Industrial Technology

Igus robotic arm helps start the celebrations on The Gadget Show

During day to day business at Igus UK, it is not unusual to get the odd phone call from customers and potential customers who have a novel idea on a new machine or concept. One Friday morning, a few weeks back, Igus received such a call from the producer/director of The Gadget Show, a long-running television series on Channel 5 that focuses on consumer technology.

31st January 2020

Industry 4.0 returns to Manchester

See the future of manufacturing from global experts. Understand government policy, gain support and access to finance, adopt the latest business models, hear about large- and small-scale 4.0 case studies, and what this means for your business. Come and network with your peers and see the latest technologies and solutions to make manufacturing smarter. Join us in Manchester, the world’s first industrial city, at the UK’s largest gathering for the 4th industrial revolution.

31st January 2020

Southern Manufacturing & Electronics announces 2020 free seminar programme

The free seminar programme at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 2020 has been announced. Running in two lecture theatres over all three days of the show, the 33 sessions announced so far cover a wide-ranging agenda, from advanced materials, additive manufacturing and Industry 4.0 to real-world examples of business transformation and Lean. The seminar programme gives delegates the opportunity to gain insight at the very highest level into many of the biggest issues facing industry today. All sessions are completely free to attend and open to all visitors to the show.

31st January 2020

Controlling energy use in plastic bearing manufacture

By controlling energy usage, BNL contributes to both the sustainability of the environment and the longevity of the company’s business. Energy utilisation in manufacturing is a significant and rising cost in the production of goods. In a typical injection moulding company, over 65% of the energy purchased is consumed directly by injection moulding machines, with a further 25% consumed by supporting systems.

31st January 2020

OEM Automatic announces new collaboration with Tosibox

OEM Automatic has announced a new collaboration with Finnish IoT ecosystem supplier Tosibox. In particular, the Tosibox range extends OEM Automatic’s panel products capability with turnkey solution for remote management.

29th January 2020

Tending to excel with a robot "handshake"

A collaboration between Fanuc and Sick has pioneered new safety integration for robot machine tending that points the way towards simpler, more cost-effective and adaptable solutions in future.

25th January 2020

Bleak house, but great expectations

Suffering of late with a rather nasty cough, Mrs Simms was keen to check that she wasn’t keeping me awake through the night. “It did at first,” I said, munching through my breakfast. “But I soon got used to it, like the way you do with a particularly loud clock.” The usually affable Mrs Simms looked a bit miffed at this, as she checked: “So in this scenario, I’m an annoyingly clamorous clock?”

25th January 2020

Southern Manufacturing returns to Farnborough

Southern Manufacturing & Electronics returns to Farnborough from February 11th to 13th. The show will fully occupy the 20,000m² Farnborough International Exhibition Centre and, as in previous years, the 2020 event will host an impressively broad exhibitor list spanning the complete range of engineering activity, from high-tech machine tools and automation to components and subcontract services. Firms from all over the UK will be participating, together with a significant number of off-shore exhibitors from across Europe, Asia and the Far East.

23rd January 2020

Igus initiates first recycling programme for energy chains

What happens when a plastic energy chain reaches its maximum service life? Usually, it is disposed of and incinerated with other plastic waste. With its ‘Igus green chainge recycling program’, Igus is now doing something completely new: users can send their plastic chains to igus for recycling – irrespective of the manufacturer. They can eliminate disposal costs and also receive a voucher for making purchases from Igus.

22nd January 2020

Upgrade delivers faster changeovers

Following a customer request to trial an RF wireless electronic position indicator system, machine and production line manufacturer WestRock Linkx has now adopted the system as a standard option across its range.

20th January 2020