This episode of The Manufacturer features Elliot Bloor, an apprentice at Siemens, who speaks about his route from school into the world of manufacturing.
It's all about skills
Learn more about the support that Lloyds Banking Group is providing the AMTC (Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centre). A sponsorship package worth £15m will support AMTC apprenticeship programmes and the wider UK manufacturing sector.
Flying far with people
Episode 1 of our series on People & Skills kicks off with a look at the Team Tempest project. The development of new technologies that will be integral to the next generation of combat aircraft will also centre very much around people.
The year ahead
Welcome back, listener – and happy new year!
In this first episode of 2023, we’re talking you through the packed events calendar for this year as well as some of the stuff you can expect to see popping up across all of The Manufacturer’s content platforms.
Taking on the bold approach of monitoring the entire system provides a clearer picture for engineers that fills in coverage gaps and reveals hidden problems.
If you rely on steam, then you probably have many steam traps in your infrastructure. They are vital for efficient and safe operation but susceptible to problems.
Engineering magazines show immaculate plant rooms full of brand-new equipment, yet many manufacturers are full of existing equipment still within its service lifetime.
Motors and drives of varying types, speed and torque play a vital role on assembly lines. Many of these systems are still within their service lifetime but need updated monitoring capabilities.
Wait times for installation, infrequent data reporting and limitations on monitoring are obstacles. They seem unrelated yet getting to the root they all stem from a sensor’s energy source.
Machine downtime is costing Britain's manufacturers more than £180bn every year and that 53% of machinery downtime is caused by hidden internal faults.
Solar farms are often run by operational specialists on behalf of the farm’s owners and investors. Operators need data to run the solar farms optimally and to evidence this to owners and investors.
Many monitoring solutions have restrictions and fixed capabilities because they are constrained by battery life. What industry needs is an adaptable and flexible solution that can be quickly deployed.
Working with our industry and media partners, Maintec as part of Manufacturing & Engineering Week reaches a huge but targeted audience with over 4.5 million touch points within the manufacturing & eng …
"We worked closely with Safetykleen. They supported our specific requirements and delivered successful solutions, enabling us to lower related non-conformance, increase productivity and efficiency."
PETRONAS Lubricants International built a new Global Research and Technology Centre in Santena (Turin, Italy), with R&D activities to test new lubricant products for internal combustion engines.