05/03/2020 Sensors offer nuclear options A 2D laser profile sensor is being used by the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing and Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC) in a project to develop a smart robotic grinding/deburring solution for welded ...
04/03/2020 Top five ways to improve ROI on industrial drive technology Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, factory of the future - call it what you will, the evolution of manufacturing is underway, at least for some UK manufacturers. Across the country, businesses vary ...
31/01/2020 Effective motor control using servo drives can streamline efficiencies By installing servo drives with integrated functional safety, HMIs and controllers from KEB Automation on its new production line, Concrete Canvas has reduced wiring installation costs and has ...
10/01/2020 Upgrading the Danish Navy’s Absalon-class support fleet offered a great opportunity for automation Understanding the specific needs of the armed forces can be difficult for even the best ‘civilian’ technology architect to tackle, however Logimatic, a leading system integrator had extensive ... 1 comment
09/01/2020 The world’s first truly universal torque wrench calibration machine Traditionally, torque wrench calibration machines have been intended for specific manufacturers’ products. For laboratories and OEMs this can be a real nuisance, requiring several different machines ...
03/01/2020 2020 vision on automation UK manufacturers must tip the balance in favour of automation in 2020 to avoid falling behind international competition, according to Fanuc UK.
05/12/2019 Top five ways to improve ROI on industrial drive technology Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, factory of the future - call it what you will, the evolution of manufacturing is underway, at least for some UK manufacturers. Across the country, businesses vary ...
04/12/2019 Moving to modular enabled automation Large-scale automation systems have been at the heart of production control for decades. Now, driven by changes in consumer demands, an alternative plug and produce modular-enabled automation ...
02/12/2019 Control and precision are vital in surgical equipment: Powered devices are helping In the UK there are over 4.3 million people waiting for an operation, with research showing that the number of surgeries required per year is continually increasing. Despite hacksaws and scalpels ...
06/11/2019 Future-proofing motor management As technology gets smarter and Industry 4.0 becomes more of a reality manufacturers need to move with the times. Here is the Eureka! guide to future-proofing your motor management strategy.
05/11/2019 Latest gearbox technologies increase performance and efficiency There have been a number of developments in the field of industrial gearboxes that offer designers improved options in terms of performance and efficiency.
04/10/2019 New ground is being broken in the design of positioning tables Linear motion and its associated systems don’t always get the attention they deserve. However, that does not mean there aren’t some fascinating innovations and applications out there.
09/09/2019 Ensuring stability and safety: drives must comply with EMC requirements In many industrial environments, ensuring the stability of drive controllers is sometimes overlooked. However, according to Mark Checkley, sales and managing manager, KEB Automation, an EMC-compliant ...
04/09/2019 Keep on rolling The term ‘Smart Products’ has become part of everyday vocabulary as we acquire ever-increasing numbers of devices that communicate with each other and allow us to control them or access information ...
02/08/2019 Moving motors into wheels could take electric vehicle design away from traditional vehicle design One of the limiting factors in the design of electric vehicles has long been that it has been based on conventional vehicle design. Of course, it made sense to start the shift to electric power with ...
08/07/2019 Counterfeiting affects the bearings industry worse than most. So, what can be done? Of all crucial engineering components, bearings are probably the most commonly counterfeited. The reasons for this can be summarised very simply: supply and demand.
05/07/2019 What if you could buy an industrial desktop robot with your credit card? This UK start-up just released one Industrial robots are expensive. They need ample space for mounting, they need an end effector to make them remotely useful, then they need to be taught exactly where items will arrive and where they ...
07/06/2019 Using autonomous robots and AI to take humans out of harm in Britain’s nuclear clean-up task There are 4.9m tonnes of legacy nuclear waste in the UK, some of it dating back to the 1950s. Dealing with this using current technologies will take 120 years, cost around £234 billion and require ...
04/06/2019 As Industry 4.0 becomes more of a reality drive condition monitoring is becoming more important Intelligent drive technology is the prerequisite for digitalisation and automation of production, because it enables networked or autonomous production processes in ‘smart factories’ and keeps them ...
06/05/2019 Redesigning the humble tattoo machine Walking into Triplesix Studios in Sunderland isn’t like walking into the typical high street tattoo studio. Instead of a dingy, cramped space filled with examples of the tattooists’ work, it’s a ...
29/03/2019 Soft robots can work side-by-side with humans or as pipe inspection tools Whether it’s grabbing, holding or turning, touching, typing or pressing – in everyday life, we use our hands as a matter of course for the most diverse tasks. In that regard, the human hand, with its ...
04/03/2019 Two teams of designers and engineers operating 12 time zones apart produced parts for a new waterjet propulsion system in just 10 weeks, how? Founded 78 years ago, New Zealand-based Hamilton Jet developed the first waterjet propulsion system for boats and other vessels. Today, the Hamilton Waterjet range includes models with power ranges ...
01/03/2019 What has been learned from the three-year UK Autodrive project? Announced in the 2015 Autumn Budget, the UK Autodrive project was given the green light, and began on 1 November. One of three UK projects to research and develop connected and autonomous vehicles ...
27/02/2019 What does industry really have to fear from robots – and what does it have to gain? The word ‘robot’ comes from the Czech word ‘robota’, which means ‘forced labour’. It’s no surprise, then, that much of the fear that exists in the manufacturing sector about robots relates to their ...
07/02/2019 Motors on Mars: The technology being sent to explore Mars The US space agency, NASA, has announced that its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will be sending a helicopter to the Red Planet on the upcoming Mars 2020 rover mission. It will land on Mars while ...
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