Machine Building

Queen's Award for Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group

Business Secretary Greg Clark has today named the UK businesses within the Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group as winners of the Queen's Awards for Enterprise in celebration of Her Majesty The Queen's 91st birthday.

21st April 2017

FANUC to exhibit at Interpack 2017 in Düsseldorf, Germany

FANUC will be exhibiting at this year's Interpack event (Hall 6, Stand D79) to demonstrate its portfolio of robotic products for the processing and packaging sectors.

21st April 2017

Bowman International acquires distributor John Handley Bearings

Bowman International has acquired the business of Midlands-based John Handley Bearings Ltd. Committed to growing the John Handley name under the umbrella of its own brand, Bowman will work closely with the highly experienced John Handley team to improve stock availability for its three key technical partners Thomson Industries, Cooper Bearings and NSK linear.

21st April 2017

Güdel's UK operation gears up to support further growth

A recent re-structuring of the management team within Güdel's UK-based operation has set the scene for additional investment within the Coventry site to support further growth within the UK and Ireland.

20th April 2017

Procter Machine Guarding expert joins BSI standards committee

Steve Allen, National Technical Sales Manager at Procter Machine Guarding, is joining BSI's MCE/3 committee (Safeguarding of Machinery), taking the place of Jeremy Procter, Managing Director of Procter Machine Guarding, who has stepped down having served on the committee for 32 years. This committee plays a crucial role in developing British, European and International machinery safety standards, as well as continuing to update PD 5304. The photograph on the right shows Jeremy Procter (left) and Steve Allen (right).

20th April 2017

Bosch Rexroth prepares existing facilities for Industry 4.0

Bosch Rexroth has successfully reduced downtime costs by 25 per cent at its factory in Homburg, Germany, after retrofitting production test rigs, some of which are up to 10 years old, with Rexroth's IoT Gateway technology.

20th April 2017

White paper: the benefits of intelligent printing in the IoT

SATO has published a new white paper to help businesses understand how the Internet of Things (IoT) can be harnessed and applied in practical terms. Unlocking the Power of IoT uses the changing role of the humble label printer from a peripheral product into a fully integrated component in the process supply chain to demonstrate how adopting an IoT world view can transform a business model from product oriented to service focussed.

20th April 2017

WEG at the Pump Centre Conference and exhibition 2017 in Telford

WEG will be showcasing the WG20 at the Pump Centre Conference and exhibition 2017. Held at the Telford International centre on the 11th May 2017, the event is widely recognised as the leader in its kind in the UK. The WG20 is a range of highly versatile modular geared motors that offer worldwide interchangeability and up to 96 per cent energy efficiency across a wide range of industrial applications requiring precise and reliable power transmission. The new geared motor will enable users to increase the energy efficiency of systems in their plants significantly, reducing associated energy costs.

20th April 2017

Leybold simplifies repairs and maintenance via Augmented Reality

Leybold is the first vacuum pump manufacturer to test the diverse application possibilities of Augmented Reality (AR). While executing tasks, service technicians obtain useful additional information and graphical documentation, partly in 3D. Leybold plans to extend the scalable AR apps to other product areas such as training, repair and maintenance purposes.

20th April 2017

RoboBusiness and TUS Expo Merger: Robo Business Media

EH Media announced today that its Robotics Division will merge with the European TUS Expo to form the new global entity Robo Business Media (RBM). The merger creates the largest events and media company for robotics in the world.

19th April 2017