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New online tool speeds selection of igus guide rollers

Maintenance-free, hygienic and clean: these are the component requirements of the food and packaging industry. For this reason, designers of film and labelling systems rely on smooth-running guide rollers with lubrication-free plastic components from igus. To help choose the right roller for a specific application, igus has developed a new online tool for guide rollers called xiros expert.

11th September 2019

Siemens Xcelerator helps companies become digital enterprises

Siemens is launching Xcelerator, an integrated portfolio of software, services and an application development platform that can be personalised and adapted to fit customer- and industry-specific needs to help companies of all sizes become digital enterprises. Xcelerator combines the full portfolio of Siemens' software for design, engineering and manufacturing with an expanded Mendix low-code, multi-experience application development platform. The Mendix platform now includes cloud and app services for digital engineering and Internet of Things (IoT) powered by MindSphere the cloud-based, open IoT operating system from Siemens, in addition to Mendix' market-leading unified low-code and no-code development environments. Unique to Xcelerator, this platform drives digital transformation by enabling anyone in the ecosystem, including citizen developers and engineers, to easily build, integrate and extend their existing data and systems. The company is also announcing that Siemens PLM Software has become Siemens Digital Industries Software, a change intended to reflect the growth in the company's ecosystem and portfolio of software, applications, tools and services that are driving digital transformation at organisations across the globe.

10th September 2019

Stemmer Imaging UK Machine Vision Technology Forum 2019

Registration is now open for the Stemmer Imaging UK Machine Vision Technology Forum that takes place at the Vox Conference Centre in Birmingham on 13-14 November 2019. With a choice between an in-depth two-day program or just the free second day, the event is claimed to be the UK's most comprehensive machine vision learning event.

9th September 2019

New eBook explores how to move from inspiration to design

Mouser Electronics has published Designing an Idea, the first eBook from Engineering Big Ideas, the newest series in Mouser's award-winning Empowering Innovation Together programme. In the new eBook, experts from Mouser and the electronics industry provide an in-depth look at how innovators move from the first spark of inspiration to product design and on to the first steps of production.

6th September 2019

New two-day training course in EMF risk assessments

Link Microtek is offering a new two-day training course to help organisations comply with the European EMF Directive 2013/35/EU and the UK-specific Control of Electromagnetic Fields at Work (CEMFAW) Regulations 2016, which place specific requirements on employers to perform EMF risk assessments.

6th September 2019

See Elesa's latest products at the PPMA Exhibition

The PPMA Total Show 2019 is said to be the UK's largest ever event dedicated to processing and packaging machinery. As such, it is very much a place where Elesa looks forward to networking with customers to discuss best practice and new products, including many that have not yet been identified. Stand E03 at PPMA is exactly the place where engineers and buyers can explore opportunities in standard component products, service and technologies for industries including food, beverage, baking, pharmaceuticals, luxury goods, confectionery, cosmetics/personal care, tobacco/vaping/E-liquids, building supplies and materials, pet food/pet care, household products, contract packers, microbrewers and distillers.

6th September 2019

Manufacturing Simulation Software Competitive Assessment results

Ranked as the top manufacturing simulation software vendor, Siemens scored highest in implementation and topped four of the ten scoring criteria, states global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research. Dassault Systèmes came in a close second, having scored the highest in innovation and topped three of the ten criteria.

6th September 2019

SKF Motion Technologies to unveil new branding at Motek

SKF Motion Technologies (SMT) will unveil its new name and visual identity at this year's Motek exhibition, as an independent business, following its acquisition from SKF Group by Triton Partners in December 2018.

5th September 2019

Digi-Key named exclusive global distributor by Directed Energy

Digi-Key Electronics has signed an exclusive global distribution partnership with Directed Energy, Inc. This new partnership adds to the more than 8.7 million products available from more than 800 manufacturers through Digi-Key.

5th September 2019

Schneider Electric offers entry to IIoT Starter Pack competition

Schneider Electric is offering the chance to win an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Secure Asset Connection Starter Pack. The pack is for machine builders and end users seeking integrated asset-to-cloud connectivity, as well as cybersecure end-to-end remote access to program and monitor other control equipment.

5th September 2019