Industrial Technology

Southern Manufacturing & Electronics returns for 2022

From 8-10 February at the Farnborough International Exhibition Centre, Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 2022 brings you thousands of ways to improve the performance, productivity and efficiency of your engineering enterprise so you can make it greener, leaner, faster and smarter.

30th January 2022

New fluid head measuring system enhances product development for wetrooms

Coram UK Holding has a new bespoke test rig that enhances the accuracy and speed of measuring the drainage performance of wetroom shower drains. The Bürkert-designed automated system enables fast and precise measurement of head heights as low as five millimetres across a wide flow range. Coram UK says that the new test system has increased the ease of wetroom drain testing and has encouraged new product development as a result of the rapid, on-site testing capability.

28th January 2022

SKF receives grant from the European Commission for new processing plant

SKF has been awarded a €1.62 million grant from the European Commission to install and operate a stand-alone processing plant for regeneration of industrial oils in Tudela, Spain. The project will use the innovative Double Separation Technology (DST) developed by SKF RecondOil to remove contaminants from used oils, and return them to a cleaner, usable and high-grade state.

28th January 2022

Marl names Anglia as Master Distributor for LED panel lamp and indicator ranges

Anglia Components has expanded its relationship with Marl International and been named Master Distributor for the UK and Ireland covering the full range of panel lamps, PCB mounting indicators and other standard LED components. As Master Distributor, Anglia will not only carry an extensive stock of standard devices for customers and for other resellers, but will also offer support for customers who require customised products.

27th January 2022

Stromag brake takes the heat on aluminium smelter pot tending machine

With superheated molten metal moving through the facility, aluminium smelters need equipment that operates at the highest level of reliability. To ensure that the hoist installed on its aluminium smelter pot tending machine offered consistent braking performance in harsh conditions, a global manufacturer of industrial process equipment opted for a highly reliable Stromag NFF4F-LS brake.

25th January 2022

Further expansion for the Variohm Group through CPI acquisition

Variohm Holdings has further advanced its strategic product offering and manufacturing competency through the acquisition of the USA based precision switching and linear position sensor producer CPI (Control Products, Inc.). CPI’s specialist range of standard and ATEX/IECEX/SIL2 rated draw-wire position sensors and its waterproof switch and thermal switching technologies perfectly suit harsh duty application areas.

25th January 2022

Registration opens for the Machine Vision Conference 2022

You can register now for the 2022 Machine Vision Conference and Exhibition, to be held on 28 April at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. Now in its 6th year, this one day event continues to provide the latest vision technology and services from world-leading companies in industrial vision and imaging.

25th January 2022

NSK Life-Lube bearings improve the reliability of vegetable washing operations

Among a growing number of food plants enjoying the benefits of Life-Lube bearing units is a premium vegetable processing company. The facility was previously experiencing frequent bearing failures on a high-volume carrot washing line, causing significant downtime and reduced production. The company would often have to change its bearings every six weeks.

25th January 2022

Parker powers up portfolio for expanding electric vehicle market

Parker Lord, a division of Parker Hannifin, has expanded its portfolio of products for electric vehicle manufacturers to include new thermally conductive (TC) adhesives and one-component (1K) low-density gap fillers to support their leading product offering of thermal management encapsulants, adhesives, and gap fillers.