Industrial Technology

RS Components rallies DesignSpark community to produce 3D printed visors

RS Components has embarked on a partnership with the National 3D Printing Society (N3DPS) in the UK to enable frontline health workers to quickly access vital personal protection equipment (PPE) as they tirelessly continue their efforts to combat the COVID-19 virus. To directly support this urgent action, RS has teamed up with its RS PRO supplier to donate 400kg of PLA filament to N3DPS from end-of-reel-supplies. This quantity of filament will be enough to produce up to 20,000 visor frames and is available to users who join the N3DPS campaign.

22nd April 2020

mk delivers belt conveyors for PPE mask production

mk has responded to a key customer request by delivering a large number of conveyors in a short time frame. The conveyors were required for a plant that needs to produce up to 100 PPE masks per minute in a fully automatic process. As the demand for such plants is extremely high due to the spread of the coronavirus, the conveyors needed to be delivered quickly as well as being easy to put into operation.

22nd April 2020

Universal Robots offers free online consultations to Pharma companies

Following increased enquiries from the pharmaceutical and medical supply industries, Universal Robots is introducing free online consultations and on-demand webinars for any companies seeking to rapidly scale-up output and address labour shortages in their facilities. Many organisations in the medical supply field are finding themselves tasked with helping to combat the spread of Covid-19. This means that organisations must be more flexible in order to switch up production lines in order to produce items such as PPE or ventilators. This is where automation can help.

20th April 2020

3rd issue of Industrial Technology EXTRA! out today

Issue 3 of Industrial Technology EXTRA! - our interactive electronic supplement to the printed edition of Industrial Technology - is out today. You can view the PDF here, the flip-page magazine here, or download the tablet version on the Industrial Technology app. Contents include:

20th April 2020

Industrial Technology EXTRA! - issue 2

Issue 2 of Industrial Technology EXTRA! - our interactive electronic supplement to the printed edition of Industrial Technology - is out today. You can view the PDF here, the flip-page magazine here, or download the tablet version on the Industrial Technology app. Contents include:

13th April 2020

Industrial Technology EXTRA! â€“ a new electronic publication

We hope you’re staying safe through the current crisis. At Industrial Technology, we’re taking steps to meet your changing requirements in these challenging times, and have launched a new weekly publication – Industrial Technology EXTRA! – to complement the monthly printed magazine

6th April 2020

Professor calls for engineers to help solve NHS and healthcare issues amid pandemic

A new project has been launched to unite engineers from across the world to help solve challenges deriving from the Covid-19 pandemic.

2nd April 2020

UR10 cobot from RARUK Automation saves labour costs at BWI

RARUK Automation has supplied a Universal Robots UR10 collaborative robot (cobot) to BWI Group’s Luton plant, which specialises in the assembly of complete suspension modules to the global transportation market. The UR10 is currently employed tending a blow-moulding machine, where completed parts are extracted every 25 seconds and placed in containers ready for shipping, saving on the need – and cost – of having a human operative in attendance.

31st March 2020

Laser triangulation sensors for groundbreaking ActiWheel project

Laser triangulation sensors from Micro-Epsilon are being used to measure the lateral position of rail bogie wheels relative to the rail head in a groundbreaking rail traction technology project by Derby-based company, SET Limited.

29th March 2020

Pilz launches dedicated machinery safety webinar channel

Pilz Automation Technology have launched a dedicated webinar channel, which plays host to a collection of previously broadcast Machinery Safety presentations.

25th March 2020

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