Machine Building

Mobile app provides access to PLCs via Bluetooth or WiFi

IDEC is releasing its WindEDIT Lite app for iOS and Android devices, providing two-way access to its family of MicroSmart FC6A and FC6A Plus PLCs. The app is said to provide much quicker, simpler and easier connection compared with browser-based access.

12th February 2018

Rockwell Automation at Anuga FoodTec

At this year's Anuga FoodTec event (Cologne, 20-23rd March) Rockwell Automation will showcase smart products and systems that deliver greater connectivity, agility, flexibility and efficiency - the primary drivers behind smart manufacturing and Industrie 4.0.

12th February 2018

HANNOVER MESSE and CeMAT 2018

The digital integration of industry, energy and logistics is gathering pace, with traditional boundaries between industries breaking down, productivity rising and new business models popping up like mushrooms. In April 2018, HANNOVER MESSE and CeMAT will lend their combined weight to this trend and take Industry 4.0 to the next level. Together they will open a window on a future in which digitised production, integrated energy systems and intelligent logistics solutions will radically change the way we live, work and do business.

12th February 2018

IDEC completes acquisition of APEM

IDEC Corporation, a leading manufacturer of industrial automation and control devices, has completed the acquisition of APEM. Together, IDEC and APEM are now one of the world's largest manufacturers of human-machine interface (HMI) components, panels and systems. With more than US$500million in total sales, the combined entity has a broad portfolio of industrial automation and HMI products, and access to markets across Europe, North America and Asia.

12th February 2018

Elesa at MACH Exhibition, Birmingham, NEC

The Elesa range of standard machine elements is designed around the needs of manufacturing in all industry sectors, many of which will be on display at the 2018 MACH Exhibition, taking place on 9-13 April at NEC Birmingham.

9th February 2018

NSK academy hosts LAS-Set tutorial module

Following last year 's launch of the NSK academy online training platform www.nskacademy.com, a further new AIP+ tutorial module has been added to the site: the LAS-Set laser alignment tool for shafts. All of NSK's specially developed tutorials outline the optimum way to use the innovative range of maintenance and service tools that form an integral part of the company's AIP+ Added Value Programme. Essentially offering a guide to best-practice bearing care, each tutorial explains how to realise and maintain the profitable operation of machinery.

9th February 2018

Integration: EPLAN and MelsoftiQWorks

AutomationML makes it possible! The new integration product from Eplan Electric P8 to Melsoft iQ Works by Mitsubishi Electric connects electrical engineering to automation. Data such as symbolic addresses, for instance, can now be exchanged bidirectionally with the current software suite. The results in Eplan Electric P8 are impressive: valid schematics, including bus wiring for PLC components amongst themselves, and top quality hardware configurations.

9th February 2018

First keynote speech for UKIVA Machine Vision event announced

The first Keynote presentation for the UKIVA Machine Vision Conference and Exhibition will be delivered by Henry Harris-Burland, VP Marketing from Starship Technologies, creators of self-driving delivery robots. He will give a presentation outlining the capabilities of the robot and discuss the future, what they've learned so far, the challenges they have faced, social acceptance and more. Starship robots are advanced personal delivery devices that carry items within a 2-mile (3km) radius, using pavements to make their deliveries. The Conference and Exhibition will be held at Arena MK, Milton Keynes, UK on Wednesday 16th May 2018 (www.machinevisionconference.co.uk).

8th February 2018

HBM seminar brings you up to date with measurement technology

Following on from a successful series of webinars, HBM has announced the date for its latest free webinar, "˜Minimising Measurement Uncertainty: how to set up strain gauge based precision measurement chains', which will take place on 22 February 2018 at 9am (GMT).

7th February 2018

Mouser launches Volume 2 of 'Methods' E-zine

Mouser Electronics is announcing the first issue in volume two of its popular Methods e-zine. This issue, titled "2018 Look Ahead: Design & Technology", explores key developments to come this year as well as their social ramifications.

7th February 2018