75% of industry hit by ransomware attacks in past year
14 December 2023 A global poll of 1,100 IT and OT (operational technology) security professionals working in the industrial sectors has found that 75% of them were targets… Read More
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Supercapacitor packs deliver back-up power for IPCs and HMIs
11 September 2023 Premio, the Californian rugged edge and embedded computing specialist, has launched an industrial supercapacitor-based power back-up system that provides configurable power redundancy for equipment such… Read More
3D cameras will no longer be dazzled by bright light
26 January 2023 Two German companies, Jabil and Osram, have collaborated a Lithuanian OEM manufacturer Artilux to develop a 3D camera technology that can operate in both indoor… Read More
3D safety system protects workers in tough environments
22 December 2022 Sick has launched a “next-generation” 3D radar safety system that provides access protection for workers in a wide range of hazardous industrial environments, including robot… Read More
Pipe-crawling robot could revolutionise utility inspections
17 May 2022 Robotics experts at the UK’s Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) have developed an autonomous robot vehicle designed to move along underground pipes to carry out inspections. Read More
Radar sensor gauges micron distances in tough locations
12 January 2022 A German start-up company called Ondosense has launched a radar-based sensor for measuring distances which, it claims, is the most precise and fastest on the… Read More
Multi-role wireless passive sensor is ‘the world’s smallest’
13 December 2021 A Slovak company claims to have come up with the world’s smallest passive wirelesss sensor technology, which can directly measure variables such as pressure, temperature… Read More
Multi-turn inductive encoders are wear- and maintenance-free
24 November 2021 Celera Motion has announced a multi-turn inductive angle encoder that performs precise, reliable absolute angle measurements over multiple revolutions, even in harsh environments. The non-contact… Read More
UK’s £9m 5G manufacturing project is the largest
10 March 2020 The UK government has announced its biggest investment in using 5G for manufacturing to date – a £9m ($11.7m) project that will install a private… Read More
‘First’ radar safety system copes with tough environments
23 September 2019 Pilz has joined forces with the Italian radar specialist Inxpect to offer what they claim is the world’s first for monitoring safety protection zones, based… Read More
