110 years after International Women’s Day began – gender diversity is still an issue in the engineering & manufacturing industry Despite campaigning for gender parity for more than 100 years, the latest research shows that 49% of managers within the engineering & manufacturing industry believe their industry still struggles with a lack of gender diversity. The research, which comes from multi-discipline recruitment…
Li-Ion battery pack with IEC / EN / UL 62133-2 for demanding industrial and medical applications The new Li-Ion battery pack BP-LIO-1525 from Bicker Elektronik ( Germany) offers five times more charge / discharge cycles than conventional lead-acid batteries and thus guarantees a particularly long service life. The high-quality battery pack impresses both in industrial use and in medical…
Novel robotic applications for material handling and processing Within industrial automation robots are used as a flexible way to undertake a physical task or process in the same way a human would and can now automate more tasks than ever before. From weighing powders to batch processing, robotic systems deliver cost savings, productivity gains, health &…
Unlock the performance of machines with powerful advanced drive solution Mitsubishi Electric’s new MELSERVO MR-J5 series of TSN-compatible servo drives meet today’s exacting requirements for precision, dynamics and multi-axis synchronisation in applications such as; food and beverage, life sciences and printing/converting production. The MR-J5 series also integrates…
Wastewater treatment media moves to pilot plant trials Warden Biomedia’s moving bed biofilm reactor ( MBBR) media, which is being designed to give enhanced nutrient removal to meet the challenges of AMP7, is currently being tested at Cranfield University’s National Research Facility for Water and Wastewater Treatment. The MBBR process, which uses…
War on plastic: Is it time to bring back the term 'Litterbug'? Tom Smith, sales director at Advanced Dynamics, asks what happened to the term, Litterbug? For context, it was a phrase that was bandied about on the school playgrounds during the 1990s - an unwanted tag for children who were caught littering. It was a jibe and one, speaking from experience…
ThyssenKrupp opens Germany's largest HPP centre in Quakenbrück Ideal for merging fundamental and applied research with industrial implementation thermal process solutions provider, Holmach has announced that their technology partner Uhde High Pressure Technologies ( part of Engineering giant ThyssenKrupp) has opened Germany’s biggest centre for high-pressure…
Automation is the 'perfect trainer' in new HMLV Intelligent Cell Production Line OMRON has taken human-machine collaboration to a new level, with its breakthrough Intelligent Cell Production Line concept. Integrating sensing, vision and robotics, this example of an advanced production line control solution enhances the performance of both humans and robots as they learn from…
National Apprenticeship Week: One in five tradespeople consider apprentices more important than ever despite Covid-19 decline Over a fifth of companies that regularly hire apprentices took on fewer in 2020• A quarter of tradespeople and companies plan on hiring new apprentices in 2021• Percentage of female, BAME and apprentices with learning difficulties continues to grow year on year• IronmongeryDirect launch…
Virtual tour around 'the factory of the future' A virtual exhibition from OMRON enables visitors to walk through a 360 degree virtual tour, guiding them around ‘the factory of the future’ – one in which different innovations have been introduced to increase flexibility, enhance efficiency and boost productivity. The solutions that are…
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