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Insights   |   Article

Derisking innovation in UK Manufacturing

By Brian Palmer OBE

Innovation is not just having ideas. It is about finding solutions to real challenges. As we look around us, we don’t have to look too far to see the challenges we face. The world is changing at the fastest pace it ever has in history – and, almost certainly, at the slowest pace it ever will again. While the UK...

Tharsus Founder Brian Palmer

Insights   |   Article

What is a Strategic Machine?

A Strategic Machine makes a strategic difference to our customers proposition, giving them commercial success through potentially game-changing ideas in sometimes, quite established industries. For example, robotics in food production, warehouse automation, and agricultural robots. What was our inspiration for helping customers create their Strategic Machines?

Insights   |   Supply Chain

Supply chain disruption. The giant slayer

Supply chain disruption has, as we’re all too aware, shot to prominence in the media recently.  It's timely, then, to share with you Tharsus' experts' insight into the ways supply chain problems can crop up and the exponential effect they can have on a business, before going on to talk about how we at Tharsus have developed ways of avoiding...

Insights   |   Design

Bump: Get Business Working Again During COVID

By Brian Palmer OBE

We know that social distancing is one the most important ways to slow down the spread of COVID-19, but it’s really hard to do well, especially at work where it’s absolutely vital. Today we’re announcing that some of the world’s biggest distributors, manufacturers and logistics companies are trialling ‘Bump’ – a new, cutting-edge technology system from Tharsus specifically designed to...

Meet the Grads – Episode 1

By Kerry Patterson

Meet three of our Graduate Engineers at Tharsus.

Insights   |   Article

Northumberland is coming

Imagine 17 businesses with a collective turnover of over £1.4 billion, employing nearly 7000 people. And growing all the time. It’s always good to end the year with some success.

Insights   |   Interview

Women! Engineering needs YOU!

By Christine Reid

Today, there are over 730,000 women in engineering in the UK. Sounds a lot, but it's actually only 12% of the UK engineering profession. This is puzzling when you learn a few facts.

Insights   |   Interview

Women in engineering – Stevie McLaughlin

By Kerry Patterson

So as we come to the end of 2019 we close our year-long Women in Engineering focus, we catch up with Stevie McLaughlin, one of our young engineers doing great things here at Tharsus.

Insights   |   Prototype

What is FAT?

Factory acceptance testing (FAT) is the end process of a comprehensive control plan, each one product specific. Deployed for all products, this defines the process controls and measures taken to ensure each and every machine conforms to the performance and safety expectations of its design.

Insights   |   Article

What are advanced machines and robots?

By Dave Swan

AMRs, or advanced machines and robots are complex in design and manufacture and have the potential to revolutionise the way a business operates and disrupt industry sectors, through automating a traditionally human function to generate a far greater operational output. 

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