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Delta honoured as a Top 100 Global Innovator by Clarivate

Delta honoured as a Top 100 Global Innovator by Clarivate

Delta has been selected as a Top 100 Global Innovator 2022 by Clarivate, a global leader in providing trusted information to accelerate innovation. Over the years, Delta has built an environment that rewards employees’ ingenuity, such as the Delta Innovation Award, which currently recognises intellectual property, new product, manufacturing practice, as well as business model or process every year.

18th March 2022
Camozzi returns to Formula One with Alfa Romeo partnership

Camozzi returns to Formula One with Alfa Romeo partnership

The Bahrain Grand Prix, taking place on Sunday 20 March, will be the first public event for the new partnership between Camozzi Group and the Alfa Romeo Fl Team Orlen, managed by Sauber Motorsport. The partnership, both a technological and sporting venture, is based on the two companies’ commitment to delivering excellence through cooperation and shared synergies.

18th March 2022
Geared cam limit switches ensure optimum regulation in hydraulic steelwork

Geared cam limit switches ensure optimum regulation in hydraulic steelwork

With a storage volume of 7.6 million m3, Baldeneysee south of Essen is the largest of six reservoirs in the Ruhr and a popular local recreational area in the densely populated region. The inflow of a run-of-river power plant which generates 26.7 million kWh of environmentally-friendly power on average is regulated by the three roller gates in the weir of the reservoir, each of which is 33.5 m wide. During the course of the comprehensive refurbishment of the gates and drives that started in 2007, numerous functions have been automated and safety components have been replaced with new ones such as Stromag limit switches.

17th March 2022
Regis chooses SmartX solution to overcome tipper challenge

Regis chooses SmartX solution to overcome tipper challenge

Italian electric car manufacturer, Regis Motors, wanted to develop an innovative system for its commercial electric quadricycle, the EpicO, which differed from conventional electro-hydraulic actuation systems usually used on similar vehicles.

16th March 2022
Belden acquires wireless infrastructure specialist NetModule

Belden acquires wireless infrastructure specialist NetModule

Belden has added NetModule and its team to its portfolio. NetModule provides reliable, fast and secure wireless network infrastructures in a variety of mission critical industries with a strong focus on mass transit and intelligent traffic systems. The company is headquartered in Bern, Switzerland, with approximately 70 employees.

15th March 2022
ExpoPharma chooses integrated servo motion control system from Mclennan

ExpoPharma chooses integrated servo motion control system from Mclennan

ExpoPharma Engineering Services, a part of the long-established Expo Technologies Group provides engineered project-based products and services for a wide range of manufacturing industries. Part of its work in the pharmaceutical industry includes the design and supply of PAT (process analytical technology) probe holders and sampling systems, facilitating the optimal performance of spectroscopic analysers used to evaluate critical chemical structure, size, and identity of compounds during drug manufacturing processes that are now widely employed in cGMP (certified Good Quality Product) production plant.

15th March 2022
ABB to automate sustainable bioplastics plant in Thailand

ABB to automate sustainable bioplastics plant in Thailand

ABB has been awarded a major contract by NatureWorks, the world’s leading manufacturer of polylactic acid (PLA), a low-carbon bioplastic made from renewable agricultural resources, to automate their new, greenfield plant in Thailand, converting sugar cane to the polylactic acid (PLA) biopolymer, Ingeo.

15th March 2022
CLPA highlights how TSN can turbocharge automotive manufacturing

CLPA highlights how TSN can turbocharge automotive manufacturing

As a Platinum sponsor of the Innovative Car Manufacturing (ICM) Summit 2022, the CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) will showcase the benefits of Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) technology for automotive manufacturing. Attendees to the ICM Summit, which will take place on 21st March, will be able to learn how TSN can advance their operations to drive up productivity and efficiency.

14th March 2022
Norgren’s Adaptix Soft Jaw makes its UK debut at MACH 2022

Norgren’s Adaptix Soft Jaw makes its UK debut at MACH 2022

Norgren is debuting Adaptix Soft Jaw, its universal soft jaw solution, on stand 17-221 at MACH 2022 taking place from 4-6 April at the NEC, Birmingham. Offering the same robustness as a traditional aluminium soft jaw, Adaptix Soft Jaw adapts to flat and unique part geometries to provide the necessary forces to hold the workpiece securely. Its ease of configuration and interchangeable pin tips mean machine operators can radically reduce set up and changeover times and their associated labour costs.

14th March 2022
Potting a pressure-resistant device for deep sea fishing

Potting a pressure-resistant device for deep sea fishing

Globally, one in every ten fish caught is ‘bycatch’, caught unintentionally while trying to catch another type of fish. Each year, nine million tonnes of bycatch is caught, wasting time, effort and revenue for fishermen, while causing unnecessary damage to marine biodiversity. SafetyNet Technologies (SNTech) is a London-based start-up working to improve the sustainability of fishing practices by designing and building devices that increase the selectivity of commercial fishing.

14th March 2022
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