Machine Building

Molded Oil bearings boost reliability of vegetable washer

NSK has supplied stainless steel Molded Oil bearings to a company that was losing production through the premature failure of conventional bearings.

26th February 2011

Process monitoring equipment used in automotive assembly

HBM has supplied various items of process monitoring equipment to DURA Automotive Systems Reiche GmbH for use when assembling steering components for the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG sports car.

25th February 2011

Machine builder uses touch probes to boost productivity

Renishaw touch probes are helping machine builders Sewtec Automation to increase the productivity of its in-house machine shop.

25th February 2011

Siemens ASI F-Link monitors 30 emergency stop buttons

Nexdorf Electrical has upgraded an aerospace test rig for Airbus so that 30 emergency stop pushbuttons and other safety devices are monitored by an ASiSafe-based Siemens ASI F-Link Safety PLC.

25th February 2011

Frequency inverters provide smooth starts and motion control

Lenze has supplied two SMV frequency inverters for use on a ski simulator, delivering smooth starts and motion control without the need for a separate PLC or motion controller.

24th February 2011

Stainless steel components help to refine warship design

HepcoMotion has supplied stainless steel PRT Precision Ring Track, HD Heavy-Duty linear slide and beam, and a Lo-Pro low-profile linear slide, together with aluminium framework profiles, for use in a Government-funded test rig at the University of Liverpool.

24th February 2011

Sercos III used for integrated robot-fed flow-wrapping machine

Bosch Rexroth has supplied a PLC/motion controller with an on-board Sercos III master, together with servo drives and synchronous servomotors, for use in an innovative robot-fed flow-wrapping machine.

23rd February 2011

Modular perimeter guarding for automated high-bay warehouse

Procter Machine Guarding has supplied and installed approximately 600m of perimeter guarding in Quinn Radiators' automated high-bay warehouse in South Wales.

22nd February 2011

Static digital excitation systems retrofitted to power station

Sensonics has retrofitted static digital excitation systems at Cruachan power station in Scotland to replace old equipment and introduce redundancy that will enhance reliability.

21st February 2011

MiniTec supplies dugouts for 2011 Asian Cup football competition

MiniTec UK supplied and commissioned all of the team and Fourth Official dugout shelters for the Asian Cup football competition that ran during January 2011 in Qatar.

19th February 2011