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ON THE FRONT COVER

Advances in the component compressed air reductions
that are now available can have significant impact to the
use and costs attributable to this utility PAGE 18

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DEEP LEARNING

Deep learning has the potential to revolutionise a broad range of industries by
offering increasingly accurate predictive capabilities with little to no human
supervision

RELIEF FOR DENTAL PATIENTS

To improve reliability and efficiency, dentists benefit from motors that are smaller,
more lightweight and able to get the job done faster. These factors are extremely
UNIVERSAL TOOL important when delivering effective care

Linear motion systems and energy chains from Igus
are key in the development of the world’s first
12 conveyor chain, with attachments, should consider the benefits of spin
universal torque wrench calibration machine PAGE 9 Alec Annand recommends that all engineers specifying custom designed
riveting as an option due to the extra side plate security it provides

06 Optimism is up among the UK’s manufacturers, but scratch below the 20 Festo has expanded its range of servo drives with the introduction of the
surface of the data and businesses are still struggling. We look at the
CMMT-ST. Complementing the existing CMMT-AS, this new servo drive is
latest CBI survey
equally reliable but much more compact and economical
08 A new range of ultra-compact servo motors with integrated drives has 24 Stober is supplying Stäubli with additional axes that enable the robot
manufacturer to configure their multi-axis robots with even more dynamic
been designed to satisfy the demands for quick and simple cabling
with an excellent performance to size ratio
options for precise, high-speed tasks

LINEAR MOTION

IKO Nippon Thompson is a specialist CON
in the manufacture and sales of
precision positioning tables, needle
bearings and linear motion guides –
perhaps the best kept secret in linear
motion and positioning

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