17/12/2020 'Tis the season to stay healthy ?Top five hygiene and personal care innovations for the festive season
04/11/2020 The fight against fakes Counterfeit bearings can shorten the life of rolling bearings, leading to premature failure of machines, vehicles and other rotating equipment. Technology can aid the fight against them.
12/10/2020 Supply chains: The Missing Link COVID-19 has dramatically exposed the fragility of today’s ‘just-in-time’ global supply chains. MakerBot’s VP Engineering, Dave Veisz, looks at the lessons learnt.
14/09/2020 Built for production? Peter Hansford, Director, Business Development at Wayland Additive looks at the barriers that have existed to production additive manufacturing in metal.
10/08/2020 Sustainable Composites? The strength, versatility, adaptability and potential of composites have given these materials superstar status among designers in recent years, but the fact remains that, being largely ...
10/06/2020 How strong are your patents? Simon Jelley, head of innovation and Tom Copeland, senior consultant at 42 Technology, look at common errors made in protecting patents.
08/06/2020 Collaborative or cooperative – Which type of robot suits your application best? Robots are becoming increasingly easy to use, more economical and suitable for a higher number of industrial applications. As human operators and robots increasingly share a common space in the ...
23/03/2020 How micromotors can be used in the agricultural industry Agriculture is a demanding and developing industry. One farming tractor can now do in a day what used to take 100 people, a week. While the industry is literally, reaping the benefits of demand, this ...
20/03/2020 COVID-19: Ventilator Crisis COVID-19 is taking the world by storm. With talks of UK lockdown being just days away, it is a very unsettling time for everyone. If you were to tell me last year that in the first few months of 2020 ...
19/03/2020 Getting the UK up to speed with EVs You’ve doubtless heard of the UK Government’s plans to ban the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from the year 2035. That’s less than 5,500 days left to run out and buy that gas-guzzling SUV ...
25/02/2020 Bearings are crucial to reducing noise in factories The health and safety executive (HSE) estimates that 170,000 people in the UK suffer deafness, tinnitus or other ear conditions as a result of exposure to excessive noise at work. Here, Chris ...
10/02/2020 How robots are changing the brewing industry Munch’s most famous work, The Scream has four versions in three different mediums. Each variant is unique yet unmistakably recognizable. Historically, brewing has been a mix of art and science, but ...
07/02/2020 What are the ultra-low friction grease options? The F1 in Schools competition sees students from around the world compete to design and race the fastest miniature car model. The UK took home the world champion title at the 2019 world finals in Abu ...
05/02/2020 Amputee bonds with son thanks to 3D printed hand Danny Florence lost both legs, a hand and most of his fingers, after contracting meningitis at the age of 5. For 21 years he managed adequately with one hand, but when Danny became a father, he ...
04/02/2020 The road ahead for commercial vehicle design Time magazine has announced its Person of the Year for 2019 as Greta Thunberg, the Swedish schoolgirl who has inspired a global movement to fight climate change. This is a poignant reminder that ...
03/02/2020 Top-level lessons from REO UK’s R30 e-book In November 2019, power quality specialist REO UK celebrated 30 years of excellence in electrical engineering by releasing its book, R30: The past, present and future of power, on Amazon Kindle. ...
31/01/2020 Smart bearings: The demise of slow-comotives According to the TUC, the average rail commute in the UK takes an average of 2 hours and 11 minutes, each day. Also add to the equation that, last year, more than one third of trains failed to arrive ...
30/01/2020 Improved dental tools will provide faster treatment for patients If you’ve ever suffered from a toothache, you know that the pain it causes can be life-disrupting. Alarmingly, there are growing numbers of people across the UK waiting for dental treatment in pain. ...
29/01/2020 Encoderless safety: drive-integrated safety without an encoder What is the goal of functional safety? To minimise the risks posed by technical equipment to humans and the environment. Machine tools, for example, can endanger operators and technicians with tools ...
28/01/2020 Busting electric vehicle myths Following a surprise break into the electric vehicle (EV) market, Dyson’s £2 billion project came to the end of the road in October 2019. As the famed maker of vacuum cleaners and hair dryers failed ...
27/01/2020 UPSs and SPDs: A powerful duo in the fight against power outages Batman and Robin, Mario and Luigi, Wallace and Gromit. In film, the role of the sidekick is crucial in aiding the protagonist to achieve their overall goal. Here, John Mitchell, global sales & ...
24/01/2020 Would you like a side of mould, Sir? When former Prime Minister, Teresa May, proclaimed that she wasn’t opposed to scraping off mould from the top of a jar of jam and eating the product underneath, it sparked a conversation about what ...
20/12/2019 Who needs plastic bearings? Hostile. Harsh. Corrosive. If you’re looking to source bearings for these kinds of environments, then plastic bearings could be the ideal option for your project. But how do you know if it’s time to ...
16/12/2019 Bespoke manufacturing Bespoke production is becoming increasingly achievable for low and high-volume manufacturing. Bespoke products offer adaptability and full customisation as well as security in the fact that ...
13/12/2019 Meeting tomorrow’s demands through precision agriculture In times past, farmers were at the mercy of the elements to determine a successful yield of crops. As the global population grows and consumer preferences evolve, today’s modern farmer must also ...
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