Machine Building

Renishaw and Sandvik collaborate in metal additive manufacturing

To strengthen the metal additive manufacturing (AM) industry, Renishaw has initiated a collaboration with Sandvik Additive Manufacturing to supply the company with high-productivity multi-laser RenAM 500Q systems, which will substantially increase Sandvik's printing capacity.

13th November 2018

Renishaw highlights capabilities of productive AM at Formnext

At Formnext 2018, Renishaw will exhibit its additive manufacturing (AM) software and hardware products. Exhibiting in Hall 3.1 Stand E68, Renishaw will focus on high-productivity additive manufacturing, without compromising quality. Visitors to the Renishaw stand will see the world-record breaking ARION4 hand-powered bike, which includes a crucial AM component produced by Renishaw.

13th November 2018

mayr power transmission to exhibit at SPS IPC Drives 2018

mayr power transmission presents new designs of the intelligent modules ROBA-brake-checker and ROBA-torqcontrol at the SPS IPC Drives 2018 in Nuremberg (Hall 4, Stand 278). These modules can easily and quickly monitor safety brakes or facilitate the even and smooth deceleration of machines - even with varying load.

13th November 2018

PI to present Industry 4.0 Demonstrator at SPS IPC Drives 2018

The joint PI (Profibus & Profinet International) stand at the SPS IPC Drives trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany taking place from the 27th to 29th November 2018 will be located in Hall 5 / Stand 210, and will form a fundamental bridge between automation and IT.

13th November 2018

Conrad Business Supplies cuts prices of ten top brands

Conrad Business Supplies is announcing significant and sustained price reductions for ten top brands for electromechanical products including connectors, cables and wires.

12th November 2018

ZF shows modular speed and direction sensor kit at Electronica

ZF Switches and Sensors will be presenting a very efficient modular approach to speed and direction sensing at Electronica 2018 in Hall B3, Booth 530. The Hall-effect sensor's modular design allows customers to pre-select key sensor criteria including shaft length and output interface.

9th November 2018

SKF Test Centre wins international award for architecture

SKF has won a Design Award for its Sven Wingquist Test Center at The International Architecture Awards, a competition that recognises outstanding architectural achievements from across the globe. With over 1000 entries from across 31 countries, the awards are globally recognised as a high accolade for any company.

9th November 2018

Schaffner to exhibit innovations in EMC and power quality

Schaffner will be presenting the latest innovations from its EMC and Power Quality Divisions at the SPS IPC Drives exhibition in Nuremberg, Booth 4-580.

9th November 2018

10 reasons to change from metal linear guides to plastic

igus has produced a short video that presents ten reasons for switching from traditional metal linear guides to alternatives utilising high-tech engineering polymers.

8th November 2018

What has changed in machine safety standard BS EN 60204-1:2018?

BSI has published BS EN 60204-1:2018 Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines - Part 1: General requirements, which supersedes and replaces the previous edition. The sixth edition and contains a number of significant technical changes compared with the previous edition.

7th November 2018