Students from Farnborough Hill in Hampshire have been announced as the UK winners of the EEP Robotics Challenge.

A ferry ride across Hong Kong’s harbour in the early stages of a typhoon caused Doug Hart, chairman of Hart Industrial Doors, to pause – just what sort of technology would be needed to create a secure, protective, shutter that could withstand the full impact of a typhoon he asked himself writes Chris Dobson*

The occasion of the 2022 Drives and Controls exhibition, and its co-located shows (5 to 7 April), marked the first Talking Industry Live sessions. Here, the online panel discussions which were proven successfully online during the lockdown period, and which have now evolved into a regular monthly online event, morphed into a physical event for the first time. Andy Pye reports on the Maintenance session.

Brittany Phillips* explains how adaptive thermal solutions (ATS) can provide an answer to common heat processing challenges.

Johan Jonzon* explains how edge analytics provides instantaneous data to prevent unscheduled downtime

Talking Industry’s latest panel discussion looked at the future of Plant & Asset Management. Andy Pye highlights the discussion

Kieran Bennett explains how to select the right valve for steam temperature control.