Machine Building

Custom variable speed drives for precision farming applications

Zero-Max designs, manufactures and assembles Custom Variable Speed Drives that meter and dispense seed and fertiliser guided by global positioning systems. Designed for the latest precision farming equipment, these custom drives provide accurate and repeatable settings to optimise the seeding and fertilising process.

19th November 2012

Meat processor more efficient with ACI blower-powered can drier

Talking about the successful installation of Air Control Industries can-drying tunnel at Scandia Food's meat products plant, Daniel Mitrofan, Manager Tehnic, says: "We needed a better drying system because one of the most important elements during the labelling process is the dryness of the can. With the ACI drying system we forgot about this problem."

19th November 2012

Creamery upgrades with Movicon SCADA

Parmareggio Unigrana has used Product4Automations' low-cost Movicon 11 SCADA to automate one of the creameries that has helped it become a major butter producer, as well as world-famous for its cheese.

16th November 2012

Methane sensors play a critical role in coal mining

Methane has traditionally presented a risk to miners in underground coal mining, and now there are environmental reasons for measuring the concentration of methane in the ventilation air discharged to atmosphere.

16th November 2012

Laser Scanning the Cliffs of Moher

Measurement Devices Limited (MDL), a subsidiary of Renishaw, designs and manufactures high-speed laser measurement and surveying systems for use in extreme environments. When challenged with scanning a section of Ireland's famed Cliffs of Moher, MDL rose to the challenge with its compact and lightweight Dynascan 3D mobile mapping system which was mounted to a fishing boat to capture the data required to produce a 3D model and video.

14th November 2012

Oil-free compressors with energy recovery aid plant efficiency

Accolade Wines, the world's fifth largest wine company, is using recovered heat from three Atlas Copco oil-free compressors to play a vital role in the high speed bottling lines at its plant in Avonmouth, Bristol, one of the largest bottling operations of its type in Europe.

14th November 2012

RIS.GA systems give major savings at Sri Lankan port

Emerson Control Techniques India wins SAGT Sri Lanka order for 28 RIS.GA fuel-saving systems for dockside cranes. The installation of 28 RIS.GA systems from Control Techniques on Rubber-Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGs) and Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHCs) at a Sri Lankan port is producing significant savings of diesel fuel, giving a rapid return on investment of under two years at today's fuel prices.

14th November 2012

Energy chains and cables used in giant astronomical telescope

igus heavy-duty E4 energy chain and flexible cables are being used in an instrument that forms part of the European Southern Observatories Very Large Telescopes (VLT).

13th November 2012

Delcam supports move to larger and more complex parts at dalau

In a move to enable the company to machine larger and more complex plastic parts to high levels of precision, dalau has added a new DMG machine, programmed with Delcam's FeatureCAM feature-based CAM system, and a Hexagon inspection arm using PowerINSPECT inspection software.

12th November 2012

WEG W22 high-efficiency motors chosen in water treatment plant

WEG W22 high-efficiency motors are providing energy saving operation on 100 pumps and blowers - some up to 160kW - in a major new waste water treatment plant commissioned by Canal de Isabel II, a Spanish public water company. The wastewater (sewage treatment) plant is a new project designed and implemented by project engineers Grupo Sacyr y Vallehermoso, using motors supplied by WEG Spain.

12th November 2012