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Bearings selection: the key to prolonging pump life

02/02/2029

Well designed and manufactured bearings will ensure that a pump works more efficiently, can tolerate higher temperature running and cope with varying load conditions. Perhaps more importantly, bearing selection will also have a marked effect upon the life expectancy of a pump, as Phil Burge, Marketing and Communications Manager at SKF explains.

How to choose the right valve for optimised machine performance

02/02/2029

Increased production demands in recent years have led to a need for more accurate, reliable and durable components. Ironically, as the range of available technologies and pneumatic valve types, models, and properties expands to meet these requirements, specifiers, machine builders, OEMs and plant engineers can find the choice daunting.

Digitalisation: How prepared is UK manufacturing?

02/02/2029

Digitalisation is changing the way in which we do business. Today’s always-connected working environment enables people to work how they want, when they want. This doesn’t just apply for office-based roles though — industrial enterprises are altering their business models to take advantage of the fourth industrial revolution. However, some countries are much further ahead than others.

From mass production to mass customisation

02/02/2029

Paige West, Editor of DPA & Connectivity, spoke to Alan Conn, Managing Director, B&R Industrial Automation about the move towards mass customisation and how smart factory motion control solutions from B&R help companies strive for that ‘Batch Size 1’ production.

Stylish wine storage with 3D printed igus springs

02/02/2029

At the recent IMM furniture fair in Cologne, Germany, a group of 15 prospective wood technicians from the Gsechs University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg presented a very elegant wine storage series, called Dolio.

Latest Features from DPA

Bearings selection: the key to prolonging pump life

How to choose the right valve for optimised machine performance

Digitalisation: How prepared is UK manufacturing?

From mass production to mass customisation

Stylish wine storage with 3D printed igus springs