Winners of the LEAP Awards have been announced for the second annual awards competition. In the Pneumatics category, Festo took the gold for its DHEF adaptive shape gripper, which adapts to workpiece size and shape and picks up, gathers, and sets down single or multiple objects without manual adjustment. The new DHEF adaptive shape gripper from Festo […]
Emerson announces 2019 ASCO Engineering Scholarship recipients
Emerson has awarded two 2019 ASCO Engineering Scholarships to students who demonstrated outstanding potential for leadership and contributions to the engineering profession — Shiloh Serenity Sigrid Curtis, a senior at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Tristan M. Ott, a junior at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T). Curtis and Ott […]
Pneumatic valve ensures noise-free, discreet breast pump design
The breast pump’s last significant redesign was in 1956, the year Elvis Presley released his first single. That changed in 2015 when, while on vacation, Samantha Rudolph read The New York Times blog article that asked, “Shouldn’t the breast pump be as elegant as an iPhone and as quiet as a Prius by now?” Although […]
IIoT-enabled pressure sensor reduces costly pneumatic system losses
Pressure losses in pneumatic systems can be costly and affect machine efficiency. The new Aventics PE5 pressure sensor from Emerson measures systems losses and will alert when the leakage rate exceeds a pre-determined value. This enables excessive leaks to be diagnosed early and addressed, before they become a major issue. The sensor has two digital […]
New IIoT tool demonstrates potential of digitized pneumatics
Emerson has introduced a new tool to help pneumatic system users quickly and easily see the potential benefits of integrating IIoT. By connecting the new Aventics Smart Pneumatics Analyzer to the compressed air supply on an existing machine, users will have instant analysis options for key machine characteristics such as compressed air consumption and possible […]
Emerson to introduce the combined Aventics and Asco lines at Hannover Messe
Emerson will be using the Hannover trade show to introduce its new combined Fluid Control & Pneumatics product offering. The Aventics product brand has been combined with the brands Asco, Tescom and Topworx. The company says this will allow it to offer one of the broadest portfolios of products for controlling fluids and automating manufacturing […]
Air prep products from Emerson reduce energy consumption and costs
The new ASCO Numatics Series 653 air preparation products from Emerson allow users to power more products from the same filter-regulator-lubricator (FRL) or reduce pressure drop across the system, both of which enable potential energy and cost savings. They are available in ½-, ¾- and 1-in. port sizes. The range of the series 651, 652, and […]
Triton is selling Aventics to Emerson
Emerson, headquartered in St. Louis, still has pneumatics on its mind. After purchasing ASCO in 1985, it bought Joucomatic a few years later and added it to the ASCO family. Later, in 2008, Emerson acquired Numatics—and combined the two as the ASCO Numatics division of the company. Now Emerson, the global technology and engineering company, is on […]
ASCO introduces 617 series SentronicLP electronic pressure regulator for low-power applications
ASCO has introduced the ASCO Numatics 617 Series SentronicLP proportional electronic regulator for accurate pneumatic pressure control in applications with limited power supplies. “The 617 Series’ 4-W power consumption offers design and control engineers a highly reliable and cost-effective solution for pressure regulation in low-power environments,” said Andy Duffy, vice president sales – Americas, ASCO. […]
Emerson introduces online thermowell calculation tool
Emerson Process Management announced it has introduced an online thermowell calculation tool that incorporates the new ASME PTC 19.3 TW standard. Emerson is the first to make available an online tool offering a more automated approach to thermowell calculation as opposed to the traditional way of utilizing spreadsheets. In addition to the tool, the web […]
