Machine Building

Cost-effective machining for automotive components from FANUC

Concentric, UK manufacturer of automotive pumps, has installed three FANUC Robodrill machining centres to increase metal-cutting capacity at its manufacturing facility in Erdington, Birmingham. Since installation, the high-speed, vertical-spindle machine has proved significantly more reliable and productive than previous machining centres.

13th November 2014

Pacepacker rolls with UPM's modular food-safe conveyor

With food automation making up such a large slice of Pacepacker Service's pick, place and packing business, the equipment manufacturer recently specified a UPM Conveyors food-safe IP69K-certified conveyor system as part of a Cartesian pick and place robot system for handling packs of fresh food.

13th November 2014

Cardiff University buys Renishaw additive manufacturing machine

Cardiff University has invested in a Renishaw AM250 machine, adding laser melting to the University's already extensive additive manufacturing research and development technologies.

13th November 2014

Eaton motors and pumps help Russian combines in tough conditions

Agriculture plays a leading role in the economy of the Rostov area in southern Russia, with fertile black earth and great weather conditions combining to create a solid foundation for economic growth. The collaboration between Rostselmash - one of the world's five largest producers of Combine Harvesters and agricultural equipment - and Eaton Hydraulics is now showing how the region's sound basis can be put to even more effective use, with wisely chosen agricultural equipment ensuring dynamic growth for its enterprises.

11th November 2014

Design, build and integration capability meets delivery target

LG Motion Limited has recently designed and supplied a semi-automatic parts handling and vision inspection system to Oxford MEStar, an Oxford University Institute of Biomedical Engineering spin-out company. Used for quality checking and product sorting of specially packaged 'corneal scaffolds' that are produced in the emerging technology of regenerative bioengineering, the system was urgently required and delivered quickly thanks to LG Motion's design, production and motion control system integration services.

11th November 2014

Reliance supports next generation treatment for prostate cancer

Reliance Precision is continuing its collaboration with French company EDAP TMS in providing mechatronic components and design support to help launch Focal One, the latest generation of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) systems designed to treat localised prostate cancer.

10th November 2014

Rapid HV generator rotor repair saves oil refinery downtime cost

When regular maintenance checks on a high voltage 60MW generator at a large oil refinery signalled a potential earth fault in the rotor, engineers were keen to have a repair completed as soon as possible. The engineering manager contacted the specialists in this field, Sulzer, to carry out the repair and subsequent testing.

7th November 2014

Meeting the video recording demands of Bloodhound

With Bloodhound SSC's objective of reaching 1000mph to smash the current world land speed record, extraordinary demands are being placed on the video system being developed by Stemmer Imaging to produce and record video data for both engineering and broadcast purposes, so the Gecko image recording and compression application from Vision Experts has been specially adapted.

7th November 2014

HepcoMotion HDRT rings in Kafka statue challenge

HepcoMotion is girding itself for an exciting new challenge a world away from its traditional automation applications. Its HDRT rings have been singled out to feature in a David ÄŒernÃ½ statue of Franz Kafka a stone's throw from Prague's Old Town, where they will rotate sections of the installation's face.

4th November 2014