Industrial Technology

Eliminating forklift brake performance inconsistency in cold room environments

While cold rooms are essential for storing products in the food and beverage industry, the very conditions that allow preservation present a very real challenge to power transmission equipment. As any motorist will know, brakes can be particularly susceptible to performance drop-off in cold or moist conditions.

14th April 2022

New hardware concepts for the autonomous trucks of the future

The era of the long-haul autonomous truck is fast approaching. With it will come both challenges and opportunities to redesign the interior of autonomous vehicles to serve new functions and activities of those who operate them.

14th April 2022

Kistler unveils new electromechanical joining module

Kistler is adding a compact, weight-optimised system to its portfolio, the new NCFC electromechanical joining module, offering more freedom of movement of clinching and riveting applications, while also meeting the needs of assembly and joining processes that require force-displacement monitoring.

14th April 2022

New fire protection enclosures with quick installation for cable junctions

Industrial enclosure manufacturer, Spelsberg, has released a quick installation version of its fire-proof WKE cable junction box.

13th April 2022

New fibre optic controller with variable switching outputs

Micro-Epsilon has introduced an optoelectronic fibre optic sensor solution for reliable position control and presence detection in a wide range of industrial automation and process control applications.

13th April 2022

New optical sensors detect lumpy, bumpy or shiny objects

Where a sensing application involves the challenges of shiny, irregular, reflective or ultra-black objects, (such as car body parts or wafers with anti-reflective coatings), the issues of poor accuracy and reliability become more significant.

13th April 2022

Cure your components with high intensity LED UV light

To help manufacturers boost production speed, consistency, and reliability with LED UV curing, adhesives specialist Intertronics has introduced the new Dymax BlueWave FX-1250 LED UV Curing Flood Lamp to its range.

13th April 2022

Plastic guide channel protects cables with smallest bending radii and saves costs

A new small rotary module from Igus for robots, handling and camera systems can save users up to 73% cost. It’s lightweight, compact and made entirely of plastic.

13th April 2022