Andy Pulley examines IE5, regarded as the IEC’s gold standard in motor efficiency, and how it has been exceeded by the company’s in-house designed motor for air compressors [Read More]

America's thirst for craft beers is growing. In fact, the craft-brewing industry grew by nine percent in volume in the first half of 2009, while overall U.S. beer sales dropped by 2.7 percent. Full Sail Brewing Company is at the forefront of this growth. The Oregon based brewery produces three core varieties of craft beer, along with a number of seasonal and specialty brews. [Read More]

Real-time wireless vibration and temperature monitoring of rotating parts on a large, port-based coal handling conveyor is helping to prevent failure and unplanned downtime [Read More]

Operating with an international strategy over five business segments – power and new energy; power electronics; electronic devices; food and beverage distribution, drives & automation – Fuji Electric is entering a new era within the EU and UK markets. [Read More]

OKW has launched EASYTEC, a new range of flanged plastic enclosures for modern sensor electronics. It can be mounted quickly and easily on poles, pipes or flat surfaces. [Read More]

Although Lascar Electronics has been manufacturing data loggers for over 25 years, even for the original inventors of the USB data logger the launch of the new EL-SIE range is a major event. The EL-SIE is the first in a new generation of EasyLog products that takes data logging to another level. [Read More]

PLCs with in-built functional safety and fail-safe condition monitoring are the unsung heroes of many renewable installations, offering off-the-shelf availability, high reliability, fast processing speeds and proven safety functions [Read More]

Even the most reliable machines will eventually fail - challenge can be whether to keep the machine running until the inevitable occurs or to turn the inevitable into a planned maintenance measure. The operator of a Swedish sawmill found the answer in Schaeffler’s SmartCheck [Read More]