Advanced Engineering show returns to NEC after two years
12 October 2021 The Advanced Engineering UK show will return to the NEC, Birmingham on 3 and 4 November, 2021 for the first time in almost two years. Read More
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Siemens and UK university plan ‘smartest campus’
14 September 2021 Siemens has joined forces with the UK’s University of Birmingham to make its Edgbaston and Dubai campuses the world’s smartest, using a combination of digital… Read More
EnDat 3 interface is designed for digital manufacturing
21 July 2021 The German sensor-maker Heidenhain has released the third generation of its EnDat serial communications interface, specifically designed to meet the needs of digital manufacturing. EnDat… Read More
Make UK doubles 2021 growth forecast to 7.8%
14 June 2021 The UK’s manufacturing sector is set to recover much of the “brutal” 10% decline that it suffered during 2020, and to outpace the growth of… Read More
‘First industrial 5G router’ allows users to test the technology
23 February 2021 The Swedish industrial communications specialist HMS Networks has announced what it claims is the first commercially available industrial 5G wireless router optimised for private industrial… Read More
MTC trial will allow manufacturers to explore benefits of 5G
9 February 2021 The Coventry-based Manufacturing Technology Centre is to trial a private 5G network aimed at helping manufacturers to boost their productivity. The network will be installed… Read More
Linear actuator is ‘the first with IO-Link communications’
1 February 2021 The Danish actuator manufacturer Linak claims to have produced the first linear actuator with built-in two-way IO-Link communications. The device, based on its LA25 actuator,… Read More
First quantum sensors will deliver ‘unmatched accuracy’
11 November 2020 The German sensor-maker Sick has signed an agreement with a specialist subsidiary of Trumpf called Q.ANT to make quantum optical sensor technologies available for industrial… Read More
Fork sensor is first to combine optical and ultrasonic sensing
9 October 2020 The German sensor-maker Leuze electronic says it has developed the world’s first combined fork sensor, which combines the advantages of light-based and ultrasonic sensors, and… Read More
EU manufacturing expands for the first time in 17 months
3 August 2020 The Eurozone manufacturing economy recorded its first growth in 17 months during July with output and demand recovering as Covid-19 restrictions eased further. After accounting… Read More
