Category: Features & Interviews

Increasing the safety and reliability of quarrying operations  Motion control is paramount in hazardous industries like quarrying. If a skip laden with a ton and a half of product were to go hurtling off its rails at 80mph, the consequences could be devastating. Here’s how motor and drive manufacturer WEG and the company’s premier partner […]

Manufacturers can maximise energy and operational efficiency by using  advanced Internet of Things ( IoT) energy insights sensors, advises  Mike Cumby of Centrica Business Solutions. Low cost IoT sensors are unlocking higher productivity and big energy savings across industry – providing a smart solution to hyper inflation, decarbonisation and operational efficiency. By combining wireless sensor technology […]

There are some things that are obvious in business; for instance, maximising profit by reducing costs and increasing sales. Is rightshoring an example of this, or is it a concept that requires a pioneer? Neil Ballinger, head of EMEA at global automation parts supplier EU Automation explains all. As well as obvious ideas, there are […]

By John Walters, Technical Engineer at maxon maxon’s DC motors operate with higher torque and speed at smaller sizes due to the revolutionary maxon technologies developed in the company’s 60-year life span. Due to the constant update in both winding and magnet technologies, motors can go into NRND (Not Recommended for New Designs) status and […]

Jo Bradley, Sparck Technologies’ UK business development manager, has been selected as an award recipient of Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s prestigious 2022 Women in Supply Chain Awards.  The Women in Supply Chain Awards honour female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments, mentorship and examples set a foundation for women in all levels of […]

Available and emerging, high-performance warehouse technology will determine the future productivity of fulfilment operations. Nick Hughes, Sales Manager at independent systems integrator, Invar Group, shares his insights into the key influences and technologies shaping the modern warehouse. 1. What’s driving warehousing strategies? Ultimately, it’s customer service levels. Customers have ever-higher expectations regarding service levels and […]

~ How AI-powered IoT benefits the manufacturing industry ~ Since IoT devices started to gain popularity in 2010, the technology has provided the manufacturing industry with sensors, automated gateway connectivity, and more. Now, IoT is being combined with artificial intelligence (AI) to create a fully autonomous data collection analysis ecosystem. In this article, Neil Ballinger, […]

The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on global business – especially supply chain disruption – encouraged many logistics and manufacturing businesses to make bold claims about accelerating their digital transformation journeys. In 2021, a survey undertaken by Guidance Automation revealed a growing commitment to intralogistics automation. But a year on, progress has stalled: the level of process […]

Designed to make moving palletised loads easier, safer and faster, manual hand pallet trucks – sometimes referred to as HPT’s, pump trucks, pallet jacks or pallet lifters – play a key role in countless warehouses, retail outlets and manufacturing sites all over the world. But it can be all too easy to take these humble, […]