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    • Software - Cloud / Edge / Big Data
    • (25/07/2024)

    How pharmaceutical companies can protect data integrity and comply with ALCOA

    Data integrity is a top concern for pharmaceutical manufacturers. Ensuring that the data collected during production is accurate and accessible is critical, but can be challenging when using legacy equipment from multiple vendors. 

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    • Robotics
    • (10/07/2024)

    SICK robot safety solutions enable machine tending on wheels

    ALM Engineering has uprooted machine tending robots, set them on wheels and turned them into freely-accessible, adaptable mobile units that can be quickly and easily repositioned wherever they are needed. SICK sensor solutions play a key role in optimising safety.

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    • Software - Cloud / Edge / Big Data
    • (10/07/2024)

    Digitalisation for quality management in pharmaceutical production

    In pharmaceutical production, the quest for quality is paramount. Reinfried Kößlbacher, Business Development Manager at COPA-DATA CEE argues for digitalisation in pharmaceutical production.

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    • Automation
    • (10/07/2024)

    The cost of digital weighing

    The old saying ‘time is money’ reaps true across many industries. However, in the world of food processing, good quality control is money, with errors the costly enemy. By implementing smart and adaptable weighing technology in plant machines and equipment, Stephen Hayes, Managing Director of Beckhoff UK, explains why food manufacturers require control automation to increase efficiency and prevent avoidable costs.

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    • Automation
    • (04/07/2024)

    Manufacturing faces a tough year, but 2025 looks more hopeful

    The overall outlook for global manufacturing is challenging for this year, with many companies reporting a decline in orders and most regions expected to see a contraction. 



  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Beckhoff

Predictive Maintenance

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    Ensuring power in a digital world

    • Energy Efficiency
    • (01/07/2024)

    Load banks are a vital tool for power generator testing and validation. But, aging equipment is making efficient testing a challenge. As the rest of industrial infrastructure modernises, how can we ensure that load bank technology isn’t left behind?  .

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    The best way to manage outdated equipment

    • Automation
    • (27/06/2024)

    Tom Cash, Director of industrial parts supplier Foxmere, explains how manufacturers can manage obsolescence, especially during a time when the UK faces a productivity crisis.





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