SOUTHERN MANUFACTURING SHOW PREVIEW
ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS
INDUSTRY SOUTH
A WORLD OF SOLUTIONS IN ONE SHOW
A world of engineering solutions awaits
visitors to Southern Manufacturing &
Electronics, when it returns to Farnborough
International from February 5th to 7th
2019. The UK’s largest annual engineering
exhibition will host around 800 exhibiting
companies from all over the UK, continental
Europe and beyond – an increase of around
20% on 2018.
Now entering its third decade, the diversity
of firms taking part gives Southern
Manufacturing & Electronics huge appeal
across a broad spectrum of engineering
enterprise. Gathered in the plush, modern
surroundings of the 20,000m² Farnborough
International Exhibition & Conference Centre
– opened in 2018 at a cost of £35m – will
be an incredible selection of suppliers,
ranging from component vendors to major
international machinery manufacturers.
There is also a wide selection of subcontract
service providers specialising in everything
from fabrication to electronics assembly. Not
surprisingly, given Farnborough’s importance
at the heart of the UK’s $22bn aerospace
industry, there is a high percentage of
AS9100-rated subcontractors featured in the
exhibitor list. But perhaps more interestingly
given the current uncertainties over Brexit,
the show also hosts a significant selection
of non-UK firms, the numbers of which have
increased no less than 26% over 2018.
For those involved in process control,
the Electronics section of the show will
perhaps be the primary area of interest.
This section has expanded significantly in
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recent years and is at this moment arguably
the most all-inclusive marketplace in the
UK for machine building and automation
components and sub-assemblies such as
encoders, controllers, drives and sensors of
all descriptions. RDP Electronics launches a
CANbus LVDT and a rotary position sensor at
Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 2019.
The CANbus LVDT combines the benefits of
absolute, high-repeatability; robust LVDT
technology with efficient modern CAN
interface protocols. The R360D rotary position
sensor uses contactless magnetoresistive
sensing to provide a conditioned 4.0 to 20mA
output over a full 360° of shaft rotation.
BT2000 will introduce the Aceinna MTLT305D
Dynamic Tilt Sensor Module. The MTLT305D
combines accelerometers, gyroscopes and a
temperature sensor with advanced calibration
& correction algorithms to provide accurate
3D acceleration, 3D rate and Pitch and Roll
measurement in dynamic applications.
HepcoMotion returns for Southern 2019
with its plethora of motion solutions,
from track systems for robot automation
to complete production lines performing
multi-assembly tasks. The company’s
V-guide system, designed for automation
and linear applications, is widely used in the
packing industry for applications such as a
telescopic pick and place gantry, transport
system or multi-lane row divider. Following
collaboration with Swiss mechatronics firm,
Stäubli, German automation company,
Beckhoff, visitors will be able to view a Hepco
GFX system with high speed pick and place
robots.