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The robotic marking of components is vital to ensuring that they can be traced at all steps along the aerospace supply chain. Dan Stephenson, sales manager at Pryor Marking Technology, explains why. The marking of parts is critical in the aerospace industry and, in many cases, mandatory.

The HARTING Technology Group have received the coveted German Innovation Award 2019 for their ix Industrial® range. The pioneering connector impressed the German Design Council and won the award for “Excellence in Business to Business”.

Addressing the skills shortage within UK manufacturing has become a clear focus at all levels, from Government initiatives, recruitment of apprentices within both small and large companies, and from organisations such as Make UK, who are focused on creating the most supportive environment for UK manufacturers to enable them to thrive, innovate and compete.

In today’s competitive business environment, it’s essential that productivity, efficiency and customer service levels remain high, if cost and profitability targets are to be achieved. Whilst there are many different aspects to manufacturing and operational processes, one of the main inhibitors to achieving required output levels and targets is that of unplanned downtime.

Need a fast and accurate picking solution – but a Mini-Load is to costly? FramePick 4 Wholesale from Kardex offers an alternative for intelligent order picking For a growing number of companies – whether they are focused on the B2B or B2C market – they are experiencing bottlenecks in their traditional fulfillment operations.

Sensors and the myriad of instruments that measure and collect data provide the backbone for the Internet of Things (IoT) and our increasingly connected world, and for the last ten years Sensors & Instrumentation Live has served as an annual hub for the cutting-edge technology that has been driving this connectivity.

Following extensive discussions with some existing customers, ODU have created a hybrid rectangular connector, incorporating expertise from its range of push-pull locking circular connectors into their ODU-MAC® Blue-Line product range. The resultant PUSH-LOCK creates an even more compact ODU-MAC® modular connector with a design that makes these innovative hybrid connectors stand out from the crowd.

There is no shortage of level control technologies in the process control market, for either simple point level or continuous measurement of the level, and perhaps one of the favourites that can do both is GWR, or guided-wave radar.