Intel Corporation and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation today announced a new collaboration to develop next-generation factory automation (FA) systems with Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and a pilot program at Intel’s back-end manufacturing facility in Malaysia. The pilot demonstrates the benefits of IoT in a factory setting with a focus on delivering productivity enhancement through […]
Britain’s manufacturers remain overwhelmingly in favour of remaining within the EU according to a survey published in September 2014 by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation. According to the survey, published today, 85 per cent of manufacturers would vote to stay in the EU, with a further 8 per cent saying ‘don’t know’. In contrast, […]
The recovery in British manufacturing continued apace in the last quarter, with faster growth in domestic orders and output, according to the latest CBI quarterly Industrial Trends Survey. The survey of 481 firms reported robust growth in orders in the three months to July. Total order book growth edged up on last quarter’s nineteen-year […]
Today’s emerging trends and new developments provide a guide to how servos are likely to advance in the coming years. Mitsubishi Electric UK’s new MR-J4 servos are made more usable by place-in the focus on ease of installation, energy efficiency, safety and productivity. The MR-J4 motors range is available in 200V and 400V and […]
Adding to Omron UK‘s comprehensive range of HMIs comes the new Sysmac NA machine interface series. According to Omron, this development is based on analysing feedback from customers worldwide. The new NA Series is faster and make it easy to implement dynamic, intuitive user interfaces that help boost productivity and minimise downtime […]