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Fasteners" key role on award winning submarine

With sponsorship and components from WDS, a team of young engineers at Warwick University was able to build a working submarine and win an international innovation award.

21st February 2016
Breaking the buying cycle in power transmission component specification

Breaking the buying cycle in power transmission component specification

Whether you’re building a prototype, starting a new production run or sourcing replacement parts, specifying power transmission components that integrate with each other, run reliably and fit to the necessary footprint can prove challenging. Once real life commercial considerations are also factored in it can be hard to identify the best solutions for any given project.

21st February 2016
A guide to specifying the right winch drive

A guide to specifying the right winch drive

The variety of winch and hoist designs is vast and the number of applications almost too numerous to count. However there are some common features and design attributes that can be applied to almost every winch design. Martin Terjesen of Brevini offers some advice on how to specify the correct winch drive.

21st February 2016
Oldham couplings for conveyor systems

Oldham couplings for conveyor systems

Oldham couplings from Ruland are zero-backlash, have a balanced design, accommodate large parallel misalignment, and are highly versatile, making them an ideal fit for precise positioning and general industrial conveyor systems. They also facilitate easy disassembly of rollers to allow for cleaning, replacement and general maintenance.

21st February 2016
Modular, compact, versatile pallet transfer

Modular, compact, versatile pallet transfer

mk has launched Versamove – a flexible pallet handling system based on customer requirements. Equipped with modules and components from the MK modular system for profiles, conveyors and linear technology, Versamove systems offer dependability, high quality and process reliability. 

21st February 2016
Overhead conveyor improves productivity for bottling plant

Overhead conveyor improves productivity for bottling plant

A leading Swiss drinks manufacturer found that its bottling plant was so busy that forklift driver error was having a real impact on productivity. Fortunately it was able to reduce operating costs and increase productivity by installing an electrical overhead conveyor.

21st February 2016
New Series 45 range of pushbuttons, indicators and switches

New Series 45 range of pushbuttons, indicators and switches

EAO announces the introduction of its totally new 22.5mm and 30.5mm mounted Series 45 product line, ensuring safety and reliability for all the different switching functions within machinery and industrial automation applications. The Series 45 is ideal for use in main operator panels, control stations and handheld control units.

21st February 2016
Ten reasons you still need a PLC

Ten reasons you still need a PLC

Despite the emergence of control alternatives, the popularity of the PLC endures. Hugh Tasker of Mitsubishi Electric offers ten reasons why you still need a PLC.

21st February 2016
Drives now have a PROFIsafe option

Drives now have a PROFIsafe option

ABB has introduced a number of features and additional tools that offer the variable speed drives user more options when connecting drives to fieldbus networks.

21st February 2016
Variable speed starter now offers CANopen option

Variable speed starter now offers CANopen option

Eaton has expanded its range of PowerXL DE1 variable speed starters with the DE11. In addition to providing the Modbus interface as standard and the option for SmartWire DT, the new product range from the power management company also offers an option to directly connect to CANopen. This immediately opens up many additional fields of application within mechanical engineering, and meets the ErP Directive simply, efficiently and cost-effectively. 

21st February 2016
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