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MAINTENANCE IN TOUGH SPACES
Maintenance in industrial settings is essential to maximise efficiency and prevent
accidents, but can be a hazardous and difficult job. Stewart Goulding of EMS looks
at some of the industrial environments where robots dare to venture
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MANUFACTURING SPENDING ON

R&D RISES 4.4% THROUGH 2020

IO-LINK DEVICE INTEGRATION
Charlie Walker, Smart Sensor specialist with Sick (UK), discusses IO-Link device
integration using function blocks, and looks at the software tools that can quite
literally ‘manufacture’ function blocks in a matter of minutes
INDUSTRIAL GEARS

SEW Eurodrive has launched a rapid new service
providing delivery of industrial gear units within five
26 require reliable clutches and couplings. The experts at Mayr Power
working days, PAGE 25 CLUTCHES AND COUPLINGS: Drive axes in the high-speed range
Transmission offer advice on selecting the right products

20 CABLES AND CABLE MANAGEMENT: With constant multi-axis 31 SENSORS AND SYSTEMS: Wireless sensor technology is evolving.
However, to reap the full benefits of wireless technology, there are a
movements, the cables that supply robots are subjected to extreme levels
few important steps to follow during set up
of stress, posing a challenge for manufacturers of cables
24 MOTORS AND GEARS: Karl Metcalfe, Technical Support for the AEMT, What’s New?
looks at the knowledge and responsibilities that are expected when it
comes to managing electric motors in zoned areas
TENTS needed calm to the world. By
KNF is bringing some much-

adding the FP 70 to its Smooth
Flow liquid pump family, KNF is
addressing the market need for
pumps with lower pulsation. It
offers a solution in markets
where reliable and gentle
transfer of liquids is key
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