Machine Building

Peak Sensors Ltd appoints new Managing Director

Peak Sensors has appointed Dr Roshan Aucklah to head up its growth and development. Roshan brings with him a wealth of experience gained from previous role as Sales Director of Xeracarb. His focus will be ensuring Peak Sensors continues to provide world-class thermocouple and resistance thermometer sensors, and developing products for new markets and territories.

15th May 2017

Investment in cable assembly facility wins Harwin new business

Harwin has announced that increased investment in its Salem, New Hampshire cable assembly facility is winning new business in the demanding and highly specialised space and avionics sector. At its USA site, Harwin's cabling capabilities include building to customer datasheet, prototyping, and electrical and mechanical testing of both cable and wire harnesses and coaxial cable assemblies. Over the past 12 months, increased investment in equipment plus intensive additional staff development and training, has led to successful fulfilment of orders from a number of high-tech customers with exceptional quality requirements.

12th May 2017

Bauer builds on 90 years of expertise with new innovations

Celebrating its 90th year, Bauer Gear Motor is continuing to showcase the innovation that has driven the business forward for nearly a century. Bauer's range includes products for waste water processing; motors that offer increased energy efficiency; the Bauer HiflexDRIVE range; stainless steel geared motors for hygienically sensitive environments and bespoke engineered products designed to tackle specialist application challenges.

12th May 2017

Mouser names Kleinjan VP of Americas Customer Service & Sales

Mouser Electronics today announced that Coby Kleinjan has been named as Mouser's Vice President of Americas Customer Service and Sales. Kleinjan, a 10-year Mouser veteran, was previously Director of Special Accounts.

12th May 2017

Best practices for industrial security from Rockwell Automation

Industrial organisations are operating in ways they scarcely could have imagined a few decades ago. They are converging historically separate information technology (IT) and operations technology (OT) systems, and using mobile, analytics and cloud to increase connectivity and information sharing. This is significantly improving operations but also creating more potential entrance points for security threats.

12th May 2017

Seeing Machines announces new CEO

Seeing Machines Ltd is announcing the appointment of Mike McAuliffe as Chief Executive Officer of Seeing Machines Limited and member of the Board of Directors, effective immediately.

11th May 2017

congatec presents high-end robotics computing technology

congatec is spotlighting its new high-end embedded computing portfolio for robotics and real-time automation at the Embedded Systems Expo & Conference (ESEC 2017) in Japan (West Hall 1F, Booth W4-20). Designed from the ground up to meet high "˜made in Germany' quality standards, the comprehensive product portfolio includes hypervisor technology from German real-time virtualisation expert Real-Time Systems, consolidating the congatec robotics computing offering in a single, application ready, 4-in-1 hardware platform for PLC, HMI, IoT and Industry 4.0 systems.

11th May 2017

Find the right bearing fit with new igus Fit Calculator app

A new igus Fit Calculator app for iOS and Android enables engineers to calculate dimensions and tolerances for bearings according to ISO 286. The app, which can be easily found and downloaded from the smartphone's or tablet's app store, is very simple to use and requires no registration.

11th May 2017

IO-Link Safety specification ready for implementation

With the release and publication of the IO-Link Safety specification by the IO-Link Community and the successful concept assessment by the TUV SUD, nothing else stands in the way of IO-Link Safety's implementation in systems and devices.

11th May 2017

Honeywell and SKF launch Industrial Internet of Things project

Honeywell Process Solutions and SKF have launched a joint pilot project aimed at developing Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems. The pilot project, at a copper mine in Latin America, aims to create a digital standard for improved machine efficiency, reliability and competitiveness for industrial customers.

11th May 2017