Industrial Technology

Encoder offers smooth and reliable speed control for DC motors

New from EMS is the new Faulhaber magnetic AEMT-12/16 L absolute encoder. The product is the first multiturn absolute encoder released by Faulhaber, complementing the existing portfolio of single turn units.

6th February 2021

Analog Devices announces condition-based monitoring development platform

Analog Device has introduced a complete condition-based monitoring (CbM) development platform designed to help accelerate condition monitoring hardware, software, and algorithm development. CN0549 provides mechanically secure, wide bandwidth sensor data with robust, high fidelity data acquisition.

6th February 2021

BCL Enclosures launches new e-commerce website

BCL Enclosures announces the launch of its new e-commerce website at bclenclosures.com which will enable customers to order from its vast range of products quickly, easily and securely. BCL Enclosures manufactures almost its entire range in the UK, which overcomes the supply issues often found when ordering from non-UK manufactured sources and provides the reassurance of dealing with a well-known and established company.

5th February 2021

Farnell adds Festo to expand automation technology range

Farnell is now stocking a wide range of pneumatic automation products from Festo. Festo is the performance leader in a range of industries including electronic equipment manufacturing, light assembly, automotive, life sciences, pharmaceutical and food processing and packaging.

4th February 2021

Ballet dancer Merritt Moore chooses a cobot as her new dance partner

Universal Robots (UR) is pleased to announce a new partnership with award-winning quantum physicist and ballet dancer, Dr Merritt Moore. In her examination of how the arts can take technology beyond the laboratory, Dr Moore has developed ground-breaking dance performances alongside a UR collaborative robot (cobot). The cobot has been named “Baryshnibot” by her Instagram followers.

3rd February 2021

Simmatic named Vacuum and Pneumatic Products Innovator of the Year 2020

Simmatic Automation Specialists, a leading provider of complete pneumatic solutions, has been named Vacuum and Pneumatic Products Innovators of the Year 2020 for the Midlands Enterprise Awards.

3rd February 2021

Large gear units now available in five days

SEW Eurodrive’s new ATO5 service, providing delivery of industrial gear units within just five working days, has now been extended to include large R, F and K units from its 7 Series range. These units are suitable for heavy engineering applications such as wood, food, concrete and water treatment etc.

2nd February 2021

Enclosure assembly service reduces lead times for turnkey solutions

The demand for turnkey electrical solutions from OEM and electrical installers looking to reduce their assembly times is increasing. This gives manufactures of enclosures the opportunity to offer a value added service by carrying out customisation and assembly in-house.

1st February 2021

Trio extends machine control capability with I/O expansion

UK motion specialist, Trio Motion Technology, is expanding the capability of its motion-based machine solution to integrate with additional sensors, relays and output devices. Trio has launched new I/O slices that enable OEMs to measure and control temperature as well as easily connect three-wire devices within a compact footprint. The new I/O slices join Trio’s existing range of digital and analogue I/O.

30th January 2021

Robolink DP for all flexible automated applications

The robolink DP is a new robot arm developed by Igus to provide engineers with access into automated solutions using low cost robotics. The robolink DP arm is not only flexible enough to allow six degrees of freedom, but there are also many options for end effectors which enhances the opportunism for even more diverse applications. In this video you see a demonstration of the robot serving a frozen icy slush drink.