Achieving ATEX approval for pharmaceutical manufacture fluid control automation

05 February, 2024

Creating or expanding a production process within a pharmaceutical environment offers a number of challenges.

H&P looks at the challenges of creating new production lines or expanding existing ones.

Ten key steps to enhance pressure relief system efficiency

24 January, 2024

Clint Botard, Programme Manager of the Asset Integrity Management Services business at ABS Consulting, highlights ten essential steps to optimise pressure relief system efficiency while maintaining regulatory compliance.

Pneumatics expertise helps Cerulean achieve energy efficiency improvements on new tube packing machine

03 January, 2024

Soaring energy prices and the need to continuously drive down costs are key considerations for manufacturers. So, when packaging machinery specialist Cerulean decided to redesign its highly successful FPS-1 tube packer, high energy efficiency and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) became key design requirements. H&P reports

Camozzi Automation UK wins Industrial Innovation Award

30 November, 2023

The Series D Valve Island, by Camozzi Automation, played a pivotal role in securing the company’s recent Industrial Innovation Award presented at the Robotics & Automation.

Energy efficiency improvements on new tube packing machine

27 November, 2023

Soaring energy prices and the need to continuously drive down costs are key considerations for manufacturers. So, when packaging machinery specialist Cerulean decided to redesign its highly successful FPS-1 tube packer, high energy efficiency and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) became key design requirements.

Pennine Pneumatic Services appoints new Managing Director

13 November, 2023

(Left to right) - Ian Harrison and Matt O’Connor

Compressed air specialist Pennine Pneumatic Services Ltd (PPS) has appointed Matt O’Connor as its new Managing Director.

Cobots — electric or pneumatic?

08 November, 2023

Neil Ballinger, head of EMEA at automation parts supplier EU Automation, offers an overview of the benefits of electric and pneumatic cobots

Ten key steps to enhance pressure relief system efficiency

26 October, 2023

Clint Botard, Programme Manager of the Asset Integrity Management Services business at ABS Consulting, highlights ten essential steps to optimise pressure relief system efficiency while maintaining regulatory compliance.

Helping OEMs develop energy-efficient machines

10 October, 2023

Roy Schep, Manager Energy Efficiency, SMC Netherlands, looks at how tohelp OEMs develop energy-efficient machines.

New Head of Engineering & Product Development

14 September, 2023

PCL’s newly appointed Head of Engineering and Product Development, Stephen Redfern says his top priority is staying ahead of the curve. After undergoing an in-depth induction at the pneumatic expert’s Sheffield-based HQ, Redfern said he was ready to inject a progressive new energy to the company.

New coils increase solenoid valve energy efficiency by up to 80%

06 September, 2023

Bürkert says its Kick and Drop valve coils can save significant cost by reducing energy use and extending service life. The increased efficiency also optimises environmental sustainability. With a low maximum operating temperature, the coils enhance safety and remove the potential of electrical overheating. The 3-in-1 design, covering various voltage inputs, also streamlines inventory management.

Wheat mill ends pneumatic conveying line blowouts with deflection elbows

31 August, 2023

Lehi Mills is famous not only for 100 plus years of flour production, but also for being the backdrop of the 1984 cult film ‘Footloose’ in which actor Kevin Bacon fights a ban on dancing instituted by a staid local minister. Recently, the mill experienced a different kind of fight - this time against blowouts in its pneumatic pipeline elbows. H&P reports.

Celebrating 85 years

27 July, 2023

To celebrate 85 years of developing products for global markets, directors and staff from Sheffield-based pneumatics expert PCL got on their bikes to raise over £3,000 and counting for the NSPCC.

Five ways to optimise pneumatic systems design for food & beverage packaging applications

11 July, 2023

The MPA-C manifold, top centre, is installed in a difficult to adjust position. Proportional pressure regulators, lower left, plumbed to the manifold, solve the adjustment problem.

Andy Macpherson, Industry Manager for Food & Beverage at Festo GB, offers advice to help system designers adhere to food safety guidelines while improving machine utilisation and performance.

Partnership helps students put International Business skills into practice

14 June, 2023

Pneumatics expert PCL says it has high praise for a cohort of business students at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) after collaborating with them on market research for a brand new product.