Compressed air and fluid power specialist Thorite has launched a campaign to raise awareness about the unseen energy inefficiencies in compressed air systems which can lead to excessive costs.

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Carlo Gavazzi UK is extending its sales team to support the demands of the fast-growing Switch and Sense product range as well it’s established controls products. David Pickles joins the company as regional sales manager responsible for the northern counties and Scotland.

Chain, conveyor components and plastics extrusion specialist Pennine has significantly expanded its production capacity with a move into the business premises. The facility has been fully customised to offer vastly improved operational flow and increased production output.

Regular bearing failures in a concrete floor manufacturing machine were leading to extensive downtime, costly lost production, and high maintenance costs. To rectify the problem, the customer turned to the expertise of NSK for a redesigned wheel hub and stub axle assembly.

When the retractable Kattendijk bridge in the port of Antwerp kept malfunctioning because the high humidity levels had damaged the sensitive electronics, the maintenance firm Jacops asked Kabelschlepp Metool to develop a robust power supply. A solution built around Kabelschlepp’s M series cable carrier was developed within just two weeks.

Zytronic has invested approaching £400k in a second bespoke laser soldering system installed within another factory cleanroom, providing risk mitigation and interchangeable production capabilities across the entire UK-based manufacturing operation.

Electric airplane maker Heart Aerospace has selected Capital from the Xcelerator portfolio from Siemens Digital Industries Software to support its E/E system design, development, and certification of zero emission electric aircraft.

The Nord ECO service helps companies to reveal the potential for optimisation and energy savings within electric drive systems, and to find the most efficient drive solution for their application.

Drives and motors specialist Yaskawa has played a key role in the development of an automated system specifically designed to fit protective plastic caps onto chair castors, using its Sigma-7 series servo-drives and a SLIO-series controller.