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Monitoring the health status of devices without the need for expert knowledge
Every maintenance manager eventually faces the critical decision of whether to repair an existing air compressor or to invest in a new unit. This choice impacts not only immediate operational capabilities but also long-term financial performance. Making the right decision requires careful analysis of multiple factors, from immediate costs to future operational needs. Author: Rodrigo Varela, Senior Director – Aftermarket, ElGi
Part 2: Selecting the Right Replacement Compressor. Author: Rodrigo Varela, Senior Director – Aftermarket, ElGi
After years of use, many traction batteries still have a residual capacity of between 70 and 80 percent. While this may be too little for further use in vehicles, some cells could still serve well in large storage systems for households, businesses, or utility providers. Shredding used modules or entire high-voltage storage systems would thus waste valuable resources.
Follow this systematic step-by-step plan, easily identify, and repair compressed air leaks. Leading to energy savings of up to 30%. The ROI of fixing your leaks is often just a few days to a few months.
Drive-integrated protection function for maximum availability
Maintaining wind turbines and identifying potential vulnerabilities is expensive and time-consuming, especially when they are located offshore. As a result, rotor blades are often simply replaced, a costly process, when damage is merely suspected. The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, working in concert with the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES, has developed a solution that can be used to identify cracks and breakages inside the blades remotely at an early stage.
According to the International Society of Automation, factories worldwide lose 5-20% of their productive capacity to unplanned downtime. With supply chain disruptions increasing, Mitsubishi Electric's predictive maintenance solutions help manufacturers identify equipment failures before they occur, maintaining operational continuity.
Optimised performance and increased torque in the same size
IEN Europe interviewed Norman Hartmann, co-founder and CEO of Workerbase GmbH, who introduces the benefits of the Connected Worker Platform concept.
For fast detection of smaller air leaks
Multispectral image enhancement offers faster and easier measurements and diagnoses
Since life began some 1 billion years ago, an intricate web of cycles and relationships has developed. Sunlight is the only input, and nothing is wasted. For the electrical industry, adopting a more circular approach to manufacturing can advance sustainability and offer unique economic opportunities, say Fernando Nuño and Bruno De Wachter, members of the advisory board for electrical manufacturing trade show, CWIEME Berlin.
Support for every stage of the maintenance cycle
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft will be represented at the world’s largest industrial trade show with a joint booth showcasing highlights from different technological fields.
What is the generative economy? And how do supply chain virtual twins play a role in this generative economy? Carlijn Goedhart, Sustainability Lead at DELMIA explores these questions in greater detail.
Rubber abrasion on airport runways must be removed quickly and thoroughly. Together, tl traffic-lines GmbH and Maschinenbau Cernota GmbH & Co. KG have developed a cleaning process that is much more efficient than previous methods. High-precision rack and pinion gears from LEANTECHNIK play an important role in this process.
When testing wheelchairs, manufacturers play it safe for understandable reasons. That is why three aspiring mechanical engineers took no risks when they developed a drop test construction for wheelchairs on behalf of the renowned German company MEYRA. They relied on miniature shock absorbers made by ACE to protect the inner life of their construction.
Vibration/shock tested for use in military and space applications
IEN Europe talked to Matthias Ortner, General Manager at NKE Austria and Hugo Santos, CBDO at Fersa Group, the NKE parent company and Pedro Pablo Andreu Fersa COO.
Dave Palmer, General Manager at ICS Cool Energy summarizes the main reasons provoking production downtime, and how manufacturers can future-proof their temperature control equipment against these unplanned effects.
ELGi will introduce its LD Series at Autopromotec 2022, Bologna, Italy (May 25 to 28)
The factory of the future and industry 4.0 are new production paradigms that are too often regarded as mere technical innovations. However, their potential lies first and foremost in the new economic models that they help develop.
Joint venture with ZEISS and financial/venture capital investors, as well as an extended use of on-demand additive manufacturing for prototypes as along with a spare-part supply
Titan’s Oval Gear flow meters are high performance measuring devices, particularly with higher viscosity liquids
Polywell announces the SwapPC based on the successful Open Pluggable Specification (OPS), created back in 2010 by Intel Corporation to simplify the installation, use, maintenance, and upgrade of digital signage (Digital Signage) infrastructure.
Robert Stancombe of Mobile Water Solutions part of Nijhuis Saur Industries, considers how production security can be at risk if water treatment fails
French Manufacturer recognised amongst SAFRAN’s best suppliers in 2020 for excellent performances in Quality and On-Time Delivery
For easy management of all installed vacuum components
The Arkema Company has launched a new range of high-performance anaerobic adhesives to its range designed for bonding in the electronic manufacturing sector.
Both companies succeeded to provide fast turnaround time to overcome time-to-market constraints linked to COVID-19 crisis.
Protecting industrial networks from accidental or intentional sabotage is a high priority these days. Procentec’s latest release of products is designed to enhance total security network monitoring
By means of key additions to industrial Ethernet standards, TSN supports determinism and network convergence – two essential elements of highly competitive, connected industries of the future.
The brand new facility will expand services to defense and industrial customers across the Middle East and reaffirms FLIR commitment to region with strong growth potential
Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) helps companies implement forfutureproof Industry 4.0 applications
Using AI and IoT to automatically predict machine maintenance needs and keep production flowing
How an automated 3D measurement system ensures accurate measurements
We asked Chris Ringlstetter, President at ELGi Europe about ELGi’s achievements in the last 2 years and the expanding role of compressed air system
An application story from Futurism Technologies
The BMW plant in Steyr, Austria, is the BMW Group’s largest engine plant worldwide. At the facility, the top priorities are quality, efficiency and the transformation to Industry 4.0 through the implementation of digital technologies at shop floor level. To improve all three, plant managers embraced Autonomous Machine Vision, a new technology for quality inspection developed by German-Israeli company...
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