Industrial News
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Prior to the pandemic, Network Rail ran an annual conference to encourage innovation in signalling and control technology. Obviously, during lockdown such meetings were not possible and the conferences stopped. This year the Railway Industry Association (RIA) worked in partnership with Network Rail to revive the idea and organised RIA SIGEX 2023. The event took…
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Scotland’s railway gets a lot of weather. Although it is only 10% of the UK network, the region is 32% of the UK mainland and has the majority of its mountainous terrain. The challenge of responding to severe weather events was tragically highlighted by the August 2020 Carmont derailment. As part of its response to…
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Choosing the best washdown-rated motors for food and beverage processing, packaging, and preparation
Food processing and packaging equipment is subject to stringent and ever-increasing safety requirements. The washdown processes required for equipment cleaning and sanitising are especially critical for food processing applications featuring a ‘wet’ area, for example, cheese, fish, meat, or dairy processing. Selecting the correct motor for processing equipment and applications plays a vital role in…
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Published: 14 February, 2024 The engineering and infrastructure sector is developing at a rapid pace. There has been growth over the past decade, with the number of people working in engineering increasing from 5.4 million in 2010 to 5.7 million in 2021, with a peak of 6.3 million in 2019. PWE reports. On top of…
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Published: 14 February, 2024 HonuWorx has announced it has developed and tested its new cloud-based solution for controlling and supervising remote robotic systems – “HonuMove”, with the support of an Offshore Wind Growth Partnership Development Grant. Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) are vital to the growth of the offshore wind sector and are used across the…
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Malcolm Dobell & David Shirres In July, the Railway Industry Association (RIA) published its report ‘The UK Rolling Stock Industry – making 2023 the year of opportunity not crisis’. This showed how ‘boom and bust’ train procurement resulted in factory closures and downsized the UK’s train upgrade capability. Furthermore, as in any industry, such large…
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Trains last for a long time, and their first cost is usually a small proportion of the whole life cost. This was the topic examined at an Institution of Mechanical Engineers Railway Division seminar in November 2023, where the issues facing freight, passenger, and metro rolling stock were discussed. At first sight it might appear…
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The previous article examined whole life costing of rolling stock on the main line railway as discussed at a late-2023 IMechE Railway Division Seminar. Present at the same event were several speakers from Transport for London (TfL) who presented their asset planning processes and case studies on planning rolling stock overhaul and replacement. Theirs is…
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Nexperia is now offering a portfolio of 22 new planar Schottky diodes in CFP3-HP packaging. The portfolio includes 11 industrial, as well as 11 AEC-Q101 qualified products. This release supports the growing trend for manufacturers to replace devices in SMx-type packaging with smaller footprint CFP-packaged devices, especially in automotive applications. These diodes are suitable for…
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Netzsch Pumps USA’s the NEMO and PERIPRO pumps have the ability to transfer complex fluids and provide accurate and repeatable metered flows of viscous, shear sensitive, and high solids-laden materials which makes them well suited for lithium battery production. Netzsch NEMO Progressing Cavity pumps are the best pumping technology solution for the battery manufacturing process…
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