Rugged, compact, reliable ACURO-XR® Series Encoders

Automated Control Engineering (ACE) presents it new product in which it nationally distributes - the new expanded series of Hengstler ACURO-XR® absolute encoders. Expansion of the range was completed by integrating state-of-the-art, wear-free and highly reliable multi-turn technology into the products.



Encoders of the new ACURO-XR® series are reliable partners for applications under harsh operating conditions and they are capable of withstanding high acceleration rates, mechanical stresses, extreme climatic fluctuations and are fully functional in underwater operating conditions.

The ACURO-XR® series is characterised by an extraordinarily rugged mechanical design, highest reliability and a long useful life. Its highly robust enclosure and generously dimensioned bearing easily cope with high axial and radial forces of up to 300N. The PCB with evaluation electronics, sensor asic and electronic multi-turn features multiple fastening and protection against humidity, corrosion and contact breakage. Extremely high shock accelerations up to 2,000 m/s² and vibrations up to 200 m/s² are no problem for ACURO-XR®.

A high-grade sealing concept protects the encoder against penetrating liquids (IP69k). 12-bit resolution is achieved within one turn, and the encoder is equipped with new, electronic multi-turn technology to detect and output the number of rotations. It works with energy-independence, without any gears and contacts, without any moving parts, and without the use of batteries.

The max. multi-turn resolution has been increased to 24 bits.

ACURO-XR® is accommodated in a compact 58-mm industrial-standard enclosure and excels by its extremely small installation depth of only 32 mm. Its wide temperature range, reaching from -40 to +100 °C, makes it suitable for a virtually unlimited field of applications.

Being suitable for any type of connection, ACURO-XR® presents an extremely reliable and durable encoder solution for heavy-duty and outdoor applications.

Find out more about the ACURO-XR Encoders by emailing our staff at ACE on sales@aceg.com.au or visit our website.

Conductix Wampfler - mobile power & data trsnmission

Conductix-Wampfler products are regionally distributed by Automated Control Engineering (ACE). Conductix-Wampfler is an organisation whose core strengths lie in the development and production of reliable solutions for applications relating to mobile power and data transmission.

Industries that utilise the Conductix-Wampfler product range include the mining, OEM and water industries.

Products that are available from Conductix-Wampfler include festoon systems, conductor rails, energy guiding chains, motorized cable reels, spring cable reels, slip ring bodies and contact-less power transmission systems.

Staff at ACE can provide you with more information for applications where Conductix-Wampfler can be used. Contact us via email sales@aceg.com.au or visit our website.

Transtech - signal conditioners & electronic surge protection

Automated Control Engineering (ACE) distribute regionally Transtech Electronic Controls Pty Ltd products. Transtech is a 100% Australian owned and operated designer and manufacturer of electronic, instrumentation and process controls products, with a main focus on signal conditioners & electronic surge protection.

Transtech specialise in the Industrial, Petro-Chemical, Oil & Gas, Mining and Public Sector Utilities markets.

Transtech Electronic Controls has well established research and development, production and technical support departments staffed by people who have been designing and supplying Transtech products for over 20 years. These product include electronic transient/surge protection equipment and analogue signal conditioners, loop repeater/isolation modules, trip units and special application process control modules.

TransTech offers fully tested and quality guaranteed products compliant to ISO 9001:2000 and which conform to the latest standards such as IEEE C.62.41:2004 for Cat A,B,C transient protectors.

Our staff at ACE can tell you more about Transtech products, email us sales@aceg.com.au, or why not visit our website.

Monitouch - operator interface screens, distributed by ACE

Automated Control Engineering (ACE) are regional distributors for Monitouch products - operator interface screens. Monitouch manufactures powerful, innovative and quality products that give the user advanced capabilities for remote monitoring and control of their manufacturing and industrial processes.

Monitouch products have touch screens ranging from 6" to 15" HMI, the screens have a wide range of graphic, video and data capabilities while also having the feature of Internet connectivity. Supporting most serial/Ethernet protocols as standard, and boasting drivers for a large range of external devices that include PLCs and barcode readers, Monitouch products include the most in-demand industry features. The Monitouch screens also enable remote data collection and transfer of parameter data in a reliable, affordable and user-friendly package.

Need more information? contact our staff at ACE vis email sales@aceg.com.au or visit our website.

Automated Control Engineering (ACE) is a regional distributor of Kiepe products - conveyor control and monitoring. Within the bulk material industry, Kiepe is known as a leading manufacturer of high quality devices that are used to monitor and control belt conveyor facilities. Kiepe cover a complete range of conveyor safety control equipment for speed monitoring, belt tear, emergency stop, belt wander and bucket elevator monitoring.

Kiepe's products are built to be reliable and of superior quality, which is necessary to handle the demanding and harsh Australian environmental conditions. Decades of experience and consistent product development are the basis for the high quality and reliability of the products.


Further information regarding Kiepe can be found on our website or you can contact our staff at ACE via email sales@aceg.com.au

ACE - Regional distibutor of Hawk Level, Positioing and Flow Sensors

Automated Control Engineering (ACE) and Hawk Measurement Systems Pty Ltd (Hawk) regionally supply customers with level, positioning and flow sensors. Hawk is an Australian manufacturer that was established in 1988 to produce a range of ultrasonic sensors that monitor level and flow applications across a wide range of process industries.


Hawk believe strongly in research and development, ensuring that it can offer products that continue with the success that it has achieved in the application of level measurement technology.

Hawk is supplied to various industries including the mining industry, water industry, agricultural and manufacturing industries. Hawk has gained a wealth of application knowledge that it draws upon to provide the client with reliable level control solutions.


ACE staff can provide you with more details about Hawk products and applications, contact us via email sales@aceg.com.au or visit our website.

Vacon Variable Speeds and Drives - distributed by ACE

Automated Control Engineering (ACE) is a regional distributor for Vacon - the largest and fastest growing AC Drives Manufacturer in the world - Vacon have a 100% focus to design, manufacture, sell and support only the best AC Drives.

in the variable speed drive market, Vacon are ambitious to meet the most demanding needs of clients. Vacon seeks top performance, easiness, and reliability with all AC Drive products. Vacon produce energy-saving products that improve process performance and reduce environmental load in major industries including Mining, Marine, HVAC, Water and Pulp and Paper. Applications range from: - 0.1kW-5.3MW in air-cooled and liquid cooled configurations - industry leading solutions for harmonics management and mitigation - energy and process optimisation - offerings for renewable energy.

Vacon’s continuous research and development of class leading products ensures the greatest competence in drive applications available on the market today.

ACE can provide you with more information on the Vacon range of variable speed drives, contact via email sales@aceg.com.au or visit our website.

Stainless Steel Resolvers Designed for Extreme Duty and Food Grade Applications

AMCI and Automated Control Engineering Group (ACE) realise the need for extreme-duty sensor feedback in harsh industrial environments, and in response, provide a family of stainless steel resolver transducers.

Options include 303 or 304 stainless steel housing and shaft, and a variety of mounting styles. The IP67 rated product line comes standard with either a 1/4", 3/8”, or 5/8” stainless steel shaft and an oversized double row sealed bearing. The input shaft in each of these stainless steel resolvers extends through the internal core of the resolver rotor windings. This one-piece rotor design eliminates internal coupling components, increases shaft strength and maximizes reliability.

Durability was the highest priority when designing AMCI’s stainless steel resolver transducer family. The optional 5/8” stainless steel shaft boasts exceptional shaft loading, and the high temperature rating up to 150°C (302°F) provides reliability where most sensors fail. Mechanically connected to the shaft of the controlled machine, these transducers are subject to severe conditions such as vibration, mechanical shock and possibly contaminates such as coolants, caustic vapors and salt water mist. For food and beverage applications where sanitizing wash downs are required, the stainless steel housing and robust IP67 rating will withstand all hose spray and cleaning solutions.

High performance applications like those found in paper factories, steel mills, ship loading, and mining applications are the inspiration for these extreme-duty rotary sensors. AMCI also considered food grade requirements when designing these resolvers. The non-porous nature of stainless steel will not support growth of mold, mildew, or bacteria. This provides a hygienic, easy to clean solution for customers manufacturing, processing, or packaging food.

For more information please contact us at ACE sales@aceg.com.au or visit our website.

West Control Solutions - Temperature and Process Control

West™ - is a renowned European leader in the manufacture of state-of-the-art, value packed single loop and multi-loop temperature controllers servicing industry and machine builders in their process automation applications for over 50 years. West and Automated Control Engineering (ACE) have joined together to serve the Australian market. ACE is the exclusive national supplier of West products.

West was one of the first controller manufacturing companies to design a microprocessor based temperature controller device and was on the forefront of the development of self-tune algorithms. More recently, West launched the first multi-loop controller to combine the integrity of a discrete controller with the benefits of bus integration.

Require more information West products? Contact us at ACE sales@aceg.com.au or visit our website.

FEAS Power Supplies & Electronic Modules - distibuted by ACE

Automated Control Engineering (ACE) and FEAS GmbH have formed a strong partnership, ensuring Australian customers are provided with quality power supplies and Electronic modules.

FEAS is a German manufacturer of power supplies and electronic modules that are designed for harsh industrial and environmental applications - majority are used in critical applications.

Customers throughout the world rely on the rugged construction of the FEAS range of equipment and to its ability to reliably control the power requirements of critical equipment. An extensive product range offering a variety of technologies ensures that FEAS can offer the client a solution that is best suited to their needs. Ongoing product development ensures that FEAS's clients have access to the most innovative products available.

ACE can provide you with more information regarding FEAS, email us at sales@aceg.com.au or visit our website.

ACE - National Distributor of Weber Products

Automated Control Engineering (ACE) are proud to be the exclusive distributor of Weber Sensors in Australia. Weber Sensors have been in the business of manufacturing quality measuring and sensing instruments for industrial applications for over 40 years.

Weber Sensors are the pioneer of the innovative Calorimetric Principle, weber's versatile line of solid state flow-captors provide non-mechanical measurement of air and liquid flow. The versatile flow-captor and vent-captor range of products can provide switching or metered outputs for a wide variety of applications.

In addition, Weber also manufactures a complete line of products tailored to various industries including the mining and metals industries, and custom design for OEM applications.

For more information about Weber Sensors and their range of Thermal Flow Sensors contact our staff at ACE sales@aceg.com.au or visit our website.

STS and Automated Control have formed a partnership and work closely together to exclusively distribute products nationally in Australia.

STS is a Swiss based innovative manufacturer that has been developing solutions for customer-specific applications since 1987. STS manufactures both entire systems and individual products for applications within the field of pressure measurement. (Pressure / Level monitoring and logging)

STS actively pursues its goal of becoming the leader in niche markets that include;

Offshore / Sub Sea Engineering

Shipbuilding

Water Body / Ground Water Measurement

Environmental Technology

Explosion Suppression

Gas / Oil Pipelines

Testing / Calibration Technology

To find out more information about STS contact our staff at ACE sales@aceg.com.au or visit our website.

Hiqueal - Distributed Nationally by ACE

For the supply of control relays and devices, Automated Control Engineering (ACE) goes to Hiquel. Since its foundation in 1992 in Austria, HIQUEL has specialised in the development and production of devices for industrial automation and control.

Hiquel provides complete solutions for applications or can individual tailor-make products to suit the application. These are distributed worldwide through an extensive distributor network (ACE being the Australian Distributor).

HIQUEL stands for HIGH QUALITY ELECTRONICS and is backed up by a state of the art equipped factory and extensive product research and development.

Hengstler Encoders and Counters - distributed by ACE

Automated Control Engineering (ACE) have partnered with Hengstler - a leading European manufacturer of industrial components for counting and control applications. ACE supply the entire range of Hengstler encoders and counters nationally in Australia.

Hengstler's products include counters/timers, encoders, industrial/temperature controllers, relays and printers/cutters.

Hengstler has extensive global experience and competent service and this is valued by customers. This coupled with their extensive research and development has allowed them to consistently be a market leader by producing new innovative products such as the ACURO encoder.

Ask the ACE staff for more information about Hengstler products by emailing sales@aceg.com.au or visiting our website.

AMS Products Distributed Nationally by ACE

Automated Control Engineering are the exclusive national distributors of ASM products in Australia. These popular products are used in a variety of industries including the Mining industry, Grain industry, Shipping and Waters Industries.

ASM develop and manufacture mechatronic position sensors for use industrial applications - linear and angle measurement. Due to their wealth of experience developed over several decades, ASM have set industry standards and have attained a leading role in the field of position measurement.

ASM solutions/ products for position measurement cover three principles
• Cable Activated: WS Position Sensors
• Magnetostrictive: POSICHRON® Position Sensors
• Magnetic scale: POSIMAG® Position Sensors

For more information on ASM and their products contact our staff at ACE sales@aceg.com.au or visit our website.

ACE - National Distributor of AMCI products

ACE is proud to be the exclusive national supplier of AMCI products in Australia.

Advanced Micro Controls Inc (AMCI) is a leading U.S. based manufacturer with a global presence. Its Industrial Controls are sold all over the world, improving the performance of today's factories and automation systems. They focus on resolver based positioning products.

With eight different product families, including Stepper Motor Control, Rotary Sensors, Networked Devices, Stand Alone Solutions, PLC Modules, Packaging Systems Control and Stamping Press Technologies, AMCI products can be found everywhere.

Visit the ACE website to find out more about AMCI or contact one of our staff sales@aceg.com.au

Pepperl + Fuchs - Automation Sensors and IS Barriers

Automated Control Engineering (ACE) is a regional distributor for Pepperl+Fuchs products. The range of products that holds is vast with Pepperl+Fuchs designing, producing and distributing electronic sensors and control devices for the global automation and process markets.

Pepperl+Fuchs continued success is due to continuous product innovation, enduring quality, and steady growth.

The Factory Automation division is a leading manufacturer of a wide range of industrial inductive, photoelectric and ultrasonic sensors. Complementing this line of mostly binary sensors, P+F also offer complex automation sensors, identification and communication systems.

The Process Automation division is the market leader for intrinsically safe components and intrinsically safe decentralized peripherals. P+F products easily connect with Fieldbus Components and allow the simple design of Fieldbus Topology.

ACE staff can provide with more details about Pepperl+Fuchs and many other products for automation applications. Contact us via email sales@aceg.com.au or visit our website.

West Control Solutions eCAL- a new 1/16 DIN (48mm x 48mm) compact temperature controller

Back in feb 2010, West Control Solutions announced the enhancement of its CAL Controls brand temperature controller portfolio by introducing eCAL, a compact, cost-effective temperature and process controller with extended capabilities.

These products are nationally distributed in Australia by ACE and are mainly used by customers in the Mining, Waters and OEM industries.

The new 1/16 DIN controller is easy to install and useful to retrofit, it is ideal for stand-alone scientific and industrial process equipment.

The new eCAL controller shows its strength as a cost-effective and compact solution with improved aesthetic design, a reduced behind panel depth of 70mm and capability expected from higher end products. This includes a universal input for all sensor types allowing flexible utilisation, up to 3 outputs (including relay, SSR driver, linear DC and RS485 options), full PID control and a user interface with easy to read LED display consisting of 4 digits upper and lower, 4 button membrane keypad including a function button with userdefined operation and 3 output status LEDs.

A programmer function has the capability of running 2 profiles of up to 16 segments incorporating delay timer, auto holdback for guaranteed dwell and easy control via the controller’s function button providing easy implementation of temperature profile control. Furthermore, alarms and diagnostics help to prevent problems before they happen: relay life, ambient warnings and absolute or deviation limit alarms allow preventative maintenance actions to be taken instead of needing emergency replacements when a controller fails.Are you interested in a WEST product? Contact one of our team at ACE for more information sales@aceg.com.au or visit our website for more information.

The new FEAS LDR 40 - 5Amp. USV for 24V and 12V supply

At the begining of March ACE announced we are the exclusive national distibutor for the newest FEAS products - the Accupacks LDR4012 and LDR4024. These products are made with charging regulators and serve to buffer 12Volt- and 24Volt systems. The Accupack LDR will be connected between the line voltage and the installation, in order to provide DC to the equipment. In the event of a mains power failure, the “on board” sealed batteries supply the system, connected to the outlet. The supply-duration depends on the load current of the consumer. The batteries can be easily replaced, if necessary.

FEAS products are used in all industries, anywhere there are critical applications.

To provide the needed power and in order to maintain a wide input voltage range, a switch-mode power-supply is built-in. That means for AC - input voltage a range from 85 to 270Volts and for DC - input voltage a range from 150 to 400Volts. During the online operation the AC/DC converter supplies the accumulator with optimal charging-voltage as well as the output load, in a way that under normal operation-conditions the batteries are always properly charged. This modern power supply is designed in accordance to the relevant international regulations and works with high efficiency.

The output-voltage follows the battery voltage level. In any kind of operation, normal or emergency, the full load can be drawn from LDR4012 as well as from the LDR4024. For a limited period, the peak-current could exceed the nominal current up to 50%. The output is short-circuit-proof and effectively protected against polarity failure.

The 2 built in relays allow remote monitoring of the current status of the LDR.

Features:

- no extra Power-supply required

- Input voltage range: 70......270VAC

- Accus integrated

- Easy Accu-replacement

- Accu monitoring integrated

- High capacity cells

- Remote monitoring by Relay

- Safety acc. to VDE, EN. UL,CSA

ACE supply a wide variety of FEAS products, for more information please contact one of our staff on sales@aceg.com.au or visit our website.

The new ASM Compact MEMS Inclinometer for OEM Applications

ACE were please to announce the release of the newest ASM product, back in January. ASM introduced its smallest addition to the POSITILT® inclinometer series that is available in single and dual axis versions. By using MEMS technology, this new inclinometer PTAM20 series is packaged into a very compact, flat housing making it ideally suited for OEM applications.

ACE is the exclusive national supplier of this product.

The measurement range for the single axis version is available from +/- 15° to +/- 180°, in increments of 15°. For the dual axis version, the measurement range is available from +/- 15° to +/- 60°, in increments of 15°. The resolution is 0.05° and the linearity is up to +/- 0.5°. Several analogue output types are available that include: 0.5-4.5 V, 0.5-10 V and 4-20 mA. Each version offers high shock resistance and is rated IP60 which is suitable for many instrumentation functions.

To find out more about ASM products please visit our website or contact one of our staff for more information on sales@aceg.com.au

The New ASM WS31 Cable Extension Sensor Series that include a New Mounting Bracket for Easy Flexible Installation

ACE is please be introducing the new ASM WS31 Series. The series includes a new mounting bracket that allows for easy and flexible installation of the sensor and thus position measurement in almost every direction.

The WS31 linear position sensor series is well suited for many OEM production applications such as in medical testing equipment or in aerospace testing equipment and offers measuring ranges of 10 and 20 inches.

The WS31 series operates on the proven and reliable cable extension position sensor principal which uses a highly flexible stainless steel cable that is drawn onto a cable drum. An internal spring maintains the tension in the cable and ensures that the cable is recoiled exactly as a single layer on the drum. The output signal is proportional to length of the cable that has been pulled out of the sensor by the moving object. The WS31 series is available with an analog R1K, 4-20mA or digital incremental encoder A/B/Z output.

This position sensor can be installed with many different orientations with the included mounting brackets or threaded spacer nuts. The flexible design of the sensor’s housing allows the sensor to be rotated and mounted in 90 degree increments with the use of metal brackets.

The enclosure rating for the sensor housing is IP50 and has a linearity rating of ± 0.35% of the full scale measuring range. This sensor weighs less than 4 oz.

The new WS31 is compact; 1.7” x 1.2” x 1.2, and is an economical solution that can be easily integrated into existing systems whenever direct displacement measurement feedback is needed without requiring extensive mechanical changes in the end application.

ASM are always introducing new series and products that are useful in all measurement automation applications. Re-visit this blog for future product developments from ASM and other partner companies of ACE. To see out full range of partner companies click here.

Visit our website http://www.aceg.com.au/ to see what else we offer!

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