23rd November 2016
iView Advanced HMI keeps Royal Navy ships at sea. The Royal Navy Duke Class Type 23 Frigates form the backbone of the Royal Navy’s surface flotilla and reliable on-board equipment ion allsystems is critical if they are to be ready for deployment at short notice and extended sea-duty. During a recent […]
Read more21st November 2016
By replacing a troublesome fluid coupling between a motor and gearbox with a VSD, £4,800 per year has been cut from a tile manufacturer’s energy bill at a UK tile glaze mill. The drive is protected to IP54, allowing it to resist water sprays when the mixer is being cleaned. The fluid-coupling at British […]
Read more18th November 2016
Improving productivity combats rising material costs. UK manufacturing can expect to face a challenging few years as it adjusts to life alongside the European Union. Report after report has identified low productivity as a key challenge for all manufacturers. The recent weakness in the value of the Pound will help exporters, but to […]
Read more16th November 2016
Manufacturing output and orders grew over the last quarter, with export volumes growth the strongest for two and half years, according to the latest quarterly CBI Industrial Trends Survey. The survey of 459 manufacturers reveals that competitiveness in EU markets rose at the fastest pace since the series began in 2000, with competitiveness outside the […]
Read more14th November 2016
Ethernet and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is driving manufacturing convergence with integration between the plant floor and the wider enterprise. Open communications from machine to machine and device to device are becoming commonplace. Now offering Gigabit speeds and deterministic response, it may seem there is nothing that Ethernet can’t do. Impact of […]
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