New digital servoactuators from Atos are an effective electrohydraulics solution for easier subsystems configuration. They are smart actuators integrating many functions in a single, compact and programmable motion control unit: - low friction servocylinder, with integral position and force transducers: to allows accurate movements with no stick-slip phenomena coupled and with high translation speeds - high performance servoproportional valve equipped with on-board electronics: to ensure best hydraulic re...
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  Burkert has provided a complete process control system, including level and flow monitoring, fluid control and process actuation, for a new moulding station and effluent treatment plant, installed at Mersen’s new production facility at Eurocentral in Scotland…   The Burkert control system is integral to the new moulding and treatment facilities, automating what was previously a manual manufacturing process, to improve its quality, yield and output volume. Mersen Scotland Holytown is a suppli...
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Hydraulics & Pneumatics spoke with David Cook, sector manager for technology at Banff & Buchan College, about the educational establishment’s fluid power and systems training regime, including an important recent development. Banff and Buchan College is situated in Fraserburgh near Aberdeen, the oil capital of Europe. The college has a long-established and successful relationship both with industry and with many Scottish universities, helping students to secure employment or go on to higher education. It...
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