Industrial

Industrial, medical, and military demand for high quality, high-voltage multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) has been hit hard by a shift in production by MLCC manufacturers who are focusing on a seemingly insatiable demand for smaller, lower voltage – and in some way – lower performance MLCCs.

Cables and connectors are at the core of today’s sophisticated operating systems. As we shift our focus to the technology of tomorrow and move towards a 5G-enabled world, cables and interconnects must be of the highest standard and reliability. This article examines two key application areas: Vector Network Analysers (VNAs) and Probe Stations. Masaru Omoto of Junkosha explains more.

To be a semiconductor company used to mean that you fabricated your own chips, but today, most semiconductor companies are fabless whereby they leverage each other by allowing a chip foundry to aggregate everyone’s chip production. They benefit from unified design rules and better utilisation of production capacity. The foundries invest to improve their efficiencies and capacities by driving to new device geometry nodes and better device li...

Today, pharmaceutical companies are confronted with more frequent changes in production, but industry needs to ensure it is at the forefront of innovation in a time of a healthcare crisis. Here, Giuseppe Menin, Industry Manager at automation software supplier COPA-DATA, has explained why modular production is crucial for enabling more flexible pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Distributor Solid State Supplies has introduced the new Digi IX15 combined industrial-grade XBee gateway and cellular router.

‘Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is an exciting and dynamic area, that is in constant innovation, through the evolution of existing concepts and technologies but also through the emergence of disruptive technologies and even sometimes unexpected new use cases’.

The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced the 15 inventors and inventor teams shortlisted as finalists for the 2021 edition of the European Inventor Award. The EPO’s prestigious annual innovation prize, now in its 15th year, recognises outstanding inventors who have made an exceptional contribution to technology, society, and economic growth.  

Inspekto has launched the INSPEKTO S70 Gen.2, a new and improved version of its famous Autonomous Machine Vision (AMV) system for industrial quality inspection. Powered by Autonomous Machine Vision AI (AMV-AI),the S70 Gen.2 supports an even higher number of use cases and allows for reliable quality inspection in challenging applications such as highly reflective materials, moving parts and vibrating platforms.

Everyone loves wine don’t they? Well most people do, yet there are two major issues that can cause consternation when it comes to choosing your wine. One is how to know which wine is the best, and what is going to compliment your meal the most? And more importantly with a new wine - how do you know exactly what it is going to taste like?

The history of manufacturing can be traced back to the Industrial Revolution during the 19th century, where raw materials were turned into finished goods. It’s safe to say that technology has advanced quite a bit since the days of the spinning jenny, especially when it comes to manufacturing in the construction industry. While manufacturing businesses continue to innovate, it’s also important that these developments are promoted to se...