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Automotive technicians assembling prototype vehicle bodies during pre-production use manual punch-riveting tools to join individual sheet-metal parts. Several thousand joints are required per vehicle, and tools must be compact since space is often limited. Bad joints, which are very costly to repair, can occur if the technician does not set …

As the world stands at a climate change crossroad, the only possible route to follow appears to be towards Net Zero. But this doesn’t mean the path is without its bumps. Here, Mats W Lundberg, sustainable business manager at Sandvik Materials Technology, investigates our actions. Global sustainability goals demonstrate a …

Data is at the heart of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Smart Manufacturing. By setting up suitable platforms to collect and analyse data, it is possible to gain in-depth, unique insights into manufacturing processes that can lead to their optimisation. The most effective setup combines edge and cloud-based …

Maximising the use of agricultural by-products to reduce waste and improve sustainability has several positives; including reducing a business’ environmental impact and maximising an important profit opportunity. This is why Italian farm Roana has invested in a biomass plant that utilises livestock manure and other organic waste to generate energy. …

Implementing an ERP/MRP system should be high on the supply chain priorities list of smaller businesses – that is, if they wish to become ‘preferred suppliers’, as Karl Lauri, managing team member at MRPeasy, explains COVID-19 has accentuated problems and accelerated change in a global supply chain environment already under …

RS Components (RS) is sponsoring the PowerHab team from the University of Strathclyde as part of IGLUNA 2020, a pan-European initiative bringing together multidisciplinary students from across the globe in a collaboration to build solutions for a theoretical space habitat. Coordinated by the Swiss Space Center, and now in its second year, IGLUNA …

BEKA associates have created a short video that explains the benefits of the New BEKA Ex eb indicator over Ex d. https://www.beka.co.uk/video/vdo_0120.mp4 For more information take a look at the application guide or product details or contact sales@beka.co.uk, or call +44 (0) 1462 438301.

Evidence shows that components obsolescence is increasing rapidly. According to recent research by IHS Technology, in the year 2000 alone, component manufacturers issued 1,164 end-of-life (EOL) or product discontinuance notices, and the figure spiked to 5,506 by 2014. Though IHS forecasts that the number of such notices is going to decline, …

By using the Yokogawa WT5000 Precision Power Analyzer, Società Elettromeccanica Arzignanese (SEA), an Italian manufacturer of power transformer and reactors with a worldwide reputation for engineering excellence and high production quality, is able to closely match the efficiency performance guarantee that it makes to a customer, with the actual performance …

RS Components (RS) has unveiled the winners of its STEM Extraordinary Engineering Challenge, which tasked primary and secondary schoolchildren across the UK with designing an engineering solution to address a current global challenge, such as poverty and hunger, pollution or climate change. In the 7-11 age category, the winner is …