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Motor control centres offer a variety of operational benefits at every stage of the application lifecycle, from design and installation, through operation and maintenance, to ongoing evolution and scalability, as Cihan Bulut, EMEA Product Manager MCC, and Jonathan Smith, Business Manager, Intelligent Devices, UK & Ireland, both at Rockwell Automation, explain. Modern industry is all about efficiency, human…
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Gocator smart 3D laser profilers, snapshot, and line confocal sensors deliver high-speed, high-resolution inline quality control for various stages of EV battery manufacturing to ensure component and assembly tolerances are met, and that maximum cycle life and safety are achieved. They are perfectly suited to applications including pre-assembly inspection, cell assembly inspection, surface quality inspection,…
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The new SFAM, from industrial automation specialist Festo, is a pressure and flow sensor combined in one compact unit. Equipped with IO-Link, the SFAM sensor enables data-driven insights and reduces the number of components required so system designers and machine builders can save time, space and cost. The SFAM’s built-in pressure sensor and temperature measurement…
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An instant noodle meal producer has recently turned up the dial on its packaging operation and has uncovered savings in wrapping materials as an added bonus. When its previous side sealer packaging line became increasingly unreliable, the well-known food production facility looked to YPS to propose a replacement. Line speed was always going to be…
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Nim’s Let’s Bake and Let’s Cook range. Posted: 5 August 2024 Share this page One of the UK’s pioneering food companies has rebranded after launching its 65th product. ‘Nim’s…Naturally’ has been registered by entrepreneur Nimisha Raja MBE to reflect the company’s growing range of products that have diversified from air-dried fruit and vegetable crisps to…
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Crowley has accepted delivery of the LNG bunker barge Progress, said to be the largest US Jones Act-compliant vessel of its kind, after construction was completed at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Largest US-flagged LNG bunker design Designed by Crowley’s engineering services group, the 416ft barge has a capacity of 12,000m3 (3.17 million…
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Cruise company Carnival Corporation has ordered three new liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships, which will be delivered in the summers of 2029, 2031 and 2033, respectively. Carnival’s LNG-powered fleet These three LNG ships will be for the company’s namesake Carnival Cruise Line brand for a new class of vessel, at nearly 230,000 gross registered tons.…
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Ignacio Galán, Iberdrola’s executive chairman in his office. Image courtesy Iberdrola Global energy giant Iberdrola has signed an agreement to acquire 88% of Electricity North West (ENW) in the UK in a deal valuing the company at €5 billion ($5.5 billion). Iberdrola is acquiring ENW for an equity value of £2.1 billion (€2.5 billion). The…
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Image: Kamstrup Trilliant’s heat/cool metering partnership with Kamstrup aims to support metering requirements across Canada more efficiently and cost-effectively. Kamstrup’s Multical heat/cool meters, which are approved by Measurement Canada, are interoperable with Trilliant’s AMI and smart buildings solutions. The companies’ combined technologies and expertise should enable Trilliant to provide a future-proof, robust multi-commodity submetering platform,…
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Image: Energy Web Energy Web (EW) and decentralised computing provider Acurast are partnering to “enhance efficiency and sustainability in the global energy landscape”, states a release. The partnership aims to seamlessly integrate Energy Web worker node networks with Acurast’s network, which should enable users to host the EW workers on that protocol. The primary goal…
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