Industrial Technology

AMRC highlights collaborative robotics research to help SMEs

Engineers at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) are leading the way in collaborative robotics research in a drive to help SMEs integrate the technology onto factory floors.

18th May 2018

Advanced Engineering show opens doors for speakers and presentations

Advanced Engineering, the UK’s largest annual gathering of OEMs and engineering supply chain professionals, is inviting exhibitors, visitors and associations to the 2018 conference programme.

15th May 2018

Lenze boosts training across its drive and automation platform

Lenze has stepped up its global training programme, offering customers everything from basic service training to tailored one-day courses and immersive sessions backed by virtual machines.

9th May 2018

Stauff demonstrates innovations in hydraulic components and accessories at Fluid Power & Systems 2018

Hydraulic components and accessories manufacturer Stauff enjoyed a highly successful Fluid Power & Systems exhibition, co-located with Drives & Controls. Stauff displayed a host of innovative products and providing a number of interactive demonstrations, with the tube manipulation work in particular drawing quite a crowd.

30th April 2018

Chasing the market when you"re in the middle ground

It was Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, chief of staff with the Prussian army before World War 1, who said that no battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy. Today, for me, that mantra is as true for my DIY projects as it is for the theatre of war. No matter how well planned the project, there is always some unforeseen hitch that sends me scurrying to the DIY store for a solution.

30th April 2018

NASA Mission to the Moon to use 100+ 3D Printed Parts

Stratasys and Phoenix Analysis & Design Technologies jointly announced they are teaming with Lockheed Martin Space to deliver next-generation 3D printed parts for NASA’s Orion deep-space spacecraft. Key to the project are Stratasys advanced materials – including an ESD variant of the new Antero 800NA, a PEKK-based thermoplastic offering high performance mechanical, chemical, and thermal properties.

26th April 2018

SKF helps increase rotating equipment performance for BP

SKF has signed a three-year, multi-million-pound contract with BP to supply condition monitoring services to its UK offshore assets. As well as collecting data from a range of rotating equipment – including fans, motors and generators – SKF will provide analytics, reports and recommendations to better inform BP’s decisions around efficient and effective use of equipment.

25th April 2018

RS Components launches DesignSpark Marketplace

RS Components has unveiled a beta version of a significant new platform – DesignSpark Marketplace – which enables makers, pro-makers, start-ups and small businesses to promote and sell their own inventions and product creations to a wide audience of fellow makers and engineers, including more than 650,000 members of the RS DesignSpark engineering and maker community.

24th April 2018

Proof that good things come in small packages

SG Transmission has designed a custom made, size Ø50 permanent magnet brake, for a major global motor manufacturer, which will meet the same performance criteria whilst being 7% smaller.

23rd April 2018

New DesignSpark Toolbox app for iOS, Android and Windows

RS Components has unveiled a new app for iOS, Android and Windows devices. The DesignSpark Toolbox app is available to download free-of-charge, and provides a single point of access to common electronic reference materials, calculation and conversion tools in an easy-to-use format for electronics design engineers, makers and students.