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Rockwell and Comau offer a single interface for integrating robots
Rockwell Automation and the Italian robot-maker Comau have teamed up to offer industrial customers easier, smarter, ...
►US and German groups shape future of smart production
►Siemens links up with Google to ease use of AI in manufacturing
►ODVA ends the use of ‘hurtful’ master and slave terminology
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RFID and fibre optic sensing firms win 2021 Queens Awards
A Cambridge-based company which has developed a patented technology that solves challenges associated with RFID ...
►Employers are offered up to £8,200 to take on an apprentice
►UK manufacturing PMI almost broke all-time record in April
►47% of manufacturers have suffered cyber-attacks in past year
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‘Breakthrough’ motor combines strengths of different technologies
The German automotive powertrain supplier Mahle is developing a magnet-free motor that, it claims, will operate ...
►Ethernet/IP can now connect to simple devices like switches
►‘Control tower’ tracks people and vehicles on factory floors
►Thumbnail-sized linear actuator weighs just 3 grammes
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Split roller bearing handles bigger loads and lasts much longer
The UK bearings manufacturer, Bowman International, has developed a split roller bearing (SRB) that, it claims, ...
►Network tester checks cables and diagnoses switches
►Engineering platform will be easier to use and more efficient
►Camera with onboard deep learning tackles difficult apps
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SPS 2019 Show Exclusive Report
Last November’s SPS automation show in Nuremberg, Germany, was the 30th in the series and the firs ...
►Hannover Fair 2019 Exclusive Show Report
►SPS IPC Drives 2018 Exclusive Report
►Hannover Fair 2018 exclusive show report
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Safety upgrade safeguards wet-wipe production
The soaring demand for hygienic products for use in the fight against Covid-19 means that machine utilisation ...
►India's largest car-maker makes the connection
►Automated tester puts the squeeze on tennis balls
►Robots help to give whisky barrels a new lease of life
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Scaling up to flatten the curve
Before and after Christmas, I was in discussions with DFA Media about joining its experienced editorial team ...
►EU: should we stay or should we go? A VSD repairer's view
►Keeping up with the changing face of EN safety standards
►Evolution v technology: influencing natural selection
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Servodrives can simplify functional safety
The IEC 61508 functional safety standard has made life much easier for machine-builders, as well as for ...
►Putting Industry 4.0 into Practice
►Preparing machinery for Industry 4.0 applications
►Applying the ErP Directive to motors and their protection
