Guide To Suppliers

Gary Price, International Product Manager for Automation and Services at ERIKS UK, asks whether the UK industry is really ready for Industry 4.0.

As industry strives to find new ways to conserve energy and maximise system effectiveness, a growing number of plant and factory operators are focusing their attention on poorly specified belt drives. We take a closer look at this often neglected, but nonetheless significant aspect of industrial power transmission

ERIKS has acquired the activities of Diamond Gear Company (DGC), a manufacturer of industrial worm gears, bevel gears, and declutchable worm gears, and the exclusive North American representative and master distributor for a high-technology line of pneumatic, rack and pinion actuators, used for valve automation. DGC maintains substantial inventories of the full range of its product offerings and offers rapid delivery and full service shop facilities on-site to meet nearly all requirements.

In these cost-conscious times, many manufacturers are looking for ways to rationalise their MRO stores and procurement activities. Even so, says Paul Jenno, there are still those that are unaware of the substantial benefits that can be achieved by outsourcing this area