NSK has supplied triple-lip-seal bearings to a food processing company, thereby solving a problem with water ingress and saving the customer over £77,000 per year.
23rd August 2009
A student design project to create a robotic hand has utilised Thomson electric linear actuators to provide the gripping motion for the fingers and thumb.
31st July 2009
JBC Controls has installed Danfoss variable-speed drives at Chester Zoo, resulting in energy savings worth thousands of pounds per year and a payback period of less than one year.
18th June 2009
Lenze SMV inverters, which are protected to IP65, have eliminated problems at a biscuit factory where IP20 drives had previously failed prematurely due to the ingress of dust.
27th May 2009
Power Jacks has supplied 28 Model TE2500 inverted translating screw jacks to enable Rexam to cut production line conversion times from four hours - with six people - to 20 minutes for one person.
8th April 2009
Tony Ingham of Sensor Technology explains how torque monitoring can identify problems before they become critical in continuous process industries.
18th February 2009
Flexicon's IP66-rated FPAH flexible conduit is protecting cables on Network Rail's fleet of multi-purpose vehicles that keep tracks clear of leaves during the autumn and winter.
9th January 2009
Vega's Vegawave level switch is being used within the packaging process for Batchelor's Cup-a-Soups.
11th December 2008
Lenze industrial PCs are being used on the Markem Cimpak 300 machine that applies unique labels to pallets for international shipment.
12th November 2008
3D machine vision based on Scorpion Vision software is being used to measure food products and optimise pick-and-place motions.
15th October 2008
