Machine Building

Control capability drives pump selection at Fidia Farmaceutici

A European manufacturer of health products is benefiting from the control capabilities of peristaltic pumps from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG). The pumps are being used for the precise metering of water-based buffer agents such as hydrogen chloride (HCl) and glycerol, at one of its production facilities on the island of Sicily.

9th November 2017

Condition monitoring services for crisp producer from Schaeffler

Schaeffler UK is providing route-based monitoring services to a UK-based producer of crisps. By analysing the vibration data from a range of plant and equipment at the site, Schaeffler is able to detect any damage to components such as rolling bearings and gears early, therefore reducing costly, unplanned downtime and prolonging the life of the equipment. In addition, Schaeffler provides regular thermographic surveys of electrical panels in order to detect faulty electrical components early.

8th November 2017

Sirius Shipping invests in onboard online monitoring

In order to increase control of rotating machinery onboard, Sirius Shipping is now investing in online monitoring from SKF. "We want to receive signals before anything happens so that we are better prepared to launch measures in plenty of time," says Stefan Johansson Technical Superintendent at Sirius Shipping.

8th November 2017

Hexapod motion platform for smartphone camera optimisation

Google engineers know that a shaky hand can ruin a selfie so they designed the shake out of the Pixel 2 camera using PI's H-860 high-speed hexapod system that accurately simulates motion with 6 degrees of freedom.

7th November 2017

Lenze Schmidhauser supports Formula Student Driverless

For the first time a new category featured on the programme of Formula Student in Germany - Formula Student Driverless. Electric powered racing cars without a driver but with full autonomous control raced over 10 laps of a cone-marked course at the Hockenheimring. Overall victory in this category was won by the team from the Academic Motorsports Club Zurich (AMZ) with a car using Lenze inverters to power the AC drive motors from the DC batteries. The inverters are part of the MOBILE range supplied by the Schmidhauser division of Lenze who manufacture drives for electric and hybrid vehicles.

3rd November 2017

Thermal imaging measures temperature profile of air compressor

A UK-based engineering firm is using thermal imaging cameras from Micro-Epsilon to accurately measure the temperature profile of its new air compressor, which is already attracting worldwide attention due to its energy saving capabilities.

3rd November 2017

igus says YES to supporting GlitterBomb robot-building team

igus is helping a North Wales robot-building team with engineer support and engineering-grade plastic bearings through its YES (Young Engineers Support) programme, designed to foster and support design ideas of young people with a passion for engineering. Designed by 10-year-old team captain, April, the pink, sparkly and very formidable GlitterBomb robot has competed in the BBC's iconic Robot Wars, and has paid regular visits to schools and other venues to help inspire young people to study STEM subjects.

1st November 2017

Double packing boost for global hand hygiene company

In one of its most complex, largest and innovative projects to date, Pacepacker has more than doubled the output for a world-leading hand hygiene supplier by automating the case erection, loading and palletising tasks previously performed manually.

31st October 2017

Spelsberg aids efficiency in offsite heat exchange builds

One of the UK's leading offsite manufacturers of heat exchange systems, Ormandy Group, relies on the easy customisable Spelsberg TK enclosure for many of its electrical installation needs. As a company founded on innovation, it has to have the sort of dependable flexibility that the TK series can provide.

20th October 2017

SKF helps keep Erdinger Weissbräu brewery flowing

SKF has provided a modern lubrication system to the largest family-owned wheat beer brewery in Germany, to help them improve the flexibility of internal processes and meet growing demand. Using a sectional lubrication system to ensure peak operational performance, SKF helps Erdinger Weissbräu to keep its 1.81 million hectolitres of beer flowing.

19th October 2017