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Maglev benefits for automotive and aerospace manufacturing

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Stephen Hayes, managing director at Beckhoff Automation UK, looks at magnetic levitation and its revolutionary potential for manufacturing.

Maglev benefits for automotive and aerospace manufacturing

Thomson introduces first collaborative 7th axis with collision detection

Today

Thomson Industries has released what it claims is the first ever true collaborative extension of cobots. The new MovoTrak CTU 7th axis features collision detection settings for groundbreaking programming and control benefits. An industrial robot transfer unit (RTU) has also launched, which can be easily integrated with a user's preferred motor and drive.

Thomson introduces first collaborative 7th axis with collision detection

New IP65-rated stepper motors available from Mclennan

1 day ago

Recently launched by MOONS' and available in the UK from its UK distribution partner Mclennan, the new AW series 'Industrial Protective Stepper Motors' are aimed at harsh environment motion control applications in food and beverage production, medical industries and arduous industrial environments.

New IP65-rated stepper motors available from Mclennan

Ultra compact, lightweight slip ring bearings bring big benefits

1 day ago

The smooth and continuous transmission of power, data, and signals between rotating and stationary parts is crucial across many applications. Bearings are a critical part of this equation, and advancements in their design, such as the integration of Slip Rings and Thin Section Bearings, have made them indispensable. Carter Manufacturing, in collaboration with Silverthin, excels in integrating thin section bearings into slip rings.

Ultra compact, lightweight slip ring bearings bring big benefits

Free Guide to the New Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230

Free Guide to the New Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230

European Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 is replacing Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. Technically, it has already come into force but there is a transition period during which machinery is still being CE marked to the old Directive. You can download a free copy of the Guide to the New Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 by completing the form here.

Free Guide to Food & Beverage Industry Machine Design

The MachineBuilding.net Guide to Food and Beverage Industry Machine Design provides information, hints and tips to help designers create state-of-the-art yet cost effective systems that meet applicable regulations and standards, while also providing the necessary levels of productivity, quality and reliability.

Free Guide to Food & Beverage Industry Machine Design

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