In the past, agricultural OEMs had two choices when it came to selection of actuators for applications such as folding sprayer booms: hydraulic or pneumatic. However, the latest generation of linear actuators, such as the H-Track from Thomson Industries, a leading brand of the Altra Industrial Motion Corp., is offering the required performance without any of the traditional drawbacks of hydraulic or pneumatic actuators.

Pneumatic and hydraulic actuators require supporting systems to operate. Naturally this takes up space on a vehicle platform, space that is often at a premium as manufacturers move to improve vehicle packaging. Pipes make installation more difficult, which takes up time on the production line and during maintenance work.

Hart Door Systems has completed the installation of seven insulated roller shutters at London Underground’s Acton Works maintenance facility in west London.

Kyle Pendergood at Hart Doors says the contract included the installation of a three tonnes shutter which was 11.8m wide and 4.4m high. 

“Its weight alone was significant as was the width,” says Kyle. “We had a detailed lifting plan to make this work. The Hart team again rose to the challenge.”

Vibration monitoring on equipment such as cranes, hoists and screw jacks has traditionally been difficult.  These are often driven by an electric motor rotating at perhaps 1500 rpm, but the final hoist drum or travel wheel rotates far slower – perhaps only a few rpm- with intermediate shafts rotating at speeds somewhere between these values. 

Conventional vibration monitoring is difficult because you need to place sensors in line with each of the bearings on each of these different speed shafts, which is not only time consuming, it can be very difficult to access – especially to try and take readings when the crane is in operation.

Complicated and time-consuming scaffold structures are now part of the past: The new PAXTower with folding base by ZARGES UK, the leading access equipment specialist, is equipped with a raft of timesaving and safety-enhancing new features and is fully compliant with the latest safety regulations. 

The ergonomic and sturdy design, in accordance with the latest EN1004 specification, ensures safe working at height at all times. The new ZARGES PAXTower range will be available from October 2020.

Optimally matched to the welding torch at all times: The new VacuFil series of extraction units from KEMPER is a unique unit for torch extraction that combines easy handling with needs-based extraction capacity.

The VacuFil 125i, 150i and 250i digital unit variants automatically and continuously adjust the required air volume flows according to the individual torch characteristics. W3 approval now certifies that the digital VacuFil versions embody the highest level of protective welding equipment. Also, international machine manufacturers are already successfully using the new high-vacuum technology.

As employees begin returning to work, maintaining a safe and socially distanced workplace is at the forefront of everyone’s mind. Statistics have shown that 32% of those surveyed were anxious about catching or spreading Covid-19 in their normal workplace. HSE guidelines advise that workers maintain a safe distance of 2m apart at all times, or 1m apart with risk mitigation measures in place. 

Health hazards such as from noise and dust continue within the workplace, so personal monitoring must continue. However, it can be difficult to deploy personal monitoring equipment while maintaining social distancing. World-leading environmental monitoring manufacturer Casella is enabling companies to overcome social distancing challenges with a new initiative to provide equipment that allows monitoring to continue whilst maintaining social distancing.

On the 6th of October 2020, the board of Directors of Winn & Coales International Ltd were delighted to announce that Mr Chris Winn, the great grandson of the founder of the company has succeeded his father, Mr David Winn OBE, as the Chairman of the Group.

Chris Winn becomes the fourth Chairman of the Company since it was founded in 1883. He has extensive and broad experience within the Group and holds the position of Managing Director of Winn & Coales (Denso) Ltd and Executive Director of Winn & Coales International Ltd. 

AirBench is pleased to announce the release of the new DF range. DF down flow workstations are designed for light duty fume extraction applications, particularly in situations where installation of a full AirBench downdraught bench system is not convenient.

Reuters Events have announced that CEO’s of two of the world’s leading energy service companies, Halliburton and Baker Hughes, will join the speaker faculties for their flagship Energy Transition Summit. 

The event will explore the creation of the future energy ecosystem and offer companies, from across the asset spectrum, a definitive guide to their net-zero strategies. The alignment of the two biggest O&G global service companies, Halliburton and Baker Hughes, represents a significant step in the transition to low-carbon energy

Machine vision interfaces typically come in two flavors: dedicated and consumer.

Dedicated interfaces; Useful for applications where extremely high-speeds or ultra high-resolution necessitate the use of such interfaces; for example, line-scan cameras used to inspect continuous flow processes like paper or plastic film production where cameras frequently work in the kHz range. However, these interfaces tend to be significantly more expensive, less flexible and add to system complexity. CarmeraLink (supports up to 6.8Gbit/s of data) and CoaXPress (supports up to 12Gbit/s) are dedicated machine vision interfaces typically used in such applications. In addition to the cameras, systems using these interfaces require frame grabbers. These are specialized adapter cards to receive image data and assemble it into usable images. Dedicated machine vision interfaces also use proprietary cables, making integration with other peripherals a little more challenging.