AI-powered robots used to pick valuable materials from Fife waste
AI-powered robots are being used to sort Fife Council's household waste in its Dunfermline material recovery facility (MRF).
Installed in late 2022, the robotic pickers...
Loma appoints new Scottish sales manager
IVOR Milne has been appointed regional sales manager for Scotland at machinery specialist Loma Systems.
He was most recently a sales engineer with coding and...
Automation challenges and opportunities highlighted at open house event
MORE than 600 visitors attended the FANUC UK open house event in Coventry recently as the industrial automation community addressed manufacturing challenges.
Comprising speaker presentations,...
From batteries to burgers: fast scanning finds new inspection applications
By Paul Wilson, MD, Scorpion Vision Ltd
TECH advancements such as sophisticated sensor technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and faster microprocessors are conspiring to make line-scan...
Fortress to showcase new data package options at PPMA Show
FORTRESS Technology has announced plans to launch a multi-machine data connection package at PPMA Show 2023.
The firm said the move has been made in...
Back to basics as Brillopak unveils next generation systems at PPMA
BRILLOPAK has announced it has completed a year-long re-engineering programme to streamline the size and price of the firm's most popular case/crate packing systems;...
Machinery investment delivers sustainability gains for brewery
BY investing over £10 million in modernising filling and packaging equipment at its Carlsberg Brewery in Northampton, Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC) is aiming...
FANUC UK reports record number of entries for robotics competition
FANUC UK has reported a 53% increase in the number of young people that have applied for the WorldSkills UK Industrial Robotics competition.
A record...
New shrink wrap lines improves speed and reliability for vitamin company
A new shrink-wrapping line is said to have improved reliability and processing speed for British-based vitamin producers BR Pharmaceutical.
With an existing line previously supplied...
ULMA Packaging appoints new UK sales manager for traysealers
ULMA Packaging has appointed Lee Driscoll as UK sales manager for traysealers.
With nearly 20 years' experience selling capital equipment, Lee will be tasked with...
