Pumping crude oil ashore is a round-the-clock business that depends on onboard generators to provide vital electricity supplies. Removing a generator from service is a project that requires significant planning and technical expertise to ensure a cost-effective maintenance. For one oil and gas (more...)

Motor and drive manufacturer, Weg partnered with Repsol to replace a 40-year-old machine with an electric motor for the activation of Repsol’s hyper compressor. Replacing old machines presents several challenges, but Weg successfully supplied an electric motor and an excitation panel to (more...)

Work on Sulzer’s new state-of-the-art service centre in Birmingham, UK, is continuing to schedule. As planned, the building is now watertight, and attention is turning to the internal construction of the workshop area and the offices. Customers can expect the new facility to be open towards (more...)

Industrial equipment manufacturer Weg has developed a new anti-viral coating from its Weg Coatings and Varnishes Unit in Brazil. Developed for use on professional machinery and equipment used in hospitals, laboratories and medical settings, the new coating makes 99.9 per cent of coronavirus inactive (more...)

As part of its increasing investment in digital technologies, global motor and industrial equipment manufacturer, WEG has acquired control of a new artificial intelligence (AI) business. Mvisia is a Brazil-based machine vision start-up that specialises in applying AI tools in industry. WEG’S (more...)

Schaeffler has provided a rotating direct drive motor solution to a giant telescope located on La Palma in the Canary Islands – one of the world’s largest reflecting telescopes. Astronomers and astrophysicists researching outer space rely on high performance telescopes to closely (more...)

Thomson Industries has launched an online tool that simplifies the selection and purchase of stepper motor linear actuators. The new tool saves significant time by streamlining the selection process for design and system engineers. Using the intuitive online selector tool, users can quickly and (more...)

As the use of premium efficiency (IE3) motors has increased, due in part to strengthened regulation, the question of maintaining motor efficiency after a rewind process has reappeared. The most recent study, conducted in 2019, by AEMT and EASA has again used independent testing facilities and (more...)

SEW Eurodrive has opened a new sales and service centre in Cumbernauld, to meet the growing demand for its wide range of maintenance and service options, as well as new industrial gear units in Scotland. Cumbernauld was chosen for strategic reasons as it is located no more than a two hour drive (more...)

Weg has been awarded a critical contract to supply two flameproof motors for the primary ventilation system of the Chertinskaya Koksovaya mine in Russia. Partnering with Ventprom, an expert manufacturer of underground ventilation equipment, Weg has developed unique, explosion-proof motors to meet (more...)