Industrial Technology

Machine Building

Enclosures for UK

Enclosures for UK"s deepest mine

Over a kilometre under the North Sea, 8 miles from dry land, sits a Spelsberg GRP enclosure. Installed at the face of the UK’s deepest mine as part of an Air Spectrum dust suppression system, this is an environment so alien that NASA rovers, dark matter experiments and underground labs all call this place home. This is Boulby Mine, the frontline of Cleveland Potash Limited’s polyhalite mining operations.

1st December 2019
Protecting industrial environments through applying ergonomic design

Protecting industrial environments through applying ergonomic design

A report from the Health and Safety Executive in 2018 estimated that 6.6 million working days were lost in the UK in 2017/18 due to work related musculoskeletal disorders. This accounts for nearly a quarter (24 per cent) of all working days lost due to work related ill-health in the UK, with an average of 14 days lost in each case.

1st December 2019
Increasing sheep welfare with thermal imaging

Increasing sheep welfare with thermal imaging

When something isn’t working optimally, excess heat is commonly a tell-tale sign. This simple fact has led thermal imaging to become an important inspection tool in many industries including dairy farming.

1st December 2019
Servo drive features machine learning

Servo drive features machine learning

The Arcus Tital-SVH-ETH from LG Motion is a single axis servo motor controller with advanced feedback that is able to drive motor types of servo motor. Along with its advanced servo functions, it also includes a motion ‘edge intelligence’ solution called 2nsSight.

1st December 2019
Making the connection: OT and IT infrastructure in manufacturing

Making the connection: OT and IT infrastructure in manufacturing

New business models that improve how we design, build, sell and operate industrial services and machines are being created by improved connectivity between the operational technology (OT) and the IT system.

1st December 2019
Expanded range of imperial machine elements

Expanded range of imperial machine elements

WDS Component Parts is expanding the range of imperial sized components it offers, supporting its continued growth in those markets, regions and sectors that prefer non-metric dimensions. While it has always carried imperial products in its catalogue, mainly in the bolts and fastening section, now the company is making and supplying new version of studs, swing bolts and insulated hand knobs in Imperial dimensions and threads with plans to steadily expand its Imperial offering with new sizes of many of its metric products.

1st December 2019
Stainless steel machine elements

Stainless steel machine elements

Elesa – well known for high quality technopolymer machine elements – has carved itself a solid base and is now pushing the boundaries in the world of metal standard elements, and is committed to maintaining the quality aspect of all their products. Many new stainless steel products are listed in the Elesa 166.1 catalogue supplement.

1st December 2019
Thousands of new hardware products added to range

Thousands of new hardware products added to range

Essentra Components has announced thousands of new catalogue products focused on the needs of its industrial manufacturing customers. The additions include 5,000 new SKUs of standard machine parts including handwheels, knobs, levers, handles, control knobs, and indexing plungers. Alongside new PA, PP, POM and PF offerings the company also has steel, stainless steel and aluminium choices and customisable colour options to suit customer build applications.

1st December 2019
Bicycle testing technology ensures cyclists

Bicycle testing technology ensures cyclists" safety

One of the leading providers of bicycle testing technology is EFBE Prüftechnik from Waltrop, Germany. When building its test stands, EFBE makes the most of the stability that aluminium construction profiles offer.

1st December 2019
Automation and drive technology controls movements of new stage setting

Automation and drive technology controls movements of new stage setting

With the help of KEB Automation, the most famous cabaret in the world has modernised its stage technology to suit the new programme ‘Le Lido Spectacle Paris Merveilles’. Founded in 1946 and located in the Avenue des Champs Elysées in Paris, the Lido theatre is using modern automation and drives technology from KEB, which controls the movements of the new stage settings.

1st December 2019
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