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Infographic about bucket elevators from Gough Engineering

Gough Engineering has created an infographic that follows the factory journey of everyday foods such as cereal, sweets and dog biscuits. The infographic highlights the value of using bucket elevators in the process and is available to download from Gough's website.

21st November 2017

Is good design just a question of perspective?

Being a food critic must surely be the best job in the world. You eat out constantly, feasting on the wares of the some of the nicest eateries in the country, washed down with the most pleasant wines. Restauranteurs welcome you with open arms, ready to present you with the best cuisine – always the most delicious food at any given price point – along with five star service. Your opinions are celebrated in print, online, on radio and on TV, with eager diners hanging on to your every word. And oh, the power of those words, which can make or break a business. Even when you’re not on the clock and just out for a meal with friends or looking to enjoy the pleasure of your own company on a quiet night out, astute business owners will always go the extra mile with the service, and perhaps free drinks on the house – not bribery, mind; just a thank-you for your patronage.

21st November 2017

Dana expands the Brevini brand

Dana Incorporated is announcing new product introductions and product line extensions for its Brevini brand in industrial markets. These developments reflect Dana's comprehensive, ongoing initiative to integrate the operations and brands of the former Brevini Group acquired earlier this year.

7th November 2017

PPMA Show demonstrates strength of UK manufacturing industry

Once again, the PPMA Show highlighted why it's the UK's unmissable event for processing and packaging machinery, when it returned to Birmingham's NEC between 26 and 28 September. The 10,000sqm exhibition brought together 350 international exhibitors representing 1500 brands under one roof, where 7500 visitors - from the sectors of food, drinks, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and FMCG - plus over 3500 visitors from the co-located shows Interplas 2017, TCT Show 2017, Sensors and Instrumentation, descended on the show to seek out innovations and discuss the industry's hot topics.

26th October 2017

SKF power transmission products help simplify the supply chain

Power transmission products play an important role in overall bearing performance and are the vital link between moving parts in equipment. By creating its own range of power transmission products, SKF can offer products that are well-matched and give engineers a wide design choice according to performance and cost considerations.

26th October 2017

Nord Drivesystems at CBST 2017 in China

The 8th China International Beverage Industry Exhibition on Science and Technology (CBST) will take place in Shanghai from 22 to 24 November 2017, and Nord Drivesystems will be there again this year. The internationally operating company with head office in the north German city of Bargteheide and sites in China (HQ and motor production plant in Suzhou, assembly plant in Tianjin) will be at the renowned trade fair in the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) to present innovative technologies and products, current Industry 4.0 applications as well as energy and cost optimisation concepts for the beverage industry.

24th October 2017

Across Europe, the only constant is change

I had yet another fantastic money-making idea. Could have been an app, could have been a website, but people would have been queuing up to pay me money for the privilege of using/viewing my product. What could it be, you ask? My plan was to take a century’s-worth of maps showing the changing borders across Europe, and create a time-lapse sequence that would allow you to view the changes, zoom in on any given region and view developments in devolution and unification, zoom out to view the impact of wars, conquests and invasions, pause on specific years and take in the wider picture, and more. It would have been awesome. Fly in the ointment, though; someone’s beaten me to it. And stuck it up on YouTube of all places, so that’s pretty much any hope of monetising that one gone straight out the window.

18th October 2017

HBM announces webinar week dedicated to strain gauges

To help start the celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the strain gauge, which will take place next year; HBM will be running a series of webinars, which will take place on 14-17 November 2017 at 9am.

17th October 2017

Free interactive modules in robotics programming from UR Academy

More than 14,000 users from 132 countries have joined the Universal Robots Academy to become robot programmers. Adding to its basic training, the Academy is now launching three new modules that focus on mastering more advanced features of collaborative robots.

16th October 2017

Micro-Epsilon showcase new sensor at Advanced Engineering 2017

At the Advanced Engineering Show (1st November - 2nd November 2017) at the NEC, Birmingham, Micro-Epsilon UK (stand D50) will showcase its full range of sensor technologies, including non-contact capacitive, eddy current and laser triangulation displacement sensors, as well as 2D/3D laser profile sensors, thermal imagers and colour sensors. The stand will also feature two new measurement systems: thicknessSENSOR and moldCONTROL.

10th October 2017