4th June 2014
To help with understand the new Machinery Directive, Schneider Electric UK has produced a comprehensive Safe Machinery Guide. The guide covers the main aspects of making machines safe, taking a holistic view of risk assessment, risk reduction, inherently safe design, safeguarding and functional safety. As well as the moral obligation to avoid harming […]
Read more30th May 2014
According to the latest CBI Industrial Trends Survey, activity in the UK manufacturing sector remained solid in May 2014, and output is expected to rise strongly in the next three months. Output volumes continued to grow at the same rate as in the previous two months, and with stronger growth anticipated for the coming quarter. […]
Read more28th May 2014
Upgrading six cooling tower fans saves a UK semiconductor over £30k p.a. in electricity costs and improves site maintenance. X-FAB UK Ltd is one of the largest semiconductor makers in the UK. A clean, vibration-free environment is a top priority in semiconductor manufacturing and the company uses large quantities of air and […]
Read more26th May 2014
Available from ABB UK, ACS150 micro drives bring speed control benefits to a wide variety of applications and are easily integrated with motors from 0.37-4kW. Typical applications include mixers, conveyors, fans or pumps or anywhere where a fixed speed motor needs to be converted to variable speed. ACS150 micro drives meet the requirements […]
Read more23rd May 2014
With dozens of open and proprietary industrial communications networks to choose from, it is inevitable that some will be better than others. We look at what benefits the CC-Link open network technologies can deliver in conjunction with Mitsubishi Electric UK. CC-Link began as an open network technology originated over twelve years ago by Mitsubishi […]
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