RS Components has introduced a referral programme that incentivises members of DesignSpark to introduce friends and colleagues to the engineering platform, which offers benefits such as access to a global community of engineers, free MCAD and ECAD design software, CAD neutral libraries and a host of other resources.
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RS Components expands Festo factory automation product range
RS Components has expanded its range of products from Festo to include over 17,000* individual items. The new introductions span all of Festo’s most popular pneumatic and electrical device families, including cylinders, actuators, valves and pneumatic air preparation products.
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RS Components introduces highly versatile IIoT development box
RS Components has introduced the 4ZeroBox IIoT unit from Italian manufacturer TOI (Things on Internet). 4ZeroBox is the hardware component of TOI’s 4ZeroPlatform, a plug-and-play data gathering, processing and reporting system designed to optimise Industry 4.0 smart manufacturing and factory-maintenance processes.
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The importance of asset and workplace safety
In the Industry 4.0 era, there is a multitude of equipment, technology and site options to bring any manufacturing operation bang up-to-date. Managing ageing assets was cited as the 2nd biggest day to day challenge by nearly 1,000 procurement professionals, in the annual Indirect procurement report for Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO), carried out by RS Components and the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply.
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RS Components announces availability of new industrial interconnection solutions
RS Components has extended its industrial connector portfolio with two new solutions from Harting, including the recently launched Han 1A connector.
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Is the 5G wireless revolution dependent on the evolution of wired fibre?
5G wireless and mobile communications are set to change the world, with new applications and the user experience about to enter the world of real (or near <1ms) time interaction, our 5G connected world will bring about a fundamental change to humanity. If summed up in one quote “the impact of 5G will be as, if not more significant than electricity”.
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Smarter store solutions
Are your stores as smart as they could be? Poor practices around inventory ties up your working capital and leads to waste around overstocking, obsolescence, poor availability and lost productivity. Take control of low-value, fast moving industrial supplies with our managed inventory service.
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Hundreds of local school children turn out for inaugural STEMFEST event
RS Components welcomed more than 1,300 people – including 500 local school children – when it held its STEMFEST event at its UK headquarters in Corby.
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