Machine Building

Video highlights benefits of configurable safety controllers

Wieland Electric is promoting a short video to demonstrate the benefits of its samos PRO COMPACT-PLUS configurable safety controller that incorporates safe motion control.

7th August 2018

New website for Schaeffler UK

Schaeffler has revamped and relaunched its UK website (www.schaeffler.co.uk), offering engineers easier navigation, improved functionality and faster access to precision bearing products and related services.

6th August 2018

How to use igus DC motor controllers

Igus has produced a short video to show how easy it is to use the dryve D3 motor controller for the drylin E linear robot and the variety of payloads it can carry.

3rd August 2018

48-hour assembly service for terminal strips

Phoenix Contact now provides a fast terminal strip service. Terminal strips with Push-in terminal blocks are produced in just 48 hours. The new PROJECT complete configuration and marking software supports the use of the terminal strip service with an online price generator and fast order function, thanks to its direct connection to the Phoenix Contact E-Shop.

3rd August 2018

Atlas Copco launches service plan for rotating equipment

Atlas Copco's Compressor Technique Service division has introduced the Full Machine Room (FMR) Service Plan, through which it offers to maintain all types and makes of rotating equipment used in a production environment. This new service enables industrial companies to streamline their maintenance processes by working with a single service provider and local point of contact. Atlas Copco is rolling out the FMR Service Plan nationwide following a successful 12-month trial with a plastics packaging producer in the UK.

3rd August 2018

OCEANIS to address ethics in autonomous and intelligent systems

Ethical issues around autonomous and intelligent systems are surfacing across a wide variety of industries and need to be addressed in an open and transparent manner. BSI today jointly launched and became a founding member of the Open Community for Ethics in Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (OCEANIS). This global community brings together organizations interested in the development and use of standards as a means to address ethical matters in autonomous and intelligent systems.

3rd August 2018

See Elesa's standard machine elements at 2018 PPMA Exhibition

The extensive Elesa range of standard machine elements is designed around the needs of the process and packaging industries. Much of this range will be on display at the 2018 PPMA Exhibition, taking place on 25th-27th September at NEC Birmingham.

2nd August 2018

TE Connectivity acquires ABB's Entrelec terminal block business

TE Connectivity and ABB have announced that TE has closed its previously announced acquisition of ABB's Entrelec terminal block business.

1st August 2018

Companies collaborate to develop IIoT wireless connectivity

Advantech, Behr Technologies (BTI), Hitachi Solutions America, and Microsoft today announced that the companies are collaborating to deliver wireless communications systems with unmatched scalability, reliability, and security for private industrial internet of things (IIoT) networks. Since no single technology provider can enable IIoT alone, this joint effort will provide the first mass-market, end-to-end wireless gateway system to ensure connectivity with sensors for production-level industrial and commercial applications. The system will deliver large scalability, the deepest possible building penetration, integration and interoperability with legacy systems, along with very long battery life for nodes.

31st July 2018

Renishaw crowned Winner of Winners at PWC Awards

At the 30th annual PWC West of England Business Awards, Renishaw was crowned "˜Winner of Winners'. At the gala dinner held at the Harbour Hotel, Bristol in June 2018, Renishaw was named overall Business of the Year, for companies with a turnover of more than £30 million. In addition, Renishaw's co-founder, Executive Chairman and former CEO, Sir David McMurtry, was named as the region's top CEO.

31st July 2018