Manufacturing exhibitions display innovation and confidence

08 April, 2022

Visitors to Air-Tech were able to see a wide range of equipment and solutions, including:

• Accumulators, actuators, air delivery systems and air motors.

• Compressors, cooler tools and cylinders.

• Vacuum systems and generators.

• Displays & meters.

• Filters, fittings, heat exchangers and hoses.

• Instruments, lubricators, manifolds and mobile compressors.

• Pumps, regulators, sensors, software and valves.

In addition, Fluid Power & Systems 2022, also part of the co-location, focused on a comprehensive range of hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, together with products that facilitate better electro-mechanic system design and application for improved process automation, control, monitoring and analytics.

Fully supported by the British Fluid Power Association (BFPA), Fluid Power & Systems comprised the largest gathering of world-class companies displaying and demonstrating the latest in mechanical and electro-mechanical equipment.

Paul Cooke, Interim CEO of the British Fluid Power Association, commented that “The British Fluid Power Association is proud to be part of this important event for Fluid Power and Systems.”

Fluid Power & Systems offered a convenient one-stop shop event for all your fluid power and system requirements. Technology on show included:

• Hydraulics: industrial and mobile, including pumps and power packs, cylinders, valves, motors, heat exchangers, and accumulators. Filters and sealing technologies.

• Pneumatics: valve and valve islands, linear and rotary actuators, air motors, FRLs and other treatment technologies.

• Systems: Electro-hydraulic & pneumatic systems design; CAN bus technology; process automation; monitoring & control; modelling & simulation.

• Instrumentation: Sensors, switches and controls as applied to fluid power: Temperature, flow, pressure, liquid level, position.

Talking Industry Live & The Knowledge Hub

Talking Industry Live, as a CPD member, included accredited panel discussions that fully reflected the ongoing global transformation to the smart manufacturing era and provided fascinating panel discussions and insight into the potential plants of the future, covering all aspects of the digital transformation across the manufacturing spectrum, as well as looking at how digitalisation has helped during the Coronavirus pandemic and its importance in any future outbreak. Leading experts addressed the vast array of information around 4IR, discussing the practicalities, technologies and issues surrounding transition and implementation of digitalisation in UK manufacturing.

In addition, as part of the Manufacturing Technology Centre’s (MTC) significant presence at the co-location of events, the organisation led the discussion on the changing manufacturing landscape, including the challenges and opportunities that will help provide practical steps, which manufacturers can take on the journey to embrace digitalisation in the post COVID-19 era. It also participated in a debate on the topic of Industrial Networks, IIOT, 5G and Communications, as well a panel discussion with the MTC’s Chief Automation Officer, Mike Wilson who led the discussion on Robotics and Advanced Automation. In addition, Charlotte Swain, Deputy Director for Delivery at the MTC’s Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre, participated in the Bridging the Engineering Skills Gap for Factories of the Future panel discussion alongside Dr Susan Scurlock, Founder of Primary Engineers, and Wg Cdr Russ Barnes, Youth and STEM for the Royal Air Force.