Industrial Technology

RS Components brings new free electrical design software to engineering professionals

RS Components today announced the launch of DesignSpark Electrical, which brings the benefits of design software to all those not already using electrical CAD tools. The new software targets electrical design engineers and other electrical professionals, enabling them to save time and money.

8th September 2015

New busbar System from Rittal for safe and quick switchgear

Protecting people who work with electrical switchgear is clearly of paramount importance. Their guaranteed safety can often only be achieved through the use of tested and standardised products and equipment. But switchgear components must also be tailored to individual needs and be simple and quick to make and assemble.

3rd September 2015

JMFC sees a future with Mitutoyo Vision

There comes a time when older inspection equipment gets to the stage where its performance threatens to create a bottleneck in production. This was the situation reached with a 10-year-old Vision Measuring System at Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells (JMFC) in the fuel cell component manufacturing facility at Swindon, a facility built to give the company a leading position as a producer of membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) to the highly demanding quality requirements of fuel-cell customers.

2nd September 2015

TE 7000 - the versatile IT rack from Rittal

The TE 7000 network enclosure from global-leading experts, Rittal, offers a masterclass in design flexibility and versatility for IT rack installations.

28th August 2015

Verotec contributes to THAAD systems

Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) is a US Army anti-ballistic missile system designed to shoot down short, medium, and intermediate ballistic missiles in their terminal phase using a hit-to-kill approach. The interceptor missile carries no warhead, but relies on the kinetic energy of the direct impact to destroy the incoming threat.

27th August 2015

Rittal's enclosure solutions on show at Offshore Europe 2015

Rittal will be out in force, showcasing its top-of-the-range system at this year's Offshore Europe 2015 event in Aberdeen. With many specific and often high-risk security issues in the oil and gas industry, safety remains of paramount importance in the use of correct equipment and preventing sources of ignition.

20th August 2015

Westermo switches provide mission critical reliability below the oceans

Extracting oil and gas from subsea reservoirs is very challenging and requires sophisticated technology to ensure safe and efficient production. Subsea systems are constantly being developed and improved, and as a result, the boundaries of which reservoirs are considered economically unviable or inaccessible are continually changing. Improving data communications are playing an important role, providing operators with increased production, equipment health, and safety information, to ensure efficient and safe operation.

6th August 2015

Fibox takes enclosures design to a new level

Fibox says that, in designing its new Euronord 3 enclosure range, it has listened closely to the OEM market and developed a range of products which offers more features than those of its main competitors. Features should always result in benefits, and the backbone of the Euronord 3 design is to make the installer's life easier while endorsing the aesthetic importance of the enclosure, crucially important to the discerning OEM.

31st July 2015

Igus introduces lightweight, easy-to-install vertical energy chain system

Energy chain specialist igus has developed its guidelok slimline system further with the introduction of the GLSL-P, guidelok slimline P. Made entirely of plastic, this vertical energy chain system is characterised by its low weight and ease of installation, allowing machine builders and system integrators to achieve faster speeds and higher accelerations than ever before.

31st July 2015

Rittal's busbar systems prove highly seaworthy

Rittal's comprehensive maritime product range has expanded further with the news that its popular busbar systems RiLine, Maxi-PLS and Flat-PLS have passed the most stringent testing enabling them to be integrated within Ri4Power modular switchgear systems and used on board ships in designated sealed areas, such as engine rooms.

30th July 2015