SPRING RETRACTABLE HOSE REELS NOW SAFER Spring retractable hose reels have made a significant difference to the health and safety of Australasian workers across a wide range of industries. No longer a trip hazard, businesses find accident claims for trips and falls caused by industrial hoses are significantly reduced after these reels are installed. Tecpro has released a safety brake system to slowdown the speed of hose reel retraction. Their Brake can be used in most applications and has earned FDA approval for use in the food industry. Ituses a compact, adjustable pawl locking mechanism that attaches to their Spring Retractable Hose Reels. EN www.engineeringnews.co.nz 39 NEW GENERATIONC RANGE OF LIFT TRUCKS TO AUSTRALASIA Konecranes’ new Generation C lift trucks are coming to Australasia after a successful uptake in Europe, North America and South East Asia. The range spans from 10-65 ton fork lift trucks, container lift trucks and reach stackers. The range was first introduced to Europe and North America at CeMAT Hannover 2014, and since then has enjoyed enthusiastic response in excess of several 100 units. The Generation C lift trucks are already hard and reliably at work in the European and North American fleets. The C series lift truck includes a completely new driver’s cabin with first-in-class features to enhance safety, comfort and productivity. The C series also boasts increased reach stacker lifting performance, an enhanced TruConnect remote monitoring system and improved engine performance. Tricks equipped with common platform diesel engines that meet emission legislation levels EU Stage II / EPA Tier 2, EU Stage IIIA / EPA Tier 3, or EU Stage IV / EPA Tier 4f. These new engines are in general several decibels more silent and can save up to six percent in fuel consumption over previous ones. Most engines can be supplied with a start/stop function to further reduce fuel consumption, typically between five to 15 percent and to extend the factual engine service life. sales.australia@konecranes.com www.tecpro.com.au STATE-OF-THE-ART WITH ACROMAG Acromag has recently released the XMC-7A200 user-configurable Artix-7 FPGA modules; FPGA module designed for applications requiring lowpower without sacrificing high performance. Acromag’s XMC-7A200 is a XMC mezzanine module enhanced with Xilinx Artix -7 FPGA for low-power consumption and exceptional 128M x 16-bit Quad DDR3 SDRAM processing performance. The rear I/O provides 8-lane high-speed serial interface on the P16 XMC port. Select I/O or LVDS pairs plus global clock pairs direct to FPGA via rear P4 or P16 port. The FPGA module serves as a co-processor applying custom logic and algorithms to streams of remote sensor data. The reconfigurable Artix-7 FPGA module is possible via a direct download into the Flash configuration memory over the PCIe bus or the JTAG port. Four-lane high-speed serial interface on rear P15 connector for PCI Express Gen 1/2 (standard), Serial RapidI/O, and Xilinx Aurora implementations are supported Typical applications include hardware simulation, communications, in-circuit diagnostics, military servers, signal intelligence, and image processing. sales@metromatics.com.au
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