

with have just started at Renault F1 and 

Toyota Racing in Germany. 

Mini Gears also supplies many parts to 

the Autosport trade and, because we are 

not in competition with these companies, 

our parts are now running inside a large 

number of house-hold named products 

supplied by blue chip companies. 

One of the main areas of Mini Gears’ 

manufacture is the production of gear 

racks, mainly for the stairlift market, 

portable drills and electric generators. 

These parts are normally made in very 

large volumes and are therefore very 

price sensitive. Now, going into niche 

markets, we have targeted much lower 

Looking for Gears 

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We manufacture to your BESPOKE requirements 

• Precision Gears up to 600mm 

• CNC Gear Grinding up to 400mm 

• Gear Racks up to 3 metres long 

• 5 axis CNC machined parts 

SPECIALIST SUPPLIER to most Power Transmission, 

Valve and Medical Industries 

UK & Global manufacture 

www.minigears.co.uk 

Top Gear House, Bletchley Rd. Heaton Mersey Ind. Est. Stockport SK4 3ED UK 

(Left) The newly installed Hoefler Helix 400K CNC Gear Grinding Machine. 

(Right) A range of precision Ground Gears. 

volume but very high quality gear racks 

for such areas as aircraft seating on 

commercial airliners. We are also now 

supplying a number of customers with 

steering racks for cars and these range 

from the latest up to date racing series 

through to classic cars where the parts 

are no longer available. 

On our gear products we have previously 

made gears up to 600mm diameter for 

a many diverse commercial industries. 

However, recently we have supplied lower 

volume batches to the trade which caters 

for the after market parts for a wide 

range of cars produced from the 1930s 

up to the 1970s. For this we have had 

to invest in a specialist gear shaping 

machine which can cut helical shaped 

gears which is very unique to our industry. 

We have literally spent tens of thousands 

of pounds on new tooling to enable us to 

produce the old design of gears using the 

latest technology. Quite literally out with 

the old and made with the new. 

By looking at new ideas this has now 

Contact us: 

T: +44 (0)161 432 0222 

F: +44 (0)161 432 0444 

E: enquiries@minigears.co.uk 

turned into reality and we are extremely 

pleased with the company’s progress in 

these new niche areas. 

Paul Darwent (Chairman) comments on 

the prospects ahead: “With the advent 

of escalating costs in low labour cost 

countries, the Directors at Mini Gears 

are a lot more confident for the next 5 

to 10 years ahead for UK manufacture 

especially after what we have had 

to endure for the last 10 years with 

extremely low cost labour competition. 

We are all looking forward as a team to 

the many challenges ahead.” 

Mini Gears is soon to be featured in 

a programme called ‘Manufacturing 

Solutions’ We have not been given the 

exact date yet so check the news page 

on our website www.minigears.co.uk 

where we will give the details as soon 

as we have them.


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The overrunning alternator pulley – an unsung 

hero of the internal combustion engine 

In modern internal combustion 

engines, the overrunning alternator 

pulley (OAP) is an important 

component that often gets unfairly 

overlooked, particularly when you 

consider the positive effects it has 

on improving the energy efficiency 

of an engine. 

The OAP is the functional interior 

of the belt pulley mounted on the 

alternator. The function of the OAP 

is to decouple the alternator from 

the rotational irregularities of an 

internal combustion engine. The 

task the OAP performs is therefore 

a critical one, particularly as the 

rotational irregularities that occur 

in the latest internal combustion 

engines – including turbocharged 

versions – are significantly higher 

than those indicated to the 

vehicle’s driver by the tachometer 

needle. 

In a vehicle’s accessory drive, 

the alternator is the component 

with the greatest mass moment 

of inertia and the highest speed. 

This means that the acceleration 

and deceleration forces acting 

on the alternator resulting from 

the rotational irregularities have 

the greatest effect on the belt 

transferring these forces. The 

OAP therefore ensures that, 

at many operating points, only 

the accelerating proportion of 

the crankshaft forces that are 

transferred to the belt drive are 

used to drive the alternator. The 

advantages of the OAP with a oneway 

clutch are clear. The reduction 

in the force level in the belt drive 

extends the life (typically by a factor 

of 10) of individual components, 

while ensuring an increase in the 

generator speed and a reduction 

in noise. In addition to smoother 

engine running, the OAP also 

contributes towards the reduction 

of fuel consumption and therefore 

CO2 emissions. 

For example, in Schaeffler’s 

CO2ncept-10% concept vehicle, 

the OAP contributed a reduction 

of almost one per cent in fuel 

consumption. In urban traffic 

conditions – where a large 

proportion of time is spent idling 

and accelerating – the belt drive 

with the OAP is subjected to 

significantly lower loads than a belt 

drive without an overrunning pulley. 

Use of the OAP also enables the 

more cost effective design of other 

components in the overall belt drive 

system. 

Volker Ploetz, Senior Manager 

Transmission Components at 

Schaeffler Group Automotive 

comments: “The overrunning 

alternator pulley works in a similar 

way to the freewheeling of a 

bicycle pedal, whereby only the 

acceleration proportion of the 

crankshaft’s rotational irregularities 

is used to drive the alternator. 

The advantages from this include 

more effective damping of belt 

oscillations, which means you 

no longer need idler pulleys or 

damping pulleys. You also get a 

reduction of tensioning forces 

and lengths, as well as improved 

noise behaviour, reduced belt 

width and increased system life. 

The use of alternators with high 

mass inertia is also possible. In 

terms of assembly, the overrunning 

alternator pulley is easy to fit, 

as no separate fasteners are 

required.” 

This important contribution towards 

improving energy efficiency also 

explains why the OAP has been so 

successful in both diesel and petrol 

engines. The component – which 

has been established for around 

15 years now – was regarded 

early on as a key component 

for eliminating the rotational 

irregularities from the belt drive of 

the new generation of high torque, 

direct-injection diesel engines. 

The OAP is now also included in 

the extensive list of measures for 

optimising the fuel consumption of 

internal combustion engines. 

A comprehensive modular OAP 

system has been developed 

that offers many different 

custom designs for diesel and 

petrol engines, passenger 

cars, commercial vehicles and 

motorcycles. These include an OAP 

manufactured partly to aircraft 

specifications, which is used in the 

Schaeffler Audi A4 DTM. 


mention PTR: 

Schaeffler (UK) Ltd, 

Forge Lane, 

Minworth, 

Sutton Coldfield, 

West Midlands, 

B76 1AP 

Tel: 0121 313 5870 

Fax: 0121 351 7686 

Email: info.uk@schaeffler.com 

www.schaeffler.co.uk

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Tel: 01384 215021 Fax: 01384 215022 

Contact: sales@megadyne.co.uk 

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The new AM8000 servomotor 

integrates the feedback 

system and power into 

one standard motor cable 

The strategic development of 

the Beckhoff Motion division is 

progressing rapidly. Following a 

development period of just 1½ 

years, Beckhoff will unveil the new 

AM8000 motor series at SPS/ 

IPC/DRIVES 2011. The rotary 

synchronous servomotors, which are 

available in standard and stainless 

steel designs, are characterised 

by high dynamics, energy efficiency 

and low costs. One of the AM8000 

highlights is the new single-cable 

technology, with which the power and 

feedback system are combined in 

one standard motor cable. Material 

and commissioning costs can be 

significantly lowered as a result. 

With the introduction of the 

new AM8000 high-performance 

servomotor series, Beckhoff now 

offers a complete automation 

system consisting of PC-based 

controllers, I/O, Drives and motors 

– completely from the company’s 

own development and production. In 

combination with Servo Drives from 

the AX series, to which the AM8000 

series is perfectly matched with 

regard to power rating and windings, 

Beckhoff can fulfil customer 

requests even more flexibly. Apart 

from high availability and flexibility, 

development and production in 

Germany ensures consistently high 

quality. This new servomotor series 

will be available from the 1st quarter 

of 2012. 

The AM8000 series encompasses 

six different motor sizes, each 

with two or three optional overall 

lengths, so that the widest possible 

torque range is covered seamlessly 

with overlaps. The user can select 

a motor suitable for universal use 

from a stall torque range of 0.9 to 

65 Nm. The sophisticated rotor 

and stator technology represent the 

actual basis for the new servomotor. 

Among other things, the modern 

salient pole winding technology is 

used in the motor, which enables 

an even higher slot fill factor. 

Small end turns in conjunction 

with a fully encapsulated stator 

provide robustness and excellent 

thermal management. Through 

the optimised design and use of 

high-quality materials, it has been 

possible to increase AM8000 

energy efficiency by more than 

10 % compared to conventional 

servomotors. 

Single-cable solution 

for power and feedback 

system reduces 

component and 

commissioning costs 

With the new single-cable technology 

from Beckhoff, which gets by 

without an additional feedback 

cable, power and process data are 

transmitted in one standard motor 

cable. The encoder data, rotor 

position, multi-turn information and 

the status of the thermal conditions 

in the motor are transmitted reliably 

and free from interference via a 

digital interface. This results in 

significant cost savings, since 

plug connectors and cables are 

eliminated at both the motor and 

the controller ends. 

Backlash-free permanent magnet 

holding brakes and low-backlash 

planetary gears are also offered as 

options. 


mention PTR: 

Beckhoff Automation GmbH, 

Eiserstraße 5 33415 Verl, 

Germany 

Tel: +49 (0) 5246/963-0 

Fax: +49 (0) 5246/963-198 

Email: info@beckhoff.com 

www.beckhoff.com 

The new Beckhoff AM8000 servomotor series covers a broad application range 

with stall torques from 0.9 to 65 Nm. 

Electric actuators replace 

fluid power alternatives for 

off-highway vehicles 

As an authorised distributor for 

Thomson, Heason Technology 

is increasingly specifying and 

supplying the linear drive and 

guidance systems manufacturer’s 

Electrak Pro range of high 

performance electric actuators to 

replace traditional hydraulic and 

pneumatic cylinders used in offhighway 

construction, agricultural 

and recreational machinery. 

Electric linear actuation offers 

a number of benefits over fluid 

power alternatives including 

simpler installation, more compact 

size, easier control, lower energy 

costs, higher positional accuracy, 

less maintenance, less noise and 

a cleaner, healthier environment. 

With its robust and corrosion 

resistant design, stroke length to 

300 mm and dynamic load rating 

of up to 4500N, the Elektrak Pro 

series is particularly suited where 

dust, dirt, and water is abundant. 

A wide range of standard features 

and options - including dynamic 

braking, precise speed control, 

signal follower input and IP67 

environmental protection – are 

available to competitively enhance 

and improve off-highway vehicle 

performance. 

Application opportunities for the 

ElectrakPro range include making 

tasks like raising and lifting easier, 

automating operations such as 

wrapping or feeding, providing 

remote control of covers, doors or 

guards, and for many other areas. 

A detailed resource brochure 

entitled ‘Linear Actuators for On/ 

Off Highway Vehicles’ with 3D 

illustrations showing application 

examples is available on request 

from Heason Technology. 

The EPTDA expands 

further welcoming 

3 new members 

The European Power Transmission 

Distributors Association (EPTDA), 

the leading pan-European 

organisation for the mechanical 

Power Transmission and Motion 

Control (PT/MC) industry adds 

another three new members to its 

current membership basis. These 

recent additions – one distributor 

and two manufacturers set the 

bar high with a total membership 

portfolio of 203 companies. 

The EPTDA is pleased to 

introduce its three new company 

members: one distributor – 

Daid Nigeria Limited, and 

two manufacturers - SPX 

Hydraulic Technologies from the 

Netherlands and Durbal GmbH & 

Co. KG based in Germany. 

Through Heason Technology’s 

close working relationship and 

authorised distributor status with 

Thomson, application customised 

versions of the Electrak Pro 

series can be supplied or stock 

delivery of standard products 

made available on short delivery 

times. Heason Technology’s 

own in-house design capability 

matches products from its 

distribution partners to provide 

customised motion control 

and automated positioning 

systems solutions for challenging 

applications across, aerospace, 

automotive, defence, robotics, 

process control, packaging, 

motorsports and many more. 

For reader enquiries please 

mention PTR: 

Heason Technology Limited, 

Motion Solutions Centre, 

Spring Copse Business Park, 

Slinfold, West Sussex, 

RH13 0SZ, UK 

Tel: +44 (0)1403 755800 

Fax: +44 (0)1403 755810 

Email: jhoward@heason.com 

www.heason.com 

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2012 sees Hayley Group enter their 36 th year of 

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Originally a bearings only supplier, Hayley now have 

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Control Techniques Drives 

and Leroy Somer- Motors 

At SPS/ IPC Nuremberg, Emerson 

Industrial Automation exhibited 

Control Techniques’ top of the range’ 

drive products and solutions for 

industry alongside Leroy-Somer, a 

world leader in the manufacture of 

industrial motors and alternators. 

Emerson companies believe in 

working closely together to find 

complete solutions for industry. To 

demonstrate this philosophy, Control 

Techniques and Leroy-Somer will be 

showcasing various joint projects 

at their stand, such as the new DC 

Source test rig (DC Quelle) for the 

automotive industry. 

The DC Quelle is a complete solution 

for testing all types of hybrid and 

electric vehicles. This advanced test 

rig both simulates the characteristics 

of the batteries and saves energy 

too, by using a common DC bus to 

re-circulate energy generated during 

test braking. 

Another high-profile exhibit was the 

‘mia’ electric car, which incorporates 

a Leroy-Somer motor. The mia, 

which went into production in 

A new series of right angle helical 

gear drives from Stock Drive Products 

(SDP) (ISO 9001:2000 Registered 

Manufacturer) feature base or panel 

mount design. These lightweight units 

are made with a fiberglass reinforced 

nylon housing, hardened steel helical 

gears, steel shafts, and nonmetallic 

bearings. They are identified as 

the A 2Z11... Series and feature 

both single and double output shaft 

configurations. They are suited for 

most industry applications such as for 

use in printing, packaging and textile 

machinery. Gear ratios stocked are 

1:1 and 2:1. Their maximum rpm is 

1800 and their maximum continuous 

hp is 1/8. Special options for shafts, 

material and ratios are available on 

special order. 

summer, has a high efficiency 

10kW asynchronous squirrel-cage, 

air-cooled AC motor as its means of 

propulsion. 

Available in three configurations, 

the mia is revolutionary, equipped 

for urban mobility and developed to 

fulfil everyday needs. 


mention PTR: 

Control Techniques, 


Newtown, 

SY16 4LE 

Tel: +44 (0) 1686 612000, 

Fax: +44 (0) 1686 612999 

Email: controltechniques@emerson.com 

www.controltechniques.com 

New Right Angle Helical 

Gear Drives from SDP 


mention PTR: 

Stock Drive Products, 

2101 Jericho Turnpike, 

P.O. Box 5416, New Hyde Park, 

NY 11042-5416. 

Tel: 516-328-3300, 

Fax: 516-326-8827. 

www.sdp-si.com/web/html/ 

newprdgearrightangle.htm 

Market beating lead times 

for sliding disc coupling 

The popularity of the Huco Dynatork 

Oldham coupling continues to 

grow and this model has now been 

given another competitive edge. In 

addition to being available in the 

widest choice of materials to suit 

the application the Huco Dynatork 

Oldham can now be manufactured, 

in small batches from bar, in as little 

as two working days. This is a market 

leading response time. 

This customer benefit has been 

achieved through a combination of 

investment in flexible production 

technology and the adoption of 

lean techniques. “This has given 

us ultimate manufacturing flexibility 

and one piece flow,” explains 

Managing Director, David Lockett. 

“And furthermore this improved 

service comes at no extra cost to the 

customer. It means minimal inventory 

and better business efficiency all 

round.” 

The Huco Dynatork Oldham is 

precision engineered throughout 

and comprises two hubs with inward 

facing tenons. These engage with 

matching slots spaced at 90° in 

a central lightweight torque disc. 

As the coupling rotates, the disc 

compensates for any parallel shaft 

offset by sliding the commensurate 

distance along each tenon in turn. 

Quality of motion is a function of 

the carefully controlled relationship 

igus polymer bearings 

for automotive use 

There is hardly a new car on the road 

these days that does not use plastic 

bearings in an application which would 

have traditionally use metal bearings. 

From seats to steering systems, 

throttle linkages to transmission, 

clutch pedals to convertible roofs, 

diesel exhaust systems to door 

hinges, igus® iglidur® plastic bearings 

are saving time and money for many 

automotive manufacturers. 

The igus bearing range consists of 

over 35 standard materials, as well 

as hundreds of special tribological 

solutions. For example, iglidur plastic 

bearings are now commonly used 

in hinge systems that have to go 

through the E-Coat paint process, and 

special parts can be supplied that 

between the tenons and the torque 

disc. The disc is precision moulded 

from high grade engineering polymers 

and, being easily replaced at low 

cost, is the sacrificial element in 

the drive train; radiation and heat 

resistant torque discs are also 

available. 

If severely overloaded the torque disc 

will break, acting as a mechanical 

fuse, thereby protecting associated 

equipment from damage. A 

replacement torque disc quickly 

restores the drive without the need 

to dismantle the drive system. 

The Oldham has been an important 

part of the Huco range since 

the mid-80s but the way they 

are manufactured has changed 

substantially in the intervening years. 

Indeed, in recent years the lead time 

on small batches had been cut to 

5 days but larger orders inevitably 

involved unproductive queuing in the 

manufacturing process and a high 

inventory. Now it is the subject of 

continuous end to end production. 

“Our lean manufacturing programme 

has allowed us to tighten up 

procedures right through to customer 

service,” David Lockett continues. 

“The Oldham development shows we 

are as committed to sharp response 

as we are to product excellence.” 


mention PTR: 

Huco Dynatork, 

Merchant Drive, Hertford, 

Herts SG13 7BL 

Tel: +44 (0) 1992 501900 

Fax: +44 (0) 1992 509890 

Email: sales@huco.com 

www.huco.com 

give a finished bearing with literally 

no clearance at all – a perfect 

transition fit. 

Special parts, even for underthe-bonnet 

applications where 

extreme temperatures and harsh 

environmental conditions are 

prevalent, can be produced to a 

customer’s own design and, using 

fast moulding techniques, delivered 

in as little as 24 hours. The use of 

iglidur plain bearings is kinder to the 

environment and saves cost too. 

igus UK also holds ISO 9001 and 

140001 accreditation, as well as the 

automotive TS16949. 


mention PTR: 


igus UK Ltd, 



Tel +44 (0)1604 677240 

Fax +44 (0)1604 677245 

Email:sales@igus.co.uk 

www.igus.co.uk

Rubber Top 

Hollow & Extended Pins SS/NP 

Imperial & Metric 

Adapted 

Manufacturing 

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Agricultural 

Standard BS & ANSI


Aerotech’s new MPS75SL 

miniature positioning stage 

Aerotech’s new MPS75SL series 

miniature linear positioning stages 

are just 75 mm wide and available 

in four travel ranges from 25 mm to 

100 mm. Aimed at applications in 

university labs, or R&D centres that 

require precision alignment, or for 

assembly, test and measurement in 

industrial production environments, 

the small footprint and low-profile 

stage design is optimised in the use 

of the latest generation of miniature 

1 mm pitch precision ballscrews, 

high resolution encoders and anticreep 

crossed roller bearings for 

ultra smooth velocity and reduced 

error motion. The MPS75SL is 

available in a choice of standard 

precision or with Aerotech’s HALAR 

linear error-corrected certified 

precision. Standard precision is +/- 

4 microns whilst HALAR calibrated 

accuracy is +/-1.5 microns for the 

100 mm travel version, with bidirectional 

repeatability of +/- 0.75 

microns. For motion control flexibility 

the MPS75SL is available with a 

choice of brushed DC motor or open 

loop stepper motor, both offering a 

linear positioning resolution to 0.1 

microns. 

Although small in size the MPS75SL 

has a 15 kg direct load rating which 

allows a practical offset load factor 

thanks to the choice of crossed 

roller bearings. This is particularly 

important for maintaining high 

stiffness in multi-axis configurations 

which are made straightforward 

by direct carriage to stage body 

mounting for X-Y set-ups and 

optional right-angle L-brackets for 

vertical Z-axis mounting; as well 

as breadboard mounting plates 

for customer work piece clamping. 

All multi-axis configurations are 

available in a choice of XY, XZ or 

YZ orthogonal precision to 5 or 10 

arc-sec. A bellows protection cover 

option is also available. 

The new stages are a part of a 

complete family of MPS (Miniature 

Positioning Stage) motorised 

positioners that include linear, 

rotary, goniometer, and vertical 

lift and Z stages. Also recently 

launched, the new MPS50SL linear 

stage has a similar construction 

to the larger MPS75 stage but its 

width is just 50 mm with travel 

range of 25 mm or 50 mm. The 

Trio ARMS new 

Motion Coordinator 

Trio Motion has expanded its Motion 

Coordinator range with two new 

motion and machine controllers 

based on the latest 533MHz ARM11 

processor - flexibly and economically 

providing new levels of multi-tasking 

servo or stepper control for high 

performance automation. 

The MC403 will control two servo 

axes with a master encoder input, 

or three stepper axes; whilst the 

MC405 has a choice of four servos 

plus a master encoder or five step 

and direction axes. The 6MHz 

servo encoder ports are selectable 

for incremental linear or rotary 

feedback or may be configured for 

SSI, Tamagawa and EnDat absolute 

types. The maximum stepper output 

frequency is 2MHz. Any combination 

of servo and stepper axes is 

possible. 

The new MC403 and MC405 build 

on previous Motion Coordinators 

with an abundance of performance 

enhancements that the ARM11 

core has enabled. With more than 

four times the clock frequency at 

533MHz, an improved selectable 

servo update rate from 125 

to 2000 microseconds and a 

maximum data table size of 512K, 

the double floating point precision 

processor delivers much improved 

servo loop accuracy with fast 64 bit 

real-number mathematics and 64 

bit integer position registers. 

The ability to use multi-tasking 

TrioBASIC and/or IEC 61131- 

3 programming support allows 

OEMs and end-users the maximum 

flexibility for tightly synchronised, 

high throughput motion and 

machine control. The MC403 

and MC405 will suit applications 

where any combination of linear 

or interpolated motion, electronic 

gearbox or linked axes need to 

be coordinated with machine I/O 

and sensor interfacing. Trio’s 

Motion Perfect support software 

provides a fully scalable single 

programming environment across 

all of the Motion Coordinator range 

for setting up, motor tuning and 

diagnostics. Other programming 

possibilities for both models 

include TrioPC for ActiveX 

with HPGL and DXF import 

capability. A G-code 

programmable option 

is coming soon. 

motor and configuration options are 

also similar and the stage can be 

directly mounted to the MPS75 for 

even more space-saving potential. 

As with many of Aerotech’s 

precision positioning mechanics, the 

MPS range is available with optional 

high-vacuum preparation to 10-6 torr 

where modified materials, surface 

preparation, hardware venting, 

lubrication and other features 

can be modified for applications 

within vacuum chambers for 

manufacturing, inspection, and 

military/aerospace use 

Aerotech can deliver complete 

motion solutions – assembled and 

fully calibrated with controllers 

set-up and ready to deliver results 

from the start. All equipment is 

fully documented with performance 

and calibration data, detailed 

operation manuals and wiring 

diagrams. Comprehensive technical 

support with optional training and 

on-site assistance further reduces 

commissioning time to ensure 

minimum customer learning curve 

and fastest time to market. 

Motion controls that complement 

the MPS family include PC based 

software-only or hardware based 

rack or desk mount packages 

combining advanced motion and 

These new Motion Coordinators 

include a complement of built-in 

digital and analogue I/O with a 

fast dual position input capture 

capability on every axis. Electronic 

switches with supporting FIFO’s 

on each axis allow outputs to be 

accurately toggled, for example for 

laser control. A CANbus expansion 

port provides a CANopen master 

or DeviceNet slave as well as 

optional TrioCAN I/O modules for 

up to 512 digital I/O points and 32, 

12bit analogue inputs and 16 12bit 

analogue outputs. 

Both models have a built-in RJ45 

Ethernet port for programming and 

connection of HMI or other devices; 

protocols available include Modbus 

TCP and Ethernet IP. There is also 

both RS232 and 485 serial ports as 

an alternative for communications, 

or for use with Modbus-RTU, Hostlink 

or user programmable devices. 

Memory expansion is made possible 

with a Micro SD card slot that also 

allows program and configuration 

data transfer across machines. 

The attractive and neatly packaged 

MC403 and MC405 Motion 

Coordinators suit enclosure, panel 

or DIN-rail mounting with a singlepiece 

cast metal back plate that 

provides an integrated earth chassis 

for improved EMC performance. A 

combination of removable screw 

terminals and D-type connectors 

provide fast and convenient 

interfacing. 

The discernible differences between 

the two models, apart from the axis 

count and the encoder provision, 

relate to the multitasking capability 

and the number of virtual axes 

machine control commands that are 

designed to optimise performance, 

speed set-up times, increase 

throughput and enable higher quality 

finished parts or test quality. 

A wide choice of programming 

options include RS-274 G-code, 

AeroBasic, IEC61131-3, Microsoft 

.NET Framework and LabVIEW for 

varying levels of advanced software 

and analytical functionality. 


mention PTR: 

Simon Smith: 

Aerotech Limited, 

Jupiter House, 

Calleva Park, 

Aldermaston, 

Berkshire RG7 8NN 

Tel +44 (0)118 940 9400 

Fax +44 (0)118 940 9401 

Email: ssmith@aerotech.com 

www.aerotech.com 

available, as well physical variations 

such as I/O count, size and status 

display: The 2-servo/3-stepper 

MC403 can run six simultaneous 

tasks and has a total of eight axes 

in software, whilst the MC405 runs 

up to ten tasks with sixteen axes in 

software. Axes not assigned to builtin 

hardware can be used virtually 

which is particularly useful for 

simulated motion or event timing. 

Both controllers have eight 24VDC 

inputs and two 12bit analogue 

inputs, but the physically larger 

MC405 has ten rather than six 

registration inputs and eight rather 

than four 24V bidirectional I/O 

channels. Furthermore the MC405 

includes an LCD display in addition 

to the two status LEDs available on 

the MC403. 

The MC403 and MC405 Motion 

Coordinators are aimed at relatively 

low axis count applications. 

Trio Motion’s MC464 Motion 

Coordinator offers a diverse 

multi-axis capability for up to 64 

independently configured servo or 

stepper axes together with a very 

wide range of fieldbus protocols, 

increased multitask support and 

numerous additional features where 

more complex motion and machine 

control is required. 


mention PTR: 

Mark Kennelly, 

Trio Motion Technology, 

Shannon Way, 

Tewkesbury, 

Gloucestershire GL20 8ND 

United Kingdom 

Phone: +44 (0)1684 292333 

Email: mkennelly@triomotion.com 

www.triomotion.com


Abssac on the go 

It gives us a great deal of pleasure 

to announce that we are expanding 

our wide choice of shaft coupling 

products with a brand new offering 

– the SCHMIDT-KUPPLUNG® range 

of compact coupling systems. 

This outstanding array of products 

provides an excellent choice, 

addressing different customer 

needs for a high performance 

standard item, a coupling adapted 

to their particular sector, or a 

solution tailored to a specific 

single application. 

Controlflex® – the perfect coupling 

for shaft encoders, accommodating 

all types of misalignment with 

very low restoring forces and low 

stress on the encoder bearings at 

constant angular velocity. 

Semiflex® – torsionally stiff, 

precise and backlash-free shaft 

couplings that require little axial 

space, compensate misalignment 

without restoring forces and 

transmit torque between shafts in 

instances where shaft alignment 

cannot be guaranteed. 

Schmidt-Kupplung® – the classic 

product for extreme parallel offset, 

this torsionally stiff shaft coupling 

compensates variable parallel 

shaft offset without side loads in a 

very compact envelope. 

Loewe® GK – with high axial 

stiffness and multiple shaft 

connections, this coupling is ideal 

for torque applications requiring 

resistance to axial motion, the 

mix of kinematic properties 

allowing much radial and angular 

misalignment. 

Omniflex® – offering high universal 

shaft misalignment compensation 

with compact dimensions, this 

torsionally stiff and robust coupling 

is purpose designed for maximum 

torque requirements and the 

toughest cycle operations. 


mention PTR: 

Abssac Limited, 

E1A The Enterprise Centre, 

Enterprise Way, Evesham, 

Worcestershire, WR11 1GS 

Tel: +44 (0)1386 421005 

Fax: +44 (0)1386 422441 

Email: sales@abssac.co.uk 

www.abssac.co.uk 

LTi is available from 

Motor Technology 

Measuring just 55 x 160 

x 120mm the CDF3000, 

manufactured by LTi and 

available in the UK from Motor 

Technology, is a small, low-cost 

servo drive, with the features and 

functionality of a more expensive, 

high-end drive. 

It has excellent operational 

functionality for 24 or 48V DC 

supply, a robust mechanical 

design concept, comprehensive 

CANopen DSP 402 integration, 

safe standstill in accordance 

with IEC 954-1 category 3, with 

integrated safety relay. It can run 

synchronous, asynchronous and 

DC motors and is compatible 

with resolver and SSI absolute 

encoder feedback. 

Additional key features includes, 

evaluation of two encoders, 

evaluation of multi-turn encoders, 

sequenced positioning tasks, 

PLCmotion functionality, Camswitching 

group and online 

position profile generator. 

According to Motor Technology’s 

managing director, Andrew 

Fallows, ‘The CDF3000 is a bit 

like a buying a basic car but 

getting the top-of-the-range- 

model. It’s a small, low-cost drive 

suitable for highly demanding 

automation applications.’ 


mention PTR: 

Andrew Fallows, 

Motor Technology Ltd, 

Motec House, 

Chadkirk Business Park, 

Stockport, 

SK6 3NE, 

Tel: 0161 217 7100, 

Fax: 0161 217 7101, 

Email: andrew@motec.co.uk


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igus QuickPin 2.0 makes 

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Fax +44 (0)1604 677245 

sales@igus.co.uk 

www.igus.co.uk 

Mclennan opens French 

sales and support office 

Mclennan Servo Supplies, the 

motion control and mechatronics 

designer, manufacturer and 

distributor has opened an office 

in Paris to support its growing 

business in France. 

The new office was opened during 

April 2011 and is headed by Mr 

Claude Florot, as the Business 

Development Manager for France. 

Florot has worked closely with 

Mclennan over several years in 

roles with associated companies 

and has extensive sales and 

applications engineering experience 

in mechatronics, automation and 

motion control. 

Using the UK as the central 

shipping and accounts base, 

McLennan’s French office will 

provide sales support, technical 

proposals and direct customer 

visits across its wide range of 

motor and gearbox technologies 

and will aim to build upon its 

capability to work with OEMs and 

product developers that require 

innovative mechatronics based 

motion control solutions. 


mention PTR: 

Jon Bentley 

Mclennan Servo Supplies Ltd. 

Unit 1, The Royston Centre, 

Lynchford Road, Ash Vale, 

Surrey GU12 5PQ 

Tel: +44 (0) 8707 700 700 

Fax: +44 (0) 8707 700 699 

Email: jon.bentley@mclennan.co.uk 

www.mclennan.co.uk

As well as a huge stock 

of standard bearings 

we also stock the more 

specialized ranges. 

Stick that in your stocking! 

member of the ZEN group 

Stainless Steel Inserts 

Ideal for food and beverage 

processing, medical and 

chemical environments. 

Spherical Plain 

Series (GE) 

Designed to accommodate 

heavy loads of alternating 

direction. 

Stainless Steel & 

Thermoplastic Housings 

(TP TF TFL FPL) 

The perfect solution for 

requirements that need hygienic 

and clean-room applications. 

Full Ceramic 

& Hybrid Bearings 

Lightweight, less friction gives 

lower vibration levels. Full ceramic 

allow higher temperature ranges 

and are non-conductive. 

Stainless Steel Popular 

Metric Series 

(Up to 120mm bore) 

A versatile bearing available in 

open, shielded, rubber sealed 

or PTFE sealed. 

LR Track Rollers 

Constructed with thicker 

walled outer rings to support 

axial forces in both directions 

as well as high radial forces. 

Stainless Steel Angular 

Contact Series 

(Single and Double Row) 

Best suited for clean room 

applications that need higher 

radial and axial loads. 

Thin Section Series 

(Up to 1000mm bore) 

Designed to save space, lower 

the weight and reduce friction. 

Available from stock in open, 

sheilded or sealed. 

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