Instrumentation Monthly Test | Measurement | Control

The new 250 million-euro Rittal plant in Haiger embraces the principles of Industry 4.0. It represents the company’s largest-ever single investment, enabling them to establish the world’s most advanced manufacturing facility for its new compact and small enclosures. The plant’s highly automated production processes – working in conjunction with the …

The first mover into the Autonomous Machine Vision category, Inspekto, has launched its rich suite of applications for the INSPEKTO S70 system. Inspekto heads to Germany to share the news of how Autonomous Machine Vision brings the flexibility needed to increase per-line productivity and profitability to an extraordinary extent. Available from 7 May …

UK Manufacturing and Technology sectors continue to battle it out for first and second place in the table of most targeted industry sectors by cyber attackers, according to the 2019 Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR) from NTT Security. While Manufacturing took top billing in the 2018 GTIR, with almost half (46 per cent) …

As part of its global growth strategy, QED Environmental Systems has recently acquired Italian based safety instrumentation systems manufacturer – Huberg SAS. Established in 1987, Huberg is known among industry professionals as a manufacturer of safety instrumentation systems for the gas and water mains supply. Through the years, Huberg’s goal has …

The pioneering Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry is inviting the engineers of the future to look at apprenticeship opportunities available in its Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre, as it looks to recruit nearly 100 new apprentices this year. The AMTC, on the MTC campus at Ansty Park, is making a significant …

Bürkert Fluid Control Systems has welcomed a new account manager for the Midlands region, with the appointment of Thomas Steele to the position. Thomas will be working directly with Bürkert customers, drawing on his innate experience and Bürkert’s huge capability in process and measurement control to specify optimum solutions for …

TUV SUD NEL has launched a Joint Industry Project (JIP) to fill a significant knowledge gap in the oil & gas industry’s use of online oil-in-water analysers to help optimise oil and gas recovery. In its quest to optimise production and recovery, the oil & gas industry is increasingly considering unmanned …

AW-Lake Company parent organisation, TASI Group, recently acquired ONICON, a private company specialising in the design and manufacture of flow meters and energy measurement systems. ONICON addresses liquid flow, steam flow, natural gas flow, airflow, and thermal energy applications with a broad range of flow meter technologies, including electromagnetic, turbine, …

Analog Devices has announced that Daniel Leibholz, vice president of ADI’s Communications Business Unit, has been named chief technology officer (CTO), effective immediately.  As CTO, Dan will develop and lead ADI’s technology strategy for applications across the company’s end markets. “Over the years we have built ADI’s brand as a …

Flir Systems announces the new Flir VP42, a non-contact voltage detector with a built-in flashlight designed for field-troubleshooting and verification of residential, commercial, and industrial electrical installations. The Flir VP42 makes it easy to quickly troubleshoot live and neutral wiring to ensure a safe job site. With its built-in flashlight …