Machine Building

Applications

All-in-one PLC+HMI replaces CNC on gun drilling machine

Shriram Automation needed to replace a faulty CNC controller that was controlling a gun drilling application. The entire CNC was recreated using a Unitronics all-in-one PLC+HMI, which also enabled a user-friendly operator interface to be incorporated thanks to the integrated colour touchscreen HMI. The Unitronics PLC is more reliable than the CNC controller and provides new features backed by excellent technical support.

13th September 2016

Hexagonal bolt temperature probes used for multi-band receivers

Comlab AG, based in Ittigen, Switzerland, is a specialist provider of radio communication equipment. Its digital multi-band repeaters are designed to ensure seamless mobile communication and radio reception in challenging environments such as road and railway tunnels, mines, and other difficult to service areas such as mass transit stations, shopping malls and large commercial buildings. With both standard and user-customised products available that must operate with optimal performance and reliability, they have chosen Variohm EuroSensor ETP-SP-PT platinum series hexagonal bolt temperature sensors as a convenient and cost-effective option to monitor the instrument's amplifier heating characteristics.

6th September 2016

All-in-one PLC+HMI is easy to configure for steam production

Djurdjevic, a meat production company, wanted to automate the boiler used to produce steam and the operating system needed to be efficient and safe. Ideally, the system should operate effortlessly, without requiring human intervention. Using a Unitronics combined PLC+HMI, this goal became a reality.

6th September 2016

All-in-one PLC and HMI delivers programming efficiency gains

Alana-Eco has used a Unitronics Vision570 all-in-one PLC and HMI on its automated EVA system that grows plants in a rotating aeroponic environment, which has provided many advantages over the PLC that was used for the development system, particularly with regard to programming efficiency.

6th September 2016

Anglian Water partners with Schneider to drive smart business

Anglian Water is the largest water supply and water recycling utility in England and Wales by geographic area. It covers over 10,000 square miles from Humber to the Thames estuary and from Buckinghamshire to Lowestoft, servicing approximately 6 million customers. Its mission is to deliver continuous and sustainable services that include providing safe, clean water, keeping water bills affordable and ensuring that the long-term environmental needs of the region are met. Priding itself on driving continuous improvement, it is fully committed to innovation and collaboration.

5th September 2016

Turntable bearing used in lighthouse lamp refurbishment

Marine engineering specialist Ocean Kinetics, which has an extensive track record in fabrication, oil and gas, renewables, marine works and marine salvage, has taken delivery of a high-performance turntable bearing from R.A. Rodriguez (U.K.) Limited to help it refurbish a lighthouse lamp. The bearing was selected thanks to its quality, load-bearing capabilities and short lead-time availability.

1st September 2016

ZEMIC load cell used for airline cabin luggage weighing machine

ZEMIC, the global load and force sensor manufacturer, represented in the UK by Variohm EuroSensor, has recently announced its participation in an innovative new machine for use at airports that scans, weighs and confirms that passenger's carry-on luggage meets the size and weight restrictions required by major airlines.

31st August 2016

High-spec chopper pumps to handle concentrated laboratory waste

P&M Pumps have recently secured another significant order for 12 Vaughan Vertical Pedestal pumps destined for one of the largest pharmaceutical companies, at their Biomedical Campus site in Cambridge. These 12 pumps will be vertical pedestal, high-specification Vaughan STPE3P6 models in all 316 stainless steel and CD4 (Duplex Stainless Steel) construction, driven by 7.5Kw motors. This is another example of the effective pumping approaches that P&M Pumps are providing for a wide range of "˜challenging' process applications in the UK.

31st August 2016

InterVision's inline CanCheck system

Food quality and safety is something that we tend to take for granted when we visit our local grocery store or supermarket. Whilst we may often scan read the sell by or use by dates on fresh produce packaging, when it comes to canned products we will invariably pick the can from the shelf and place it straight into to the basket as we have come to place great trust in products of this type. At the heart of the quality, consistency and safety of some of the most widely recognised canned food products here in the UK are the high-speed machine vision systems designed and built by Warwickshire based InterVision Global.

30th August 2016

Güdel gantry robot helps reduce composite manufacturing costs

Composite materials have become commonplace in a number of industries and have become the mainstay of component manufacture in many aerospace, defence, automotive, marine and consumer applications. Manufacturing large and complex three-dimensional components from composites however is often a time consuming and sometimes prohibitively costly process. As for other, more traditional manufacturing methods, automation could hold the key to cost-effective production of large composite components. The ATTOM Project (Affordable Tidal Turbines via Optimised Manufacture), just one of 17 integrated capability projects being delivered by The Composites Innovation Cluster under the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI), is supported by a number of technology partners, including Güdel UK.

30th August 2016