Industrial Technology

Acquisition of Needlers to significantly enhance RS Components" position in the PPE market

Electrocomponents has reached an agreement to acquire Needlers, a leading UK supplier of PPE and hygiene products. Needlers will join the Electrocomponents portfolio of brands: RS Components (RS), Allied Electronics & Automation, RS PRO, OKdo, DesignSpark and IESA.

14th December 2020

New service gives industry the benefit of the Loctite X-factor

Just launched by Henkel is Loctite XPLORE, a new e-learning platform that ensures the brand’s unmatched expertise in engineering adhesive technology is available to assembly and maintenance professionals, anytime and anywhere.

11th December 2020

Baumer vision sensors win top award for helping robots "see"

Providing the right vision sensor for robotic applications which provide maximum functional and operational flexibility combined with easy process integration has become an increasingly important focus for sensing and instrumentation specialist Baumer. Its expertise in this area of making robots ‘see’ has recently been acknowledged by the jury of the 2021 ‘Inspect Awards’ which every year honours the most innovative products in the field of industrial image processing. Out of the 9 finalist products Baumer VeriSens XF/XC900 vision sensors were awarded first place in the ‘Vision’ category.

10th December 2020

Hire a robot from just Â£63.99 per day

Bots UK is encouraging the use of collaborative robots by making them accessible to the UK market through a flexible hiring service. Businesses can hire and test the robots’ suitability and explore the benefits that automation can bring into the workforce.

10th December 2020

Automatica Sprint â€“ a new exhibition format in Munich

Messe MÃ¼nchen is expanding the Automatica portfolio in summer 2021 with a compact, new event format: While the regular Automatica will only take place again in 2022, Automatica Sprint will celebrate its premiere at the Munich exhibition center from June 22 to 24, 2021. With a clear focus on customer dialog and machines you can touch, this innovative event is a contemporary response to the current situation. It is one of the first opportunities for the community to meet again in person.

8th December 2020

Bearing manufacturer Michell Bearings celebrates 100 years

UK bearing manufacturer Michell Bearings is celebrating a special milestone as this year marks its centenary.

2nd December 2020

Analog Devices joins the board of the CC-Link Partner Association

The CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA), which promotes the widespread usage of the CC-Link open industrial network family, has announced that Analog Devices (ADI) has become a CLPA Board Member. Through active participation in CLPA management, ADI aims to expand its business globally, especially in the Asian region, where the CC-Link family is a de-facto standard. The company expects to now be fully involved with CLPA board activities and will join promotional activities to increase their presence and sales to the world from the vital Asian manufacturing market.

26th November 2020

TÃœV SÃœD UK launches UKCA Technical Advisory service

TÜV SÜD UK has launched a UKCA Technical Advisory service to help businesses meet the new conformity assessment requirements for goods being placed on the UK market from 1 January 2021.

24th November 2020

The CLPA celebrates 20 years of innovations in open network technology

November 2020 marks a significant milestone for the CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA), as the organisation will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Over these two decades, the CLPA has been supporting automation vendors and end users worldwide by providing state-of-the-art open network solutions that leverage the latest, most promising technologies, such as Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN).

23rd November 2020

ABB opens dedicated Drives Service Workshop serving UK market

Reconditioning, repair, maintenance and upgrades are a handful of services now provided by ABB’s new dedicated, state-of-the-art Drives Service Workshop (DSW) located in Coalville, Leicestershire. The company already has a network of DSW’s around the world but, until now, any major servicing to variable speed drives (VSDs), reconditioning or the provision of exchange units was orchestrated by the global DSW in Helsinki, Finland.

20th November 2020

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