WayCon Positionsmesstechnik has sumitted a suggestion to BP for the oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico.

Application: Pipe connection to an undefined natural opening or pipe system e.g. blowout preventer BOP, with escaping liquid/oil under high pressure.

Since the 1st of April 2010 the new Magnescale Co., Ltd has taken over the measuring business from Sony Manufacturing System Corp. In Europe the newly established company Magnescale Europe GmbH wich is a subsidary company of Magnescale Co., Ltd will take care of the sales & marketing activities for the MS buisness.

Within the next 6 month, the logo on the products, manuals and packages for Lasercale, Magnescale and Digital Gauge from Sony will be replaced to the brandname “Magnescale“. There will be no changes in performance, specifications and quality of the products. In the transfer phase of 2010, it might be possible that the customers receive products with the name Sony and Magnescale.

The series of magnetostrictive transducers with SSI interface have been renewed, increasing performance to satisfy market demands. The electronics has been completely redesigned to improve the linearity and communication of all models. Among the principal innovations is the new “internal linearization” option, which provides linearity up to 4 times higher than the standard version by performing linearity compensation in the electronics.

The entire SSI series has been given new electronics compatible with EMC standards and is more resistant to power surges. The reduction in overall noise improves transducer communication. In addition, the communication structure has been aligned in all versions (with and without the oversampling algorithm), making the entire series more compatible with SSI sensors made by other companies.

With regard to technical specifications, maximum working temperature has been raised to 90°C and current input has been halved, dropping to 50 mA, the lowest level on the market for this product!

The new edge sensors type UBA with ultrasonic through beam sensors. New software algorhythms and a unique ultrasonic transducer material allow an accuracy and temperature stability so far only realized with optical systems. But the ultrasonic fork barrier is much less sensitive to dirt and dust compared to optical sensors. Further more transparent materials such as foils can be perfectly handled. The so called plane change error has been minimized to almost zero. Together with the high sampling speed of the sensor this means that fast moving and thus fluttering webs are well aligned.

The sensor can ideally be adjusted to the actual air conditions by the help of the teach-in function. Furthermore acoustically transparent materials such as textiles can be measured. With teach-in the signal output can be defined at fully closed as well as at fully open fork. In addition, the output signal can also be inverted via teach-in. The new sensors can be teached by push buttons or through the connector. 3 LED indicate the actual position in 5 steps.

An ancient burial monument ca. 300 BC, was unearthed 100 years ago in the near of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Over the years the monumnet is becoming unstable due to ground erosion. A solution to stabilize the monument was needed. The responsible Division of the Ministry of Culture appointed the company „Neotek“ a greek distributor of WayCon Positionsmesstechnik GmbH in Germany to find a solution.

To accomplish this project, an accurat measurement system was necessary to collect the relevant data. Various draw wire transducers from the series SX are connected to a self-standing data logger and a battery box. Power is conserved by a timing switch. The Waycon displacement transducers monitor structural deformations and convergences. Readings are taken every 6 hours.  more pictures, slideshow

Measure distances with millimeter accuracy. Define positions. Measure fill levels.Register motion processes. The LLD Series from is a opto-electronic distance meter designed for industrial applications. Measurements up to 150 m are performed precisely, fast and in a non-contact fashion using the comparative phase shift method. Equipped with interface options such as Profibus DP, SSI, RS232 or RS422 as well as selectable switching and analog outputs, the sensors can easily be integrated into any industrial infrastructure including fieldbus-driven process controllers.

The compact and robust design shape combines with low power consumption, and the possibility to set specific de-vice parameters warrants flexibility in use. Optional heating enables indoor and outdoor operation at low temperatures.

The benefits are phase comparison by distances up to 150 m, distances can be reliably determined in a noncontact procedure that requires no reflector, easily perceivable measuring beam is provided for pinpoint alignment of the sensor.