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22/05/2013 - EFFECTIVE ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROVIDES KEY TO SURMOUNTING PRESSURES IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY
Increased competitive pressures, tighter margins and rising energy costs are forcing manufacturers to alter their methods of operation. At the same time, new ways of managing energy consumption and quality through sophisticated power monitoring tools have emerged – providing the information that companies need to be able to take action to reduce energy usage. In short, effective energy management is no longer an option; it is a strategic business necessity. Mark Staples, food and beverage segment manager for Industry at Schneider Electric highlights the approach to integrated energy management.
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30/04/2013 - Flexible measurement of motor speed
Non-contacting – reliable – rugged – upgradeable
As the exclusive UK distributor for Contelec, Variohm EuroSensor presents the following application note on motor speed measurement: |
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11/04/2013 - Have you checked your wrinkles lately?
Hugh Davies, Director of Client Solutions at Optical Metrology Services (OMS), discusses how the latest high precision laser profile measurement tools and video inspection equipment are helping companies to verify the quality of CRA-lined pipes by detecting the presence of wrinkles or buckling.
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05/04/2013 - SELECTING THE IDEAL COUPLING
Flexible shaft couplings connect two shafts, end to end. They transmit rotation from one to the other and accommodate the slight, unintentional misalignment that is always present when two independently mounted shafts are presented for connection. There are many kinds of flexible couplings and while they all fulfil their primary purpose, each has certain characteristics that make it more effective in one application than another.
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26/03/2013 - Engineering Careers Advice for Girls
Engineering – it’s in everything
The ‘Voices’ Project launched today, where women engineers offer insight and advice to teenage girls into how they made their career decisions. The project, funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering, was conceived following conversations with women undergraduates about their courses and career options during a recent study, SET to Lead, and at the WES Annual Student Conference. WES - the Women's Engineering Society - has brought information together to produce an engaging and perhaps surprising poster and supporting website (which is being developed as part of the project). |
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22/03/2013 - A guide to selecting non-contact sensors
Nowhere is the trend towards non-contact sensing more evident than in position measurement. With such a bewildering array of options, it can be difficult to select the most appropriate instrument for a specific application.
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13/03/2013 - Do you know your arc-seconds from your gradians?
Angle sensors are generally rated and, just as importantly, priced according to their measurement performance. But performance is stated in a variety of ways and some manufacturers confuse matters by using crafty ‘spec-manship’. Mark Howard of Zettlex explains some of the terminology and provides an explanation of how to specify an angle sensor that is right for your application.
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28/02/2013 - LAUNCH OF SAFE MACHINE ADDRESSES CE MARKING PROBLEMS
Safe Machine Ltd., a new machinery safety consultancy, has been launched to help address the difficulties UK manufacturers are experiencing in the field of machinery safety and in particular CE marking.
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20/02/2013 - Understanding ingress protection techniques in electrical enclosures
One of the most critical factors in deciding which electrical enclosure or junction box should be used to protect your electrical systems and their connections is its IP rating. No matter where the housing will be located, you need to be sure that it will be able to withstand any hostilities its environment may throw at it. But how many people actually know how these IP ratings are achieved and, most importantly, the ways in which they can be compromised during installation.
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18/02/2013 - How to reduce process control costs by managing sensors and transducers more effectively
The first areas that instinctively spring to mind when a process professional is challenged to reduce process control costs are usually purchase cost and installation. Why not? They are the obvious ones and they are the easiest to define and list, when viewed as part of a system however, purchase cost plays only a small part; managing the multiple signals from sensors and transducers differently can radically affect the total cost of ownership for that process system...
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