Machine Building

Using vibration diagnostics for consumer goods reliability

Ensuring the reliability of heating and refrigeration circuits, the Valliant Group's Center of Competence uses vibration diagnostics to understand and predict damaging resonances in systems and components such as piping and compressors

2nd October 2012

Loctite anaerobic adhesives help bring in the harvest

New Holland's twin rotor technology has broken new ground in combine harvester performance. Indeed, the high throughput capacity made possible by this development won the company a Guinness World Record when its CR9090 model cut 551 tons of grain in just eight hours

2nd October 2012

Third time on Mars for Reali-Slim bearings

The Curiosity rover that landed on Mars in early August features the largest, most advanced scientific payload of any Mars mission yet and, as in previous missions, Kaydon Reali-Slim thin section bearings were selected for a range of tasks

2nd October 2012

SKF bearings extend bakery maintenance intervals tenfold

SKF high temperature bearings have enabled Evron Foods to extend maintenance intervals in their ovens from three months to almost three years - and counting. The upgrade is one of the many application-specific solutions provided every day by SKF that aim to cut costs and maximise plant performance in applications across industry

28th September 2012

Movicon 11 SCADA delivers "˜superb performance at low cost'

Bespoke control systems specialist, ALS Controls, has used Product4 Automations' low-cost Movicon 11 SCADA to deliver two OEE downtime tracking systems on bottling lines for a global producer of food products

28th September 2012

B-Hornet military servo for high-power burst applications

A servo drive that packs an explosive punch is now available from INMOCO, the precision motion specialist of Daventry

28th September 2012

Online machinery monitoring to identify vibration issues

Emerson Process Management has entered into an agreement with P&H Mining Equipment Inc., USA, manufacturer of mobile mining equipment, to extend vibration monitoring to P&H mining shovels

27th September 2012

Flexible conduit protects racing car's HV cables

Flexicon has been fast tracked after supplying flexible conduit to the Lessius racing team who took part in the prestigious Formula Student races at Silverstone

27th September 2012

NASA selects Lion Precision Sensors for X-ray telescope assembly

NASA's newest orbital X-ray telescope technology uses high-performance capacitive displacement sensors from Lion Precision during the assembly procedure

27th September 2012

Confocal displacement sensors measure gaps in PV solar modules

High-precision, confocal displacement sensors from Micro-Epsilon are being used to accurately measure the thickness of multi-layer photovoltaic (PV) solar modules. From one side, the sensors are able to measure the thickness of intermediate layers through the anti-reflective glass, including the air gap between the two glass panes

27th September 2012