There are two series of British standards that might appear relevant when designing, building and installing machine control panels. Derek Coulson and Paul Skyrme of Safe Machine look at which you should use.

When selecting an in-process thickness measurement system, a number of challenges need to be considered, including the effect of combined real-world errors. In this second article on thickness measurement, Glenn Wedgbrow, Business Development Manager at Micro-Epsilon UK, discusses how these challenges can be overcome in practice.

In turbo blowers and radial compressors, not only do drive controllers ensure top performance, they can also increase energy efficiency, says Mark Checkley, Managing Director of KEB UK.

As industrial technology trends change and adapt in the wake of digital transformation, Andy Graham, Solutions Manager at SolutionsPT, looks at what's changing for the most important asset in an industrial setting, the human workforce.

When it comes to the precise processing of plastics, paper, textile and sheet metal it is necessary to unwind, wind or rewind continuous material webs with a defined tension to achieve perfect subsequent processing steps. That's why STOBER is focused on ensuring companies working in these industries, and others, get both quality and precision from every single roll.

Kieran Bennett, industry manager for food, beverage, chemical and petrochemical at Burkert looks at the importance of process accuracy and how it can be achieved with innovative flowmeter technology.

When you use an optimised control platform, you reduce non-value-added development effort and can sometimes deliver to your customers faster. Aerotech is revolutionising precision motion and machine control with the Automation1 Precision Machine and Motion Control Platform. We talk to Patrick Wheeler, product manager at Aerotech.

In many industries, colour implies quality. It is therefore crucial to match the correct colour shade in the production process and to produce it homogeneously throughout numerous batches, says Glenn Wedgbrow, business development manager at Micro-Epsilon UK.

From augers to bottling systems, packaging machines for the food and beverage sector depend on fast, accurate motion systems to deliver the throughput they need. Gerard Bush, engineer at motion specialist INMOCO, discusses hygienic design and servo systems for food packaging machinery.

ABSSAC continues to invest as part of the long-term vision of the company and its progressive UK manufacturing goals, most recently with the acquisition of a new ROMI GL250M CNC turning centre. We visited the company at its HQ in Evesham, Worcestershire, to see how the machine has transformed ABSSAC’s machining scope and capability.