Machine Building

Overnight customised enclosures thanks to in-house machining

There are literally thousands of off-the-shelf designs for electrical enclosures but there is still a significant need for customised electrical enclosures. Spelsberg UK recognises that requests for special products usually emanate from important projects, so has invested in a centre of machining excellence at its Telford HQ to meet these needs.

29th May 2019

Mouser: Harting's Global High Service Distributor of the Year

Mouser Electronics has been honoured with the prestigious Global High Service Distributor of the Year award from Harting, Inc. of North America. Mouser also received the 2019 New Product Introduction Award from Harting at the annual EDS Leadership Summit in Las Vegas.

28th May 2019

BOGE: finalist at the Motion Control Industry Awards

BOGE were proud to celebrate at the Motion Control Industry Awards, held in Birmingham on Wednesday 22nd May, where they were shortlisted as finalists in two of the nine categories.

28th May 2019

Stemmer Imaging acquires Infaimon Group

Stemmer Imaging AG is systematically continuing on its international growth trajectory. To this end, the Group has today implemented an essential strategic plan of its expansion strategy with the agreement to acquire the Spanish company Infaimon S.L., a provider of software and hardware for machine vision and robotics. Under the agreement, Stemmer Imaging will pay a sum in the low tens of millions of euros for the acquisition of all shares in the group. The Management Board of Stemmer Imaging AG expects the acquisition to result in an additional revenue contribution of around EUR 18 million and an EBITDA contribution of around EUR 3 million in the 2019/2020 financial year. Subject to approval by the antitrust authorities, consolidation is planned starting from 1 July 2019.

28th May 2019

Standardised Single-Pair Ethernet for industrial automation

Phoenix Contact, Weidmüller, Reichle & De-Massari, Belden and Fluke Networks are developing mutually compatible components for Single-Pair Ethernet, having announced a technology partnership for SPE at the Hannover Messe. They are developing and supporting the pin connector patterns collectively added to the IEC 63171-5 (industrial environment) and IEC 63171-2 (office environment) standards. These standards define IP20 and IP65/67 pin connector patterns for single- and four-pair data transmission in Single-Pair Ethernet applications. The companies in this partnership are pooling their technological expertise to ensure a standardised infrastructure for devices, connectors, cables and measurement technology.

28th May 2019

Intelliconnect recognised at Electronics Industry Awards 2019

Intelliconnect (Europe) Ltd has been nominated as a finalist in four categories in the prestigious Electronics Industry Awards 2019.

23rd May 2019

Security and traceability of additive manufacturing part data

To showcase how its customers can keep their additive manufacturing (AM) part data secure, Renishaw is showcasing its work with Identify3D at RAPID + TCT, North America's most influential AM event. From the 21st to 23rd of May 2019 at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, USA, visitors to RAPID + TCT can see demonstrations of Identify3D's software encryption package on booths 827 and 1459.

22nd May 2019

Profinet and Profibus node count tops 87 million in 2018

Profinet and Profibus International (PI) has concluded its annual notarised count of the installed base of devices with interfaces using communication technologies from PI. As in previous years, the numbers from 2018 indicate a very positive trend.

22nd May 2019

Aerotech partners with Micronix for nanopositioning

Aerotech and Micronix USA have formed a strategic partnership to offer complementary precision motion products to the industrial and research markets, particularly for customers requiring high-precision nanopositioning.

22nd May 2019

Digital services enhance customer collaborations with Harting

Harting's slogan Pushing Performance challenges the company to constantly innovate in order to drive advancements across industries and markets. However, it is not only in the area of new products where Harting is evolving its offerings. Building close working relationships with customers and simplifying processes are key to working together efficiently, helping to make life easier for customers.

22nd May 2019