Machine Building

Bürkert delivers savings for new life science facility

Creating a new hygienic production facility that includes ATEX zone 1 areas is a complex task, especially when the facility will need over 1,400 control valves. Hygienic process systems specialist Briggs of Burton PLC called in Bürkert to help deliver a large-scale manufacturing facility for a Life Sciences company Purolite.

22nd January 2020

igus supplies machine tool maker with long-travel energy chains

Large gantry-style milling machines are the specialty of machine builder Kao Ming from Taiwan. The long travels of up to 13m provide challenging requirements for the supply of power and data. By choosing the guidelok from igus, Kao Ming decided in favour of a system that is reliable, robust and operates without support.

15th January 2020

Safe integration of tending robots with moulding machines

A collaboration between Sick and Fanuc has pioneered new safety integration for robot machine tending that points the way towards simpler, more cost-effective and adaptable systems in future. Mark Harries, a specialist Sales Engineer for Robotic Applications with Sick, explains how in this article.

10th January 2020

Heason components used in hexapod-based robotic camera system

Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC), a Nikon Company, is an award-winning designer and manufacturer of motion control hardware and software widely used in the film, television and professional photography industries. Its extensive range of camera robot systems enable high-speed, pixel-accurate and highly repeatable compound movement that is essential in enabling technology for the special effects and visual imagery we all enjoy today.

10th January 2020

Carlsberg Fredericia achieves zero accidents with cobots

Universal Robots (UR) reports that the Denmark division of Carlsberg, one of the leading brewery groups in the world, has significantly improved staff safety and taken steps towards achieving zero accidents since integrating cobots into its Fredericia-based factory.

9th January 2020

Switching to NSK bearings on milling machine saves EUR35,600 pa

After experiencing ongoing problems with the bearings on a vital milling machine at a steel plant, the management team turned to NSK for a solution. This decision proved to be very lucrative, with the steel mill now enjoying annual savings of €35,600.

8th January 2020

Specialist bearings for high-tech spectroscopy research

A great example of precision bearings being used in ultra-low temperatures has emerged from Carter Manufacturing. Here, in a co-operative project with HZB, (a high-tech research centre in Germany), ultra-low temperature bearings have promulgated the development of new technology in the field of spectroscopy. This area of research requires two uncommon and difficult elements to be managed concurrently: it is a vacuum environment with ultra-low cryogenic temperatures also present.

8th January 2020

Cutting and forming company relies on Trumpf machinery

While Doncaster-based Onesite (Laser) Ltd has grown to become a leader in the supply of laser cut and formed parts, it never set out with the intention of operating as a sub contract laser cutting company. Originally a subsidiary of Onesite Solutions Limited, a service provider to the access engineering industry, Onesite Laser began trading autonomously in April 2010 to address growing customer needs for precision laser cut components.

6th January 2020

Status Board display system gives real-time production control

Jota Advanced Engineering, the subcontract precision engineering division of the Jota Group, has found that investment in the PSL Datatrack Status Board display system has brought a new dimension to its successful business by giving visual real time information on its key production functions.

3rd January 2020

EMKA hygiene locks specified for food processing equipment

Appearance and preference are crucial factors in the food industry. However, in order to produce the right product, state-of-the-art machinery and a sterile working environment are critical. And there is no reason why hygiene and modern design cannot go hand in hand, as EMKA and the renowned food machinery manufacturer Seydelmann from Aalen, Germany recently have proven. EMKA will equip eight types of Seydelmann machines with quarter-turn latches and locks.

3rd January 2020