Industrial Technology

Acrovision chooses high accuracy thermal imaging camera from Micro-Epsilon

Acrovision, a UK-based systems integrator of factory and warehouse automation, vision inspection systems and direct part marking and identification technologies, has chosen the thermoIMAGER TIM QVGA-HD-T100 thermal imaging camera from Micro-Epsilon as part of its infrared thermal detection system, the AFS-100. The system provides end users with a reliable, versatile, high accuracy fever screening system to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The thermal imaging camera was selected due to its high accuracy and ease of integration, set up and configuration.

29th October 2020

EMS celebrates official opening of new factory in Dorset

Prevailing through challenging times, precision drive system supplier Electro Mechanical Systems (EMS) has officially opened its modernised factory. The new space provides a larger and more ergonomic work area that will allow EMS to further expand its high quality precision offering.

28th October 2020

NSK initiatives combat counterfeit bearing manufacture

NSK has long been the victim of unscrupulous counterfeiters. Looking to cheat both the OEM and the user, those producing fake bearings will stop at little to deceive purchasers and boost the profitability of their illegal operations. However, NSK is fighting back with a range of measures that aims to nullify this corrupt practice.

27th October 2020

Variohm expands with acquisition of magnetic encoder specialist Phoenix America

Variohm Holdings has recently added Phoenix America, the leading magnetic encoder and magnetic sensor solutions specialist, to its group of companies. The pioneer designer, developer and manufacturer of high-resolution magnetic encoder and sensor technologies offers a comprehensive range of cost-effective absolute and incremental encoders, speed and proximity sensors, custom moulded magnets and more.

27th October 2020

Issue 26 of Industrial Technology EXTRA now available for download

Issue 26 of Industrial Technology EXTRA - our interactive electronic supplement to the printed edition of Industrial Technology - is out today. You can view the PDF here, the flip-page magazine, or download the tablet version on the Industrial Technology app. Contents include:

26th October 2020

UK engineers set to join global 3D printing workshop

Engineers across the UK are set to join an online workshop this month – to discuss and learn more about the 3D printing of plastic gears. Igus has organised the event on Wednesday 28 October for engineers across the globe to learn more about the 3D printing process from prototype to production.

26th October 2020

NEC and Analog Devices collaborate to provide 5G O-RAN

NEC Corporation and Analog Devices have announced that they have teamed up to design a 5G Network Massive MIMO Antenna Radio Unit for Rakuten Mobile. The radio unit adopts ADI’s fourth-generation wideband RF transceiver solution to achieve high precision Massive MIMO and possesses a 5G open vRAN (virtual RAN) interface corresponding to Rakuten Mobile’s end-to-end fully virtualised cloud-native mobile network. It delivers large capacity transmission with high efficiency by using 3.7GHz frequency Massive MIMO*1 and digital beamforming technology.*2 The cloud-native virtual network heralds a major shift in how communications providers can offer high-speed internet access worldwide, at significantly lower costs, made possible without the maintenance, upkeep, repair and labour costs associated with the physical infrastructure that hinders conventional networks. NEC has already started shipping the 5G Network Massive MIMO Antenna Radio Unit to Rakuten Mobile.

23rd October 2020

Renishaw hosts webinar to show how engineers can #BeTheDifference

To encourage more students to pursue engineering as a career, global engineering technologies company, Renishaw is hosting a webinar for school children and parents as part of This is Engineering Day on 4 November. In support of the day, created by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), the webinar will give students and their parents the opportunity to find out more about the opportunities in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) careers, hear from some of Renishaw’s younger engineers about their career journey and have the opportunity to ask questions in an interactive Q&A session.

23rd October 2020

Flexlink celebrates four successful decades of material flow solutions

In 2020, Flexlink celebrates its 40th anniversary. Part of the Coesia group, Flexlink, is a global, reliable partner for leading manufacturers within Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), Food, Automotive, Batteries, Pharmaceutical, Tissue & Hygiene, and Tobacco markets. Over the decades, distribution centres and manufacturing sites have been opened across Europe, North America, and Asia. This has allowed for further expansion, with global operating units, even in emerging economies. Today Flexlink is represented in more than 60 countries and operates directly in 26 of them.

22nd October 2020

Omron appoints Reeco Automation as solution partner for collaborative robots

Omron has appointed system integrator Reeco Automation as a specialist partner for collaborative robots, as the two companies look to work together to develop cobot solutions that address real industry needs. Reeco becomes the first company in the new Omron Solution Partner (OSP) network that aims to develop and de-risk complex automation projects.

21st October 2020