Delta robot is ‘fastest in its class’ and can be set up in hours
4 August 2022 ABB has announced a five-axis delta robot which, it claims, is the fastest in its class for handling lightweight packaged products such as chocolates, small… Read More
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Roller bearings ‘will last ten times longer than rivals’
18 November 2021 SKF has developed a seal for mounted tapered roller bearings that allows them to operate in contaminated environments for at least 600 hours – claimed… Read More
Industrial firms lose a day a month to machine failures
29 June 2021 Machine failures are causing large industrial facilities to lose an average of more than a day of production (27 hours) every month, at a cost… Read More
Automation slashes drive cable lead times from weeks to 24h
2 January 2020 igus has commissioned an automated assembly line for its readycable drives cables at its UK headquarters in Northampton. The line uses automated machines and lean… Read More
UK and Ireland VSD hire fleet has ‘the widest coverage’
12 March 2019 ABB has launched a fleet of low-voltage variable-speed drives (VSDs) that are available for hire from locations across the UK and Ireland. It claims that… Read More
NFC-based time relay is ’50 times more accurate’
29 January 2019 At the recent SPS IPC Drives show in Germany, Schneider Electric announced the “first” time relay with built-in NFC (near-field communications), allowing it to be… Read More
Prox sensors with ‘world’s longest range’ could save millions
2 October 2017 Omron has announced a new generation of proximity sensors which, it claims, have the world’s longest sensing distances. The E2E-Next sensors have almost twice the… Read More
