Drives & Controls April 2023

BRAINBOXES As a market leader in safety solutions for machinery, Euchner is committed to helping businesses keep their employees safe and comply with safety regulations. Our products, including safety switches, safety relays, safety sensors, and safety interlocks, are designed to ensure that machinery can operate safely and reliably, protecting employees from harm and avoiding costly downtime. Attendees will have the opportunity to explore our latest products and technologies, network with peers and industry experts, and discover new ways to optimise safety and productivity in their manufacturing operations. One of our well-respected Safety Consultants will also be available to talk to and provide support to design engineers from design stages to deployment of machinery and offer advise on how Euchner can support you through this journey. We’re excited to be a part of this important event and look forward to sharing our insights and expertise with attendees. Charter Controls is a family-run business established in 1992 and prides itself on helping its customers during these difficult times. For many years, Charter Controls has been a global sourcing agent to high-value service providers and distributors, as well as supplying directly to panel builders, importing control panel products from original OEMs who manufacture for larger established brands across the globe. Our company’s ethos of “working for our customers” has enabled us to establish many strategic partnerships, which has been key in securing year-on-year growth for the company. As an appointed manufacturers’ agent, Charter Controls has been able to differentiate itself uniquely, by offering control panel components at competitive prices, and enabling UK panel builders to reduce their product purchasing costs and eliminate long delays in project completion. Charter Controls, simplifying it for you! GAMBICA is the Trade Association for Instrumentation, Control, Automation and Laboratory Technology in the UK. Our insight and influence help our members to be more competitive by increasing their knowledge and impact. Together we remove barriers and maximise the market potential in our industry. • We form a community of members and stakeholders that shares knowledge and best practice, shapes opinion and enhances the profile of our sector • We influence policy, standards and regulation for the benefit of our industry • We publish unique market reports and forecasts, allowing members to accurately plan future strategies and budgets • We help members develop business by promoting our industry through exhibitions, events, publications and media campaigns • We work with the future of industry through our Young Council and University groups to promote STEM sectors and address any skills gaps Being a specialist for automation technology with 50 years of experience in industrial manufacturing ifm is your reliable partner for the introduction and implementation of tailor-made digitisation solutions on the way to the smart factory. Sound hardware and software competence together with visionary ideas guarantee your continuous progress. From the individual sensor to an overall business solution - the ifm solutions are scalable so that the digitisation of your company is implemented in steps according to your wishes. Industry 4.0 is feasible – with the right partner, it is easier than you might think. ifm will accompany you on your way. Depending on your requirements, the ifm system sales will support you right from the beginning – from strategic advice, the development of individual software and hardware solutions and their corresponding implementation to advanced services. AutoLogic Systems provides advanced digital solutions and consulting to optimise manufacturing facilities and logistics. We are experts in Digital Twins and Virtual Commissioning, providing advanced 3D solutions for demonstration, simulation and controls testing. We are a Value Added Reseller of Emulate3D by Rockwell Automation. You can also optimise and automate case, pallet and vehicle/container configurations with our powerful range of software from TOPS Pro and MaxLoad Pro. With 30 years-experience providing, consulting and supporting our solutions, and now a Sonepar Company, we work with hundreds of companies across the UK to make their operations stand out from their competitors. Robots and factory automation are fundamental to the future success of UK manufacturing - many businesses are leveraging robotic automation across a wide range of tasks, for many varied reasons, which are as diverse as the solutions are available, to meet the demands of modern manufacturing methods. From industrial intralogistics and mobile, material transportation robots operating in dynamic supply chain environments to 3D printing robots, capable of measuring and optimizing processes as they print, food grade robots capable of slicing cheese or skilleting sandwiches, to medical grade robots designed and manufactured to operate precisely and consistently in the strictest of hygienic environments - the demands of automation today are that which we have never seen before. At Talking industry Live KUKA will present two new products – The KMP-600S: complete flexibility for production intralogistics, and the AMCell_: pushing boundaries in additive manufacturing – Two durable, multipurpose performers built upon flexibility and efficiency. Ai Build is a London based company providing advanced software for robotic and gantry large-format additive manufacturing systems using polymers and metals. AiSync additive manufacturing software is optimised to simplify and automate additive manufacturing from plan to print, providing reliable, repeatable results across the enterprise. Clients report AiSync AM software reducing failed builds by 65% and a 90% efficiency gain in overall build time. Advanced capabilities like real-time remote connectivity, allows clients to view, simulate, control and monitor all machines regardless of location. A digital twin provides full visual build simulation and collision avoidance. AiSync Defect Detection Capability allows quality defects to be identified in real time during the build. AiSync AM software is trusted across many critical applications including tier one automotive, aerospace, marine, energy and construction sectors. Whilst businesses around the globe are already committed to steep decarbonisation targets, gaining a clearer picture of energy as a raw material cost can accelerate sustainability drives, increase brand equity and ultimately improve your bottom line. Our custom dashboard and data collection demo uses Brainboxes hardware and open-source software to monitor energy showing how to: • Efficiently capture, aggregate and analyse your plant-wide energy data • Reduce the impact of market volatility on your production costs • Increase positive brand perception • Achieve substantial financial savings

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