Motion Control Buyers' Guide
Flexible Electronic Systems

60 Director Road, Spartan Ext. 24

tel:  
+27 11 974 7744
fax:  
+27 11 974 2288
cell:  
+27 82 553 0250
email:  
[email protected]
url:  
www.flexelec.co.za

Core business offering: PLCs, motion controls, inverter drives, DC drives, AC servo drives, CNCs, robot controls, electrical switchgear, cabling and measuring equipment.


Ahmed, Fazel
Service Manager
[email protected]
Makodza, Mary
Accounts
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Naidoo, Charmaine
Sales Manager
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Section - Actuators & manipulators
-Linear
- Other
- Servo
- Stepper
-Other
- Feed units
- Grippers
-Rotary
- Servo
- Stepper
Section - Control systems & components
-Control components
- Control relays
-Programmable controls
- PC-based
- PLC
-Visualisation
- HMI
Section - Electro, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems, including mechatronics & robotics
-Robotics & mechatronics
- Mechatronic components
- Peripherals; Grippers
- Peripherals; Welding
- Robots
-Asset management
Section - Gauges, indicators, transmitters, sensors, encoders & switches
-Encoders
- Linear
- Rotary
- Synchros & resolvers
-Gauges & indicators
- Counters
- Current
- Digital
- Pressure
- Temperature
-Machine safety
- Torque limiters
-Other
- Control panels
- Joysticks
- Switches; Manual
-Personnel safety
- Dual-hand controls
- Foot switches
- Light curtains & guards
- Mechanical guards
- Movement sensors
- Photoelectric guards
- Programmable relays
- Safety controllers & shutdown systems
- Safety mats
- Safety relays
- Visual safety devices (beacons, etc)
-Presence sensors
- IR sensors
- Limit switch
- Magnetic sensors
- Proximity
-Switches
- Position
- Pressure
-Transmitters & transducers
- Angle
- Potentiometers
- Strain gauge sensors
- Torque sensors
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
-Electrical
- Housings and enclosures
Section - Motors, drives & motor controllers
-AC controllers & starters
- 3-phase; frequency control; 1 - 10 kW
- 3-phase; frequency control; 10 - 100 kW
- 3-phase; frequency control; Fractional kW
- 3-phase; frequency control; Over 100 kW
- Direct torque control
- Flux vector control
- Regenerative
-DC Motors
- 10-100 kW
- 1-10 kW
- Brushless
- Fractional kW
- Geared
- Permanent magnet
- Servomotor; Geared
- Servomotor; Ungeared
- Traction
-Other electric motors
- Stepper
Section - Power transmission & distribution
-Electrical
- Housings and enclosures
Section - Services
-Design & engineering
- Engineering
- System integration/consulting
-Maintenance
- General maintenance
-Manufacture
- Control panel
- MCC
-Maintenance & manufacture
- Power pack; Repairs/maintenance
- Rebuilding
News from Flexible Electronic Systems:
Servo drive system for single and multi-axis
Fourth Quarter 2008, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, Flexible Electronic Systems

The LUST LTi ServoOne High Performance servo drive system with output currents from 4 A to 170 A can drive a broad spectrum of motor types from synchronous servomotors through induction motors to linear ...

Drive matches future trends
Second Quarter 2008, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, Flexible Electronic Systems

Cost and time reductions do not start with the production process but in the development process of new machine tools and production systems. According to Guenter Schmitz, MD of Gauteng-based Flexible ...

Devices increase machine safety
Fourth Quarter 2007, Other technologies, Flexible Electronic Systems

The core focus of Euchner's business is the design and development of switching devices for protecting a wide variety of machinery movements. The company's comprehensive range of safety switches to stop ...

Industry news:
The world’s most powerful worm
First Quarter 2025, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, Editor's Choice

Geothermal energy from the natural heat of the Earth is an inexhaustible resource, yet the growth of the global geothermal power sector lags behind other renewable energies. Now Swiss startup, Borobotics is hoping to speed this up with its innovative new electric-powered geothermal drilling robot, which can be used to fast-track and lower the cost of heat pump installations in confined spaces.

New generation low power frequency inverters
First Quarter 2025, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG

New to BMG’s electromechanical range are energy-efficient Synergy PI150 series frequency inverters, which have been designed for efficient use in many applications.

Quantum refrigerator paves way for reliable quantum computers
First Quarter 2025, Other technologies

Quantum computers require extreme cooling to perform reliable calculations. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and the University of Maryland, USA, have engineered a new type of refrigerator that can autonomously cool superconducting qubits to record low temperatures, paving the way for more reliable quantum computation.

Compressed air solutions for efficient pneumatic conveying
First Quarter 2025, Pneumatic systems & components

Moving goods through pipes from one point to another using air - pneumatic conveying - is an extremely efficient method of transporting a great variety of products, provided that the right system is used, and that it’s done correctly.

Local range of planetary units
Fourth Quarter 2024, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, SEW-EURODRIVE

As SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa actively extends its offerings to customers, the SEW PPK and SEW P2.e industrial gearbox ranges are good examples of solutions that are well suited to the local business environment.

WearCheck launches advanced thermography course
First Quarter 2025, News & events

WearCheck recently launched a new training course, InfraFocus to upskill users of thermographic cameras. This highlights the best ways to capture thermographic imagery for use in a condition monitoring programme.

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