Industrial Technology

Maxon and Harmonic Drive team up for Drive Technology Insight Day

Maxon is teaming up with Harmonic Drive UK to deliver a Drive Technology Insight Day for engineers at the Williams F1 Conference Centre on 11 May. Bringing the engineering community together, the event will provide an opportunity for delegates to network, meet specialist engineers from both Maxon and Harmonic Drive, and learn more about selecting and applying DC drive and precision gear systems.

21st March 2022

Fibre-optic array keeps handbrake cable production running

When a manufacturer of steel cable used in automotive parking-brake systems needed a reliable system to detect cable breakages during the manufacturing process, it turned to Contrinex.

21st March 2022

Enclosures meet the latest DIN 41494, IEC 60297-3 standard

All Metcase 19” standard and customised enclosures now conform to the latest DIN 41494, IEC 60297-3 standard for the mechanical structure of electronics equipment. Level 1 of the standard covers the dimensions of Eurocard modules. Level 2 sets out the width in HP (1 HP = 5.08 mm) and height in U (1U = 44.45 mm, 1.75”) of 19” rack cases and subracks. These will be mounted in a Level 3 19” rack/cabinet or mini-rack (such as Metcase’s TECHNOMET 19”).

18th March 2022

Zebra Technologies to broaden vision portfolio with Matrox Imaging acquisition

Zebra Technologies has announced it intends to acquire Matrox Imaging, a proven developer of advanced machine vision components and systems. This acquisition further expands Zebra’s offerings in the fast-growing automation and vision technology solution space. Last year, Zebra introduced its fixed industrial scanning and machine vision portfolio and acquired Adaptive Vision and Fetch Robotics.

18th March 2022

Delta honoured as a Top 100 Global Innovator by Clarivate

Delta has been selected as a Top 100 Global Innovator 2022 by Clarivate, a global leader in providing trusted information to accelerate innovation. Over the years, Delta has built an environment that rewards employees’ ingenuity, such as the Delta Innovation Award, which currently recognises intellectual property, new product, manufacturing practice, as well as business model or process every year.

18th March 2022

Camozzi returns to Formula One with Alfa Romeo partnership

The Bahrain Grand Prix, taking place on Sunday 20 March, will be the first public event for the new partnership between Camozzi Group and the Alfa Romeo Fl Team Orlen, managed by Sauber Motorsport. The partnership, both a technological and sporting venture, is based on the two companies’ commitment to delivering excellence through cooperation and shared synergies.

18th March 2022

Geared cam limit switches ensure optimum regulation in hydraulic steelwork

With a storage volume of 7.6 million m³, Baldeneysee south of Essen is the largest of six reservoirs in the Ruhr and a popular local recreational area in the densely populated region. The inflow of a run-of-river power plant which generates 26.7 million kWh of environmentally-friendly power on average is regulated by the three roller gates in the weir of the reservoir, each of which is 33.5 m wide. During the course of the comprehensive refurbishment of the gates and drives that started in 2007, numerous functions have been automated and safety components have been replaced with new ones such as Stromag limit switches.

17th March 2022

Regis chooses SmartX solution to overcome tipper challenge

Italian electric car manufacturer, Regis Motors, wanted to develop an innovative system for its commercial electric quadricycle, the EpicO, which differed from conventional electro-hydraulic actuation systems usually used on similar vehicles.

16th March 2022

Belden acquires wireless infrastructure specialist NetModule

Belden has added NetModule and its team to its portfolio. NetModule provides reliable, fast and secure wireless network infrastructures in a variety of mission critical industries with a strong focus on mass transit and intelligent traffic systems. The company is headquartered in Bern, Switzerland, with approximately 70 employees.

15th March 2022

ExpoPharma chooses integrated servo motion control system from Mclennan

ExpoPharma Engineering Services, a part of the long-established Expo Technologies Group provides engineered project-based products and services for a wide range of manufacturing industries. Part of its work in the pharmaceutical industry includes the design and supply of PAT (process analytical technology) probe holders and sampling systems, facilitating the optimal performance of spectroscopic analysers used to evaluate critical chemical structure, size, and identity of compounds during drug manufacturing processes that are now widely employed in cGMP (certified Good Quality Product) production plant.

15th March 2022