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CONTENTS NOVEMBER 2022


NEWS 4 Turck Banner aims to plant 2,023 in 2023


Turn to page 10 for more 6 Watlow acquires Eurotherm from Schneider Electric


Jason McGlynn from The Sempre Group talks about bringing the power of Quality 4.0 to Ireland


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FOCUS 10 Mitsubishi Electric’s new tagline refl ects its contributions to a better world through automation


FEATURES


Machine Building 16 Compareing the build versus buy approach for PCB-motion controllers


Food & Beverage


18 Five ways to reduce compressed air energy consumption in the food industry


20 The technology that’s revolutionising Irish farming


Test & Measurement 22 Yokogawa launches new Optical Spectrum Analysers covering wide wavelength range


Compressed Air


26 When, where and why: Plastic vs metal push-fi t compressed air pipes and fi ttings


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28 Liquid air energy storage demonstrator to support decarbonisation goals


Pumps & Pumping Supplies 30 Augmented reality app for hose pump maintenance


Plastics & Injection Moulding


34 Pandemic accelerates automation plans in injection moulding


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