Machine Building

Intelliconnect retains SC21 Silver Performance Standard status

Intelliconnect (Europe) Ltd has been awarded the silver performance standard to the SC21, Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space Industry Supply Chain Programme for a second year.

17th March 2020

Schaeffler UK appoints new Country Sales Director Industrial

Schaeffler has appointed Leigh Hopkins as Country Sales Director Industrial at Schaeffler (UK) Limited. Leigh will be based at Schaeffler UK's new offices in Fort Dunlop, Birmingham.

17th March 2020

Conrad now supplying more Phoenix Contact automation products

For Conrad Electronic, the year 2020 is all about automation technology and the continuous expansion of its product range. The Conrad Sourcing Platform is now being expanded to include even more products from Phoenix Contact so that B2B customers can obtain as many components as possible for their automation needs from a single source.

17th March 2020

Free guide to surface treatment using plasma

Tantec has published a free guide to surface treatment using plasma. This is ideal for engineers interested in using plasma surface treatment but with little knowledge of what it is, how it works or how it can benefit manufacturing processes and finished products.

17th March 2020

Schaeffler publishes Sustainability Report

Sustainability has been fundamental to Schaeffler's values and activities for many years. As a global technology company, the Schaeffler Group is proactively helping to shape the far-reaching transition currently taking place in the mobility and energy sector. Schaeffler AG Chief Executive Officer Klaus Rosenfeld says: "Over the past year, customer, investor and public expectations of sustainability management in business have changed dramatically and crystallised around climate change. We have responded to this by adapting and refining our sustainability management practices."

16th March 2020

KEB secures long-term agreement with ASEM

KEB has secured a long-term product and technology supply agreement with its historic partner for control technology, ASEM S.p.A., Italian provider of digital automation technologies. KEB's new arrangement also allows KEB to broaden its strategic collaboration with global industrial automation and digital transformation leader Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK). Rockwell has signed an agreement to acquire ASEM, including KEB's minority stake in the company.

16th March 2020

norelem's The Big Green Book 2020 contains 60,000 components

Engineers can now get their hands on norelem's latest iteration of its iconic engineering catalogue, known as The Big Green Book, which contains over 60,000 components - in contrast, the 2017 issue had "˜just' 33,000 components and the 2019 issue had 45,000.

13th March 2020

Advantech joins Micron's Industrial Quotient Partner Program

Advantech now provides a full spectrum of AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) products to embrace the increase opportunities in industrial IoT applications. Advantech collaborates with partners closely in product innovation and solution cooperation and provides substantial services for industrial customers in the AI and 5G Era. In 2020, Advantech is excited to become one of Micron's Industrial Quotient (IQ) partners.

13th March 2020

New online training module for vibrating screens

A new online training module has been introduced to the increasingly popular NSK academy online platform. The latest module, which focuses on vibrating screens, will appeal to all involved in specifying bearings to withstand the harsh working environments found in mining, quarrying and construction applications. As with all training modules available at NSK academy, registered users completing the course will require an 80 per cent pass mark to receive a certificate.

12th March 2020

PI UK events and precautions for Covid-19

With the current coronavirus situation, you may be wondering what's going to happen to PI UK's planned series of seminars. So is PI UK, but the organisation is busily preparing for whatever may be necessary.

10th March 2020