RS has announced an agreement with Fair-Rite Products for the supply of ferrite-based technologies and products.

When a major snack food producer began experiencing repeat failures of the bearings on its cutter lines, a switch to NSK Life-Lube housed bearing units delivered savings in excess of €130,000, primarily thanks to the elimination of lost production.

Brückner Maschinenbau is using specially adapted optoNCDT ILR2250-100 laser distance sensors from Micro-Epsilon to measure the fill levels of bulk goods in dusty storage silos.

ABB in India is leading the way in sustainable and responsible resource consumption in manufacturing after achieving water positivity ratings and Mission to Zero status for one of its factories in Nashik.

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A group of seven young people aged between 14 and 16 have spent a week with FANUC UK, gaining valuable hands-on robotics experience as they learnt what it takes to become an automation engineer.

To optimise the effectiveness of its dissolved air flotation (DAF) units in water treatment, Siltbuster is trialling an automated valve system with flow control specialist, Bürkert.

When a meat processing plant operator needed a solution to check that transportation bins had been emptied prior to being sent to an automated wash station, it turned to Contrinex. An ultrasonic sensor mounted above a conveyor looks down into the bins and diverts contaminated bins from proceeding to the wash station.

A team of UK process engineers has developed a technique for manufacturing collagen sausage casings which protects product quality and trebles output. The process relies on precise monitoring of temperature and humidity with Vaisala sensors, combined with multi-stage feedback control.

Omron has set up a bespoke Skills-Up Safety Training program for selected European Omron Safety Solution Partners to ensure that they have the full and latest knowledge regarding all the safety aspects of industrial automation. One of the first companies to complete this training program is Tecno-Elèctric Girona (TEG), based in Spain.