The Government’s Enhanced Capital Allowances (ECAs) gives businesses a straightforward way for a business to improve its cash flow through accelerated tax relief. The ECA Scheme for Energy Saving Technologies encourages businesses to invest in energy-saving plant or machinery. The Government’s Energy Technology List (ETL), is managed by the Carbon Trust, and lists approved […]
Many pharmaceutical manufacturers are using new smart condition monitoring in pharma to boost productivity. Consequently, the improved monitoring helps reduce downtime as they move from batch production to continuous operation to improve OEE. Pharma is a highly regulated sector with huge financial incentives to keep production lines running. Importantly, pharmaceutical manufacturers loses […]
In the Autumn budget for 2017, the Chancellor has focused on Britain’s poor productivity growth compared to other European countries. UK investment in automation is lower and we use fewer robots than most industrialised competitors. In 1994, the economist Paul Krugman said Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run it is almost everything. […]
This results in Smart condition monitoring for smart machines. In recent years, condition monitoring technologies have become more popular as part of preventative maintenance programmes. This means machine maintenance can be based on actual running time rather than the calendar. The advent of smart machines means the newer smart condition monitoring ((SCM) systems take […]
Mitsubishi’s smart visualisation enhances the digital transformation of production. In an increasingly competitive manufacturing environment, businesses need flexibility, improved productivity, and the capability to make gains in efficiency and reductions in downtime. Smart visualisation provides augmented reality models for manufacturing transformation. Mitsubishi Electric is guiding users on how these requirements can be […]