Events News

Scorpion Vision Ltd is pleased to announce a major UK industry event for decision makers and engineers in the food production industry. The seminar will be promoting the use of 3D machine vision in food production, where traditional machine vision technologies struggle to cope with the non conformity of the product. Using 3D, food manufacturers can automate where automation was not previously possible.

The FLIR User Group is now a firm fixture on the thermography calendar. It has become a focus for thermographers from a range of disciplines to exchange ideas and deepen their knowledge. And it is not just an event for FLIR camera users, everyone involved in this technology is welcome.

Bunkspeed today announced its schedule of promotional events for SIGGRAPH 2008. Now in its 35th year, the premier international conference for the computer graphics community takes place August 12-14 in Los Angeles, and is expected to draw an estimated 30,000 professionals from six continents.

Pilz Automation Technology is one of the UK's leading providers of training in machinery safety and the management of health and safety. The company has now published a booklet outlining the courses and timetable for July to December 2008. Many of the courses in the first half of 2008 were oversubscribed, so anyone interested in attending a course is urged to make a provisional booking as soon as possible.

Further details of the free seminar series accompanying the Health and Safety 08 - North event at The Reebok Stadium, Bolton, on the 8th and 9th of October 2008 have been announced. The seminar programme at the Northern stretch of this regional series of events will be delivered by a raft of industry experts and will cover issues ranging from accident and incident management to hearing protection.

The Basler Electric Power Control and Protection Conference, September 29 – October 2, gives attendees a good overview and an in-depth look at controlling and protecting electrical generating power systems.

The third Advanced Powertrain Control Symposium is to be held at the Technology Innovation Centre (TIC), Millennium Point, by Birmingham City University’s Technology, Innovation and Development faculty, on 27th November this year.

Lloyd Instruments will be showing equipment from its impressive range of materials testing equipment for the medical and medical packaging industries at MEDTEC China 2008. This includes the highly popular LFPlus low force single column materials testing instrument with NEXYGENPlus control and analysis software, the Davenport MFI-10 melt flow indexer and the Chatillon® TCD225 Series Digital Force Tester and LTCM-100 Series Motorised Tester, together with a series of force gauges. Lloyd Instruments has extensive experience in medical device, medical packaging and pharmaceutical manufacturing industries, with hundreds of systems installed worldwide.

Rittal-CSM, the UK manufacturing facility of Rittal recently held a strategic supplier conference in Plymouth where representatives were briefed on the operational changes needed to ensure that Rittal continues to remain focused on its core capabilities.

Serapid will exhibit its full line of Rigid Chain actuators at the National Manufacturing Week Show, Sept. 23-25, 2008 at the Donald Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill., at booth #1815.