Tag: machinery
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Global robot report highlights UK’s urgent need to increase automation
The UK has a strong and proud manufacturing history and, for a small nation, has long punched above its weight on the global stage. Today, the UK remains the ninth largest manufacturing nation in the world, with a £183bn output[1]. But our seat at the top table is looking precarious as a result of our…
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Tailor-made cable interfaces with new online shop for igus Module Connect
Module Connect from igus is a space-saving connector for electrical cables, fibre optic cables and pneumatic hoses. It is mainly used where several cables are plugged into energy chains in the smallest possible space. For individual configuration of these plug-in modules, at no cost, igus has now expanded its online shop by 180 additional parts…
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Column: Germany needs more baseload power for vital industrial reboot
LITTLETON, Colo., Jan 31 (Reuters) – Europe’s main industrial engine – Germany – may be entering a recession after its economy shrank in the final quarter of 2022. The 0.2% quarter-on-quarter contraction in gross domestic product is a shallower decline than many economists had feared in early 2022, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent power prices surging…
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FEIN launches world record breaking core drilling machine
FEIN, the leading power tools and accessories manufacturer, has launched the world’s smallest compact core drilling machine with right and left rotation, the KBC 36 Magforce, to the UK’s metalworking market. The Magforce has a tiny installation height of just 169 mm and a length of 290mm, making it the world’s most compact drill of…
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VOLLMER VDays is Back
If you manufacture, service or work in the rotary or circular cutting tool industry, be sure not to miss the forthcoming VOLLMER VDays event. This world-famous symposium is back from 18th to the 20th of April following an enforced Covid hiatus. The previous VDays event in 2019 received more than 450 guests over four days and the…
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