Industrial Technology

Northern Manufacturing and Electronics 2017

Northern Manufacturing and Electronics 2017 celebrates its fifth anniversary this year. The industry and engineering spectacle returns to EventCity, Manchester (27 and 28 September) to showcase some of the UK’s finest manufacturing, engineering and industrial products and services.

12th September 2017

UK-made AC drives help aluminium plant boost finishing mill operations

Six 200kW Unidrive M700 AC variable frequency drives (VFDs) from Control Techniques are boosting the uptime of finishing mill operations at a major aluminium manufacturing facility in India. Facing ongoing issues with its previous drives, the plant turned to Control Techniques following the company’s readiness to take full responsibility for the entire project.

6th September 2017

The future of the data-driven industrial revolution

Heiko Luckhaupt from RS Components looks at the short-, medium- and long-term outlook for data-capable industrial applications and what these new capabilities might deliver in terms of performance gains and transparency

6th September 2017

Reliance and Greiner collaborate to develop cell culture plate manipulator

Reliance Precision reports that its partnership with major supplier of high-quality labware, Greiner Bio-One (Greiner) has resulted in development of the CELLswing, an automated manipulator, which gently moves and rotates a CELLdisc containing adherent mammalian cells in any required position.

25th August 2017

Once again, NASA relies on Maxon technology

NASA’s next Mars rover will collect soil samples, seal them and deposit them on the Martian surface for future collection and transport back to Earth. Swiss manufacturer Maxon Motor supplies several drives specifically developed for the task.

25th August 2017

Kistler Group acquires Vester Elektronik

Kistler Group took over near Karlsruhe-based Vester Elektronik GmbH on 25 August. This acquisition – Kistler’s third one this year – adds a company that has successfully specialised in sensor technology and test automation to the group.

25th August 2017

SKF services business receives top safety accreditation

SKF services and solutions is a business unit within SKF Industrial Sales UK offering a wide range of contractual engineering services, from on-the-spot and one-off traditional service models, to subscription and performance-based contracts. The business unit is particularly flexible in its operations, solving client problems ranging from small technical issues to plant- and factory-wide overall equipment efficiency improvement.

10th August 2017

Yaskawa MotoLogix hooks up with Routeco

As part of its drive in supplying market leading robotics solutions with the innovative Motoman and MotoLogix brands, motion control and robotics specialist Yaskawa is developing a sales relationship with Routeco UK. The importance of the collaboration is underlined with the investment in a dedicated robot cell demonstration facility at Routeco’s Milton Keynes site where the benefits of the MotoLogix control system can be fully appreciated.

8th August 2017

LG Motion safeguards the future with apprenticeship programme

In order to support the continued growth of its business in an increasingly complex technical automation environment, LG Motion is investing in trainees and apprentices, with Ben Kiefer (pictured with MD Gary Livingstone) being the latest apprentice to join the company.

4th August 2017

RS teams up with Crowdcube to help bring DesignSpark ideas to fruition

RS Components has announced that it is collaborating with Crowdcube, the leading UK-based online equity crowdfunding platform, to help members of its DesignSpark engineering community realise their product and business ideas.

3rd August 2017