Machine Building

Extensive seminar programme for co-located manufacturing events

The biennial co-located events Drives & Controls, Smart Industry Expo, Fluid Power & Systems, Plant & Asset Management, and Air-Tech Exhibitions will return to Birmingham's NEC from 21 to 23 April 2020, alongside MACH 2020.

10th February 2020

Manufacturing exhibitions return to the NEC in April 2020

The biennial co-located events Drives & Controls, Smart Industry Expo, Fluid Power & Systems, Plant & Asset Management, and Air-Tech Exhibitions will once again return to Birmingham's NEC between from 21 to 23 April 2020, alongside MACH 2020.

10th February 2020

Universal Robots invests $36million in cobot hub

With financial backing from their joint US parent company Teradyne, Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) and Universal Robots (UR) have acquired a 50,000m2 building site in Odense, where $36 million will be invested in the construction of a major cobot hub in the "cobot capital" of the world. Collaborative robots - or cobots - are now the fastest growing segment of industrial automation. Cobots are a type of user-friendly robot that can work closely with humans without the need for safety guarding, enhancing both the work environment and productivity.

10th February 2020

Hermetically sealed, high-power fibre-optic transmitter from OMC

OMC is exhibiting on stand J100 at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics and will be showcasing a number of new products for the first time. OMC's broad product range of fibre optic, backlighting and LED components is widely used across multiple markets worldwide.

10th February 2020

Product of the month

Lenze's i550 protec is a decentralised variant of the successful i500 inverter with the same technology inside plus IP66 protection and IO-Link connectivity. Find out more.

10th February 2020

BSI issues update on Brexit and standards

Now the UK has formally left the European Union, BSI's Director of Standards, Scott Steedman's has provided the following update.

7th February 2020

See congatec's embedded edge computing range at Embedded World

In its Embedded World 2020 showcase, congatec will be covering the entire spectrum of embedded edge computing, ranging from high-end edge servers to headless systems for ultra-low-power edge logic. Highlights include the upcoming PICMG COM-HPC standard, which congatec is driving with Christian Eder as chairman of the COM-HPC subcommittee, as well as congatec's extended SMARC ecosystem for the NXP i.MX8 family, which is designed for the seamless use of MIPI camera technology and artificial intelligence, among other things. The breadth of the spectrum will be underscored by a new starter kit for real-time workload consolidation as well as presentations from Basler and Hacarus. Innovative fanless cooling systems for particularly robust embedded servers and systems that can dissipate up to 100 watts of TDP will complete the congatec Embedded World showcase.

7th February 2020

Free white paper: escape and rescue from safeguarded spaces

Fortress Interlocks has published a free white paper entitled How to Consider Escape and Rescue from Safeguarded Spaces?

7th February 2020

Danisense current transducers now stocked by Digi-Key

Danisense has signed a global agreement with Digi-Key, the high service distributor which is now stocking 17 of Danisense's most popular models plus accessories.

6th February 2020

Nicomatic's miniature industrial connectors at Embedded World

Nicomatic will highlight its innovative ranges of connectors targeting industrial and high-rel applications at the Embedded World exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany 25-27th February 2020. The company will be in Hall 3 at Booth 600.

6th February 2020