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Insights on Ensuring Compliance with UL Standards for MCCs
Motor control center (MCC) builders and consumers rely on standards, particularly UL 845, to ensure panel safety and operation. Below you will find information and suggestions to help you better comprehend the essential aspects of those standards.Building panels that comply with strict and confusing UL standards is not an easy task. Just because some technical aspects match between UL standards, doesn’t mean conflicts will not exist so one needs comprehensive knowledge to ensure panel safety dur
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Mar 15th 2022
World's Third Largest Motorcycle Manufacturer Uses Universal Robots
Improving productivity and ergonomics is a large part of what drove Bajaj Auto Ltd. to choose Universal Robots’ cobots to automate their assembly lines and become the first company in India to implement a collaborative robots solution. Due to the growing number of motorcycle models being produced, Bajaj needed an automation solution that could be deployed horizontally. The benefits of Universal Robots cobots were primarily an improvement in productivity, flexibility and relia
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Mar 1st 2022
Inxpect Radars Offer the Perfect Balance Between Safety and Productivity in a Highly Automated Production Line
Innovative safety radar system from Inxpect in use at the BMW Group's main plant in Munich
Brescia, Italia – February 8, 2022
At the end of last year, a new welding line was commissioned at the BMW Group plant in Munich, equipped with Inxpect's new Safety Radar System.
Inxpect sensors use proprietary radar-based technology to safely detect people, directing machinery to operate only when workers are outside their work area. Thus, the safety of the workers is guaranteed.
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Feb 21st 2022
Reduce Risk with Blanket Purchase Orders
A blanket purchase order can help manufacturers keep operations lean and running smoothly by ensuring part availability and stable prices in an otherwise unstable environment. What is a blanket purchase order?A blanket purchase order (BPO) is a purchase order for a fixed amount over a specific period of time. Generally, buyers obtain approval for a blanket amount and continue using that purchase order until the amount is depleted or through the end of the blanket purchase agreement’s
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Feb 1st 2022
Snoop Dogg Applies for Hot Dog Trademark After Being Grossed Out by Manufacturing Process on Live TV
With his mind on his money and his money on his mind, Snoop Dogg has applied for an "intent to use" trademark for "hot dogs and other types of sausage" after expressing complete disgust for the hot dog manufacturing process on Jimmy Kimmel Live. After recently investing in Beyond Meat and another plant-based snack food company, Snoop explained that “With such a busy schedule, I needed to make sure that I’m taking care of myself both mentally and physically,” he said during an exclusive inte
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Jan 14th 2022