Machine Building

Pickering Interfaces wins Queen's Award for outstanding growth

Pickering Interfaces is delighted and proud to announce that it has won the Queen's Award for Outstanding Short Term Growth in overseas sales over the last three years.

2nd May 2019

Flir Systems makes strategic investment in DroneBase

Flir Systems and DroneBase, Inc. recently announced that Flir has made a strategic investment in DroneBase, a global drone operations company that provides businesses access to one of the largest Unmanned Aerial Surveillance (UAS) pilot networks. The investment establishes Flir as the exclusive provider of thermal products and as the official small UAS thermal imaging training provider for the DroneBase enterprise pilot network through the Flir Infrared Training Center (ITC).

2nd May 2019

Pryor to demonstrate robotic marking at Paris Air Show

Pryor Marking Technology will showcase its fully automated robotic marking system at this year's International Paris Air Show in June (Hall 2b, Stand H111).

30th April 2019

Free webinar: Why gears should be 3D printed instead of machined

In a live webinar on 9 May 2019, Tom Krause, Head of Additive Manufacturing at igus, will explain how to achieve wear-resistant plastic gears. Krause will present the gear configurator, iglidur high-performance plastics for laser sintering and the igus 3D printing service.

29th April 2019

Request your copy of the BFPA Yearbook & Members' Directory 2019

The British Fluid Power Association (BFPA) has published the 2019 edition of its Yearbook & Members' Directory. This year is the BFPA's 60th anniversary and the Yearbook & Members' Directory celebrates this with a wealth of interesting and informative articles, including interviews with the current President Alastair Johnstone, Managing Director of Bosch Rexroth Limited, and current BFPDA Chairman Peter Willson, Managing Director of Hopespare Ltd. In addition there are reflections on the BFPA's history and the latest developments in the fluid power industry.

22nd April 2019

Dawson Shanahan: Global Automotive Components and Suppliers Expo

Dawson Shanahan is attending the Global Automotive Components and Suppliers Expo in Stuttgart, Germany next month. The company will be showcasing its products and technologies, including a selection of new components for the electric vehicle market, and investment in state-of-the-art process simulation solid modelling, cold forming presses, CNC Turning and Milling equipment.

18th April 2019

Mouser Electronics signs global distribution agreement with ODU

Mouser Electronics is announcing a global distribution agreement with ODU, an international supplier of connection systems. The ODU product line, now available from Mouser Electronics, includes the ODU MINI-SNAP, ODU MEDI-SNAP, and ODU MINI-MED connector series.

18th April 2019

OEM Automatic sole UK supplier of Sony XC machine vision cameras

OEM Automatic has signed a supply deal with Sony Image Sensing Solutions (ISS). The agreement will see OEM Automatic becoming the sole supplier in the UK and Ireland of the full range of Sony's award-winning XC machine vision camera modules.

18th April 2019

How the igus drylin delta robot handles delicate objects

igus has produced an "˜eggs-cellent' video showing a drylin delta robot in action in the lead-up to Easter. The cost-effective and lightweight modular system can be used for the most delicate of pick-and-place tasks, including collecting Easter eggs.

18th April 2019

Mouser signs global distribution agreement with Futaba

Mouser Electronics is announcing a global distribution agreement with Futaba Corporation. Through the global agreement, Mouser now stocks a range of Futaba's display modules, including vacuum fluorescent, organic light-emitting diode (OLED), and liquid crystal displays.

17th April 2019