Swedish equipment manufacturer, Ecmec has developed a high-tech machine for a supplier to the automobile industry that can complete several process steps simultaneously without having to remount the part ...

      Swimming like the natural model The longitudinal fins of the polyclad and the cuttlefish extend from the head to the tail along their backs, their undersides or the two sides of their torsos. To ...

South Africa could go a long way to cutting the risk of future load-shedding by adopting a minimum efficiency performance standard (MEPS) for electric motors. According to Fanie Steyn, manager of rotating ...

The Metal Work EB80 BOXI Valve Island, now also available with IO-Link, is a suitable candidate for end of arm tooling (EOAT).This is an integral part of robotic technology. It refers to the equipment ...

A team of six South African undergraduate students recently took first prize against 13 teams at the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) in Germany. This spectacular success followed four days ...

For more than forty years, ATEQ has been well-known in the quality testing industry as a company that manufactures highly accurate industrial leak testing instruments. Many applications that ATEQ has ...

BMG’s Nord-Lock bolting solutions now include Boltight hydraulic bolt tensioning tools, which are used to tighten bolts simultaneously, ensuring even preload in industrial applications and extreme environments, ...

One of the regions we know very little about is the dense part in the centre of the galaxy, where countless stars and gas clouds cluster around a presumed black hole. But a major astronomy project is ...

The new 3- and 4-way solenoid-operated directional valves in the FLeX product family from Sun Hydraulics provide robust electro-hydraulic control for mobile and industrial applications. When paired with ...

Siemens recently demonstrated its Digital Enterprise portfolio at the Africa Automation Fair (AAF), showcasing its current and future digital automation technologies.

A new smart sensing solution from ABB can reduce downtimes of low voltage motors by up to 70% and extend their lifetime by up to 30%.

Festo recently hosted its second highly successful series of Automation Expo seminars and exhibitions that focused on higher productivity through digitalisation in automation. They were held at venues ...

Well-known for its power tools and compressor systems, Ingersoll Rand’s heavy lifting equipment is now also being introduced to South Africa by Mandirk Lifting, part of the Mandirk Group. Combined with ...

In an industry first, Bearings International (BI) is introducing a multi-mount cast iron Bauer electric motor range onto the market that can accommodate the terminal box on the top, left-hand or right-hand ...

Implementing artificial intelligence in industrial manufacturing.

Established in 1979, Hytec Engineering is one of the few hydraulics cylinder companies in sub-Saharan Africa with in-house cylinder design, manufacturing, testing and repair services in a single workshop. ...

Gothia Cup is the world’s largest youth football tournament. Each year, around 1700 teams from 80 nations travel to Gothenburg to take part and play 4500 games on 110 fields. Wiith its headquarters in ...