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Dated 1 January 2021, the UK Government published a consolidated list of Standards for Machinery, supporting the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 (S.I 2008/1597). You can view it by clicking on the link above to access MachineBuilding’s unique Guide. At some point, the EU and UK will publish updates to the current Machinery Directive and this will also be available here.
The Spelsberg e-Bike charging station is now available from Spelsberg UK. This easy e-Bike charging station offers charge points for Bosch and Shimano, as well as two 240V mains sockets.
At MachineBuilding.Live, ACS Motion Control and Physik Instrumente (PI) UK will be showcasing positioning technologies and motion control solutions designed to provide industrial applications with unrivalled levels of precision.
The Spelsberg e-Bike charging station is now available from Spelsberg UK. This easy e-Bike charging station offers charge points for Bosch and Shimano, as well as two 240V mains sockets.
Ensuring engineering is accessible and enjoyable, Igus has introduced the term ‘enjoyneering’. This encapsulates the fun element of learning and experiencing all about engineering in the metaverse, the iguverse.
Systeco Automation has provided a fully automated packaging line for Siyalima Farm, ensuring the citrus fruit packing lines are running at optimal speed and capacity at all times.
There are so many applications within the material handling industry that need reliable, effective, and durable products, so it is hardly surprising that there are so many Igus products used in these applications.
In this year’s Keynote, Maxon will be diving into three truly exciting and innovative topics that showcase the diversity and versatility of the company’s high-precision drives and systems.
With just under two weeks until Manufacturing and Engineering Week 2023 and its centrepiece exhibitions open their doors on 7th and 8th of June at Birmingham’s NEC, the full educational programme has been announced.
The machinery safety landscape is ever evolving bringing with it a raft of changes to current legislation to cope with issues such as increasing digitisation and flexibility requirements. Pilz will host a webinar on 28 April from 9:30 am to 10:30 am to examine the latest changes to the machinery safety legislation.
Automation UK will run at the CBS Arena, Coventry, from 20-21 June, showcasing the latest products and services in this fast-fast-growing automation and robotics sector to visitors. It is poised to be one of the largest annual gatherings of industry experts under one roof in the UK.
The UK’s largest event for processing equipment, packaging machinery, industrial robots and machine vision systems, the PPMA Show, returns to the NEC, Birmingham from 26-28 September 2023.
Getting 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).
A 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.
Omron has produced a whitepaper looking to developments in traceability, highlighting how so called ‘Traceability 4.0’ connects digital and physical technology to optimise and improve yield.
Recognising how traceability has evolved due to the implementation of technology, Omron has produced a Whitepaper that explores the evolution of traceability and explains why the latest phase, Traceability 4.0, is not just about tracking products throughout the supply chain but also optimising productivity, quality and brand reputation within the manufacturing operation by tying product to process parameters.
