With over 20 million bearings available from stock in its West Midlands warehouse, Midland Bearings has become a go-to choice for businesses that need reliable equipment, quickly.

The topic of robotics is an integral part of Hannover Messe, and a special highlight at this year’s event is the Application Park in Hall 5, which has a strong partner at its side in the form of the German Robotics Association (DRV).

Precision engineering and manufacturing technologies company, Renishaw, is exhibiting its extensive range of smart manufacturing technologies at this year’s MACH exhibition in Birmingham, UK (15-19 April).

Farnell has been honoured by TDK-Lambda EMEA, the designer and manufacturer of innovative and highly reliable power supplies and DC-DC converters, for its consistent support of TDK-Lambda’s extensive range of new and existing products.

WEG has recently completed the first delivery of three W22 280S/M 110kW 380V V1 vertical motors, with IP67S degree of protection. This newly achieved IP rating was met by WEG’s engineering team at its manufacturing site in Portugal. This first order of these vertical motors was placed with one of the largest pump manufacturers in the world, KSB.

Thankfully, the days of manually handling parcels in warehouse sorting operations are coming to an end. Conveyors have allowed high volumes of items to be moved almost effortlessly around a facility – but they are no panacea. Often it’s robots from automation experts such as Prime Vision that excel.

Kontron has agreed to acquire around 60% of the shares in the listed company Katek. Kontron expects the acquisition to significantly strengthen its own portfolio of renewable ‘green’ energy solutions and the aerospace segment.

Smart 2D profile sensors from Baumer are playing a key role in an automated sandwich and filled rolls production line at Germany company Weber Maschinebau. Baumer’s OXM 2D sensor provides precise edge control and positioning data, and delivers the calculated coordinates correctly in the units required.

Energy usage causes up to 95% of the total life cycle costs of pumping equipment. Therefore, improving energy efficiency pays off quickly. Sulzer’s energy audit is a consulting service that aims at improving the energy efficiency of a pumping system.

ABB is launching a new digital suite of applications for hoist monitoring and optimisation, now rebranded to ABB Ability Smart Hoisting, which opens it up for further integration to other cloud solutions and extended offerings that significantly increase the operational performance and reliability of mine hoists.