Around the Industry

Fluke Reliability is partnering with RS Components (RS) to provide eMaint computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) software to RS’ customers.

In 1964, Günter and Margret Blase founded a small business called igus in their garage in Cologne-Mülheim, Germany. Fast forward to 2021 and the company is a global brand, supplying customers worldwide with lubrication-free and maintenance-free motion plastics, robots and cable assemblies. The company is now celebrating the founding couple’s joint 90th birthday.

A Birmingham-headquartered engineering firm has accelerated its strategic growth with several senior appointments. And the move coincides with an overall boost in employment which has seen the business employ over 50 new employees since the start of the year. The multi-disciplined adi Group, which covers a broad range of sectors including aerospace and defence, automotive, food and beverage and manufacturing markets, has recently taken on twelve new senior figures at the company, bolstering its +30 divisional offering.

Peterborough-based Anglian Compressors & Equipment has been nominated Distributor of the Year 2020 by Atlas Copco Compressors

Industrial or collaborative? This is the question everyone is asking. We all want to get the most out of our production, however the demarcation line between the two options is not as clear as you might think. It all depends on the setting in which the machine operates, how operators need to interact with the robot and its main functions. Barry Weller, Solutions Marketing Manager - OEM at Mitsubishi Electric, looks at how to identify what type of robot best suits your application and how to integrate it.

Almost half of thermal engineers (41%) say that they don’t have the right hardware in place for thermal simulation. That’s according to a new survey of thermal engineers in the electronics industry conducted by Future Facilities.

A new white paper, ‘The implications of Brexit for machine builders in the UK, the EU and the rest of the world’ has been published by Hold Tech Files.

Picosun Group has pending patent rights for an ALD enabled corrosion protection solution against plasma etch that will bring benefits in semiconductor fabrication processes in terms of throughput, film uniformity and conformality.

Some of the world’s biggest companies are coming up with technology such as automated warehousing solutions to streamline all sorts of tasks, from picking and packing to greeting visitors. In this article, Neil Ballinger, Head of EMEA at EU Automation, showcases three examples of futuristic, highly automated projects that could inspire the manufacturers of today.

Independent research commissioned by RS Components (RS), has identified five areas manufacturers should focus investment in to build resilience in their plant for long-term prosperity.