We’ve all seen the rise in AI Copilots and LLMs (Large Language Models) from ChatGPT and similar to Microsoft’s CoPilot.  Many of us will be using them if not daily, then probably pretty regularly. So what are they and where do they potentially fit in a manufacturing environment? An AI ...

We’re aware of the cost implications of unplanned downtime. These are reported to be £5K per hour with companies experiencing up to 20 hours of unplanned downtime each week. Even though Planned Maintenance is the most important maintenance strategy being followed by companies, on average they are still potentially losing ...

ELAU PacDrive firmware of new MC-4 Motor Controller must be compatible with existing equipment

There is a term which we seem to hear more of these days and this is the ‘Black Swan’ effect. The Black Swan concept was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a former risk analyst, defining the concept as…’an unpredictable event that is beyond what is normally expected of a situation ...

ELAU PacDrive systems provide the motion control for packaging and other machines. These are used by many well-known international companies in the Food and Beverage, Pharma and Healthcare sectors. But what is motion-control and what does it mean in terms of industrial automation? The automation of manual processes on production ...

We’re all familiar with preventative maintenance whether we know it or not. For example, this is what we’re doing when we have our cars or boilers serviced. Parts are then replaced according to the manufacturer’s schedule before they fail due to wear or age. In fact most cars these days ...