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Elesa breather caps and level indicators hit the mark for Sarum Hydraulics

Elesa breather caps and level indicators hit the mark for Sarum Hydraulics

Elesa filler breathers and level indicators have been an important part of specialist hydraulic hand pumps, pressure testing units and dispensing equipment from Sarum Hydraulics for 30 years. This is a long term relationship based on quality components, leading design style and reliability of supply, which has enabled Sarum Hydraulics to produce equipment for a wide range of applications requiring very reliable high performance actuation, pressure testing and system charging pumps such as their Micropac hand pump series.

19th May 2017
Selecting seals for bespoke hydraulic cylinders

Selecting seals for bespoke hydraulic cylinders

Steven North of Apex Hydraulics shares some of the questions that designers need to consider when choosing a seal for hydraulics cylinders.

19th May 2017
Phoenix Contact takes over specialist for industrial communication technology

Phoenix Contact takes over specialist for industrial communication technology

Phoenix Contact is to take over Taiwanese company Etherwan System, a manufacturer for Ethernet communication technology in automation. The takeover enrichens the position of the Phoenix Contact Group in the area of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0, which was already strengthened by the take-over of the Canadian Perle Systems in 2016.

18th May 2017
Free online training in robot programming

Free online training in robot programming

Universal Robots has developed online training modules to further lower the automation barrier. The hands-on modules are offered free of charge, open to all, and built to deliver hands-on learning via interactive simulations to maximize user engagement.

17th May 2017
Best practice is vital in hydraulic fluid selection

Best practice is vital in hydraulic fluid selection

Bosch Rexroth has restated the importance of choosing correctly rated hydraulic fluids to optimise performance and safety in mobile applications. The advice comes as the company issues its own Fluid Rating List recommending the most appropriate high-performance fluids for use with its hydraulic pumps and motors. This complements the requirements of international standards ISO6473-4 and ISO4006.

17th May 2017
Enhanced control for Land Rover BAR

Enhanced control for Land Rover BAR"s America"s Cup race

When Olympic hero Sir Ben Ainslie took the helm of Britain’s hope to bring the America’s Cup home for the first time in 166 years, he realised that his Land Rover BAR team needed the very best in British manufacturing, design and innovation.

17th May 2017
Coated gears provide big endurance improvement for Red Victor Racing

Coated gears provide big endurance improvement for Red Victor Racing

Returning from the winter series drag racing championships in Bahrain, the Red Victor Racing Team report they have clocked-up their best speeds ever. Success was in no small part due to the advanced hard coatings from Wallwork applied to the highly stressed gear components to extend their operating life in this extremely testing application.

17th May 2017
UBRacing prepares for its 20th year of Formula Student

UBRacing prepares for its 20th year of Formula Student

Celebrating 20 years of competing in the Formula Student competition, the University of Birmingham’s official team, UBRacing is preparing for this year’s race season. The competition, which is organised in the UK by IMechE is all about building future engineering talent by designing and producing a single-seater racing car. As part of its YES (Young Engineers Support) programme, Igus has backed the UBRacing team for several years with free engineering advice and products.

17th May 2017
Reliance adds miniature ballscrews to range

Reliance adds miniature ballscrews to range

Reliance is pleased to announce the supply of a new product range, Steinmeyer miniature ballscrews, as part of its catalogue product offering. The miniature ballscrews with diameters of 16mm and smaller are commonly used for precision positioning in semiconductor, optics, medical instrument and metrology applications, and so are a natural, complementary addition to the Reliance catalogue product range.

17th May 2017
PushPull interface saves on assembly time

PushPull interface saves on assembly time

Harting has added a PushPull interface to its M12 PCB angled D-coded connector, not only enabling direct Ethernet transmission from the cable to the printed circuit board but also leading to considerable savings in assembly time.

17th May 2017
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