Food Manufacturing

Video: drylin T versus recirculating ball bearing guides

igus has released a video that compares the performance of a metal ball bearing linear system with a polymer-based drylin system at its dry-tech test lab in cologne, Germany.

5th October 2018

UKIVA to attend VISION Stuttgart

UKIVA has a strong membership presence at VISION, Stuttgart, with 16 members exhibiting. The UKIVA booth (Hall G Stand 1Z105) will be available for any member to hold business meetings. This is particularly useful for those members who are attending, but not exhibiting and do not have their own stands.

4th October 2018

New reasons to change your metal bearings to iglidur bearings

igus has released a new video detailing the advantages of iglidur bearings. For more than 35 years, igus plastic bearings have been a technically and economically advantageous alternative to metallic plain bearings. Improved by precise additions of reinforcements and solid lubricants, they are suitable for applications and requirements of all sorts, reduce maintenance work and allow for technical improvements.

27th September 2018

Comau UK will show its Industry 4.0 products at PPMA 2018

For the first time at the PPMA Show, Comau UK (Stand F110) will showcase new products and walk visitors through real-life factories of the future by creating a 360 degree virtual tour of the digital production and collaborative robotic applications the industrial automation systems provider has deployed across Europe.

26th September 2018

Condition monitoring retrofit helps barley malt producer keep a head

Muntons Malt, one of the UK’s largest producers of malted barley has chosen the Smart Condition Monitoring (SCM) system from Mitsubishi Electric to protect fans and motors vital to its large-scale and sensitive production process. Used to make beer, spirits and a range of popular foodstuffs, malted barley is produced in large batches where conditions are critical to a consistent product.

12th September 2018

Hire compressors for immediate delivery throughout UK from BOGE

BOGE Compressors is expanding its offering to include a short and long-term rental service. Useful for breakdowns, planned shutdowns and short/medium term increase in production demands, the compressed air systems can be delivered within hours all around the UK.

6th September 2018

Lenze leads machine design into the future

Lenze will showcase its automation platform at Appetite for Engineering on October 18th 2018, demonstrating how to make it easier to deal with the growing complexity of machine design by giving programmers and design engineers the tools, products and services required to improve performance and reliability.

6th September 2018

See IBASE embedded computers and panel PCs at the PPMA Show

IBASE will be exhibiting at the PPMA Show for the second time on stand J78. The company designs and manufactures a range of long-life embedded computing products based on new technologies, including single-board computers, industrial systems and panel PCs.

31st August 2018

See food-grade drive units for the bakery industry at iba 2018

Represented for the first time at iba in Munich, from 15 to 20 September 2018, Nord Drivesystems presents its hygiene-friendly drive units for the bakery industry. The lightweight, corrosion-resistant drive units, smooth motors, frequency inverters and motor starters in washdown-optimised cast aluminium housings provide an economical alternative to stainless steel geared motors due to their nsd tupH surface treatment.

25th July 2018

ABB appoints new Industry Network Leader for food and beverage

ABB has appointed Darcy Simonis to the position of industry network leader for its food and beverage operations. She succeeds Markus Brettschneider, head of segment and account management who previously held the role.

23rd July 2018

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