Automation Parts

PPMA Show Attracts First-Time Exhibitors With over 80 per cent of floor space already booked, the PPMA Show, the UK's annual showcase for processing and packaging machinery, is also attracting a significant number of first-time exhibitors. Currently, 23 new names will be lining up at the 2009 event, which takes place at the NEC Birmingham from 29 September to 1 October. The exhibition provides an opportunity to demonstrate machinery and equipment live to a large audience of manufacturers, processors and engineers. 'We see the PPMA Show as a real opportunity to promote the clipping side of our business,' said Mark Bishop, director of Interfood Technology. 'Earlier this year, Interfood Technology launched into the UK a plastic clip-based system from Poly-clip, the Plasti-Clip Line EZ P 600. 'While predominantly designed for food applications, we recognise that the PPMA Show has an audience beyond just the food industry, and so we will be able to highlight the ca...

Hager Energy Saving Stair Case Time Lag Switches Hager launch new range of staircase time lag switches that offers a simple and flexible energy saving solution. The switches are easy to fit or retrofit onto a DIN rail and can be used with any wall switches. The basic time lag switch allows the end user to switch on the lighting for an adjustable amount of time between 30 seconds and 10 minutes. After that time period the lights will switch off automatically. The device also has a manual override. A second switch has additional functionality. Like the basic version it will switch the lights off automatically after an adjustable time. It also has three other modes. A pre-warning mode provides a signal with the lights 'blinking' on and off before the end of the lighting period. The double delay mode allows the end user to press the switch for more than three seconds to provide a time delay of an hour. Finally there is a double delay and pre-warning mode, which can provide th...