Industrial Technology

Festo offers free advice on pneumatic valve selection

Festo, the leading supplier of automation equipment, is offering free advice to help engineers designing and specifying pneumatic systems to select the best valve for their application. The intention is to give confidence when choosing from the company's Blue Star Core Range of products, which are available for next day delivery and combine proven Festo quality with attractive pricing.

10th May 2017

Reliance head of metrology meets Lord Prior at NPL event

Reliance’s Head of Metrology, David Torr, was part of a select group of delegates invited to meet with Lord Prior of Brampton, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he launched the UK Measurement Strategy at the National Physical Laboratory’s (NPL) North of England base in Huddersfield.

2nd May 2017

Verotec helps Abbey Road Studios continue to expand and innovate

Abbey Road Studios is the most famous recording studios in the world and has been witness to countless landmark recordings over the past 85 years. From The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Radiohead and Oasis to Adele, Frank Ocean, Ed Sheeran, Amy Winehouse and Kanye West, Abbey Road has also been the destination for 100s of iconic film scores.

26th April 2017

Up close with Blue Diamond in new microscope video

Blue Diamond Technologies, the Hampshire-based engineering firm specialising in the design and manufacture of bespoke mechanical components, has added a new video - “A Closer Look” - to its YouTube channel to demonstrate the effectiveness of its Optimax Evo-Cam full HD digital microscope.

25th April 2017

Critical components cleaned to the most demanding quality standards

William Hughes, the specialist manufacturer of springs and bent wire components for the global automotive and aerospace industries, now offers an expanded range of ultrasonic and non-ultrasonic cleaning techniques for critical components to the highest international and governmental approval standards. These include military and electronics specification components for applications that include LOX, Oxygen critical parts and hydraulic hoses.

25th April 2017

Worlds largest mirror telescope relies on nanometer accuracy inductive sensors from Micro-Epsilon

The European Southern Observatory based in Garching, Germany, is relying on high precision displacement measurement systems from Micro-Epsilon for a project to build the world’s largest mirror telescope in Chile, which also involves French cooperation partner Fogale. The inductive sensor systems used for displacement measurement are the most precise ever used in a telescope and determine the position of each single mirror segment in three axes to nanometer accuracy.

25th April 2017

Aventics announces acquisition of Vector Horizon Technology

Aventics has announced the acquisition of Vector Horizon Technology (VHtek), based in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. By this acquisition, the pneumatics specialists will further strengthen their position in the global commercial vehicles business.

25th April 2017

Siemens strengthens Large Drives network through partnership with Indrico

Siemens has extended its Partner network across the UK through a strategic partnership with Indrico, which sees the distributor appointed as a UK Drives Technical Partner for its Large Drives products and solutions.

25th April 2017

ABB and Sulzer sign UK service agreement for large motors and generators

ABB has selected Sulzer Electro Mechanical Services (UK) as its first Loyalty Partner to provide workshop and repair services to its range of large motors and generators.

25th April 2017

Market leaders collaborate on new M12 push-pull standard

Molex, Phoenix Contact, Murrelektronik and Binder, market leaders in the field of M12 connection technology, have announced a cooperation agreement to drive the standardisation of M12 push-pull connectors. For users of the push-pull interlock, traditional screw connections are a thing of the past. The interlock is achieved automatically when plugging in. This connector, which can be used without tools, offers significant advantages during mounting work, especially in confined spaces.

25th April 2017