‘Pharmaceutical Manufacturing’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release NI expands HIL simulation platform from National Instruments, which we summarised at the time by saying "National Instruments (NI) has announced the expansion of its hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation platform, which includes numerous products to optimise embedded system validation. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Airchannel helps timber specialist save energy from Airchannel: "Airchannel has installed a variable speed compressor for DG Heath (Timber Products) that will provide a 50 per cent energy cost saving per annum. ".

In November 2009, we covered the news from Dassault Systemes - take a look at Dassault Systemes releases latest PLM 2.0 platform which says: "Dassault Systemes (DS) unveiled the latest release of its PLM 2.0 platform at its recent European Customer Forum.".

Take a look also at the news release from Ricardo, Ricardo to help develop automatic transmission, as well as Liquiphant accurately measures liquid levels from Endress+Hauser, and Final chapter of lean manufacturing book released from Lattice Technology.

Latest stories...

CCE expands India-based manufacturing supply chain (November 2009)

CCE has expanded its India-based manufacturing supply chain to include precision machining, sheetmetal fabrication, stamping, weldments, injection moulding, forging and assembly of parts.

Hepcomotion rings produced in dedicated cell (November 2009)

Hepcomotion is able to supply single-piece rings in diameters up to 1.8m, which are produced in a dedicated machining cell, giving improved lead times.

Vistagy composite engineering for Bombardier (November 2009)

Vistagy has been selected by Bombardier Aerospace to provide the FiberSIM software suite as the standard composite engineering solution for all aircraft programmes at Bombardier.

Imatek installs second 100KJ DWTT in Korea (November 2009)

Imatek has successfully installed a DWT40-100 drop weight tear tester (DWTT) at Hyundai Steel in South Korea.

TEC unveils rapid-prototype machines at ACTE (November 2009)

Technology Education Concepts (TEC) will be demonstrating a 3D printer and a tabletop prototyping factory at the 2009 Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Convention.

FAG Dtect prevents power-turbine failure at Corus (November 2009)

An FAG Dtect X1 online vibration-monitoring system has prevented the failure of a steam turbine at a Scunthorpe Corus plant, and in doing so has saved thousands of pounds in lost power generation.

TVOC monitor can be installed without barriers (November 2009)

Ion Science has introduced the ATEX-approved three-wire TVOC monitor for use without safety barriers in Zone 2 hazardous areas.

PCB provides linear motion for abrasive blasting (November 2009)

PBC Linear was asked to provide a linear-motion system for the abrasive blasting of fabricated steel that could tolerate extreme environments.

UV helps keep pharmaceutical manufacturing clean

UV disinfection technology is helping Eli Lilly and Company meet the strict requirements of both the UK Medicines Control Agency and the US Food and Drug Administration.