New Line of Balluff’s Control and Sensor Products

GlobalPower, an expansion of Global line of products, adds another piece to Balluff’s control and sensors products. GlobalProx (inductive sensors), Global.CProx (capacitive sensors), GlobalEye (photoelectric sensors) and GlobalCables (common M8 & M12 sensor cables). The product line includes 24 VDC power supplies offering an economically priced general-purpose sensors and accessories for industrial automation.

The supplies are specifically designed to meet the needs of automation control suites that industrial systems use. The eleven-model line includes a wide range of 24 V dc models with single and three phase inputs.  With efficiencies up to 92%, and output current ranges from 0.75 A (18 W) to 40 A (960 W), there is a GlobalPower supply for most applications. Offering reliable power – power that is clean, spike-free, and controlled to provide the amount of voltage and amperage required by the system, mean time between failure for all units is over 210,000 hrs/24 yrs while operating at published specifications.

Features of the supplies are:  Built-in advanced overload and over-voltage protection; load regulation to +/- 1%; ripple/noise less than 50 mV; adjustable voltage outputs; and, all models are din rail mountable.

Balluff

www.balluff.com/powersupplies

Spectris to acquire Omega Engineering for $475 million

Spectris plc, the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Omega Engineering business. Omega is a leading supplier of process measurement and control instrumentation across a broad range of categories, including automation, wireless, test and measurement, process control, power monitoring, environmental and lab equipment.

Founded in 1962, Omega has grown steadily and is now an established global leader in the technical marketplace. The company offers over 100,000 state-of-the-art solutions for measurement of temperature, pressure, flow, level, strain, humidity, pH and conductivity, as well as a comprehensive line of data acquisition, electric heating and custom engineered products.

“We are delighted to have reached agreement to acquire the Omega Engineering business, which will bring a significant strategic growth platform to Spectris,” said John O’Higgins, Chief Executive of Spectris. “Omega will continue to serve its customers with innovative products and outstanding service. With its focus on control of temperature, pressure, flow and other common industrial process measurements, Omega is a natural fit for our industrial controls segment and enables us to expand our product offering to customers globally.”

Spectris plc is a leading supplier of productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls. The company’s products and technologies help customers to improve product quality and performance, improve core manufacturing processes, reduce downtime and wastage, and reduce time to market. Its global customer base spans a diverse range of end user markets.

Spectris operates across four business segments, which reflect the applications and industries it serves: Materials Analysis, Test and Measurement, In-line Instrumentation and Industrial Controls. Headquartered in Egham, Surrey, England, the company employs over 6,400 people, with offices in more than 30 countries.

Spectris plc.
www.spectris.com

Omega Engineering
www.omega.com