Ground-breaking ceremony takes place for the new Regloplas building

Regloplas, a manufacturer of temperature control units for the processing industry, reported a healthy statement of accounts last year and a steady increase in demand for its products. For this reason, various departments such as production and logistics are now facing a state of emergency in terms of lack of …

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Siemens sets the foundations for digital operations in upper tier COMAH site

Siemens Digital Industries (Siemens DI) has helped Kemira, a global chemical manufacturer, achieve record breaking productivity levels at its Bradford plant. By deploying an integrated solution, Siemens DI enabled Kemira to optimise how it makes its polyacrylamide products, which are used for the cleaning of municipal and industrial wastewater. At …

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OAS apprentice shortlisted for BAME Apprentice Award

A UK Atomic Energy Authority apprentice at Oxfordshire Advanced Skills is through to the finals of the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Apprentice Awards. Harrison Shirley has been shortlisted in the Engineering and Manufacturing category at the BAME Apprentice Awards, which aim to showcase talent and diversity within BAME communities. …

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Controllers which reduce flexibility and enhance user experience

Since 1922 Watlow designs and manufactures industrial heaters, temperature sensors, controllers and supporting software as well as assemblies – all of the components of a thermal system. Our 2,000 team members bring their experience to numerous industries, including semiconductor processing, environmental chambers, energy processes, diesel emissions, medical and foodservice equipment. …

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Monitoring Valve Health through IIoT

As Industry begins to explore the potential benefits of embracing plant level digitisation, the opportunity to significantly increase efficiency through effective condition monitoring of equipment is clear. With the 1000s of valves typically used on any plant being one of the primary causes for unscheduled production downtime, huge potential savings …

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SICK Goes the Distance with its Miniature PowerProx® Sensor

SICK has shrunk its versatile, high-performance PowerProx sensor into a space-saving miniature housing to reach the longest distances ever achieved with such a compact device. The tiny SICK WTT4SL PowerProx Mini photoelectric sensor measures just 12.2 x 41.8 x 17.3 mm yet delivers outstanding performance to detect objects up to …

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Hydrogen car drives for efficiency world record

A team of Dutch engineers competing to develop the world’s most efficient hydrogen fuelled car has used a British torque sensor to determine that their next generation vehicle needs a custom designed and built hub motor. To measure the efficiency of the car’s drivetrain, Green Team Twente has built a …

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Viavi acquires Expandium to complete virtualised assurance portfolio

Viavi Solutions today announced that it has acquired Expandium, a provider of core network monitoring and assurance solutions powered by big data, based in Saint-Herblain, France. This acquisition augments Viavi’s leading network assurance portfolio with a cloud-native virtualised solution offering, in alignment with virtualisation initiatives at Tier-1 service providers worldwide. In …

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IN-BOX Transparent-Lid Enclosures Now In PC – 16 Sizes

OKW has further expanded its range of IN-BOX industrial electronic enclosures. The transparent-lid version is now available in polycarbonate (PC) for extra strength and flammability resistance. These popular and tough plastic enclosures for terminal installations suit a wide range of applications including digital and analogue instrumentation, sensors, interfaces, security systems, …

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LEE-DICKENS NAMUR NE43 TRIP AMPLIFIERS ACHIEVES SIL2 RATING

Lee-Dickens have four trip amplifiers that comply with the NAMUR NE43 recommendations. These non-processor based trip amplifiers have been assessed to IEC61508 and achieve SIL2 rating with a proof test interval of one year. The NAMUR NE43 recommendation document sets out to define the “Out of Range” figures that are …

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