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Maintenance-free 3D printed grippers transform packaging machine effectiveness

02/08/2021

Animals and birds can adjust the power and position of their grip in many ways, to suit their needs. Industrial applications tend to be binary in comparison: mechanical grippers used for attaching lids to jars, for example, have very restricted, “closed/open” dexterity. When a new product is introduced, a new gripper to match that product can take weeks to design and manufacture. Why not print them?

Calling all machine builders! The implications of Brexit explained

29/06/2021

In last month’s column, DPA’s Assistant Editor, Sophia Bell, spoke about how manufacturers have had to change their business practices as a result of Brexit. I know you’re all probably a little tired of Brexit talk, but an interesting white paper crossed my desk earlier and I wanted to share it with you. (Feel free to stop reading here, I promise I won’t be offended…)

Supertec chooses NUM technology for its latest CNC cylindrical grinding machines

04/06/2021

Supertec Machinery Inc., one of Taiwan’s machine tool manufacturers, has chosen to base new versions of its Plunge type of CNC cylindrical grinding machines on NUM’s Flexium+ CNC platform.

Transforming manufacturing resilience could add £26bn of productivity value to the economy

08/03/2021

RS Components (RS) has launched the Resilience Index, one of the most comprehensive studies of UK resilience that paints a mixed picture for senior engineers looking to build resilience into their plant, process, and people in the years to come.

Machinery building: The future’s standard components

03/02/2021

Designing machinery for future performance is always difficult, with many different factors to consider, such as emerging technology, manufacturing and assembly. To reduce the uncertainty, it is always advisable to use standard components, explains Martin Ahner, Product Trainer and Head of norelem ACADEMY.

Machine Building Features

Maintenance-free 3D printed grippers transform packaging machine effectiveness

Calling all machine builders! The implications of Brexit explained

Supertec chooses NUM technology for its latest CNC cylindrical grinding machines

Transforming manufacturing resilience could add £26bn of productivity value to the economy

Machinery building: The future’s standard components