Microchip’s alternatives to inflexible hybrid-style converters improve design flexibility while reducing system size, cost and development time Space system designers cannot easily support non-standard voltages or add functions with traditional hybrid-style power converters. Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP) has eliminated the cost, complexity and customization challenges of these hybrid solutions by offering a discrete-component-based, space-grade…

One of Kent’s fastest growing precision engineering specialists has completed a £1.5m investment drive with the installation of a new EHRT FlexPunch machine. HV Wooding, which employs over 100 people at its Range Road Industrial Estate factory in Hythe, has taken delivery of the new technology, which comes equipped with three CNC controlled axes that…

Life science specialists, AMSBIO, have made a new strategic investment to enhance the level of support to its sizeable and growing base of customers across the European Union. On December 30th, 2021, AMSBIO opened a new office in Alkmaar, Netherlands. The new AMSBIO Europe BV office is already providing EU customers rapid, easy access to…

~ EcoDrive app designed to help engineers calculate motor and drive efficiency ~ Leading automation manufacturer, WEG has developed the new EcoDrive app to allows engineers to calculate the efficiency of their system — be it a variable speed drive (VSD), motor or a combination. The app is a crucial tool for engineers hoping to…

Sensor-based zero-point clamping At MACH 2022, Roemheld will show for the first time in the UK a new, modular, sensor-based system that digitalises zero-point clamping by enabling digital recording of its status. STARK.intelligence enables data on workpiece loading and unloading to be integrated directly into an automated manufacturing process. Information is also provided on the…

Anti-food-waste expert, WRAP, declares that around a third of all food produced is lost or wasted, contributing 8 to 10 percent of overall man-made greenhouse gasses.[1] Food Waste Action Week 2022 (7th –13th March) aims to help slice global food waste in half by 2030.[2] After celebrating the success of its first event in 2021,…

~ CP Automation offers compact and versatile power analyser range ~ Power quality specialist CP Automation now supplies the PQube 3 series of power analysers from Powerside. The power analysers measure, identify and record all power quality disturbances and environmental or process parameter symptoms in real-time. This will equip the company’s customers with the tools…

At JEC World 2022, one of the largest global composites shows, held 8th to 10th March, at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, CGTech will demonstrate how advanced programming strategies and simulation can lead to the production of better composite parts. Throughout the show, CGTech (Hall 5 Stand P30) will showcase its Composites focused applications, including VERICUT Composite Programming…

SiFive is a semiconductor IP company founded in 2015 by the inventors of the open RISC-V instruction set architecture. Its semiconductor IP ranges from high-performance application processors and vector processors to low-power embedded 64- and 32-bit microcontrollers. SiFive was the first company to design a quad-core RISC-V CPU capable of running fully featured Linux distributions.…