News
New Product: Electric Oil Cooler/Fan Control
February 29, 2008
Kar-Tech Inc, responding to customer requests, recently released their newly designed fan driver. This is a low-cost, innovative, intelligent electronic module for controlling electric DC fans or oil coolers for use in mobile hydraulic applications. Built to withstand any of the issues common in a mobile operating environment, this small, encapsulated module is fully programmable using onboard jumpers and potentiometers or Kar-Tech's patented Palm Pilot interface.
We at Kar-Tech have decades of experience in mobile hyrdaulic control, and can easily help integrate the fan driver into your system. More information on the fan driver is available on the fan driver product page, or from our distributor network.
Kar-Tech Wins Lift & Access Safety Award
October 17, 2007
Kar-Tech Inc, was recently recognized for their MINI radio remote control's contributions to safety in the lift market when Lift & Access magazine awarded them a LLEAP award at the ICUEE show. Lift & Access editors, alongside an industry consortium, recognized that by adding a very small, very low cost wireless product to a lift platform, machine operators can be assured that they can operate even when hard-wired cables are damaged. The MINI has enough power, brains, and protection to completely replace machine controls in other cases.
Kar-Tech's engineers have decades of experience designing control systems for the lift market, and can easily integrate the MINI as an accessory into an existing application, or can help engineer or re-engineer an existing lift control system. More information on the MINI is available on the MINI series product page, or from our distributor network.
New Product: Micro Valve Driver
August 22, 2007
Kar-Tech Inc, announces the release of it's Micro Valve Driver - an exceptionally low-cost solution for systems that require proportional control of one or two valves, using one or two inputs. Designed with reliability in mind, the Micro Valve Driver comes in a small form factor, fully encapsulated enclosure - effectively turning it into a "hockey puck", allowing it to withstand the most extreme environments. All programming can be done on-board with jumpers & potentiometers, or optionally with Kar-Tech's patented Palm Pilot interface.
More information is available on the Valve Driver product page, from the data sheet, or from our distributor network. Please contact Kar-Tech directly with further or more in-depth questions.
Kar-Tech brings new face to the web
July 17, 2007
Kar-Tech Inc, a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced control systems for mobile hydraulic equipment, unveiled today it's new web presence.
Designed with an eye towards easy navigability and access to all the up-to-date information available to our customers, our website is full of new features, and expandable to add additional functionality to our distributors and OEM partners.
Kar-Tech receives ISO Certification
December 7, 2006
Kar-Tech Inc, a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced control systems for mobile hydraulic equipment, today announced that the company's quality management system has been awarded ISO 9001:2000 certification.
"Kar-Tech is committed to delivering high quality products and to constantly improving our development processes," explained John Karbassi, Kar-Tech's VP Operations. "Combined with the the quality mindset we've always had to begin with, our ISO certification recognizes Kar-Tech's ongoing commitment to quality, reliability, and continual improvement of the product realization process.
Kar-Tech uses several technologies and processes to develop and manufacture their control systems and related solutions. The scope of the ISO certificate includes the complete design and manufacture of all of their product lines from conception to delivery.
ISO 9001:2000:
ISO 9000 is a generic system standard that specifies, in very broad terms, the necessary components of a quality management system. ISO 9000's primary purpose is to provide organizations with useful internationally recognized models for operating a quality management system. ISO 9000 was originally published in 1987 by the International Organization for Standardization, a worldwide federation of national standards bodies, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. ISO 9001:2000 is the most recent revision of the ISO 9000 standard, which replaces the previous ISO 9000:1994 standard effective December 15, 2003.
Kar-Tech receives Palm Pilot diagnostics/calibration patent
July 1, 2005
Kar-Tech, Inc. announces that it received a patent for the use of a PDA or Palm Pilot for diagnostics, calibration, and configuration of an electronic control system. This system, already included on many of Kar-Tech's products, allows the user to troubleshoot, tweak input and output settings, reprogram, and set up Kar-Tech's full range of mobile control systems.
A full copy of the patent can be seen on the US Patent and Trademark Office website or by clicking here.
Contact Kar-Tech for additional information on this patent, or on the wide range of products, systems, and services available for the mobile hydraulic market.
Kar-Tech's control helps win award for OEM customer
March 31, 2004
Wacker's new ride-on trowel with electronic steering has been voted one of the industry's Most Innovative Products for 2004. Concrete Construction magazine editors have announced Wacker's CRT-ES (concrete ride-on trowel with electronic steering) as the winner of the 2004 Most Innovative Product contest in the Concrete Placing & Finishing equipment category. Wacker's trowel was selected by attendees at the World of Concrete Show, held February in Orlando, FL, who were able to cast their votes for the most innovative products in 13 categories.
Operators praise the precise control and responsiveness they experience when using the electronic joystick controls. The response is a product of Kar-Tech's electronic steering control balancing the demands of the operator with load-sensing actuators. The end result is a system that allows the operator to identify the changing conditions of the slab and work through them smoothly without physical fatigue.
Uptime and performance are the key to the CRT-ES. The reliable electronic steering system allows the finisher to focus on its superior production without worrying about potential hydraulic failures that could damage or destroy the concrete surface. Wacker's mechanical drive, and Kar-Tech's electronic steering provide for a low maintenance, easy to operate high performance trowel.
Contact Kar-Tech for additional information on steering controls, or on the wide range of products, systems, and services available for the mobile hydraulic market.
WACKER CORPORATION is a leading manufacturer of construction equipment in the areas of concrete, soil and asphalt compaction, demolition, pumps and generators.