On 11 December at 6:30pm at New College, Swindon, specialists from Leuze Electronic will be presenting a free evening lecture in association with the IET, entitled 'Lasers, cameras, action - what is hot in industrial sensors'. Presented by Simon Steele and Dhiresh Mistry of Leuze, the (more...)

Bearings and condition monitoring specialist Schaeffler (UK) Ltd has supplied five online condition monitoring systems to wind farm developer and operator Fred.Olsen Renewables (FOR). A further 20 condition monitoring systems from Schaeffler are expected to be installed later this year on the (more...)

Industrial enterprises across the world could save billions of pounds on their electricity bills by implementing variable speed drives (VSDs) on motors in their production environment. A new report from Siemens Financial Services (SFS) has calculated that up to £2,512 million of energy cost (more...)

Brammer has agreed a major strategic sponsorship with World Skills UK to sponsor The Skills Show. Brammer has signed a three-year sponsorship agreement, demonstrating its commitment to supporting training and development for the UK manufacturing sector and, in particular, skills development among (more...)

igus UK now has a range of ESD/ATEX energy chains which are available from stock within 24 hours, enabling designers to build machines more quickly and efficiently. There are approximately 280 ESD/ATEX chain versions readily available, including a selection of smaller 'zipper', medium (more...)

Effective pressure control combined with silent operation were the essential demands from Cameron Balloons for the blowers employed for the inflatable dome over the performance area at the 2012 St Prex classical arts festival near Geneva. These criteria were fulfilled by a pair of (more...)

If you are an exporter of automation hardware or machines, there's one essential passport to doing business in China and other Far Eastern markets, and that is the CC-Link family of open networks. As a special incentive to current or prospective exporters to get involved and consider the (more...)

Aerotech's Nmark AGV-HP advanced galvanometers use innovative optical feedback technology to increase resolution to greater than 24 bits. Both the standard AGV and higher performance AGV-HP series scanners may be directly driven by Aerotech's Nmark CLS galvo controller, which offers a full (more...)

The GT14 is a 5.7" HMI available in both monochrome and colour versions providing a screen resolution of 320x240 pixels and a host of features and functions that bring increased flexibility and capability to control systems. The colour version boasts a TFT screen displaying 65,536 colours for (more...)

Bürkert's stainless steel AirLINE Quick valve island solution has cut installation costs, improved operating integrity and is delivering ongoing economies in the control of up to 2000 pneumatic process components operating on a new dessert and yoghurt line installed by FrieslandCampina at (more...)