Ben Spencer

Features

Maintaining cobots

Cooperative robots (cobots) can augment job roles and come with minimal maintenance requirements. Who steps in when repairs are needed?

Machine Controls
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Amalthea uses AI solution

Dutch goat cheese and organic cow cheese provider Amalthea is using Infor’s artificial intelligence (AI) solution to improve its product quality and yields.

Process Management Systems
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Taking the lead

Lagging indicators have been used in the construction industry to measure safety for decades, but a programme of work, Discovering Safety, involving HSE (Health and Safety Executive) and the...

Health and Safety
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Jacobs supports ONR

Jacobs is to provide specialist engineering and technical support services to the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) as part of a four-year framework.

Nuclear Plant
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Shedding light on lighthouses

Lighthouses use some of the most effective lights in the world but maintaining them can prove tricky. Ben Spencer finds out why

Lighting
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Automation aids pandemic recovery

Automation is helping the UK manufacturing industry recover from a range of external shocks, including Brexit, Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine.

Communication Systems
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UK falls short in automation

The UK is behind most of its competitors in its use of automation and robotics at a time when the technology could improve productivity in manufacturing.

Robots
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Nidec drive interacts with app

Nidec company Control Techniques has launched a motor drive that comes with a free app for applications that require control convenience from the box.

Drives