Machine Building

Mitsubishi variable speed drives save mushroom producer energy

When one of Ireland's largest mushroom producers, Codd Mushrooms, wanted to save energy and boost reliability within its factory chilled water system, it turned to Mitsubishi Electric and its systems integrator partner MPAC for a solution. The resulting PLC-based control system using Mitsubishi Electric variable speed drives to control the various pumps, delivered a saving of over 5400kWh in 1 week, which will amount to €40,000 (approx. £33,000) per year.

10th October 2016

Preeflow volumetric adhesive dispensing helps device integrity

Intertronics' customer BPR Medical, based in Mansfield, Nottingham, is a good example of a small British company which combines expertise, creativity and entrepreneurialism to design, develop and manufacture world-beating products for export worldwide and use in the United Kingdom, for which it was rewarded in 2012 with a Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation. As with any manufacturing company, the success of its products depends to a considerable degree on assembly methods.

7th October 2016

Pancake motor from PMW helps digitise film heritage

The increasing popularity of Ultra HD television is generating a growing need for ultra high-definition content. Fortunately there is a readily available source in the millions of hours of existing 35mm film. Transferring these many decades of film heritage onto digital media is a big task, which has now been made easier by a new pancake motor developed by Printed Motor Works for a state-of-the-art film scanner.

7th October 2016

SKF helps deliver comfort for bus passengers

Engineering expertise from SKF is helping the UK's largest bus and coach manufacturer build vehicles for challenging operating environments around the world.

6th October 2016

Olmec vision system powers serialisation compliance product

A turnkey validated vision system from Olmec-UK is a core component of the "˜SerialTrac' serialisation system developed by Domino Printing Sciences. SerialTrac has been introduced to provide the item-level serialisation capability needed in the pharmaceutical industry to meet the EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) and others, and has won the prestigious award for the "˜Most Innovative Processing or Packaging Machine' at the PPMA (Processing and Packaging Machinery Association) Group Awards announced at the end of September.

6th October 2016

Minitec supplies pit lane toolboxes to Algarve Pro Racing Team

MiniTec UK has supplied pit lane toolboxes to the Algarve Pro Racing Team, whose car finished 12th in class and 17th overall in the 2016 Le Mans 24 hour race. Drivers were Michael Munemann, Andrea Pizzitola and Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy.

5th October 2016

Durable and reliable: Herga's 6289 steel multipedal footswitch

MUS-MAX, the Austrian forestry and agricultural technology equipment manufacturer, produces the "˜Wood Terminator' range of wood chippers for processing biofuel. These huge trailer mounted or self-propelled drum chopping machines can work their way through waste wood and log diameters of up to 75 cm or more at the rate of 230 m3 per hour. The Wood Terminator is distinguished by its robust and ergonomically proven design and leads the fuelwood chipper field throughout Europe where MUS-MAX places great importance to ease of operation, long operating life and the highest levels of reliability.

5th October 2016

Precision Acoustics supports medical diagnostic development

Precision Acoustics has been internationally recognised for its part in designing life-saving diagnostic equipment.

5th October 2016

One-way roller clutches: one idea, many applications

Schaeffler has seen an increase in demand for its one-way roller clutches, including applications on e-bikes (electric bikes) and motorcycles, as well as industrial applications in overrunning clutches for packaging machines and speed compensation devices for conveyor systems.

4th October 2016

Low-cost SCADA brings robot control to tissue packing line

A new control system installed on a robotic packing station at Northwood & WEPA's tissue paper manufacturing plant in Bridgend is providing great operator flexibility. By using Movicon SCADA software, the system integrator has completed the project at a very competitive cost, whilst also adding the ability to record and visualise comprehensive production data.

3rd October 2016