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‘Machine Safety’
A Manufacturingtalk guide
Start with the news release
Insert drills raise fabricator's throughput from
Allied Maxcut Engineering Co, which we summarised at the time by saying "By using AMEC's T-A holders with TiAlN and TiN inserts a steel fabricator has improved manufacturing throughput by 25% and has increased tool life by a factor of 10 over the original tooling.".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Matrox smart camera aids glass inspection from
Matrox Imaging: "The melting of sand and forming it into glass is a manufacturing process that dates back many years and inspection of the glass is a critical part of the process. ".
In October 2008, we covered the news from ABB Automation Tech (Drives and Motors)
- take a look at ABB unveils crane control software
which says: "ABB Automation Tech has developed crane control software that brings increased safety, reliability and performance to industrial, harbour and tower cranes, for use with its variable- speed drives.".
Take a look also at the news release from WNT (UK), WNT inserts cut production costs,
as well as Fanuc shows industrial robot at EuroBlech from Fanuc Robotics (UK),
and ABB presents extended automation system from ABB Automation Tech (Instrumentation + Automation).
Latest stories...
Kerf supplies plasma-arc cutter to welding firm (October 2008)
EMC Engineering, a North West-based company, has chosen Kerf Developments to supply a high-definition plasma-arc cutting system.
Unicut automates swarf and coolant handling (October 2008)
Unicut Precision has invested GBP130,000 in a fully automated swarf handling and coolant filtration system for a bay at its small turned parts production facility at Welwyn Garden City.
Dugard offers Hedelius RS Kombi moving column (October 2008)
C Dugard has introduced the latest version of the Hedelius RS Kombi moving column, the vertical machining centre range that uses Rota Swing technology.
Scorpion enhances Vision Software (October 2008)
Scorpion Vision has released version 7.0 of its system software tool for industrial vision.
Carl Zeiss presents scanning measuring machine (October 2008)
Carl Zeiss has launched the Duramax 3D coordinate measuring machine to bring scanning to small workshops.
Delcam enhances FeatureCAM system (October 2008)
Delcam has launched the latest version of its FeatureCAM knowledge-based machining software.
Kingsbury supplies wash system for fastener line (October 2008)
Kingsbury Machine Tools has supplied an automated cleaning line from Durr Ecoclean to the Birmingham factory of Emhart Teknologies (part of the Black and Decker Group).
PDJ Vibro shakes up HLP's productivity (October 2008)
HLP Tube Formers has bought PDJ Vibro's finishing, deburring and drying equipment.
Further reading
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Fortress develops scissor hasp for machine safety
Fortress Interlocks has introduced the Lockout scissor hasp for locking off dangerous machinery in the workplace.
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BARA announces machine safety conferences
The British Automation and Robot Association has announced two conferences on machine safety for 2008
