Kinova Robotic, global leaders in innovation robotics, appoints Emona as Australia and New Zealand distributor.
Kinova is a global leader in innovation robotics. Founded in 2006 in Montreal, Canada, Kinova’s mission was initially to empower individuals with upper-body limitations through assistive robotics. Over a decade later, the company has evolved its solutions to service new markets — helping researchers, medical professionals, governments, businesses, and educational institutions achieve their innovation goals. The KINOVA® Gen3 Ultra lightweight robot is designed to help researchers get maximum value across multiple projects, applications and environments.
Everything about this robot is next-generation:
Designed to be inherently safe
Embedded 2D and 3D sensors – ideal for vision-based robotic control
Truly open hardware and software architecture means its capabilities will evolve with your needs
As an electronics equipment manufacturer, our Emona Tims R & D team, www.emona.-tims.com, has struggled with the problems associated with prototyping high strength functional enclosures and parts, as well as sourcing low volume high quality end use parts.
Functional prototypes are often incredibly expensive to manufacture and suffer from long lead times. Cosmetic prototypes, while useful for verifying fit and look, lack the strength to properly evaluate functionality of a design in application.
Functional prototypes should withstand the same rigors that the final part would, including loading and exposure to chemicals. Machining low volume prototypes out of materials that are both strong and chemically resistant takes time and money, stretching development cycles and unnecessarily straining R&D budgets. Strong parts prototyping is just not available from generic 3D printers utilising thermoplastics such as ABS or PLA.
Emona’s R & D team have overcome these roadblocks and I wanted to share our experience with you.
We have found that Markforged carbon fibre composite 3D printers give you the ability to quickly iterate, print, test, and modify high strength functional prototypes within a matter of days — replacing a process that typically requires weeks to months for every iteration.
Markforged printed functional prototypes are strong and resistant to corrosive environments. Continuous fiber reinforcement gives these printed parts near aluminum strength—as a result, they can effectively mimic parts that will eventually be made out of both plastic and metal. 3D printing prototypes keeps costs down and reduces design cycle time so much that you can iterate more while still taking your products to market faster.
Apart from high strength, Markforged printed parts also have an ultra-smooth surface finish that is equivalent to injection molded plastics, allowing you to print high quality end use parts as well. Effective functional prototyping will allow you to bring products to market faster, beat the competition and drive increased revenue for your organisation.
We’d love to print your sample parts to demonstrate how the high strength and ultra-smooth surface finish offered by Markforged will change the way you see functional prototyping and small volume end use part printing. Click here for more details on printing a sample part: Yes, Print Me a Sample Part!
This week sees a milestone event in Australian metal 3D printing history … delivery of Australia’s first Markforged Metal X printers!
To celebrate this special event, Emona is offering a FREE Markforged carbon fibre composite 3D printer with purchases of the Markforged Metal X. This offer is valid for orders received before December 21st, 2018.
Order your Metal X printer and receive a FREE Onyx One or Onyx Pro or Mark Two carbon fibre composite 3D printer. Just pay a deposit with your order to qualify.
Benefits of the Metal X:
Increased production speed – design and print metal parts in less than 24 hours
Lightweight, isotropic-strength pure metal parts with 99.7% density
Complete design freedom allowing for complex geometric designs that can’t be machined
The Value of a Carbon Fibre Composite Printer:
As the “2017 Enterprise Printer of the Year”, Markforged’s Desktop Composite line removes the time, hassle and design iterations of traditional CNC machining.
Choose from the Onyx One, Onyx Pro, or Mark Two Composite printer to make sure you have the right strength and material for any job – ranging from tooling, to jigs and fixtures, or end-use parts
With Markforged, you can finally leave behind the typical limitations of soft ABS and PLA 3D printed parts forever with Markforged’s patented composite high strength carbon fibre 3D printing technology!
The Rigol Technologies RSA5000 Series of RF spectrum analyzers scan a complete frequency spectrum of 9kHz to 3.2 or 6.5 GHz with a maximum sample rate of 51.2MS/s.
They offer significant performance improvements over traditional swept spectrum analyzers with a 1ms full span sweep, an expanded vertical range to +30dBm, reduced phase noise to -108dBc/Hz, 1 Hz RBW (resolution bandwidth), and a reduced noise floor (DANL) to -165dBm. They can also be used in a traditional swept scan mode.
Offering up to 40 MHz Real-Time Bandwidth, the RSA5000 series calculate >146,000 FFTs/sec, delivering down to 7.45us for a 100% Probability of Intercept. They provide seven display modes (Normal, Density, Spectogram, Power v. Time, Density & Spectogram, PVT & Spectrum, PVT & Spectrogram) and include a Frequency Mask Trigger. The Frequency Mask Trigger is especially useful for triggering measurements of sporadic or transient events.
The flexible User Interface allows customers a choice for interacting with the units since they feature a 10.1” capacitive touch screen display with gesture support, mouse/keyboard support, as well as traditional knob and button control. Rigol calls the high-speed real-time measurement technology of these units “Ultra-Real” to describe the rapid signal acquisition and data analysis, together with various display modes that facilitate comprehensive signal interpretation.
Tracking Generator versions are also available that add a built-in signal source of 100kHz – 3.2/6.5GHz with an output range of -40dBm to 0dBm for plotting circuit or component frequency responses.
Building on the tremendous success of Rigol’s DSA800 series of swept spectrum analyzers, the RSA5000 series of analyzers offer a combination of outstanding swept spectrum performance and 40MHz real-time Bandwidth, with category leading 7.45us POI, making the RSA5000 a great choice for customers in spectrum monitoring, transmitter test, RF component characterization, and EMI applications. Customers working with hopping/channel shifting technologies in crowded ISM bands will find a real-time analyzer essential, as will customers integrating PLL technology in their designs, identifying sources of interference or characterizing rapidly pulsing applications: all will benefit from the seamless capture capabilities of the real-time spectrum analysis capability of the RSA5000 series. Real-time spectrum analyzers are essential for anyone dealing with signals that vary dynamically in amplitude or are agile in frequency: pulsed radar systems, frequency-hopping spread spectrum radios, and pulse modulated radios; multi-signal environments: ISM bands – 915 MHz, 2.4, 5.8; or unwanted signals such as unintentional or self-interference, intentional interference (jammers), and listening devices (bugs).
Magna-Power Electronics, a worldwide leader in programmable DC power products, appoints Emona as Australian and New Zealand distributor.
Magna-Power Electronics designs, and manufactures robust programmable DC power products in the USA that set industry standards for quality, size, and control.
Its products can be found around the world feeding power to national laboratories, universities, and a wide range of industrial sites. The company’s experience in power electronics is reflected in its 1.25 kW to 2000 kW+ product line, quality service, and reputation for excellence.
Applications for Magna-Power’s DC power supplies include aiding in the manufacture of electric vehicles, simulating solar arrays for development of inverters, steering magnets for particle accelerators, powering radar systems, driving traction controllers for locomotive development, or at a wide range of Universities for cutting-edge energy research.
Magna-Power Electronics products are made in the USA at the company’s vertically integrated, company designed and owned 73,500 ft2 headquarters in Flemington, New Jersey. All engineering, manufacturing and North America product servicing is performed at the company’s headquarters.
The Magna-Power range is made up of the following series:
SL Series: 1.5 kW to 6 kW
XR Series: 2 kW to 10 kW
TS Series: 5 kW to 45 kW
MS Series: 30 kW to 75 kW
MT Series: 100 kW to 2000 kW+
The Magna-Power range is supported by powerful graphical computer interface software and National Instruments LabView drivers.
Nano Dimension, developer of the DragonFly 2020 Pro 3D PCB printer for printing professional multilayer circuit boards, appoints Emona as Australian and New Zealand distributor.
The DragonFly™ 2020 Pro 3D Printer produces professional multilayer printed circuit boards (PCBs) and 3D circuitry. It is the ultimate rapid prototyping tool for electronics professionals.
3D printing (also known as additive manufacturing) has earned its position as one of the most exciting technologies to come to market in the last decade. It has transformed the world of product design and is now making significant inroads into manufacturing.
The DragonFly 2020 Pro system brings together an extremely precise inkjet deposition printer, high performance silver nano-particle conductive and dielectric inks as well as dedicated software, in order to bring the benefits of 3D printing to electronics professionals. This advanced printing platform is dedicated to the production of professional multilayer PCB prototypes and other circuitry inhouse, within hours.
The innovative hardware, dedicated nano-inks and novel software offers virtually limitless design flexibility to a wide range of research and development, prototyping and custom manufacturing projects.
The rapid prototyping capabilities of the DragonFly 2020 Pro 3D Printer for professional 3D printed electronics completely transforms the ways product development teams work. No more waiting days or weeks for a custom PCB prototype that has to be fabricated offsite. The DragonFly 2020 Pro 3D Printer offers the flexibility to print an entire board or just part of a circuit. You can develop the RF and digital sections of the board in parallel, test and iterate on the fly. The DragonFly 2020 Pro 3D Printer empowers progress and encourages innovation, lessening development risks and enabling faster times-to-market – and ultimately, better products.
The DragonFly™ 2020 Pro 3D Printer deposits two materials, one conductive and one dielectric, in order to build a complete multilayer PCB from the bottom up. Each pass of the printhead deposits dielectric and conductive material at the exact location specified by the design file. Starting from the underside conductive traces, the materials are built up to finish with the topside conductors. This process means that vias are built up, drop by drop, either as blind, open or complete vias.Plated and non-plated through-holes are created by repeatedly leaving a space at a particular XY coordinate, thereby building surrounding materials up around a void. The dielectric ends up as a solid piece within which the conductive traces are positioned at the precise XYZ coordinates specified.
Sintratec, Swiss specialists in the development and production of desktop laser sintering 3D printers, appoint Emona as Australian and New Zealand distributor.
Laser sintering 3D printing technology is the gold standard in additive manufacturing. Laser sintering makes it possible to print complex objects without the need for additional support structures, making it even possible to produce free form movable parts.
Sintratec’s new S1 3D printer represents a remarkable breakthrough in desktop laser sintering technology. Laser sintering 3D printers typically start at around $200,000 and require special on-site installations such as industrial ventilation systems, high voltage power supply or pressurised air and a dedicated floor space. Sintratec’s S1 is the first affordably priced SLS printer in a compact, desktop footprint. The S1 weighs only 67kg and simply connects to 230V mains power.
The Sintratec S1 is designed and manufactured in Switzerland. Sintratec’s R&D team is at the cutting-edge of laser sintering research and cooperate with Switzerland’s leading technology institutes to provide ground-breaking progress in laser sintering technology. The S1 uses a high precision diode laser providing exceptionally detailed and smooth print results. The print material used is Sintratec’s PA12 high performance industrial grade polyamide (Nylon) powder. With a melting point of 176 °C , PA12 allows you to print strong, temperature resistant, precise and durable work pieces.
The S1 features a build volume of 130 x 130 x 180 mm and layer height of 100 Micrometers. The printed parts can be used for functional prototypes in mechanically demanding applications and end products with a high mechanical load capacity and very high long-term stability. This technology is particularly suitable for prototyping free form moveable parts and small scale production runs.
Sintratec S1 also allows users to experiment with their own powders (as long as they are dark so that the diode laser can fuse the particles) and vary any of the printer’s operating parameters via the software. Experimenting with powders and varying the printer’s operating parameters is often unique for SLS printers and opens up research opportunities for universities and research organisations.
The Sintratec S1 comes with Sintratec Central Software. The intuitive interface allows you to easily import your 3D objects, start your print job and manage your print jobs.
Fluke Calibration, the global leader in precision calibration instrumentation, is now available from Emona Instruments.
Emona Instruments is proud to announce an agreement with Fluke Australia to distribute the Fluke Calibration range of products in NSW, Qld, WA, NT and TAS.
Fluke Calibration is a global leader in precision calibration instrumentation and software for electrical, RF, temperature, pressure, and flow measurements.
Calibration products from Fluke Calibration are found in calibration facilities around the world, including National Metrology Institutes, that demand the highest levels of performance and reliability, backed by state of the art metrology and uncompromising support. They are relied on by quality engineers, calibration technicians, and metrologists to instill confidence in the measurements that are critical to their organisations for quality. safety, reliability and cost.
Print high strength carbon fibre parts with the strength of metal for your end use products, prototypes, tools, jigs, fixtures and education projects.
Emona has launched a 3D parts printing service specialising in high strength carbon fibre printing.
Utilising Markforged patented technology, engineers, manufacturers, and designers are now able to have incredibly strong and highly precise parts for robotics, automotive parts, molds, prosthetics, athletic equipment, and other industrial applications printed by Emona’s 3D printing service.
Carbon fibre 3D printing technologies offer advantages over traditional manufacturing techniques like CNC machining and modular fixturing, by printing parts in carbon fibre that are equal to or better in strength than aluminum, and up to 90% faster and 70% cheaper.
What can we print?
End Use Products: The strength and durability of composite printing enables users to make real, functional parts. Customization and small-batch manufacturing is faster and more cost-effective than ever.
Prototyping: Industrial strength 3D printing enables prototyping both form and function. Design and test carbon fiber parts that are as strong and light as aluminum.
Tools, Jigs & Fixtures: 3D printed custom tools, jigs and fixtures expand the capabilities of machine shops and reduce both cost and lead time.
Education: Researchers, teachers and students can take advantage of carbon fibre parts for their projects or research. Get parts printed with the strength of aluminium for solar vehicle challenges, drones and other projects.
Emona is closing for Christmas at 12pm on 23rd of December and we are re-opening on 9th of January 2017.
Emona Instruments would like to wish you and your families a happy and safe Christmas, and a prosperous New Year.
Calibration & Service: Our calibration and service department will close for new jobs on Friday 16th of December and will re-open on Monday 9th of January, 2017.
Test Tag Orders: We will be shipping test tag orders until Thursday 22nd of December and will re-open for test tag shipping on Monday 9th of January, 2017.
All Other Orders: All other orders will be shipped until until Thursday 22nd of December and will re-open for shipping orders on Monday 9th of January, 2017.
Over the holiday period you can order test tags online at www.protag.com.au, but they will be shipped after Monday 9th of January, 2017.
Thank you for your support and we look forward to working with you in 2017!
