Machine Building

Thermal imaging measures temperature profile of air compressor

A UK-based engineering firm is using thermal imaging cameras from Micro-Epsilon to accurately measure the temperature profile of its new air compressor, which is already attracting worldwide attention due to its energy saving capabilities.

3rd November 2017

igus says YES to supporting GlitterBomb robot-building team

igus is helping a North Wales robot-building team with engineer support and engineering-grade plastic bearings through its YES (Young Engineers Support) programme, designed to foster and support design ideas of young people with a passion for engineering. Designed by 10-year-old team captain, April, the pink, sparkly and very formidable GlitterBomb robot has competed in the BBC's iconic Robot Wars, and has paid regular visits to schools and other venues to help inspire young people to study STEM subjects.

1st November 2017

Double packing boost for global hand hygiene company

In one of its most complex, largest and innovative projects to date, Pacepacker has more than doubled the output for a world-leading hand hygiene supplier by automating the case erection, loading and palletising tasks previously performed manually.

31st October 2017

Spelsberg aids efficiency in offsite heat exchange builds

One of the UK's leading offsite manufacturers of heat exchange systems, Ormandy Group, relies on the easy customisable Spelsberg TK enclosure for many of its electrical installation needs. As a company founded on innovation, it has to have the sort of dependable flexibility that the TK series can provide.

20th October 2017

SKF helps keep Erdinger Weissbräu brewery flowing

SKF has provided a modern lubrication system to the largest family-owned wheat beer brewery in Germany, to help them improve the flexibility of internal processes and meet growing demand. Using a sectional lubrication system to ensure peak operational performance, SKF helps Erdinger Weissbräu to keep its 1.81 million hectolitres of beer flowing.

19th October 2017

Thermal imaging assures packaging quality and cuts costs

To check the integrity of its cardboard packaging, Recochem - a manufacturer of household chemical products and automotive fluids - used to extract boxes from the production line for destructive testing to establish if the hot melt adhesive had been applied in sufficient quantity and accurately. It was a time-consuming and expensive task but, thanks the FLIR thermal imaging, quality control is now fully automated and only sub-standard boxes are scrapped.

19th October 2017

Tufnol "˜makes the grade' with new Firth of Forth road bridge

Tufnol Composites has supplied specialist products to the new state-of-the-art bridge across Scotland's Firth of Forth, the Queensferry Crossing.

18th October 2017

samosPRO Compact provides additional safety for SOVEX

The use of Wieland Electric's samosPRO Compact at SOVEX has reduced wiring, reduced installation time, lowered the complexity of the control system and provided seamless integration of safety with the control function.

16th October 2017

Plastic bottle maker reduces energy use with motor-drive package

When a 23-year-old plastic bottle blow molding machine was failing to deliver its proper output, Northern Ireland's PrimePac faced a dilemma. The machine uses a hydraulic motor to run an extruder on a blow molder. Because it had spent its life running 24 hours a day, five days a week, its motor was operating inefficiently and suffered poor speed-holding properties.

13th October 2017

Robot: the "˜employee' that helped a small subcontractor grow

Having worked in industry for 10 years, Jesper Larsen decided to go it alone. In April 2016, he set up Vivo Production, invested in two CNC machines and single-handedly established a very successful subcontracting business. Output ranged from batch production through to prototypes, typically for the wind power and offshore industries.

12th October 2017