Companies could be wasting valuable production time due to forklifts being out of action following a Thorough Examination, warns CFTS. [Read More]

Hand and power tool distributor, Draper Tools, now uses a warehouse management system (WMS) from supply chain software and engineering company, Red Ledge, to drive ongoing automation of its warehousing and logistics operations. [Read More]

Given the unprecedented situation faced with the coronavirus outbreak, the Construction Plant-hire Association’s (CPA) Tower Crane Interest Group (TCIG) has issued advice to tower crane owners and users relating to how tower cranes should be left out of service for potentially lengthy periods of time. [Read More]

Supply chain risk management expert, CHAS has launched a plant and  machinery management tool – CHAS Plant. [Read More]

The latest catalogue from Martindale includes many new products and useful guides to finding suitable tools and accessories for electrical safety, fault finding and certifying installations. [Read More]

The Hellberg Safety PPE range includes advanced hearing protection, face protection and communication solutions for personal wellbeing on site. [Read More]

Pumps are increasingly required to supply real time operating data to control networks so that their performance can be monitored and adjusted to meet constantly changing production requirements.  Hard wiring a sensor into a pump’s rotating drive shaft usually requires the use of a delicate slip ring, but an alternative solution is to use a non-contact radio frequency detector, as Mark Ingham of Sensor Technology explains. [Read More]

A Paris-based start-up recently helped a woman with partial paralysis to use an exoskeleton to walk. Breakthroughs like this are allowing exoskeleton technology to be used in more varied environments, with potential benefits for manufacturers. Neil Ballinger, head of EMEA sales at industrial automation parts supplier EU Automation, explains how exoskeletons will transform manufacturing. [Read More]