Roxtec sealing solutions are used to prevent water and steel process dust from entering outdoor cabinets and indoor control room containers of the Konecranes lifting equipment at SSAB’s steel works in Raahe, Finland. The overhead traveling cranes must be operational at all times in a steel production process resulting in 2.5 million tons per year. […]
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BuyStrainRelief.com offers stainless-steel connectors for watertight protection
BuyStrainRelief.com is expanding its line of strain-relief wire connectors to include corrosion-resistant stainless steel connectors. The wire strain-relief products, sold under the Cantop name, are used to insulate and seal control cabinets from water and dust intrusion where wires and tubing enter the cabinets. The connectors also fasten the wires more securely to the […]
Flat cables for unmanned systems from Cicoil
For unmanned systems, intelligent robotics and drone applications that require lightweight and flexible cable designs, Cicoil offers kink resistant, rugged and space saving flat cables and assemblies. In addition, the highly durable flat cables are designed to provide absolute reliability in mission critical applications. Each Cicoil cable can incorporate a variety of elements, including power […]
Gore’s Microwave/RF Solutions surpass U.S. Army flight qualifications for critical aircraft survivability equipment
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) announced that GORE-FLIGHT Microwave Assemblies and GORE Microwave/RF Assemblies for military aerospace applications have successfully passed stringent U.S. Army flight qualifications on the MH-47 Rotorcraft. Gore provided a complex harness that included more than 100 of their rugged assemblies for the ALQ- 211 SIRFC — a critical aircraft survivability system used by […]
Radiopaque Wire Enhances Clarity of Stents
Custom manufactured radiopaque clad wire that improves the visibility of stents and wire under fluoroscopy as an effective alternative to marker bands is available from Anomet Products of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Anomet Radiopaque Clad Wire enhances the clarity and visibility of stents and wire under fluoroscopy and can be manufactured with different degrees of visibility by […]
AFC Cable Systems announces MC Luminary HCF cables for healthcare applications
AFC Cable Systems, New Bedford, Mass., announces MC Luminary HCF (UL type MC-PCS) cables for healthcare facilities. MC Luminary HCF is a new addition to AFC’s line of MC Luminary metal-clad cables, which combine electric lighting and control circuits under a single interlocked armor. With a dual grounding path that enhances safety, MC Luminary HCF […]
TPC Wire & Cable introduces Trex-Onics high-flex encoder cable
TPC Wire & Cable Corp. (TPC) has released the next generation of servomotor encoder cable has arrived in the form of a single-cable solution. Whereas traditional methods require three separate encoder cables, one dedicated to managing power with a second and third reserved for signal and data, TPC’s Trex-Onics high-flex encoder cable converges these roles into […]
Belden introduces New 4K ultra-high-definition media cables
Belden Inc. announced the launch of its new 4K Ultra-High-Definition (UHD) Media Cables 2183P (plenum) and 2183R (riser). Belden 4K UHD Media Cables are designed specifically to deliver 4K content over HDBaseT up to 100 meters in a unique, small, sleek design. The products are now available for purchase through authorized Belden distributors. “Belden conducted […]
New umbilical and cable recovery tool uses hydraulics to grip and lift damaged cables
Webtool, a brand of Allspeeds Ltd. which specializes in emergency disconnect tools for offshore, military and aerospace applications, has launched a gripping and lifting tool for recovering subsea umbilical and cable for offshore oil and gas and decommissioning projects. The Cable Retrieval Tool (CRT200), developed in consultation with international certification body and classification society, DNVGL, allows […]
New harnessed robotic dress packs from igus now available for quick replacement and installation
igus now offers standard “readychain” ready-to-use robotic dress packs for simple installation as well as multi-axis cable guidance and protection. In automated plants and other manufacturing facilities, downtime creates a critical situation. Once production stops, every minute counts, making new standard, fully-assembled dress packs for industrial robots an ideal solution to get systems back up […]