by Beckie Sullivan | Oct 13, 2017 | Back to Basics
What is a proximity sensor? A proximity sensor is used to detect nearby objects…without touching them. Another way of saying this is ‘non-contact object detection’. How does this happen? Usually a proximity sensor sends out an electromagnetic field or a beam...
by Beckie Sullivan | Sep 25, 2017 | Back to Basics
When a light curtain stops working it can wreak havoc on your production. A quick call to the manufacturer reveals a 3 week (or longer!) lead time and now it’s time to panic. Or is it? Give us a call and we can cross that light curtain over to one from Leuze...
by Chris Kinsfather | Sep 20, 2017 | Back to Basics
A popular question we are often asked is which VFD we would recommend using with a Bridgeport Mill. Generally our go to answer is the SMV vector by AC TECH LENZE. Why, you may ask? Well, it really comes down to five key points: This model has very good “Sensorless...
by Beckie Sullivan | Sep 18, 2017 | Back to Basics
Teco Westinghouse has been upgrading and replacing a number of their drives, so we wanted to create a handy dandy cheat sheet for our customers. PA7300 was replaced by the EQ5 and is now the EQ7 Series JNEV was replaced by the L510 Series MA7200 ending in -N1 (NEMA 1)...
by Chris Kinsfather | Aug 16, 2017 | Back to Basics
Safety…safety…safety… The entire purpose of a “safety” light curtain is to protect humans from dangerous machinery. “Dangerous machinery” is considered any machine or piece of equipment that moves in a way that could cause injury or kill you. So what do light...
by Beckie Sullivan | Aug 14, 2017 | Back to Basics
We’ve recently added a new product category to our website – Safety Disconnect Switches! For those of you without a full electrical engineering background, you may wonder why this is so exciting for us. For this reason we wanted to give you a quick explanation...
