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Modernising specialist machinery with precision-performance gearboxes

07/01/2025

Cambridge Dynamics needed to replace and modernise a customer’s specialist machinery, and selected a gearbox and rack and pinion system from Apex Dynamics to provide reliable, high-precision performance.

Paradigm shift: Combining motion performance with PLC functionality

09/12/2024

For machines that depend on high-performance control, the emerging trend of integrating logic and PLC functions into a motion controller is simplifying machine design, as well as set-up and maintenance. Trio Motion Technology’s President, Tom Alexander, explains.

Embrace modularity: Interconnected technologies in CNC machining

09/12/2024

Bill Gates believes that generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has the potential “to change the world in ways that we can’t even imagine”, highlighting its ability to innovate and enhance productivity across various sectors. Here, Hakan Aydogdu, General Manager of Tezmaksan Robot Technologies, explains how embracing modular and adaptable technologies, complemented by GenAI, can help manufacturers improve efficiency, reduce costs and stay competitive.

Roller screws help Wymbs Engineering improve productivity and increase ROI

03/12/2024

In the culinary world, there is an expression: you eat with your eyes first. Exquisite, eye-pleasing dishes and confectionary can either help make a sale in a bakery or add a good level of panache to a meal in a restaurant. Meanwhile, in the world of large-batch and mass production, the creation of similarly appealing artisan products relies incredibly heavily on a machine’s design.

Leaving nothing to chance with advanced machine safety