Hydraulics & Pneumatics March 2022

Fully supported by the British Fluid Power Association (BFPA) and Hydraulics & Pneumatics magazine, Fluid Power & Systems offers the largest gathering of leading companies from around the world displaying and demonstrating the latest innovations in mechanical and electro- mechanical equipment. Whatever your industrial sector, whether engineering, construction, offshore/marine, oil & gas, agriculture/farming, automotive, aerospace etc, Fluid Power & Systems – with free entry for visitors – offers a convenient one-stop shop for all your fluid power and system requirements, including: Hydraulics: industrial and mobile, including pumps and power packs, cylinders, valves, motors, heat exchangers, and accumulators, filters and sealing technologies. Pneumatics: valve and valve islands, linear and rotary actuators, air motors, FRLs and other treatment technologies. Systems: Electro-hydraulic & pneumatic systems design; CAN bus technology; process automation; monitoring & control; modelling & simulation. Instrumentation: Sensors, switches and controls as applied to fluid power: Temperature, flow, pressure, liquid level, position. Air-Tech – fully supported by the British Compressed Air Society (BCAS), together with Hydraulics & Pneumatics and Plant & Works Engineering magazines – will again cover the very latest in compressed air, vacuum and generators from the UK’s largest gathering of world-class companies. Visitors to Air-Tech will be able to see a wide range of equipment and solutions, including the following: Accumulators, actuators, air delivery systems and air motors. Compressors, cooler tools and cylinders. Vacuum systems and generators. Displays & meters. Filters, fittings, heat exchangers and hoses. FLUID POWER & SYSTEMS 2022 AND AIR-TECH 2022 PREVIEW 48 HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS March 2022 www.hpmag.co.uk Maintenance 4.0: The Future of Asset Management – Chaired by Professor John Ahmet Erkoyuncu, Cranfield University, with a panel comprising Dean Whittle, senior reliability engineer, RMS Reliability; Matt Grogan, technical sales engineer, SPM Instrument UK; and Daniel Phillips-Fern, UK & Ireland country manager, IXON Bridging the Engineering Skills Gap for Factories of the Future – Chaired by Aaron Blutstein, managing editor, Smart Futures and Plant & Works Engineering, with a panel comprising Dr Susan Scurlock, founder, Primary Engineers; wing commander Russ Barnes, youth and STEM, Royal Air Force; and Charlotte Swain, deputy director for delivery at the MTC’s Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre The Hidden Menace: Strategies to Avoid Cybercrime – Chaired by Ed Holden, editor, Hydraulics & Pneumatics, with a panel comprising Nicc Lewis, VP marketing, ASOCS; Anthony Green, founder, CTO and cybercrime expert, Instruments, lubricators, manifolds and mobile compressors. Pumps, regulators, sensors, software and valves. Talking Industry Live This year will also see the introduction of a physical version of DFA Manufacturing Media’s popular panel discussion series, Talking Industry. As well as continuing in its now firmly established format, the NEC event will see the series’ expansion from the digital sphere to live panel discussions under the Talking Industry Live brand. Among the discussions that comprise Talking Industry Live over the three days of the event are: Robotics & Advanced Automation – Chaired by DFA Manufacturing Media consulting editor Andy Pye, with a panel comprising Mike Wilson, chief automation officer, Manufacturing Technology Centre; Nikesh Mistry, sector head for industrial automation, GAMBICA; Asif Moghal, market development manager, Autodesk; and Vaibhav Boricha, Director at VIKASO Get ready for our industry’s biggest event Taking place from 5 to 7 April at the NEC in Birmingham, the 2022 co-location of events – Fluid Power & Systems, Air-Tech, Drives & Controls, Smart Industry Expo, and Plant & Asset Management – promises to be organiser DFA Manufacturing Media’s biggest, most content-rich and widely attended outing to date.