November 2019

RENOVOTEC, a leading UK independent rugged hardware, software and consulting services provider is introducing a ‘try before you buy’ scheme for the ProGlove family of wearable barcode scanners, which are new to the UK. Under the scheme manufacturing and logistics users can trial a ProGlove MARK wearable scanner for three months before buying, renting or returning it. “ProGlove uses new, innovative technology to increase productivity and we encourage users to try it for themselves” says Renovotec managing director Richard Gilliard. Worn on the back of the hand, hands-free ProGlove scanners are matchbox size - the world’s smallest and lightest says ProGlove, saving workers a weight lift of up to 1.5 metric tons per shift and worker. ProGlove devices can cut scanning time by up to four seconds and reduce picking errors by up to 33% because of ProGlove’s worker feedback. A combined optic, acoustic and haptic alert tells the worker immediately whether they have picked the right item, ensuring process reliability. Internationally, ProGlove users already include Audi, BMW, Bosch and Lufthansa Technik. w | www.renovotec.com The University of Birmingham has purchased a laboratory-sized Eddy Current Separator and Drum Magnet modular system from Bunting-Redditch. Students and professors undertaking research at the university will use the new Metal Separation Module to determine the recovery and recycling capabilities of a wide range of materials. BUNTING says it is one of the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of magnetic separators and metal detectors for the recycling, quarrying, and mining industries. The laboratory Metal Separation Module comprises of a Vibratory Feeder, Drum Magnet and Eddy Current Separator. The Vibratory Feeder ensures an even feed of material feeding onto the high strength Drum Magnet. The Drum Magnet attracts and removes strongly and weakly magnetic materials. The remaining non-magnetic fraction falls onto the belt of the Eddy Current Separator. e | press@buntingeurope.com w | www.buntingeurope.com / www.mastermagnets.com Laboratory Eddy Current Separator When it comes to sensors, the path often leads directly to PEPPERL+FUCHS. But sensors alone are no longer sufficient - customers want comprehensive communication solutions from a single source. That is why the manufacturer says it is fully committed to IO-Link and has strengthened its communication solutions by acquiring the business activities of industrial Ethernet pioneer Comtrol. In an interview with A&D, Dr. Thomas Sebastiany, director of the Systems Business Unit, explains the added value that this brings and how Pepperl+Fuchs supports its customers beyond IO-Link. The interview was conducted by: Christian Vilsbeck, A&D Visit www.pwemag.co.uk to read the full interview t | +49 621 776-1111 e | fa-info@de.pepperl-fuchs.com w | www.pepperl-fuchs.com Comprehensive communication solutions Rotary displacement gas meters ‘Try before you buy’ MRM Turbine gas flow meters are now reportedly available in the UK exclusively from BELL FLOW SYSTEMS. Manufactured by Metreg Technologies who offer a complete product range for fiscal and non-fiscal gas flow measurement for industrial and commercial applications. The MRM rotary displacement gas flow meter is designed for fiscal metering of natural gas and is approved according to the European requirements of EN12480, MID (2004/22/EG) and OIML R137-1 & 2: 2012. The MRM rotary displacement gas meter is suitable to be installed in hazardous areas of Category 2 (Zone 1) II 2 G c IIC T4 X. The MRM rotary displacement gas meter is suitable for the following gases: natural gas, town gas, propane, butane, ethylene, air, nitrogen, with further gases on request. t | 01280 817304 e | mail@bellflowsystems.co.uk 28 | Plant & Works Engineering www.pwemag.co.uk November 2019 Process, Controls & Plant Form, cut and s tac k mac hine RIDAT, a London-based manufacturer of thermoforming machinery, reports it has recently delivered its Model 2420AFCS Form, Cut and Stack Machine to Cetinka Packaging Doo. Cetinka Packaging Doo successfully operates from its headquarters in Jasenovo across Serbia and its neighbouring countries, and specialises in trading hard PVC and PET film. Milan Kosanovic, director of Cetinka Packaging Doo, commented: “we needed to increase our production capacity and were delighted to find a 3-stage thermoformer made by Ridat, which is well-known to have best-in-class technological features at competitive prices. We were particularly pleased that the Ridat machine includes, as standard, most of the features associated with equipment from much more expensive West European manufacturers. It will greatly assist the company to broaden its activities”. t | 020 8458 6485 e | dsg@ridat.com w | www.ridat.com