Brexit – the current state of play

15 May, 2018

By Stephen Wright, managing director, Thorite (pictured). As a UK distributor, we spend most of our time sourcing products from UK-domiciled companies and also selling products to UK domiciled companies.

New technical applications manager for Camozzi

27 March, 2018

Camozzi has expanded its technical offering with the appointment of Tim Lobley in the role of technical applications manager. Lobley, an electrical specialist, started his career as an apprentice at Cottam Power Station, Newark, before moving on to become a service engineer and maintenance manager with a compressed air specialist.

New valve island offers improved flexibility and process safety

27 March, 2018

New pneumatic valve island from Bürkert offers improved flexibility and process safety

High spec, low maintenance electromechanical actuator range enhanced

27 March, 2018

The new Diakont DA78 series electromechanical actuator is now available from Inmoco and compliments the existing Diakont range.

New SIL & PL certified digital proportional valves from Atos

27 March, 2018

Atos has launched a full range of digital proportional and conventional valves designed for functional safety and offering standard axis motion control.

New digital flow switch from SMC

26 February, 2018

The latest digital flow switch to join the SMC family, PF3A7#H, monitors the consumption of the main line with a 100:1 ratio.

Elesa products out in force at Southern Manufacturing

26 February, 2018

The extensive Elesa range of standard machine elements is designed around the needs of manufacturing in all industry sectors, many of which were on display at the recently held 2018 Southern Manufacturing Exhibition.

Double sealing fittings ideal for harsh environments

26 February, 2018

Camozzi’s new Series H8000 fittings have been purpose designed to cope with the rigorous demands of dirty and dusty conditions, making them ideal for challenging working environments including welding robots, cutting, cement plants, off highway and paint spraying.

Know your pneumatics – Continuous Position Sensing

26 February, 2018

By Franck Roussillon, European product manager for actuators, Parker Hannifin.

Pneumatics for bottling

16 February, 2018

By Giorgio Guzzoni, product manager, Metal Work Spa.

New 3” stainless steel ball valve widens market appeal

08 December, 2017

Bonomi has expanded its Valpres stainless steel ball valve with ISO 5211 Pad range to include a 3” version.

Smart Pneumatic Grid with OPC UA

08 December, 2017

A lower energy consumption for compressed air applications, actuators under control at all times, and adaptability to new conditions: At the Motek 2017 Aventics and Boge Kompressoren have shown how these requirements can be met. The two companies have intelligently networked compressed air generators and compressed air consumers with their joint project, the Smart Pneumatic Grid.

Tom Parker appoints new area sales manager

27 October, 2017

Tom Parker Ltd. has further strengthened its external sales team with the recruitment of area sales manager, Peter McEwen. McEwen joins Tom Parker Ltd. as a highly experienced area sales manager for the company’s Basingstoke office. During 27 years of employment at SMC Pneumatics, he gained valuable skills and knowledge as a sales engineer and internal sales manager. Outside of work, McEwen is an avid car enthusiast. He is a member of Focus RS Owners Club and enjoys attending car shows and track day events. As a seasoned traveller and skilled scuba diver, he has scuba-dived at numerous locations; including the Caribbean, Indonesia and Egypt. McEwen qualified as a wreck diver earlier this year.

IMI Precision strengthens European operation with new appointment Engineering

27 October, 2017

Following a period of sustained growth, IMI Precision Engineering has appointed Christophe Bouvet as European managing director of industrial automation, to oversee its business development strategy.

Light and compact valve for mobile applications

27 October, 2017

The LS04 pneumatic spool valve from Aventics is said to be ideal for dynamic areas of application. Positioned as close as possible to the actuator, modern valves ensure short switching times and high-energy efficiency. The prerequisite for this are extremely compact valves with minimal weight.