Machine Building

Darren Rhodes is new Managing Director of Procter Bros Group

Procter Bros Group, of which Procter Machine Guarding is a division, has appointed Darren Rhodes as its new Managing Director. Darren was previously Managing Director of spring manufacturer Leggett & Platt, where he led a rapid development and growth strategy for the UK business unit. He has a proven track record of running a multi-site manufacturing business and successfully applying business improvement strategies.

11th July 2017

Procter Machine Guarding wins BSIF customer service award

Procter Machine Guarding has won a prestigious UK award for delivering excellent customer service. At the recent Health & Safety Matters exhibition the company was presented with the Highly Commended award for customer service in the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) Safety Awards 2017.

11th July 2017

How robust is a stainless steel leadscrew module?

igus has released a new video highlighting the new stainless steel option in its drylin SHT range of leadscrew modules, made entirely of 304 grade stainless steel. To ascertain how robust this rugged module is, a madcap engineer at the company's German headquarters in Cologne decided it would be fun to put the drylin SHT-ES through its paces.

11th July 2017

Reliance celebrates International Women in Engineering Day

Reliance celebrated International Women in Engineering Day by hosting an event for female students and teachers from local Honley High School, providing them with an insight into engineering and the different career opportunities available.

11th July 2017

Schaeffler and Audi to cooperate in powertrain development

During the German home round of Team ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport in Berlin (June 10/11) Schaeffler and Audi agreed on an extensive cooperation in the development of the powertrain for the next three generations of the Formula E racing car. Schaeffler Chief Technology Officer Prof. Peter Gutzmer and Peter Mertens, Member of the Board of Management, Technical Development AUDI AG, signed a three-year agreement in Berlin-Tempelhof.

10th July 2017

Collaborative robots as market drivers: 2016 report

The World Robotics Report 2016 from the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) higlights how compact, user-friendly collaborative robots are expected to drive the automation market. The report predicts the worldwide annual sales of industrial robots to increase by at least 13 per cent on average per year from 2017 to 2019. Human-robot collaboration will have a "˜breakthrough' in this period, enabling robots and humans to work safely side by side without any fences, while increasing production efficiency and quality.

7th July 2017

Spring Kits put in-demand items at your fingertips

Rapid response is paramount in all industries, so when an engineer or technician reaches for an item and finds a gap on the rack, that's when frustration and delays kick in. With that in mind Lee Spring have developed spring kits which meet a comprehensive range of needs for design, prototyping and development purposes.

7th July 2017

The UK's first EPLAN Certified Engineer

Efficient engineering is not only a question of computer-aided engineering software systems - it's also about the user. EPLAN believe that efficiency is largely determined by knowledge, practice and experience, and as a result offer an extensive range of training courses to complement its versatile range of software packages.

7th July 2017