Don’t blame it on the bearings 22nd May 2020
Stamping a low quality metal with a high quality machine tool probably wouldn’t result in success. But how many operators, unaware of the low grade material, would blame the machine tool? This event serves as a reminder that pinning the blame on the wrong thing, in any scenario, simply isn’t helpful. But as Chris Johnson, Managing Director of SMB Bearings explains, similar scapegoating also takes place with bearings.
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New digital platform to upskill Britain’s engineersMade Smarter and engineering skills organisation, Enginuity, have worked together to launch a new digital platform which delivers digital engineering skills in one place to Britain’s engineers and manufacturers at a time when they are needed more than ever.
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Rolls-Royce signs Iotics to power its Digital Twin technologyRolls-Royce business unit Power Systems, has selected Iotics’ technology to enable digital solutions with asset-focused digital twin technology. Iotics’ technology delivers Rolls-Royce the capability to unlock over 200 data sources, brokering interactions to create digital twins of their in-field assets, and receive real time event insights across customer, supplier and partner boundaries.
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Industry fears long road back to normal trading conditionsBritain’s manufacturers have become increasingly pessimistic about a return to normal trading conditions, with the number believing that it will take more than twelve months to return doubling in the last two weeks.
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Supporting critical infrastructure workers during COVID-19Liverpool-based, Mobile GIS Services (MGISS) is helping maintain critical infrastructure during the coronavirus lockdown with new technology that helps improve field operations with intelligence on hidden assets.
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Yokogawa Electric achieves SDLA certificationYokogawa Electric says that its control system development organisation has obtained ISASecure Security Development Lifecycle Assurance (SDLA) certification from the ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI).
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