Plazar Manutention furthers the expansion of the Amada plant with a 30-tonne overhead crane

Plazar Manutention, industrial handling specialist and partner of handling equipment manufacturer Verlinde, has designed and commissioned a 30-tonne overhead…

MAXXDRIVE® XT industrial gear units – Powerful drive for powerful conveyor belts

The two-stage MAXXDRIVE® XT right-angle gear units from NORD are ideally suitable for belt conveyor systems in heavy-duty applications…

ROBOT STACKS SANDWICHES IN 800 MILLISECONDS – FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Although simple automation can give some manufacturers the boost needed to increase production and product consistency, more complex applications…

New Airpes Americas Backshop Supports Dealers, End Users

Airpes, a manufacturer of lifting, weighing and below-the-hook equipment, has announced plans to open a backshop that will principally…

Webinar: 7 Steps to Develop a PROFINET Device

PROFINET: the open, cross-vendor Industrial Ethernet standard for discrete, motion control, and process automation. There are many ways to add…

FLIR Systems Introduces Rugged Visible Security Camera for Perimeter Protection and Long-Range Situational Awareness

New Quasar 4K PTZ Camera Provides 31x Zoom and Operates in Harsh Environments FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today announced…

HARTING Technology Group has been shaping the future for 75 years

Innovative products and solutions for Industry 4.0 / US President Barack Obama visited the HARTING stand at HANNNOVER MESSE…

Hydrophilic Vyon® Plastics Demonstrate Outstanding Performance for Drug Discovery Applications

Image caption:  Comparison of hydrophobic Vyon (Left) and the new hydrophilic Vyon porous polymer (Right). Porvair Sciences reports on testing that…

FPT INDUSTRIAL PROMOTES THE O’ PORTO ROTONDO OFFSHORE CLASSIC EDITION

The O’ Porto Rotondo Offshore Classic Edition “Powered by FPT” was held in the waters of Porto Rotondo in…

Rotamec partners with Response Engineering for dynamic combined service

Rotamec has announced a new partnership with Response Engineering, a leading provider of bespoke fabrications and electromechanical services to…

UK gets another PROFIBUS and PROFINET International Competence Centre (PICC)

Control Specialists Ltd appointed as second UK PICC. PIUK is delighted to announce that Control Specialists Ltd has been appointed as…

MAKE YOUR MACHINES WORK SMARTER

Industry 4.0 has led to new ways of working, changing how machines are monitored and maintained. The COVID-19 pandemic has…

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