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Seamless connectivity from the workpiece to the cloud

Seamless connectivity from the workpiece to the cloud

Warren Harvard, Product Manager at Festo, looks at how improving connectivity supports machine builders.

20th March 2020
21 ways you can reach your productivity potential

21 ways you can reach your productivity potential

British manufacturers have a lot of potential to be more productive and more competitive on a global scale. Whether that’s by decreasing costs through waste reduction or technology implementation, or improving processes through simplification or repeatability, Intertronics has a lot of ideas to help you reach your productivity potential. And here are 21 of them:

11th March 2020
SICK

SICK"s Industry 4.0 training gets you started with IO-Link on the PLC

SICK is holding a series of hands-on training days to help machine builders and end-users progress on their Industry 4.0 journey by unlocking valuable data from IO-Link sensors via a PLC.  During the one-day course, delegates will learn, step-by-step, how to set up an IO-Link Master to enable sensors to communicate data with a PLC.

27th February 2020
RARUK opens dedicated Universal Robots training centre

RARUK opens dedicated Universal Robots training centre

RARUK Automation has opened the UK’s first Universal Robots Authorised Training Centre at its headquarters in Shefford.  This development will allow the company’s certified UR trainers to provide tuition in collaborative robot programming, empowering UK customers to get the very best return from their UR investment.

27th February 2020
Super-yachts turn to industrial SCADA for reliability, safety and passenger comfort systems

Super-yachts turn to industrial SCADA for reliability, safety and passenger comfort systems

Modern luxury yachts are fitted with a huge number of electrical systems and Italian company Uniproget is using Progea’s Movicon industrial automation technology to integrate them into one simple-to-use system. Natalie Turner, Sales Director at Progea’s UK distributor Products4Automation (P4A), looks at how personal comfort and safety is ensured in a demanding luxury living environment.

27th February 2020
New temperature sensor checks itself

New temperature sensor checks itself

For processes where accurate temperature control is essential and deviations could have costly implications, the new TCC self-checking temperature sensor from IFM Electronic provides an added level of assurance.

27th February 2020
BNL: 50 Years of Bearing Innovation

BNL: 50 Years of Bearing Innovation

2020 is BNL's 50th anniversary. In 1970 we introduced the BNL moulded plastic bearing to the market. Over five decades, our products have developed from simple bearings, into innovative, integrated bearing solutions that offer so much more than just smooth rotation and excellent wear rates.

26th February 2020
Living in the plastic age

Living in the plastic age

The when and why of plastic springs is rarely a simple matter, made as they are from highly engineered composites and technically advanced new generation materials. Typical properties include operation at elevated temperatures, neutral magnetic characteristics, light weight, low thermal conductivity, electrically insulating and ability to recycle at end of life.

20th February 2020
Shock absorber key in modified rowing machine

Shock absorber key in modified rowing machine

An adjustable industrial shock absorber is helping a young woman regain strength and mobility following a major operation to remove a tumour. The shock absorber is built into a modified rowing machine in a project coordinated by nationwide charity Remap.

20th February 2020
Alloy choices for springs

Alloy choices for springs

When choosing a spring for your industrial application, one of the major considerations is the material, as this will determine the spring’s suitability for the environment it is working in. Choose the wrong one and you could be facing a costly redesign or repair job down the line. Justin Lawrence, applications engineer at leading fastening and fixing supplier TFC, explains the suitability of different alloys for specific environments.

20th February 2020
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