newsREADERS OF Industrial Plant & Equipment can now earn Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points by reading the print and digital editions of the magazine. CPD assists individuals to regularly focus on how they can become a more competent and effective sector-focused professional.
productEUROPE’S ONLINE retailers and their logistics partners cannot afford to overlook the significant operational benefits that autonomous mobile robot-based sortation solutions deliver, says Xia Huiling.
articleThere are three key reasons why energy intensive industrial and manufacturing businesses in the UK and Ireland are the biggest users of Combined Heat and Power (CHP). Hugh Richmond explains
newsMANUFACTURER OF energy chain systems and polymer plain bearings, igus is working closely with global companies specialising in vertical farming – the practice of growing plants indoors in stacked layers – by providing the lubrication-free tribo-polymers needed for this type of food production.
articleDMG MORI’s Multisprint series represents a technological revolution in automatic turning. Developed and manufactured in Italy, the machine itself and the fast, precise and diverse production processes that are enabled, give almost unlimited possibilities
productBeing able to predict and plan maintenance is the goal pursued by igus with its smart plastics solutions. Intelligent sensors, for example, measure the wear of energy chains, chainflex cables, slewing rings and linear guides. With the new icom.plus communication module, the customer can now decide in which form they would like to incorporate the acquired data from the sensors.
newsDesigned to enable the user to move cables safely and stow them away quickly, the new igus e-spool flex cable reel can guide all cables and hoses for the transmission of energy, media and data without interruption. As a result, safety at manual workstations and operating panels is enhanced.
productNew slewing bearings from igus use
two self-lubricating, low friction
polymer sliding elements in place of
conventional ball bearings. As a costeffective,
low noise alternative, the
PRT polymer slew ring bearing
modules
productWhen Global Laser was asked to
provide a mount for its laser
alignment system on a sawmill,
limited working height meant that the
standard static mount would not cast
a long enough beam length. The
solution uses a DryLi
productSix new product lines have been added
by igus to its Triflex R system of 6-axis
robot energy chains. The multi-axial
energy supply system, developed for
robotic applications in harsh industrial
environments, now comprise
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