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Quick and easy code reading – with the new DCR200i Leuze electronic is showcasing its new DCR200i in a stainless steel housing for use in the food and pharmaceutical Industries. The housings are made of high-quality V4A stainless steel (AISI 316L) and achieve IP69K, ECOLAB and CleanProof+ ratings. Glass or plastic window options available. The new camera-based code reader DCR 200i for fast decoding of 1D, stacked and 2D codes has been specially developed for equipment used in packaging systems, automation, robotics and production. Leuze electronics’ new camerabased code reader DCR 200i is a reader used for detecting and identifying bar codes, stacked codes and DataMatrix code. With its modular design, the DCR 200i is adapted to the requirements of your application with respect to function, range and power - and extremely high reading performance with speeds of up to 6m/s. A configuration wizard is integrated in the WebConfig tool via an Ethernet interface. This guides you quickly and easily through the setup process and simplifies commissioning. For simple applications, the DCR 200i is operated as a stand-alone device with an IP address in an Ethernet star topology – with the serial (RS 232 or RS 422) or with configurable 4 x I/O. Set up for the reading task can be done without a PC using just two buttons on the device and a smartphone app. The selectable optic variants high density (N optics), medium density (M optics) and low density (F optics) cover reading distances of approx. 40 to 360 mm. The housing hood can be replaced for specific requirements such as a polarisation filter (plastic housing) for the food industry instead of the usual glass screen as well as diffusor foils for the screen on the housing hood to minimise reflection. 8 February 2017 They’re reading it everywhere (and now with beer) AND BE INTO WIN FIVE DOZEN BOTTLES OF SPEIGHTS BEER C’mon Engineers LIFT YOUR BLOODY GAME! Opionion by profile manager at Maintenance Engineering Society of NZ (MESNZ), Craig Carlyle If I had a beer with your boss, what would he be telling me about your engineering department? How often do you think about the external perception of your maintenance function? Is your barometer rising or falling? One of my work benefits is that I meet engineers up and down New Zealand, across a whole variety of companies and industries. This provides a beneficial yardstick of what’s happening in industry and certainly helps me keep my head out the clouds and in touch with ‘real’ people. Most sites seem to have a hot topic that is the current focus of management and invariably it seems to involve the maintenance department. I am always concerned when I see engineers being run around with the latest thing instead of focusing on their core duties. No names no pack drills, but my observation is one of engineers being pushed by the latest generation of management re-inventing and ‘things’. My message is about external drivers filling the vacuum left by engineers. I gave one poor engineering manager this message when he was griping about the impractical work rules imposed upon his department, making his life a misery; “Stop griping. These people only fill the vacuum left by you engineers. How can you complain when they are only imposing their ideas of a system because you haven’t? Lift your bloody game and start providing a professional service to your company”. It took a cuddle and a cup of coffee to settle the poor engineer down. How could I say such a thing? But I meant it. Engineers need to understand that regardless of the topic (such as work planning, purchasing, budgets, insurance auditors, health and safety, food safety, compliance, KPI’s), outside influences will fill the vacuum left by your maintenance management system, if the solutions are not already delivered, implemented and transparently managed. When tackled, why is your department not able to say, “Yes, we have already a system and process. We can demonstrate our transparent management, management history, continuous learning, proactive plans and our embedded culture”? How’s your accounting stress? If you do not know more about your rolling budget forecast, YTD totals, committals and stores inventory than the accountant, is it any wonder he sets the rules? GET CONNECTED AND BE INFORMED, LOADS OF EXTRA MULTIMEDIA CONTENT N E W S Nicole Schlager is no doubt receiving many pats on her back at Hamilton based Gallagher Group after winning five dozen Speights for her team. Ms Schlager (Ed’s note: very apt last five letters of Nicole’s surname) organised members of her team and took a pic of them doing what they do every month, reading Machineryseller (Powered by Engineering News) in the lunch room. The pic was part of a recent competition, and all entrants had to do was take an interesting pic of the team reading Machineryseller in the ‘Smoko’ room. Friday drinks will be that little bit sweeter no doubt. The beers are on their way Nicole. SEND A PHOTO OF MACHINERYSELLER IN YOUR LUNCH ROOM COMPETITION We want to see the whole team and our machineryseller must be in the photo. We will feature the best photo in our newspaper every month and if you are chosen we will send 5 dozen beer to your lunch room. Send you photos to greg@hayleymedia.com POWERED BY


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