NEWS
NEWS
News and updates from the Innomech team
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NEWS
Collaboration. The Driving Force Behind Successful Automation Projects.
Collaboration. A word that must hold so much more than the meaning of “working together” for the manufacturing sector. Collaboration in manufacturing must focus on entire workforces coming together to build resilience and efficiency into what many still describe as...
Reducing Risk: The Role of Automation in Safer Manufacturing Environments
Every business is bound by law to protect its workers and manage risk within the workplace. Protecting employees and staff on the front line from accidents and injuries, by putting measures in place that avoid, assess, and reduce identified risks – today, safety is as...
Unlocking smarter manufacturing: The role of data-driven automation
Data is transforming how manufacturers approach automation. Using real-time data to build bespoke automation systems that allow for better decision making, reduce downtime, and boost efficiency across the production line is what manufacturers across all sectors are...
Innomech to attend Medtec 2016 in Stuttgart 12th – 14th April
Innomech will be sending a team to Medtec 2016 in Stuttgart between the 12th and 14th of April. The Innomech team will be based on Stand 5E37 in the Full Service contract manufacturing Zone, and will be available to offer an insight as to how they may help with any...
Innomech develops automated test system for Owen Mumford
Innomech has designed and developed a new fully automated test system to help Owen Mumford, a global leader in medical device design and manufacturing, to carry out more efficient batch testing as a final verification of quality for one of its leading auto-injector...
Innomech develops lens automated manufacturing for Rayner
Innomech has been appointed by Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited (Rayner) to design and develop automated manufacturing equipment for the company’s new state-of-the-art production plant that is due to open in Worthing in July 2015. Innomech is developing several units...
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...
