Non-harmonisation of the new EN62657-2 industrial wireless standard will compromise industrial wireless control developments in Europe.
Nano-coating specialist, P2i's liquid protection process for consumer electronics - 'Dunkable' - is set to take the mobile market by storm.
What are the issues that might be making machine builders nervous about using robotics? Robert Brooks gives some answers to this question, based on the experiences of his own company.
Remote maintenance - once the province of special applications - is now commonplace and it is possible to connect all manner of devices easily and inexpensively. That opens up opportunities for both the manufacturers of these devices and the maintenance providers who tend them. Better coordinated fieldwork and reduced operating costs number among these opportunities, as well as a raft of new services that can be offered to customers. Jürgen Hase reports.
ABB gets on track with first London Underground power upgrade project to feature its new Relion IEC61850 compliant intelligent electronic devices, which were unveiled at Railtex last year.