Machine Building

Heidenhain (GB) celebrates 50th anniversary

Established in Burgess Hill, West Sussex in 1969, Heidenhain (GB) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the German manufacturing group Dr Johannes Heidenhain GmbH, is this year celebrating 50 years of supporting manufacturing industry.

19th February 2019

Lenze showcase logistics technology at Passenger Terminal Expo

Lenze is exhibiting at Passenger Terminal Expo (PTX), the international airport conference and exhibition, from 26th to 28th March at ExCeL, London. The company says it will demonstrate why it has the best solution for horizontal conveyor baggage handling.

19th February 2019

Intelliconnect Europe Achieves SC21 Silver status

Intelliconnect (Europe) has been awarded silver performance standard to the {SC21, Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space industry, Supply Chain Programme}. Roy Phillips, Managing Director of Intelliconnect, comments: "This is a significant achievement which is nationally recognised and I must congratulate our entire team for their efforts in obtaining this important recognition award as part of our supply chain excellence journey."

18th February 2019

PI UK to support The Smart Industry series of Conferences

PI UK is announcing its role as an official supporter of {The Smart Industry series of Conferences}, a series of events launched, in the words of the organisers, to "address and unravel the vast array of conflicting information around 4IR, discussing the practicalities, technologies and issues surrounding transition and implementation of digitalisation in manufacturing across key market sectors in clear and concise language."

15th February 2019

UK Industrial Vision Association appoints new chair

Allan Anderson has been confirmed as the new chairman of UKIVA (UK Industrial Vision Association) at the recent Annual Members' Meeting.

15th February 2019

SKF bearing calculator now in KISSsoft's gearbox design software

SKF and the Swiss gearbox design software developer, KISSsoft, have agreed to incorporate SKF's bearing calculation software within KISSsoft's software. Engineers will therefore have a seamless experience when working on a new gearbox. They will be able to make appropriate bearing choices for their machine designs based on the newest bearing technologies. The latest SKF bearing data will be made available to KISSsoft users via SKF's cloud-based services. Results are all displayed in a concise engineering report format available through the KISSsoft software.

14th February 2019

How investing in robots can help transform performance: seminar

ABB will be demonstrating how robots can help UK SME manufacturing companies to become more productive and competitive at its forthcoming Switch to Robots seminar. Taking place at ABB's Milton Keynes site on Tuesday 19 March 2019, the event will provide a simple step-by-step guide to introducing robot automation to the factory floor.

14th February 2019

Mouser Sponsors Formula E all-electric racing for fifth Year

Mouser Electronics is proud to announce its sponsorship of the Geox Dragon Formula E Team throughout the 2018-19 racing season. Mouser is backing the team this year in collaboration with TTI, Inc. and valued suppliers Molex and AVX. This marks the fifth-straight year that Mouser and Molex have sponsored Formula E racing. The Mouser-sponsored team takes to the 2.093 km AutÃ³dromo Hermanos RodrÃguez track at the Mexico City E-Prix on February 16.

13th February 2019

Henkel opens European hub for 3D Printing technology

Henkel has opened its Innovation and Interaction Center (IIC) for 3D Printing at its Tallaght site near Dublin, Ireland. The IIC, which is the first in a new generation of global industrial customer centres, will become Henkel's European regional hub for technology presentations, demonstrations, training, testing as well as customer service for 3D Printing products. During the official inauguration Henkel welcomed the Irish Minister of State for Housing and Urban Renewal, Damien English, representatives from governmental organisations in Ireland as well as customers and senior management of its ecosystem partners Carbon and HP.

13th February 2019

Pryor joins AMRC to showcase part traceability and data capture

Pryor Marking Technology has become a member of the prestigious University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), a network of world-class research and innovation centres working with advanced manufacturing companies around the world including Boeing, Rolls-Royce and BAE Systems.

13th February 2019