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Automation consultancy, GB Innomech tom tion con ultancy, GB Innom ch


(In omech has designed and devel ped a new semi-automated workstation to help a major UK- based manufacturer to improve the manufacturing efficiency for one of its leading ranges of high isio


(Innomech), has designed and developed a new sem-automated w rkstati n to hel basedm nufacturer to i


efficiency for one of its leading ran es of h gh precision industrial sensors


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he new system will allo Instruments to shorten


production w Michell


timescales, further improve product quality, and to increase its capacity to meet fast-growing international deman d for its Easidew dew point sensors, particularly from the US and major European markets. Easidew sensors are routinely used for moisture measurement in gases and liquids across a broad range


medical gases, and compressed natural gas fuelling stations.


quality and boost business performance. The company works with maj international man such as pharmace


and environmental, as well as earlier- stage businesses looking to bring breakthrough technologies or products to market.


Innomech has a growingmarket reputation for solving the toughest of


Innomech has designed the easy-to- use workstation to replace a previously repetitive and time-consuming manual task of screwing a polyme r or stainles s steel guard component onto the body of a sensor housing. The new requires almost no operato is based on an Atlas Copco


which tightens the two components together following a defined torque profile. The system can immediately identify and warn its operator of any cross-threaded components or if the guard is incorrectly seated at the end o f the cycle .


“Innomech has specifically developed this new workstation to handle our existing Easidew product range but also with the flexibility so that it can be easily adapted to accommodate new products in development. The new systemwill speed up our assembly timescales, improve the process ofmanufacture in terms of quality and repeatability, and has the option to be integrated intomore fully automated production processes in the future if required,” saysMike Selwo od operation s manager atMichell Instruments.


, ABOU GB NNOMECH ABOUT GB I INNOMECH


GB Innomech (Innomech) specialises in automating highly complex and labour- intensive manufacturing processes to maximise outputs, improve product


of sectors including industrial processing, manufacturing problems by the early identification andmanagement of risk, often cross-fertilising technologies and techniques froma range of industry sectors. All proj


uticals, medical devices ufacturers in sectors ajor


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Innomech’s automated


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has been designed and developed to help Michell Instruments improve the


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manufacturing efficiency for its existing Easidew range of high precision industrial sensors. It can also be adapted to accommodate new products in development


range of high precision industrial sensors. It can also be adapted to accommodate new


products in development


scalemachines are conducted to high specification pharmaceutical industry standards and are desi


standards. The compa with GAMP5, FDA and


manufacturing efficiency Witchford, north of Cambridge and was for its existing Easidew


1990, is based at The


other international gned to comply


Innovation Centre in ny was founded in


awarded The Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2009 to recognise its sustained growth in internationalmarkets.


GB Innomech www.


www.innome mech.co.uk


TRAYPACKER CHAIN BENEFITS FOR FOOD & BEV I DUSTRY beverage industry. It is internally lubricated so that it is clean in use and does not need regular


re-lubrication. Tsubaki Traypacker Chain is a development of the company’s Lambda solution, which uses a special sintered oil-impregnated bush. Like the latest generation of Tsubaki Lambda Lube Free chain, the Traypacker is impregnated with NSF-H1 food grade lubricant as standard.


Tray packingmachinery is common in the food and beverage industry and fits cardboard trays or boxes to items, often to create ‘multi- packs’, before distribution. Naturally, hygiene is paramount and standard lubricated chain can cause contamination of themachine, floor and end product, possibly resulting in increasedmaintenance requirements, damaged products and reduced profit. Furthermore the lubricated chain itself gets contaminated by dust, glue and paper particles, preventing lubrication to reach the critical areas.


AYPACKER CHAIN BENEFITS FOR FOOD & BEV INDUSTRY subaki has developed a special chain for the tray packing machinery widely used in the food and


Tsubaki TrTraypacker Ts subaki Traypacker


Chain is a development ofChain is a development of the company’s Lambda


the company’s Lambda


solution, which uses a special sintered oil-impregnated bush


ts the risks of transmit to s and early


solution, which uses a special sintered oil-impregnated bush


To prevent such problems lubrication can be minimised or completely shut off. But this can cause chain stiffness and uneven elongation of the chain strands, which may lead to production error replacement of the chain. With Tsubaki Traypacker Chain, the internal lubrication cannot products, which eradicates contamination. Also the consistent internal lubrication comba uneven wear and elongation, and does away with the need to apply expensive food grade lubricants. Significantly Tsubaki Traypacker Chain is slightly narrower than standard Lambda chain, a requirement for most tray packing machines. Further, the machines require pushers to be fitted to the transport chain and for this Tsubaki’s designers have developed a be spoke solution in which the attachments are mounted by an engineered extended pin that allows flexible spacing so that different packing configurations can be accommodated. Additionally, Traypacker Chain is supplied with Tsubaki’s Match & Tag Service to guarantee a minimum length tolerance between chain strands that run parallel for conveyance purposes in, for instance, packaging machinery. Multiple case studies prove that even in the most demanding 24/7 production processes Tsubaki Traypacker Chain shows an absolute minimum in elongation, making its performance unsurpassed and offering unrivalled benefits year by year.


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