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TRANSPORTATION IS EVOLVING
towards a silent future through
alternative fuels and electrification,
FPT Industrial has tackled this
challenge by working with
legendary electronic music pioneer
and three-time Oscar winner
Giorgio Moroder, to compose a new
and original sound identity for its
powertrains.
“The sound has to be as
innovative as the engine is and has
to fill the gap between the engine
and the music,” said Moroder.
The artist has always been
fascinated by the automotive
industry: in the 80s he developed
the Cizeta-Moroder V16T supercar
with the engineer Claudio Zampolli
and with legendary designer
Marcello Gandini.
“We really want to give a voice
and a soul to our engines, and I am
sure it will be hard to believe what
we are going to hear soon,” said
Annalisa Stupenengo, powertrain
president.
AUTOMATION REDUCES LEAD TIMES
IGUS HAS OPENED its automated
“A few years ago, our sole focus
assembly line for readycable at
was on selling plastic bearings,
its Northampton facility. The line
energy chains and cables with little
uses fully automated machines and
assembly work,” said Matthew
lean manufacturing methods to
Aldridge, managing director, igus UK.
streamline its manufacturing process
“More recently we have stepped into
to deliver fully harnessed drive cables
robotics and automation based on
shipped within 24 hours of order
our component parts and are now
placement.
investing in automation ourselves
to enable us to move into assembly
within the UK.”
Historically, igus used to assemble
cables manually by cutting back
the outer jacket, teasing out the
shielding, then stripping the jackets
off each of the inner cores and adding
crimps. Now these operations are
fully automated using the readycable
line, which also gives 100% quality of
assembly.
“We have spent hundreds of
thousands of pounds on machines
to automate this process, cutting
leadtimes from six or even 10 weeks
down to 24 hours. Customers will
usually receive their readycable the
next working day, fully-tested with
a guaranteed service life,” added
Aldridge. “All this automation does
not mean that we will be shedding
jobs, this automated assembly line
will enable us to grow our business,
creating more jobs for the area.”
SHAKERS
RICARDO’S
INNOVATION FOCUS
Mike Bell joins Ricardo as
chief innovation officer to
spearhead the company’s
future product, technology
and service innovation.
EX-IOD CEO JOINS
ENGINEERING
START-UP
Magway, a start-up that is
developing a sustainable
delivery network of
underground pipes for
transporting goods, has
appointed Anna Daroy,
former CEO of the Institute of
Directors (IoD) as its
managing director.
NANO DIMENSION’S
NEW PRESIDENT &
CEO
Additive electronics
manufacturing provider,
Nano Dimension Ltd, has
appointed Yoav Stern as
president and chief executive
officer. He will succeed cofounder
and current CEO
Amit Dror, who is taking the
executive role of customer
success officer reporting
directly to Stern.
PYREOS APPOINTS
NON-EXEC
DIRECTOR
Sensor and detector supplier,
Pyreos, has appointed Tom
Willey as non-executive
director.
WALLWORK GROUP
STRENGTHEN
VACUUM BRAZING
TEAM
Tim Merryweather has joined
Wallwork Group as vacuum
brazing technical sales
engineer.
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