Category: Features & Interviews

By Dialight and Agilix Solutions Industrial environments push equipment to its limits. High temperatures, airborne contaminants, vibration, and corrosive exposure are common realities inside many facilities. While these conditions are typically considered when specifying heavy machinery or process equipment, lighting is often overlooked. Yet lighting systems operate continuously within these same demanding environments. When fixtures […]

Three kilometres underground, conditions are unforgiving. Rock temperatures climb beyond 40°C, geological stresses approach critical limits, blasting cycles introduce violent vibration and electromagnetic interference hums through every cable run. In these environments, seismic monitoring is not simply instrumentation, it is an operational safeguard. Early detection of micro seismic activity can provide crucial warning of stress […]

Blacksmiths, ceramic and glass makers embrace technology to protect traditional skills and grow Heritage craft manufacturers are embracing digital technology to protect traditional skills and scale their businesses, with support from Made Smarter North West. From blacksmiths and architectural ceramics specialists to luxury clothing makers and glass studios, businesses rooted in craft are adopting tools […]

For OEMs and integrators who rely on industrial enclosures to protect their devices and control systems, assembly is another task to add to the project timeline. Fitting items ranging from DIN rails and terminals through to keypads and labelling, assembly can also be a resource-intensive activity. Instead, outsourcing enclosure assembly can streamline operations, especially when […]

The UK’s utility sector is full of an array of complicated challenges. Ageing infrastructure, rising demand, climate resilience and regulatory scrutiny are often in the spotlight. At the same time, the sector suffers skills shortages, and operational risk just continues to increase. To tackle these problems, though, billions of pounds are being committed towards strengthening […]

By Robert Bennett It is not so long ago that the most successful manufacturing suppliers were also the most competitive, efficient, and cost-effective. In the Darwinian world of commercial procurement, success bred success. It became a self-fulfilling prophecy that companies likely to win the most lucrative competitive tenders were those with a history of winning […]

As the aerospace sector enters a period of sustained production ramp-up  and accelerating technological change, one reality is becoming unavoidable: future capability will depend on the talent entering the industry today through apprenticeship routes. Across the UK aerospace supply chain, manufacturers are competing for skills which is why this week’s focus on National Apprenticeship Week […]