Industrial Technology

BOGE helps Eden Project bring dinosaurs to life

BOGE Compressors, a leading supplier of industrial compressed air systems, is helping dinosaurs at the Eden Project roar this summer thanks to its frequency controlled C30F screw compressor.

4th August 2015

Emissions trading scheme could cost UK steel sector over Â£300 million a year

UK Steel, the trade body, and Community, the largest trade union for the steel sector, have issued a joint warning about the need for reform of decarbonisation policies, and particularly the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).

3rd August 2015

Tesa manufacturing plants achieve top level energy management accreditation

Tesa has received global recognition for its energy management systems. The company is committed to ensuring quality processes meet international standards and following the installation of ultra-modern energy monitoring systems at its manufacturing operations in Hamburg and Offenburg, Germany, both plants have received ISO 50001:2011.

3rd August 2015

Atlas Copco achieves ISO 22000 Food Safety System Certification

Atlas Copco has received ISO 22000 Food Safety Management Systems certification from Lloyds Register for its production facility in Antwerp, Belgium, which manufactures state-of-the-art oil-free air compressors, blowers and air treatment products.

31st July 2015

BigHead invests in the future

BigHead Bonding fasteners Ltd has moved to a new, state-of-the-art, factory in Verwood, UK. Double the size of its previous facility, BigHead is strategically positioned for future growth. Leaving nothing to chance, BigHead has even had its own electricity sub-station installed to ensure consistent high-level power supply. Serious about the environment, bigHead has also put in a heat recovery system to minimize gas consumption in the winter.

31st July 2015

Jones & Shipman switches to Heidenhain encoders

Following the expansion by Heidenhain of its 400-series absolute rotary encoder range to include models specifically designed to interface directly with Fanuc controls, Jones & Shipman has started to specify one of the new encoders on its grinding machines. The Heidenhain ROC 425F is being offered as an option on the Suprema and Ultramat cylindrical grinders to provide automatic positioning of the wheelhead instead of manual adjustment.

31st July 2015

Compressed air preparation with the Festo MS series just got easier

Festo are launching a Quick Selection guide with the 79 most popular compressed air preparation components and assemblies. All the parts are available off-the-shelf for fast easy delivery at Festo.direct. Configurations are still available where safety, energy efficiency, machine diagnostic or specific filtration grades are required to comply with standards or directives.

30th July 2015

New annual report out today lifts the lid on UK manufacturing

Manufacturers in the West Midlands are the most confident in the UK, while those in Wales and the North East are the least, according to a new annual report out today by EEF, the manufacturers' organisation, and global law firm DLA Piper. But London and South East firms export the most

29th July 2015

Canon Europe enters the 3D machine vision market

Canon Europe has announced its entry into the growing machine vision market in Europe, with the launch of 3D machine vision systems for use with industrial robots - capable of high-speed, high-accuracy three-dimensional recognition of objects. Using the systems in combination with a robotic arm can increase production efficiencies in factories by facilitating the automatic high-speed supply of parts to production lines.

29th July 2015

Schaeffler lends it support to winning Teen Tech team

Precision bearing and automotive component supplier Schaeffler (UK) Ltd has provided invaluable support to a team of 13-year old pupils from Ysgol Glan-y-Mor School in Burry Port, Wales, who recently won the 'Transport Award' in the National Teen Tech Finals held in London on 7th July 2015.

28th July 2015