EMERSON HAS released its ASCO 141 Series Advanced Redundant Control System (ARCS) to provide a redundant solution for a variety of emergency shutdown valve applications, such as those found in the chemical, power, oil and gas industries.
FOR THE past two decades, equipment manufacturers, users and regulators have been tackling excessive energy consumption. This has led to the development of higher efficiency standards for motors and the adoption of variable speed drive (VSD) technologies to better match energy use and demand
CAMBRIDGE-BASED engineering firm, Cambridge Vacuum Engineering (CVE), is part of a consortium of organisations that have won an InnovateUK grant to dramatically reduce the installation costs of the world’s largest offshore wind farm in the North Sea.
BLACK COUNTRY SME Alphadrive Engineering Services is working with Aston Business School to help customers embrace the sustainability agenda. The company joined the school’s Advanced Services Group SME Partnership programme to tap into free academic expertise to develop a range of bespoke recycling products, services and solutions.
THE UK logistics industry believes British businesses will have to rethink their reliance on China and its importance to international supply chains (32%) as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Logistics industry leaders, polled by logistics and supply chain event, IMHX, also forecast a move toward increased warehouse automation and robotics (29%), which could help address challenges presented by social distancing as well as labour shortages fuelled by Brexit.
THE PANDEMIC has been a catalyst for change, way beyond our expectations. Ecommerce has been propelled to new heights, with online order volumes swamping conventional fulfilment centres. Now, as a second wave sweeps the country, are businesses ready for the predicted mega-peaks of a Covid Christmas? Jo Bradley looks at the issues
OMRON HAS launched its new 1S Series AC Servo drives and motors, which include motion safety. This ensures machine operator safety, shortens commissioning time and minimises machine downtime and production losses. Integrating motion safety functions into the servo drives and motors also minimises costs, components and wiring complexity.
BUSCH VACUUM Solutions has launched the COBRA NX 0950 A PLUS, the second vacuum pump in the new PLUS series.
SIEMENS TECHNOLOGY helped postgraduate MSc Mechatronic Systems Engineering students to complete a vital academic project after Covid-19 closed the campus and stopped them accessing any physical equipment in their labs.
THIS WEEK saw members of the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) meet online for the association’s first ever virtual AGM. As part of this meeting, the MTA welcomed new President Andy Hodgson, Strategic Lead: Digitalisation at Siemens. Hodgson has played an active role in the MTA for many years as a Board Member and has served as the Technical Committee Chairman for that last two years, stepping down to take on this new role.
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