Machine Building

Youngman uses robots instead of outsourcing production to China

ABB is helping the Youngman Group achieve flexible production and improved productivity, thanks to £2.5 million investment in state-of-the-art automation.

27th May 2012

Atlas Copco ZS blowers to be used at wastewater treatment sites

Anglian Water, one of the UK's largest water and wastewater treatment companies - operating over 1000 wastewater treatment works in the East of England - has chosen Atlas Copco's low-pressure ZS blowers to supply air to the aeration diffusers at four of its wastewater treatment re-development sites

25th May 2012

iLogic system reduces design-to-production timescales

Halifax Fan transforms productivity levels with the help of manufacturing design reseller and consultant Symetri

25th May 2012

Drives enable testing of multiple electrical characteristics

Vacon NXS-series AC variable speed drives with Multimotor 7add software option allows simulation of a wide range of frequencies and voltages.

23rd May 2012

Specialist variable speed drive system used in test rig upgrade

Vacon NXP variable speed drive enables upgrade of test rig capabilities to provide detailed performance information for electrically driven pumps of all sizes

23rd May 2012

Metalastik hourglass springs chosen for Romania's new tram fleet

Metalastik hourglass springs offer simplicity, long service life and low maintenance as well as excellent vertical load capacity and all-round flexibility

23rd May 2012

Control Techniques DC drives used in Italian crane refurbishment

Crane productivity achieved using a series of bespoke basic, modular and open-ended software packages, developed by Control Techniques specifically for crane control

23rd May 2012

NI software and hardware cut development time and cost

Mark McDonnell of Protean Electric describes how using NI LabVIEW software and NI CompactDAQ integrated hardware dramatically reduced the time and cost required to develop an in-wheel electric drive system.

21st May 2012

Eaton reduces time to deliver Vickers PVM pumps

Optimisation of production, testing and supply chain means delivery times of less than 8 weeks for Eaton's PVM pump

21st May 2012

Fuel cell generator units controlled by NI hardware and software

National Instruments' LabVIEW, CompactRIO and Compact FieldPoint have been used by Diverse Energy to develop the PowerCube, an innovative fuel cell-based alternative to diesel generator sets for applications such as remote mobile phone masts in Africa.

20th May 2012