Cloud-based app makes maintenance paperless
19 December 2018 Festo has announced its first digital-only product – a cloud-based maintenance management system that will reduce or eliminate the need for paper-based documentation, and is… Read More
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Friction-based speed-reducing technology challenges gears
17 December 2018 A Dutch start-up has developed an alternative speed-reducing technology to gears which, it claims, can deliver higher precision, stiffness, torque densities and efficiencies, at a… Read More
Safety PLC is ‘first’ with failsafe condition monitoring
20 November 2018 ABB has developed what it claims is the world’s first safety PLC with integrated condition monitoring. It says the combination will enhance the functional safety… Read More
Cloud app boosts drive productivity and reliability
1 November 2018 Siemens has announced a digital platform for evaluating and using data gathered from networked drive systems in ratings up to several megawatts. The cloud-based Sidrive… Read More
Robotic box-builder can handle eight sizes, without changeovers
22 October 2018 A US packaging machinery specialist claims to have developed the first machine that can randomly erect boxes of different shapes and sizes, without needing any… Read More
UK’s Megger buys Baker motor-testing business from SKF
23 August 2018 The UK test equipment manufacturer Megger Group has entered into an agreement with SKF to purchase its Baker Instrument business which makes equipment for testing… Read More
Cobot trio merge to create a specialist in end-of-arm tooling
11 June 2018 Three companies specialising in end-of-arm tooling for collaborative robots (cobots) have merged to create a market-leader in this rapidly-growing market which, they say, is currently… Read More
DIN standard will ease IT to factory comms
4 May 2018 A group of automation and IT organisations has joined forces to develop a standard to help ensure streamlined communications between IT systems and physical devices. Read More
Cloud-based app analyses drivetrain performance
18 April 2018 Siemens is launching a cloud-based app that monitors industrial drives and gives insights into the performance of machinery drivetrains. The Analyze MyDrives app captures and… Read More
Water-based gearbox lubricant is ‘the world’s first’
26 March 2018 Last year, the German lubricant specialist Klüber Lubrication announced that it had developed a water-based lubricant that, it predicted, could revolutionise the future of lubrication,… Read More
