Machine Building

Smart Safety: HIMA adopts a new positioning

HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH is taking on a new brand image to adapt to the challenges of the digital transformation. This stems from a wide-ranging brand building process with the involvement of customers and staff worldwide. The result: with "Smart Safety", the family enterprise based in Bruehl further enhances its position as a technology leader and the main contact for intelligent safety systems worldwide, catering specifically to changing customer requirements in the age of digital transformation.

5th September 2017

Intuitive online configuration for PCB connectors

Phoenix Contact is launching its new online configurator for PCB connectors. Thanks to simple filter menus, 2D and 3D product images as well as intuitive user interfaces, you can configure the PCB terminal block, connector and header you need with just a few steps.

4th September 2017

igus: tried and tested products on display at Offshore Europe

Offshore Europe returns to Aberdeen this year from the 5th-8th of September during which igus will showcase its vast range of offshore products. On the stand (5A21), igus will be exhibiting its giant cable carrier; primarily developed for demanding applications on offshore oil-drilling platforms the carrier can withstand exposure to ice, wind, storms, salt water, oil and drilling mud.

4th September 2017

FA Chief Executive Martin Glenn to headline PPMA Show 2017

Martin Glenn, Chief Executive of the Football Association (FA) has been announced as the keynote speaker at the PPMA Show 2017 - the UK's unmissable trade event for the processing and packaging machinery industry, which takes place at the NEC Birmingham between 26-28 September.

1st September 2017

Harting MICA certified for "˜Microsoft Azure for IoT'

Harting's MICA industrial computer system has been certified as meeting the requirements of Microsoft's "˜Microsoft Azure Certified for IoT' programme. Microsoft's certification process places certain demands on end devices which work with Microsoft Azure services. As a result, MICA has gone through a series of tests provided by Microsoft in order to evaluate the functionality of the hardware. The results have been validated by Microsoft, meaning that MICA meets the requirements of the programme.

1st September 2017

Bürkert UK extends customisation and assembly service

Bürkert offers a wide range of high-quality, innovative flow control products that can be used to create tailored measurement and control systems. For customers that are not already panel builders or system integrators these products need to be connected together to create process assemblies and mounted onto panels or into cabinets. Hence, Bürkert UK is extending its customisation and assembly service to take care of anything from a single valve manifold to a series production run of fully populated cabinets.

1st September 2017

Manufacturers fail to make the most of predictive engineering

A new study conducted by HSO has revealed that 54 per cent of managers in the manufacturing industry believe that their company is not effectively using predictive engineering technology, despite the technology being billed as a leading industry trend.

1st September 2017

LDD Technology at the 2017 Engineering Design Show

Specialising in the design of Advanced Digital Electronics Systems, Dorset-based LDD Technology provides a full range of electronic design services including the specification, design, prototyping and production of electronic products. LDD are experts in the design of electronics systems including the use of FPGAs, Embedded Processors and SOCs. LDD ensure that they deliver the most suitable designs to meet their clients' requirements including using the very latest technologies where appropriate.

31st August 2017

Movie of the month

This short video from igus shows a stainless steel drylin SHT leadscrew module surviving attacks by fire, chemicals and water.

31st August 2017

Kistler Group acquires Vester Elektronik GmbH

Kistler Group took over Vester Elektronik GmbH on 25 August. This acquisition - Kistler's third one this year - adds a company that has successfully specialised in sensor technology and test automation to the group.

30th August 2017