Industrial Technology

Rittal celebrates 60th anniversary

April 1961 saw the beginning of an international success story in a small weaving mill in central Hesse - the standardization of enclosures. Rudolf Loh founds the Rittal company and changes the industry with one idea. What was initially smiled at is now a phenomenon: the standard enclosure is used in millions of product solutions in over 90 percent of all industries worldwide.

20th April 2021

Predictive maintenance on long travels protects energy chains

Energy chains for protecting moving cable assemblies in cranes can be damaged by foreign objects like loose tools, causing costly system failures. This prompted Igus to develop a new push/pull force monitoring system. The EC.PR system records the precise force values of the moving end and adjusts the force limits, preventing potentially catastrophic damage to the crane and expensive repairs.

9th April 2021

Free-standing system enclosure from Rittal offer greater simplicity

Baying enclosures are frequently employed for free-standing use cases – but are not always the best approach. The advantages of stand-alone products such as the Rittal VX SE have often been overlooked. This represents a best-of-both-worlds solution midway between Rittal AX compact enclosures and the VX25 baying portfolio. VX SE offers even quicker time-to-delivery and faster, simpler assembly, greater safety and compatibility with other Rittal systems. The VX SE range also includes a 300 mm deep version that is suitable for cramped environments for building services, for example when deployed as a distribution box.

9th April 2021

Kabelschlepp Metool offers flat cable system for cleanrooms

For manufacturing processes in hygiene-sensitive industries, a particularly low-contaminate environment and technical cleanliness must be ensured. The Flatveyor flat cable system is designed especially for the high requirements of the semiconductor, medical technology, biosciences and pharmaceutical industries. The ‘free-standing’ flat cable system is based on the progressive cable carrier technology from Kabelschlepp Metool.

19th March 2021

Stand-alone enclosures offer greater simplicity

Baying enclosures are frequently employed for free-standing use cases – but are not always the best approach. The advantages of stand-alone products such as the Rittal VX SE have often been overlooked. This represents a best-of-both-worlds solution midway between Rittal AX compact enclosures and the VX25 baying portfolio.

18th March 2021

Williams Racing announces new technology partnership with B&R Industrial Automation

Williams Racing is delighted to announce a new technology and innovation partnership with B&R Industrial Automation, a unit of ABB's Robotics and Discrete Automation business. B&R is a global leader and pioneer of factory automation solutions.

10th March 2021

Southco expands India operations and doubles manufacturing footprint

Southco has announced the official opening of its expanded facility in Ranjangoan, Pune, India. The 20,000 square foot expansion, which commenced in 2019, has tripled available office space and doubled the manufacturing space and distribution footprint, positioning Southco for future growth in the fastest growing market in the world.

9th March 2021

Igus makes it simple to make connections with plug and play system

This new video from Igus shows how easy the company’s Module Connect “plug and play” system really is.

26th February 2021

Kistler jBEAM delivers efficient measurement data analysis for automotive R&D

In the automotive industry, crash tests, road tests, NVH analyses and engine test benches are all applications that create large amounts of data. The Kistler jBEAM software is designed specifically to provide an efficient and easy to use system for the analysis, visualisation and report generation of large amounts of data. The jBEAM stand-alone, platform independent, multilingual system delivers better and faster analysis of the data and easy to interpret presentation using extensive visualization tools.

26th February 2021

Igus goes to even greater lengths with the expansion of its YE hybrid chains series

The world’s first hybrid chain is now available in two new sizes to meet the needs of construction machinery and lifting equipment. These YE hybrid chains, made of polymer and steel, are 50% lighter than conventional steel chains and can safely move large hydraulic hoses and high fill weights vertically on both mobile crane platforms and construction machinery.

19th February 2021