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Will darkness protect us from COVID-19?

~ Retailers are working hard to automate logistics and are edging closer to making the lights-out warehouse…

2020 CPSA Training Safely & Successfully Delivered

Originally due to be held in April of this year, the first Certified Pump System Auditor (CPSA) Training Course…

Interfaces for Machine Vision

Choosing the right interface for your machine vision application is a key decision in your camera selection process. The…

How Thermal Technologies Improve Facility Security and Workforce Safety

By Daniel Gundlach, Global Business Development, Solutions Business at FLIR Systems Blind spots in surveillance coverage, incompatible video and access…

Key Trends and Recent Innovations in Powder Bed Fusion, IDTechEx Identifies

Although additive manufacturing (AM) has existed for over forty years, the technology is still progressing as new materials and…

Heavy AC or DC load switching modules from Pickering Interfaces occupy one single PXI slot

Model 40-166 PXI power relay delivers industry’s highest switching capacity using EMRs October XX, 2020 – Clacton-on-Sea, UK – Pickering…

SICK’s Open Service for IO-Link Function Blocks

A pioneering open software service that creates ready-made IO-Link function blocks to integrate data from any IO-Link device into…

RS Components introduces Safe Distancing Assistant from Pathfindr to help people maintain safe social distancing

Helping businesses comply with safe working legal requirements and avoid costly fines and crippling closures LONDON, UK, 22 October…

Sophisticated End of Arm Tooling Enhances Automated Manufacturing

When the term “Gripper” is used, many will visualise a simple set of pneumatically or mechanically operated jaws, or…

From cameras to lenses, all components are provided by a single supplier

New IDS lenses with 5, 8 and 10 MP: Excellent price-performance ratio. IDS is now offering more than 20 new…

Automatic lubricators and Arcanol grease ensure conveyor motor bearings run reliably at opencast mine

CONCEPT2 automatic lubricator ensures conveyor drive motor bearings run smoothly and reliably in the harsh conditions of the…

AME records a full cohort of students as demand for industry ready graduates rises

The UK’s ‘Faculty on the Factory Floor’ has recorded its fifth full cohort, proving that students are still determined…

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