Protolabs reaches agreement to acquire 3D Hubs creating the world’s broadest digital manufacturing offer for custom parts

Transaction Highlights: Significantly expands customer offering with network of premium manufacturing partners Transformational acquisition enhances customer value proposition…

Harry Potter and the Internet of Things

In J. K. Rowling’s fictional series, Harry receives a mysterious cloak of invisibility. Older machines could soon become equally…

Cognex Introduces In-Sight® 3D-L4000 Vision System

Breakthrough technology makes 3D inspection as easy as 2D vision Cognex Corporation introduces the In-Sight® 3D-L4000 embedded vision system. Featuring…

Web panels with open web browser for HTML5-based visualisations

With the WP4000 product family, Phoenix Contact provides 

Caldwell Beams for Schneider Electric Paint Plant

Rockford, Illinois-based The Caldwell Group Inc. has customized two 500-lb. capacity adjustable lifting beams for a Schneider Electric plant…

Robotics in 2021: collaboration and mobility

According to a 2020 survey by Mckinsey Global, COVID-19 has caused companies to accelerate the digitalisation of their internal…

Why use a fieldbus? New video explains key benefits

New Video: PROFIBUS vs. 4-20 mA The 4–20 mA convention was born in the 1950s as electronics became cheaper, and the…

New Board of Directors announced as AWI aim to maximise £3m investment

One of the UK’s leading manufacturers of round, flat and profile wire has strengthened its senior management team (SMT)…

Can New Advances in CMOS Replace sCMOS Sensors in Biomedical Applications?

Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology now offers the advanced imaging capabilities required for many biomedical applications, but can it replace…

High conductor pull-out values with square crimping shape

The Crimpfox Vario…

Efficient implementation of reliable earthquake protection: using balls screws to dampen buildings and bridges

Constructing buildings and bridges in earthquake-prone regions usually necessitates the use of damping techniques. While solutions such as mass…

Rope and Sling Opens Plymouth Depot @ropeandsling

Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd. (RSS) has opened its eighth facility—in Roborough, Plymouth. The 5,000 square-foot site joins six other…

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