The key difference between preventive maintenance and predictive maintenance is that the latter means completing maintenance only when needed, as opposed to scheduled intervals. With Industry 4.0, manufacturing data will allow us to gradually replace preventive maintenance with predictive maintenance, but can we go further than this? Here, Miron Shtiglitz, …

The education programme for Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week has been announced with nearly 150 free-to-attend sessions taking place across eight solutions theatres during the live events on 5th and 6th June 2024 at Birmingham’s NEC. The full programme of keynote presentations and other sessions is available at: https://www.mandeweek.co.uk/educational-content-2024. Visitors …

Fluke Corporation, a global technology leader in the manufacture of compact, professional electronic test and measurement tools and software, recently hosted an award ceremony celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Premium partnership with CalPlus GmbH. A leading German specialist distributor for test and measurement equipment and the leading supplier of …

The precision of Contrinex’s inductive sensors finds them in an astonishing array of applications and this is further expanded by the introduction of their SMART sensors. An example of utilising this new technology is to measure the roller deformation and eccentricity when bending and forming heavy steel or aluminium plates …

Tektronix, Inc, a leading provider in test and measurement solutions, has acquired EA Elektro-Automatik (EA), a principal supplier of high-power electronic test solutions for energy storage, mobility, hydrogen, and renewable energy applications. The introduction of EA to the Tektronix team provides the company with expanded solutions, leveraging Tektronix’s industry-leading oscilloscopes …

You only have until 30 April 2024 to make your nominations for the Instrumentation Excellence Awards so make sure you visit instrumentationawards.co.uk to enter before it is too late. The 2024 Instrumentation Excellence Awards, organised by Instrumentation Monthly publisher Datateam Business Media, celebrate the very best professionals, products and companies …

Farnell has been honoured with the prestigious title of Global Distributor of the Year – 2023 by Global Connector Technology (GCT), one of the leading manufacturers of world-class connector and cable assembly solutions for over 30 years. This accolade underscores Farnell’s commitment to excellence, innovation, and steadfast partnership with industry …

‘Energizing a Sustainable Industry’ – this is the theme of Hannover Messe 2024. In order to make the various branches of industry more sustainable and efficient in the long term, a digital ecosystem infrastructure is needed that generates transparent data streams and serves to optimize processes. Endress+Hauser will be presenting …

element14 Community, in collaboration with Arduino, is hosting an upcoming webinar titled “Exploring Arduino Pro’s Role in Industry 4.0.” The webinar will take place on 18 April 2024, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Central Time (US), and 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM BST. Join the element14 Community for this …

Anritsu Company is proud to announce the launch of our new inline power sensor MA24103A that is designed to measure accurate Peak and True-RMS average power measurements from 25 MHz to 1 GHz and 2 mW to 150 W power range. Several applications demand accurate peak and average power measurements …