Instrumentation Monthly Test | Measurement | Control

Electrocomponents has been shortlisted in two categories of the plc awards 2021, which recognise the successes and achievements of all companies listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. For a second successive year, Electrocomponents is one of six shortlisted public companies in the ‘company of the year’ category …

Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions, a leading supplier of modular open systems approach (MOSA) based rugged electronics solutions engineered to succeed, today announced that it was selected as one of five winners at the U.S. Army’s xTechPlugfest Competition, also known as the PNT CMOSS Plugfest, held from November 8-9, 2021 at the Open Innovation …

ABB has released the findings of a new global study of international business and technology leaders on industrial transformation, looking at the intersection of digitalisation and sustainability. The study, “Billions of better decisions: industrial transformation’s new imperative,” examines the current take-up of the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) and its …

Alphasense have successfully marketed and distributed ION Science’s MiniPID Sensors during a long partnership. ION Science would like to thank them for their support over the years and wish them well for their future with AMETEK. Customers who were purchasing MiniPID (PID-A range) through Alphasense are now encouraged to source …

Electrocomponents has announced the appointment of Doug Moody as the Group’s Chief Services Officer, reporting to CEO Lindsley Ruth. In this new role, Doug will accelerate the development and execution of a value-added services strategy to better serve customer needs and drive business growth. Doug’s experience includes large P&L leadership …

Independent research commissioned by RS Components (RS) has shown that, by building resilience among their staff, senior engineers can often make fast and cost-effective improvements to their business’ overall resilience. The third report in the Resilience Index series – The Resilience Index: People -How a focus on people can strengthen …

Amid the challenges faced by businesses around the world in 2021, TE Connectivity, a world leader in connectivity and sensors, maintained its positive reputation among the global business community, earning for the fifth year in a row a place among FORTUNE magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies. The annual survey, conducted …

A pioneering degree apprenticeship programme from Siemens Digital Industries has supercharged the careers of 60 engineers from companies across the UK. Among the companies who have signed up to the four-year programme since it launched in 2017 are AstraZeneca, Saint-Gobain Formula and Zeeco Europe. Co-delivered with Tameside College and the …

A manufacturer of water heaters trusts Contrinex to quickly and reliably test stainless-steel-braided hydraulic hoses at the final stage of manufacture. Before the over-pressure test is applied, a system that uses several Contrinex inductive sensors checks each hose assembly to ensure that the correct mechanical parts have been fitted. Applying …

Constant velocity control is essential for many advanced industrial processes, but traditional motor designs give rise to cogging forces which generate ripples in the motor velocity. KOVERY has designed a series of advanced linear motors, with integrated Renishaw encoders, that solve this problem. Background Linear motors are widely used in …