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Dispensing robots: What’s the risk?

Dispensing robots: What’s the risk?

Here, Peter Swanson, Managing Director of Intertronics, assesses the risk versus reward of investing in dispensing automation.

Helping electric vehicle manufacturers compete

Helping electric vehicle manufacturers compete

“It’s competition,” said the American businessman John Mackey, “that forces companies to get out of their complacency.” We are seeing this in the global EV markets. Manufacturers must produce lighter and more compact EV transmissions from tough materials, like low-alloy steels – and those that rely on traditional manufacturing processes risk falling behind.

MedTech trends for 2023

MedTech trends for 2023

The COVID-19 healthcare crisis has been felt more acutely in healthcare than perhaps any other industry. The pressure to address the immediate threat to people’s lives led to the redeployment of doctors and nurses, reducing capacity elsewhere in the system.

Where’s Santa now? Keeping Santa on course with remote monitoring

Where’s Santa now? Keeping Santa on course with remote monitoring

To ensure all children receive their Christmas presents on time, the logistics elves at Santa’s Workshop Inc. approached Omniflex to monitor Santa’s journey around the globe and check the reliability of his sleigh in real time.

Connecting legacy equipment: How industrial PCs can work seamlessly with new and old equipment

Connecting legacy equipment: How industrial PCs can work seamlessly with new and old equipment

While manufacturers would love to have a 100 percent modernised factory with all new bells and whistles, in reality, this is never going to be the case – it is still common to have decades-old equipment doing its part on the production line. Here, Adnan Khan of Beckhoff UK, explores how new and old equipment can work together seamlessly when industrial PCs (IPCs) come into the picture.

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