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Unlocking energy savings: Why drives are essential in your sustainability journey

Unlocking energy savings: Why drives are essential in your sustainability journey

Today, the most common use of drives in industrial environments is for the control of fans, pumps and compressors. In fact, these applications account for about 75 percent of all drives operating globally. Here, Marek Lukaszczyk, European and Middle East Marketing Manager at WEG, explains why overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and sustainability are closely linked, and how drives are essential for energy efficiency.

Faster, safer, greener: Why aerospace is embracing the power of a tech stack

Faster, safer, greener: Why aerospace is embracing the power of a tech stack

Robert Poyner, Head of Aerospace at Siemens UK and Ireland, explains the impact that fully connected, digital stacking systems are starting to have for engineers working across the sector.

Print perfect: Mastering motion control design for 3D printing

Print perfect: Mastering motion control design for 3D printing

When developing a 3D printing machine for additive manufacturing, achieving highly accurate and coordinated motion control is essential. Trio Motion Technology’s Ed Novak explores motion system design considerations to ensure high quality and productivity in 3D printing.

Vacuum clamping technology takes off in aerospace machining applications

Vacuum clamping technology takes off in aerospace machining applications

The aerospace sector is renowned for manufacturing excellence across all areas of the industry. There is a plethora of different components, some of which eventually come together to produce sub-assemblies such as airframe structures, and many of these individual parts will have been precision machined in some way.

Sensing solution streamlines banding machines for sustainable packaging

Sensing solution streamlines banding machines for sustainable packaging

Bandall, a family-owned sustainable bundling and banding solutions company based in Heemskerk, the Netherlands, faced the challenge of using different sensors for detecting various product formats for its customers. Implementing OMRON’s optical sensor and a digital fibre amplifier in its standalone banding machines has enabled the creation of a single solution for meeting various needs.

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