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Manufacturing R&D spending hits a record highUK manufacturing sector R&D spending hit a record high of £4.4bn in the first quarter of 2022, up 6% annually, according to analysis of the latest ONS data by Catax. As the company’s CEO Mark Tighe comments: “The fact that this performance comes despite a background of rising costs and labour shortages shows there’s plenty of resilience there to weather any recession.” That final word, though, will shoot sparks of worry through many companies, with commentators now expecting the UK to enter recession within the next 9-12 months. And as a further word of caution, the manufacturing sector’s R&D performance was still worse than UK industry as a whole. Now would be a good time for politicians across all parties to move support for this vital sector a little higher up the political agenda. With best regards Mark Simms, Editor
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Enhancing EV and battery productionThe latest technical paper from Keyence offers those in the EV/battery manufacturing realm an exclusive insight into ways in which vision systems, sensors, laser markers and other new technologies can be implemented to increase production efficiency and optimise end-product quality. |
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CASE STUDIES, NEW PRODUCTS & NEWS
Stober’s One Cable Solution (OCS) wins Product of the Year awardStober has received the 2022 Product of the Year award for its One Cable Solution (OCS) from German trade magazine Computer and Automation, taking second place in the Drive Technology category. |
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Intertronics launches PZ3-i surface treatment deviceTo provide manufacturers with an easy, affordable way to automate plasma surface treatment, adhesives specialist Intertronics has introduced the Relyon Plasma Piezobrush PZ3-i to its range. |
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Reliance supplies motion control parts to Malvern PanalyticalReliance Precision has continued its relationship with Malvern Panalytical with the supply of high precision motion control parts for the company’s Zetasizer Advance instrument range. |
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Selecting the right wave spring end-typeTraditional coil springs are widely used throughout a variety of applications across nearly every industry. The typical end configuration for coil springs is where you have a helix, and the last turn is bent down, touching the second to last turn and ground to form a shim. |
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Planetary gearboxes include rotating shaft, in-line and right angle outputjbj Techniques offers a complete range of planetary gearboxes in a modular system that encompasses a range of technical specification values. |
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Modular system for automated industrial identificationWith the new Thermomark E Series product family, Phoenix Contact is providing a new solution for simple and efficient industrial identification. For the first time, the system automatically combines the printing and application of markings in one process step, thus achieving time savings of 60 percent compared with carrying out the work steps manually. |
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EVENTS AND COURSES
PPMA Total Show 2022 set to provide a platform for innovationPPMA Total Show 2022, the UK’s largest processing and packaging machinery, robotics and industrial vision event, is returning to the NEC Birmingham this autumn, and will take place from 27th to 29th September. |
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