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In the developed of Industry 4.0 and the ‘factory of tomorrow’, predictive maintenance has a major role to play.Supporting this future, igus has added more sensors and monitoring modules to its smart plastics family for more intelligence - warning of potential failure in good time before unplanned and costly down-times occur.

For applications where an extremely low noise energy chain, with very high dynamics or very low abrasion, is required, igus has developed the E6.1 series. It is suitable for applications with speeds of up to 20m/s, these chains are now available in new sizes with larger inner heights of up to 62mm.

Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) will mark its tenth edition when it takes place this September at ExCeL London.With only ten weeks until the event’s opening, the top features have been listed, which combine to make DSEI ‘the event for the entire defence and security industry to conduct business’.

For over 26 years now, igus has been a cable manufacturer, and the company is associated with many different materials and products such as plastics and chain bearings.Engineering Specifier’s editor recently visited the igus headquarters in Cologne, to learn more about the company, whose chainflex cables are worth more than €100m a year.

Building transient electronics is usually about doing something to make them stop working: blast them with light, soak them with acid, dunk them in water.Professor Leon Bellan's idea is to dissolve them with neglect: Stop applying heat, and they come apart.Using silver nanowires embedded in a polymer that dissolves in water below 32ºC—between body and room temperature—Bellan and mechanical engineering graduate student Xin Zhang m...

CEO’s and senior leaders from some of the UK’s top engineering companies are joining the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in calling for urgent action from the top to address the shortage of women in UK engineering, to mark International Women in Engineering Day.Women currently account for only 9% of the UK’s engineering workforce, yet 63% of UK engineering employers do not have gender diversity initiatives in pla...

Mark Patrick of Mouser Electronics explains that open source hardware has democratised high technology, empowering those with creative goals to bypass traditional engineering barriers and start work directly on bringing inventive new concepts to fruition. In such a completely free environment, a trusted partner can make the difference between completion and confusion.

A new and powerful Fading Simulation option has been added toIZT's C3040Satellite Link Emulator. The Multipath Fading Simulator allows for precise modelling reflections of the signals on terrain, fixed and moving objects, both in satellite and terrestrial communication networks.The IZT C3040 Satellite Link Emulator is a cost-effective, time-saving solution for satellite and aircraft RF link testing.

With the Space Tech Expo less than one week away, many industry professionals are looking forward to the insight-packed paid-forSpace Tech Conferencewhich runs alongside the free exhibition.May 23rd will mark the start of a three day conference schedule that tackles a range of industry-specific topics.

Lane Electronics just announced the appointment of Mick Varley as Sales Director. He takes over from long-standing Sales Director Pat Jarman who remains in an advisory capacity until his retirement in early 2018.Prior to becoming Sales Director, Mick Varley was a member of Lane’s Business Development Management team with particular responsibility for the aerospace and defence market where he worked closely with key suppliers including Souri...