Mark Venables

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Stromag Geared Cam Limit Switches offer specialisation and intelligence

Since the start of the business in 1932, Geared Cam Limit Switches have been a key product for Stromag, a leading manufacturer of innovative, high-performance components for industrial power.

Gearboxes
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Smarter tech for safer food

Food safety has been one of the top priorities for food manufacturers and consumers for many years. In fact, the 2016 food manufacturing outlook report by US magazine Food Processing found that a...

Robots
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Industrial accelerometers from Hansford Sensors are smaller, lighter and offer higher performance

Hansford Sensors, the UK manufacturer of industrial accelerometers, has launched the latest versions of its proven HS-100 and HS-150 Series vibration sensors.

Sensors
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Concentrator arm improves scum removal efficiency during activated sludge processing

A&J Fabtech has developed an innovative, high performance surface scum removal system for use in activated sludge processes that uses a collector arm to direct the scum towards a dipper.

Wastewater Plant
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Embedding safety I/Os in ABB robots enhances man-machine collaboration

Safe man-machine collaboration attainable using safety I/Os that prevents unnecessary disruption to production

Robots
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Bring your phone to work

When Google Glass was first released to the public, it did not receive the expected response and the technology was deemed a failure. However, the technology did not disappear altogether, as the new...

Plant Operations
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SKF launches next-generation hydraulic bolts for rotating flanges

Connecting rotating flanges is now even faster with the new patent pending hydraulically expandable SKF Quickgrip Bolt

Fixings/Adhesives
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Modulift spreader frame lifts vehicle for filming project

A modular spreader frame was centre stage at Pinewood Studios recently as FLG Services, a lifting equipment hire specialist, provided a solution to lift a four-wheel drive vehicle for a top-secret...

Lifting Equipment
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BOGE helps shape the future of manufacturing

BOGE has placed itself at the cutting edge of compressor manufacture by investing €2 million in creating a ‘smart factory’ at its German headquarters in Bielefeld, west of Hannover.

Plant Refurbishing/Remanufacture
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Plastic bottle maker benefits from higher throughput and energy savings

Drive energy assessment leads to 60 per cent fall in energy costs and 30 percent higher output for plastic container manufacturer.

Drives
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WDS adds medium tensile forged steel products to T-bolt range

WDS Component Parts has extended its offering of medium tensile T-bolts with the addition of a forged steel option that provides more strength and wear resistance than mild steel. These are aimed at...

Fixings/Adhesives
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Requirements-based relubrication to prevent unplanned downtime of machine tools

Statistically, defective rolling bearings and linear guidance systems are the most frequent causes of machine tool downtime.

Lubricants/Greases