Buyers guide to batteries
In this article, Newark looks at battery purchasing considerations, plus factors impacting the shipping of end devices. Batteries vary by cell size and chemistry and are classified as primary or secondary. Primary batteries are fully charged when new but cannot be re-charged after they have discharged. Secondary batteries are rechargeable…
Lithium-ion batteries to engulf market
Transparency Market Research suggests bills-of-materials will increasingly be including cloud-based battery management systems as lithium-ion captures the renewables market. Cloud-based monitoring of battery management systems lets users monitor battery data and present information on state-of-charge and state-of-health. They also identify potential battery failures at various stages of operation, plus long-term…
Making manufacturers more efficient
Hitaltech explains how a chance meeting helped a customer reduce hassle, labour, storage and costs. In 2016, Energy Technology and Control’s manufacturing and supply chain manager, Julian Newton-Turner, met Hitaltech at Southern Manufacturing. Julian was looking for pad printed connectors for the company’s burner safety controls. Julian explained: “We were…
The Impact Chinese New Year 2021 Will Have on The Electronics Industry
Chinese New Year usually falls somewhere between the end of January and the middle of February. Next year in 2021, it is set to commence on 12th February and will be the year of the Ox. Chinese New Year is a time for celebration and is known to cause the…
Think, make or serve
It’s been an interesting 55-years. Like many children of the ‘60s, I was born into a manufacturing economy. As the years ticked by this was subsequently swept away by the knowledge economy, which was looked upon as higher value, cleaner and more environmentally sound. Just as I got to grips…
Industry 4.0: manufacturing’s supernova
John Denslinger argues Industry 4.0 is a manufacturing supernova on Earth, both for industry and the people enabling its transformation. The fourth industrial revolution was underway long before the pandemic touched every corner of the world. Covid might have limited adoption by those companies at implementation phase, but not among…
