Machine Building

Rittal's Ri4Power used in Biomass generation plant room

The development of a power station plant room not only provided logistical and technical issues but also harsh environmental considerations for Nova Controls during their installation of water treatment PLC for a Yorkshire biomass site. The performance of Rittal's Ri4power modular switch gear busbar system helped to deliver the solution that the site demands.

16th December 2014

Space savings made simple with Cube67 fieldbus system

P&S Maschinenbau GmbH's cutting machines are well known in today's market. They are preparing for the future with a new installation concept based on Murrelektronik's Cube67 fieldbus system. Cube67 creates more space in the cabinet, simplifies installation and offers comprehensive diagnostics.

15th December 2014

WEG inverters and motors play role in reducing emissions

E.ON has guaranteed the future viability of its Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station by installing a new selective catalytic reduction (SCR) emission control facility to reduce emissions. Driving the SCR process, which uses ammonia to neutralise nitrogen oxide (NOx) in exhaust gases, are eight highly efficient WEG 4300kW MGF710 motors equipped with state-of-the-art variable speed drives (VSDs).

12th December 2014

Servo tube linear motors tick all the right boxes for Graze

If you are into healthy and nutritious snacks, have bought anything from Amazon recently, or are a follower of the Sunday Times "Fast Track Top 100 companies", then you will have heard of Graze. The west London-based business, started by seven friends, delivers boxes of four perfectly sized nutritious snacks across the UK by post. However, what's unusual about Graze is that it customises each customer's boxes based on their ratings and preferences and optimises the freshness of each ingredient used. Graze is much more about than just food though; it's also about how they have applied cutting-edge technology to meet the significant challenges of their complex production methods.

11th December 2014

Water wheel bearings improve efficiency and reliability

For any power generation project, efficiency and reliability are two very important characteristics. So, when a 2 star Michelin restaurant in Belgium decided to refurbish its water wheel generator, it needed to source new bearings. With such close proximity to water, the new bearings would also require excellent sealing properties, which led to the installation of a Revolvo split roller bearing (SRB).

11th December 2014

Motion control plays enabling role for biomedical equipment

Strengthening its continued design and build expertise for biomedical motion applications, LG Motion Limited has just completed the supply of a customised positioning system for the bioengineering innovator MICA BioSystems Ltd. Formed in 2010 by Keele University Professors Jon Dobson and Alicia J El Haj, the spin-out Company has developed a "˜mechanical conditioning bioreactor' to support a patented technology invented at Keele's Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine (ISTM).

9th December 2014

Supersonic car is boosted by Atlas Copco equipment

The BLOODHOUND Project, an ambitious British bid to set a new world land speed record in a supersonic car, has received a power boost from Atlas Copco UK. The company has supplied a range of workshop compressors and air tools to the BLOODHOUND Technical Centre in Bristol and its associated test facility at Newquay Aerohub.

9th December 2014

Flexicon pumps used to dose small volumes of liquid vitamins

Technikon Laboratories, based in the Florida district of Johannesburg, South Africa, has installed four Flexicon PD12I peristaltic fillers with an MC12 controller from Flexicon Liquid Filling part of the Watson-Marlow Pumps Group. The fillers are used to fill a liquid vitamin energy supplement into stick-packs.

9th December 2014

igus absorbs handlebar shocks in concept bike

Trying to reinvent the wheel is next to impossible. But re-designing concepts surrounding the wheel is a constant endeavour, from the automotive industry and high-tech landing gear for planes to skateboards and roller blades. It is exactly this reinvention that has resulted in a new concept from handmade bicycle specialist COFA Engineering and its suspension system, NOAH.

9th December 2014

Schaeffler's plummer block housed bearings used in cement mills

Cemtec, an Austrian company that manufactures wet and dry grinding equipment for bulk materials, industrial minerals and ores, has installed SNS plummer block housed bearings from Schaeffler to maximise the life of its tube mills.

9th December 2014