Automation Parts

Machine Building Systems Offers Item Base Plate Item has added a die-cast 'Base Plate 8, 40x40 M10' to its aluminium-profile machine construction kit, available from Machine Building Systems. An M10 foot is suitable for customers with uneven floors who require a knuckle foot with a generous amount of adjustment on a bench or a conveyor, for instance. This gives the longer threads some resistance to the side loads that they will meet. However, this leads to two problems, according to the company. First, the 40x40 profile most commonly used for legs has a bore at the tapping size for M8 and must be drilled and re-tapped out where this is feasible. Second, permissible thread pitch deviations under DIN standards, common in the male threads, often mean that the feet will bind in long tapped holes, no matter how accurate the tapping. The new base plate is intended to solve both these problems at low cost by having the M10 tapped hole for the foot aligned with any of the T-slots...

Trelleborg Automotive has developed a damping plate that allows PSA Peugeot Citroen to reduce noise and vibration caused by diesel-engine knocking. Trelleborg Automotive used its NVH experience to produce a specially-cut shear plate, engineered using the company's Duru-LAM material. Resistant to both heat and oil, Duru-LAM is a proven material for damping sound and vibrations in internal engine applications and, in the shear plate design, it comprises a layer of rubber sandwiched between two layers of steel. The shear plate is then positioned according to the packaging requirements of different core engine designs and can be used in gasoline, as well as diesel variants. Arvid Norberg, research and development NVH manager at Trelleborg Automotive, said: 'The conventional solution to reduce vibration is to increase engine block stiffness, but in many cases this only shifts the noise to higher frequencies. 'The introduction of the shear plate enables us to reduce vibratio...

Plate Accommodates Multiple Cable Entry The latest wiring installation product from Buttkereit is the KEL-DPZ cable entry plate from the icotek range. This comprises a polyamide frame bonded to a moulded elastomer sealing plate which can accommodate multiple cable entry for a combination of cable sizes. These include 12 cables up to 5.6mm diameter, plus seven cables up to 9.7mm diameter and a further six cables up to 11.9mm diameter. An installation time of only seconds is possible with these cable entry plates, saving considerable time on cabling up machine building projects, panel-mounted switchgear, the control systems for heating, ventilating and air-conditioning plant, and many other applications. The KEL-DPZ unit is designed for use with a standardised cut-out for a 24-pole connector (35 x 112mm) and the elastomer plate incorporates a moulded-in circumferential seal for when it is bolted to a mounting surface. All cable entry sealing features are pre-formed, with the first seal c...