Drives & Controls 2001

This year’s Drives & Controls exhibition and conference was staged alongside two other events; Hydraulics & Pneumatics, and Power Electronics.

Now in its eighth year, the exhibition has found a new home at the purpose built Excel centre, a state of the art exhibition venue onstructed last year (2000) in London’s Docklands at a cost of some £250 million.

Here are some highlights from this year’s show:

Stepper and servo drives for OEMs	Parker Electromechanical Division	a126
Precision motorised positioning systems meet automation needs	PI	a127
Miniature Sanyo Denki motors offer high torque capability	EAO	a138
In Brief:	Rockwell	a139
	Baldor	a140
	Vacon	a141
Multiturn encoder assures compatibility	CTL Components	a129
AS-i power supplies monitor earth leakage	Phoenix Contact	a134
High power from compact products	EMS	a130
Precision two-axis direct drive	LTN Servotechnik	a131
Compact inverters are low cost	Lenze	a132
Industrial PC control on this operator terminal	Pilz Automation Technology	a160
Extended stroke range and lower cost	Penny & Giles	a135
Tiny motors deliver higher torques	API Motion	a136
Hard to shock universal disk unit	Pilz Automation Technology	a133
Good advice on power quality	Copper Development Association	a137