NEWS
NEWS
News and updates from the Innomech team
along with advice and industry commentary
NEWS
How Bespoke Automation Enables More Sustainable Product and Component Manufacturing
While the spotlight often falls on the sustainability of the final product, what we sometimes fail to consider is the systems and components that we use to make the products and the vital role they play in building this sustainability. From improving material...
Custom Automation Solutions: Tailoring Technology to Your Needs
Custom automation proves that technology doesn’t come as a one-size-fits-all solution, and rightly so. We need technology to work for us, to meet our specific business requirements, and to allow businesses to adapt quickly and perform better. Automation technology is...
Scaling up: Overcoming Manufacturing Bottlenecks with Automation
Bottlenecks and production challenges in manufacturing are not uncommon. It is a traditional industry with extensive processes and rigid production lines that often, due to factors outside our control, face bottlenecks that can negatively affect production output....
Innomech helps ITW reduce manufacturing costs
Automation consultancy GB Innomech (Innomech) has designed and developed an easy to use, fully automated printer ribbon assembly machine for ITW Imagedata (ITW), a specialist manufacturer of film ribbons and consumables for the global card industry. The new ‘spool...
Automating commercial fuel cell manufacture for AFC Energy
Fuel cells are one of the most promising new forms of energy generation. The technology is clean, quiet and efficient but the hundreds of layers in a commercial-scale fuel cell stack and the number of stacks needed to generate sufficient power make it almost...
Feature: Fuel for automation from ‘The Manufacturer’
In this recently published article Innomech MD Tim Mead highlights some of the challenges in designing and building the world's first automated manufacturing system for alkaline fuel cells. The system assembles fuel cell stacks, comprising hundreds of layers each and...
Innomech appoints Tim Mead as MD
Tim Mead has been appointed as managing director (MD) of automation consultancy GB Innomech (Innomech) and takes over from retiring MD David Beale. Tim, who was previously commercial director, will now oversee all operational activities, as well as the consultancy’s...
Top tips for Automation Projects
Top ten tips for successful manufacturing development and automated projects. Tim Mead from GB Innomech shares his top ten tips to help ensure automated assembly and test systems are delivered on time, to budget and specification. This article is based on the...
Innomech appointed for AFC Energy fuel cell manufacturing
GB Innomech (Innomech) has been appointed by AFC Energy – the fuel cell energy developer for industry – to develop automated manufacturing equipment to assemble fuel cell stacks for the company’s EU-backed Power Up programme. The work includes the development of...
Innomech appoints head of medical device manufacturing
Innomech has appointed Dr Peter Woods - an acknowledged expert in pharmaceutical automation and currently programme manager with the company - to take charge of one of its three business divisions: developing automated manufacturing systems for the assembly and test...
Innomech delivers breakthrough system in 14 weeks!
UK technology magazine 'Industrial Technology' has profiled GB Innomech's advanced new system for Molecular Products under the headline: 'End-of-line breakthrough' for leak and flow tests. The new machine carries out final quality testing on filled single-use carbon...
Press release: Innomech system 3x faster for medical manufacturer
Innomech has designed and delivered a sophisticated, high performance end-of-line testing system for Molecular Products, a medical manufacturer, in just 14 weeks. The new machine carries out final 'leak and flow tests' on filled carbon dioxide absorption canisters and...
Feature: ‘Innomech boosts glass production’
Innomech's new inspection system for specialist glass production manufacturer Cera Dynamics has been featured and reviewed by a number of UK business publications and specialist engineering titles. The system is designed to boost production output by 300%, improve...
Press release: Innomech develops glass frit inspection system
Automation consultancy GB Innomech is developing a high-throughput inspection system that will enable the UK’s leading specialised glass manufacturer to further improve product quality and meet fast-growing demand for its products world-wide, particularly from China...
Press release: Innomech invests in solar power
GB Innomech has today confirmed a major investment in solar power that will allow the company to be carbon neutral by the end of the year. Innomech's new solar PV system will generate sufficient energy to fully meet its annual energy consumption of around 45,000 kWh...
