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New gear unit assembled and delivered in just one day

07/12/2020

SEW Eurodrive has assembled and delivered an industrial gear unit, for Brammer Buck & Hickman, for an end customer in the sand and gravel industry in just one day following a gear failure.

Seamless winding belts produce paper straws

30/11/2020

Nitta Industries Europe GmbH introduces its seamless winding belts for manufacturing environmentally friendly drinking straws. The newly developed belt, SE-XA-PGG-F, has a substantially extended lifetime, so does not have to be replaced so often. It is manufactured with FDA rubber, fulfilling the needs of the food and beverage industries.

Warner Electric XS & WR Series brakes reduce footprint of six-axis robot

10/11/2020

Six-axis robots have become the standard solution for automated assembly tasks due to their ability to carry out complex manoeuvres. As they have grown in popularity, robot OEMs have strived to reduce the size and mass of their six-axis designs to promote space efficiency and productivity.

The other side of the compressed air story

02/11/2020

Compressed air, whilst utilising a ‘free’ working fluid, is one of the highest energy-consuming utilities found in today’s industrial premises. Having spent 30 years in the energy field reviewing many industrial applications, Tony Baldwin CEMI, Energy & Resource Specialist, SMC Pneumatics UK Ltd, says that his first step most commonly involves looking at the generation and distribution of compressed air.

Powering a coal-free future: Is the UK’s coal-free hiatus here to stay?