Machine Building

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

Scottish offshore inspection equipment wins manus award 2019

Remote intervention tooling and subsea engineering specialist, ToolTec has reason to celebrate: its offshore inspection unit has won the manus award 2019 - a prize awarded by igus for the creative use of high-performance plastic bearings. Second place went to a floating catamaran, and third place to a driver assistance system for people with limited physical mobility.

17th April 2019

Next-generation embedded vision computing at Japan IoT/M2M Expo

Congatec will be exhibiting at Japan IoT/M2M Expo (booth 10-42 West Hall 2, 1F), showcasing its brand new demo platforms for the next generation of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based embedded vision systems. Designed in cooperation with and verified by ecosystem partners including NXP Semiconductors, Intel, Basler and Real-Time Systems, the platforms offer a new level of solution readiness for various AI-based embedded vision applications. The goal is to minimise design effort for OEM customers and to ensure that new applications make it to market more quickly. Target industries range from industrial, infrastructure and smart city to logistics, vehicle and retail vision applications.

16th April 2019

See Pickering Interfaces products and software at SMTConnect

Pickering Interfaces will once again be exhibiting at the SMTConnect exhibition, 7-9 May 2019, Nuremburg Messe, Hall 4A, booth 143. Highlights of the booth will include:

16th April 2019

Online Calculation Tools predict savings from using NSK bearings

NSK has unveiled two new Calculation Tools that can predict potential savings for end users. The quality and longevity of the company's bearings ensures that significant cost savings are achieved over the operating life of the products. NSK's development of the web-based Calculation Tools, which are linked closely to its established and proven AIP Added Value Programme, means end users are now made aware of the savings on offer, as well as the time required to achieve amortisation.

15th April 2019

Technix power supplies and capacitor chargers from Powerstax

Powerstax has been appointed as the exclusive UK distributor for the Technix range of high voltage DC power supplies and capacitor chargers. Technix products are in use worldwide by major OEMs and research laboratories.

15th April 2019