MTC opens new Tyneside training centre to support 100+ new apprentices a year
TodayThe Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has officially opened a new training centre in North Tyneside designed to help address skills shortages and build the pipeline of engineering and manufacturing talent available to employers across the North East.
OMRON extends drive range with new high-performance R1 inverter
TodayOMRON has introduced the R1 (3G3R1) variable speed drive, the newest and most powerful member of its inverter family. Scaling from 0.4 kW to 630 kW at 400V and engineered for a 10-year design life, the R1 extends OMRON's drive portfolio into an even wider range of applications.
Nidec announces extension to its Commander S range, now available up to 11 kW
TodayNidec Drives has expanded its Commander S V2 range of AC drives for induction motors with the introduction of a new frame size, extending the range up to 11 kW (15 hp). This latest enhancement reflects Nidec Drives' commitment to continuous improvement, enabling customers to standardise on a single Commander S V2 platform across the full power range.
A compact benchtop LED UV curing chamber for fast, simple, safe UV curing
4 days agoThe IUV301 Benchtop LED UV Curing Chamber from Intertronics is a compact, portable UV curing chamber. Also known as a UV curing oven, the IUV301 is designed for fast, safe and repeatable curing of UV curable adhesives, coatings, inks and encapsulants wherever you work. It operates from standard mains power and is available with 365 nm, 385 nm or 405 nm LED wavelengths to match the absorption characteristics of your UV curable material.
Fit and forget - just one of the benefits of correct coupling selection
4 days agoSpending time evaluating and selecting the correct drive coupling for a specific application may seem like a source of frustration for designers and engineers, however the resulting benefits from this exercise greatly outweigh the initial effort. David Proud, UK Director of Reich Drive Systems UK, highlights the positive aspects of correct drive coupling selection, which are often overlooked when things go as planned.
Fit and forget - just one of the benefits of correct coupling selection
4 days agoSpending time evaluating and selecting the correct drive coupling for a specific application may seem like a source of frustration for designers and engineers, however the resulting benefits from this exercise greatly outweigh the initial effort. David Proud, UK Director of Reich Drive Systems UK, highlights the positive aspects of correct drive coupling selection, which are often overlooked when things go as planned.
When alignment becomes the bottleneck: motion control for co-packaged optics
4 days agoAs global data centre build-out accelerates, co-packaged optics (CPO) is being manufactured at a scale the industry hasn’t previously faced, and a key step of photonic packaging has moved to the centre of the conversation: active alignment. Here we talk with Justin Bressi, Business Development Manager at Aerotech about how active alignment has become a yield-and-throughput problem in its own right, and how a purpose-built, multi-company architecture has been engineered to keep pace with CPO’s production demands.
Which type of control system is best for personalised medicine?
11 days agoPersonalised medicine is accelerating the pace of change inside the lab. The question for machine builders and end users is whether the automation beneath those workflows can change quickly enough to keep up. Here, Bradley McEwan, business development manager at Beckhoff UK, explains why PC-based control is the perfect foundation for lab automation in a world with growing demand for personalised medicine.
European Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 is replacing Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. Technically, it has already come into force but there is a transition period during which machinery is still being CE marked to the old Directive. You can download a free copy of the Guide to the New Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 by completing the form here.
The MachineBuilding.net Guide to Food and Beverage Industry Machine Design provides information, hints and tips to help designers create state-of-the-art yet cost effective systems that meet applicable regulations and standards, while also providing the necessary levels of productivity, quality and reliability.
Free white paper supports compliance with machinery safety standard EN 60204-1
902 days agoSafe Machine has published a new white paper, 'EN 60204-1 for machine builders and panel builders – a guide to avoiding common errors'. Running to fourteen pages, the free publication presents many ways in which machinery often fails to comply with this safety standard's requirements.
Spiers Engineering Safety publishes the ultimate guide to PUWER
1266 days agoGetting your head around PUWER inspections and PUWER planning can be difficult when you have many other things to be thinking about too. Spiers Engineering Safety has created the Ultimate Guide to PUWER which will walk you through the basics, and help you make informed decisions. This guide will also support learners working towards their Certified PUWER Assessor Qualification (CPA).
White paper sheds light on the challenges and solutions when using optical sensors
1306 days agoA free-to-download white paper from sensing and instrumentation specialist Baumer considers all the challenges of why ambient light has such a significant influence on the performance of optical sensors and provides some practical solutions.
















