INDUSTRY News NEW FROM RULAND Large Bore Disc Couplings
• Bore sizes up to 45mm • Torque up to 130 Nm • Reduced vibration due to a balanced design
• Double disc for increased misalignment
Large Bore Bellows Couplings
• Bore sizes up to 45mm • Torque up to 152 Nm • Reduced vibration due to a balanced design
• Highest torsional stiffness of the large bore couplings
Shaft Collars with Face Holes
• Maximum mounting fl exibility with drilled holes
• Most secure mounting connection with threaded holes
• Bore sizes from 10-50mm • Carefully made by Ruland from aluminium, steel, and stainless steel
CELEBRATING A YEAR OF TRAINING
400+ hours of electronics and mechanical training have been delivered to top global brands such as NEXT, Ocado, Pepsico, and Amazon, alongside its own employees, as SEW- EURODRIVE UK celebrates one year of DriveAcademy.
Yorkshire, was launched by SEW-EURODRIVE UK to help its customers and workforce improve their knowledge of gear drive using SEW products with best practice techniques. The training sessions are tailored to each team receiving roles, end applications and markets to deliver a truly bespoke advanced training experience each time. Andy Turner, sales and operations manager for SEW- EURODRIVE UK, was responsible for developing and launching the training academy in the UK. He said: “Ensuring that our customers and product end users have the knowledge and component in helping them operate competitively in their respective industries. Development periods are getting shorter learning an increasingly important factor in future success. “A big transition that our customers are experiencing at the moment is the move from generation B inverters to Movi-C inverters...we are committed to helping our customers through this transition.”
https://www.sew-eurodrive.co.uk/services/engineering_selection/ training/
training.html
6 February 2025 | Automation
SURGE IN AUTOMATION ENQUIRIES
Toyota Material Handling says it has experienced a surge in enquiries for its range of automated and robotic warehouse solutions since the increase in National Insurance employer budget statement.
The hike in the rate at which NI contributions are paid –
from 13.8 per cent to 15 per cent – combined with a lower threshold after which employers start paying NI on an most companies.
It is estimated that for each individual forklift truck driver employed on an annual salary of around £23,400 (a UK
talent.com) the NI changes will add in the region of £800 per Paul Freeman, Head of Business Development, said: “By warehouse personnel, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has accelerated the trend for companies in all sectors to introduce automated and robotic solutions as a way of mitigating the impact of the high cost of labour on operating overheads.” Freeman says companies are particularly keen to explore the
Autopilot series – could play in their intralogistics processes. “Transforming traditional lift trucks into automated guided vehicles (AGVs) not only eliminates reliance on forklift operators: the technology also delivers notable reductions in product and building infrastructure damage as well as increases in productivity and throughput rates,” he said. Visit
https://toyota-forklifts.co.uk/automated-solutions/ to
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