Machine Building

Infrared sensors monitor tyre temperatures in real time

Micro-Epsilon's CS series infrared temperature sensors are being used to monitor the surface temperature of race car tyres in real time, enabling chassis set-ups to be fine-tuned and lap times reduced.

10th July 2008

Grip Tight bushings save Garmendale thousands of pounds

Dodge Grip Tight Bushings from Baldor have helped Garmendale Engineering to reduce costs on a mineshaft-style railway ride for a new European theme park.

10th July 2008

Automated manufacturing cell uses Ethernet Powerlink

Baldor has supplied motion and machine control hardware and software to enable Unison to take full advantage of Ethernet Powerlink on an innovative tube bending machine.

10th July 2008

CANopen selected for carbon-fibre winding machine

Sellers Engineering Company has used CANopen in a specialist winding machine it developed for Tricast, a manufacture of tubular carbon-fibre components.

9th July 2008

Universal Contact ensures consistent contact integrity

A new application note from ITT Interconnect Solutions explains how the Universal Contact was developed in response to customer requirements to address the problems of uneven spring forces and poor contact resistance.

7th July 2008

CAD upgrade cuts drawing time from one hour to six minutes

Duvale has chosen Autodesk Inventor to improve the communication of designs to the shop floor and to provide an additional tool for marketing its products.

5th July 2008

Force transducer and amplifier boost PV module production

HBM reports that the production of photovoltaic modules for solar panels can be improved by using a measuring chain comprising a digiCLIP amplifier with a force transducer.

5th July 2008

Clean-room pneumatic cylinders used in hard drive production

Hoerbiger-Origa has supplied its specialist clean room rodless cylinders for a pick-and-place system that transports computer hard drives.

1st July 2008

PowerRod actuators selected for life-test machines

Parker Hannifin has supplied its PowerRod linear motors to Computer Controlled Solutions for use in machines to test dampers 20million times.

1st July 2008

LabVIEW and FPGA hardware control laser for eye surgery

Optimedica has used LabVIEW and hardware from National Instruments to develop a medical instrument for treating retinal diseases; the automated laser-based process is far quicker and less painful for patients than the traditional method of using a manually targeted laser.

30th June 2008