DENNIS LONG, chief system designer at industrial electric heater manufacturer, Watlow, explores the possibilities of electric process heaters.

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With the help of Thomson Industries, a team of engineering students from Canad's University of Waterloo has prototyped a solution to a problem faced by cane and crutch users worldwide

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GERARD BUCH explains the motion control techniques behind robot end effectors.

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When an OEM selects an automation partner, it’s increasingly important that they ensure the organisation can demonstrate the right credentials across the sustainability spectrum, asserts Gerard Bush

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An industrial bakery has increased product quality and reduced production costs after installing high accuracy ball valves, as Kieran Bennett outlines

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JON BENTLEY, managing director of Mclennan – Tamagawa’s UK distributor for industrial applications, explores smart agriculture and construction machinery applications for Tamagawa Seiki IMUs.

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A renowned door manufacturer has seen a threefold increase in its productivity, thanks to its latest collaboration with Mitsubishi Electric, headed up by Michael Cafferkey

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AS THE world moves deeper into the energy transition, the use of electric vehicles (EV) is now the norm, but that change is putting huge stress on the raw materials required to manufacture the batteries, says Steve Briant

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While we would all love to have a 100% modernised factory, in reality it is still common to have decades-old equipment doing its part on the production line. Adnan Khan explores how new and old equipment can work together seamlessly when industrial PCs (IPCs) come into the picture

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Delivering next-level flexibility and interconnectivity for traction power, a remote telemetry solution will help to ensure smooth operations at London Euston. David Bean reports

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Vibhoosh Gupta explains what constitutes a ‘true’ industrial edge controller, and describes the key factors that users should examine when implementing such devices.

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Kieran Bennett explains how to select the right valve for steam temperature control in the food and beverage applications

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Throughout the pandemic, OEMs have been challenged to provide solutions from design adaptions through to completely new machines. Many of these machines rely on high accuracy, meaning high demand on servo system design. Gerard Bush explains the need for a collaborative approach in motion control development

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Connected devices play an increasingly important role across industry. In flow control, the asset of choice is intelligent the electric actuator, prized for efficiency, reliability, ease of use and, crucially, the ability to capture historical data. Nicola Curtis reports

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Martin Walder takes a look at how demand for increased packaging line speed and flexibility is impacting the use of use of traditional PLCs in the sector

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Thanks to developments such as Industry 4.0, increasing digitisation, and the development of the cloud, together with improvements in process control and communication technology, it is easier than ever for equipment manufacturers to offer remote assistance and monitoring, asserts Matt Hale

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A correctly tuned servo system can enhance stability, precision and productivity, but how are these outcomes best achieved? Joseph Profeta explains

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Stephen Hayes explains how automation technologies can support greater flexibility in food manufacturing

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Transit system designers have increasing needs for longer life and higher durability on components, particularly the actuators that enable safe, flexible connections to power sources. A new line of electric linear actuators is now available to meet this need reports Anders Karlsson

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ACCORDING TO the Purchasing Manager’s Index, the UK economy fell rapidly during lockdown. So what can manufacturers, engineers and plant managers do to safeguard their operations to withstand an economy in flux? Sean Robison explains what modern technologies to implement that can improve overall equipment effectiveness and operational resiliency

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The ultimate switching solution

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IOT-500 - new 5" Android based HMI Panel is perfect for remote monitoring, data acquisition & control.

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From instrument coreless motors, to larger high torque DC servo motors and complementary drives.

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If you need a custom design, Exlar’s Application Engineering department will work with you to engineer a solution specifically tailored to your application.

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Avery wide range of AC synchronous motors from a number of the leading suppliers.

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Datalogic’s Matrix 120™ is the smallest ultra compact industrial 2D imager on the market (23mm x 31mm x 45mm), along with small dimensions it also offers the flexibility of embedded Ethernet/Serial or USB/Serial connectivity.

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Cable entry system KDSClick The system has a modular design, consisting of only three types of basic components: frames, inlays and sealing sleeves.

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ARBOR ASLAN Series Widescreen Industrial Panel PCs for the Smart Factory and Fixed-Mount Applications

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The new Nanotec catalogue has been published.

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The ECO range of signal tower from Auer offers high performance LED’s, excellent visibility and long lifetime but still at an attractive price.

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When a Welsh based Steel works required an upgrade of the roller table gearboxes on their casting production line, they turned to Rossi Gearmotors UK. Rossi have an unrivalled experience and reputation in supplying OEMs and end users, within the global metal manufacturing industry. Majority of the world's largest steel producing companies have Rossi products installed on their machinery, in various arduous applications either via OEM equipment or via retrofitting equipment upgrades.

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Arbor Technology's IEC-3300 is a very small Rugged Box PC designed for cost-sensitive applications

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OEM Automatic represents the prestigious Anderson Negele Brand to support the food, beverage, dairy and pharmaceutical industries with regard to hygienic instrumentation.

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We offer network and security solutions to connect your automation products to each other and to the rest of your enterprise.

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Visualisation products provide windows into critical production and process information and enterprise data.

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