Festo invests to meet growing demand from electronics sector

Rockwell Automation strengthens control and visualisation portfolio with acquisition of ASEM

Rockwell Automation announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Italy-based ASEM, a leading provider of digital automation technologies. ASEM provides a complete range of Industrial PCs (IPCs), Human-Machine Interface (HMI) hardware and software, remote access capabilities, and secure Industrial IoT gateway solutions.

RS Components introduces AC drive from Omron for industrial automation applications

RS Components has introduced the Q2V series of compact inverter AC drives from Omron, a world leader in industrial automation and maker of sensing and control products. Typical market sectors expected to benefit from its use include food and beverage and packaging, along with many industrial motor-control applications in general.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.