Get straight into the action! Register online for Sensors & Instrumentation 2017

Sensors & Instrumentation, the UK’s only national sensors show sponsored by industry giant Mouser, is creating an early buzz with hundreds having already registered to attend ahead of this year’s event at the NEC Birmingham on 26 & 27 September. (Read More)

Guiding The Industry

Konrad Lorenz won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1973 for his experiments with animal behaviour.

Lorenz discovered the principle of imprinting, where a bond is formed between a new born animal and a caregiver. This is the mechanism where an auditory or visual stimulus is used to induce the young to follow its parents. In industry, automated guided vehicles (AGVs) use environmental stimuli to follow a specific route. (Read More)

TM Robotics exhibiting at Motek 2017

TM Robotics showcasing SCARA robot series in Germany

Industrial robot specialist, TM Robotics is exhibiting at Motek in Stuttgart, Germany from 9 to 12 October 2017. The international trade fair is the world’s leading event in the realm of production and assembly automation. TM Robotics will be exhibiting alongside Swiss automation expert, Elmotec, in exhibition hall seven, booth 7202. (Read More)

Upbeat Mindset In The Indian Economy

India Day at the EMO Hannover 2017 will be showcasing potentials for production technology and capital investment

Are Modinomics fuelling an industrial renaissance in India? This question will be addressed during the India Day hosted by the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders’ Association) at the EMO Hannover 2017 on 20 September. (Read More) 

150 Welders Die Every Year

Welders, and other workers in the manufacturing industry, are suffering from cancer, pneumonia and other lung related illnesses due to lack of protection from poisonous fumes and gases.

New shocking statistics have been released by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) who are working on a initiative with BOHS (The Chartered Society for Worker Health Protection) called ‘Breathe Freely’, (Read More)

Easy Handling Of Large Quantities

BEUMER Group at the international mining exhibition EXPOSIBRAM 2017 in Brasil
At the international mining exhibition EXPOSIBRAM 2017, which takes place from 18 to 21 September in Belo Horizonte, Brasil, BEUMER Group will present their system solutions in conveying and loading technology at booth Y40. (Read More)

Industrial Gas Accreditation Scheme Courses Available

I-GAS have launched the Industrial Gas Accreditation (I-GAS) Scheme in 2016 and we are now taking applications and bookings for Level 1, Level 2 & Level 3 courses.

The I-GAS Scheme has been designed to take the operatives who may be relatively new to the gas industry or already experienced gas  (Read More)

Fujifilm Speciality Ink Systems selects Mainsaver CMMS

Spidex Software is pleased to announce that Fujifilm Speciality Ink Systems has selected Mainsaver CMMS to support best-practice management of maintenance at its manufacturing site in Broadstairs, UK. (Read More)

EXAIR’s Threaded Line Vac Makes it Easy to Convert Standard Pipe Into a Powerful, High Volume Conveyor

EXAIRs new aluminum 2-1/2 NPT and 3 NPT Threaded Line Vac Air Operated Conveyors convert ordinary pipe into a powerful conveying system for parts, scrap, trim and other bulk materials.

Their larger size makes them perfect for conveying bigger parts and large volumes of material over long distances. (Read More) 

Do your machine tool operators blow coolant and swarf back into the workshop?

Once parts are removed from a machining centre, operators often use an airline and blow off the excess coolant and swarf.

The coolant vaporises and returns to your workshop.

Our BD blowdown bench is designed to prevent this problem. It’s self-contained, runs only from compressed air, and captures coolant before it can be (Read More)