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Enclosures facilitate easy rewiring as manufacturing plants evolve

Enclosures facilitate easy rewiring as manufacturing plants evolve

Until recently, rewiring automated plants as production requirements change and evolve could be a daunting prospect. Each change to the plant was likely to make the wiring a little more complicated and a little less efficient, with the danger that after a number of changes it comes to resemble an explosion in a spaghetti factory. Now Spelsberg, has developed a solution that means wiring layouts can be kept neat through any number of changes, making both reconfiguring and fault tracing easy and efficient.

1st August 2016
Enclosures protect control equipment in milking parlours

Enclosures protect control equipment in milking parlours

Controllers for milking parlours have to be simple to operate, easy to install and easy to maintain. But crucially, they must also be strong, reliable and above all accurate. The enclosures specified to house the control equipment have to protect sensitive control electronics positioned in and around the harsh parlour feeding and wider dairy farm environment.

1st August 2016
Advanced aerospace materials

Advanced aerospace materials

With fuel prices currently accounting for over a third of operating costs, it is now widely recognised that interior composites can deliver significant cost savings in aircraft manufacturing. Given the valued combination of low weight, high strength, and processing efficiencies, it’s clear to see why composite materials have a promising future in passenger aircraft interiors.

1st August 2016
Faster lead times on custom engineered aerospace bearings

Faster lead times on custom engineered aerospace bearings

Carter Manufacturing has signed a distribution agreement with US custom bearing specialist Napoleon Engineering Services (NES) to provide custom engineered bearings in small and medium order quantities and on fast lead times to the aerospace industry and other markets in Europe.

1st August 2016
Aerospace heat treatment and surface coatings

Aerospace heat treatment and surface coatings

Aerospace heat treatment and hard coatings specialist, the Wallwork Group, has invested an additional £2.5 million in buildings, plant, training and research to extend and deepen services for the aerospace industry. The company has also gained more aerospace approvals for processes at all their UK sites to ensure a national service with assured quality and quick turnaround. 

1st August 2016
Permeability of materials

Permeability of materials

The number of airships and balloons in the world is, like the products themselves, going up. But there could be a danger that without the right testing that they come right back down again. The problem is that helium leaks faster than any other gas as its molecules are smaller – and every fabric ever made lets the gas leak out to a greater or lesser extent.

1st August 2016
3D part printing service in Chelmsford

3D part printing service in Chelmsford

If you need prototypes, perhaps for a new part design, and you’re in the Essex area, then you may be interested in a 3D printing service in Chelmsford. Rapit is the brainchild of Ray Hurd, and he can offer 3D printing of parts for individuals and trade enquiries, working from CAD files or even from a sketch.

1st August 2016
Valve island customers given greater flexibility as ASCO launch new size valve

Valve island customers given greater flexibility as ASCO launch new size valve

ASCO have added a new valve size to their Valve Islands range which gives users greater flexibility across a variety of applications and industries. The ASCO Numatics valve islands boast a wide capacity range of 400 l/min to 3820 l/min. The new 502 Series valve means that the range can now handle new mid-range flow requirements of up to 650 l/min. New base plates also mean it is possible to combine two sizes of valve on one island, enabling users to easily manage both valve actuator control and pneumatics.

29th July 2016
Morgan and D3O create world

Morgan and D3O create world"s most advanced helmet for defence sector

Morgan Advanced Materials, a world leader in the application of advanced composite material technology, has incorporated D3O TRUST high-performance padding system into its ultra-lightweight combat helmet portfolio, the LASA AC914 and LASA AC915. The combination of Morgan’s hybrid composite ballistic helmet shell technology, with D3O’s impact pads is believed to be the most advanced combat helmet in the global market.

29th July 2016
Igus robolink robots tend machine tools

Igus robolink robots tend machine tools

Robots are increasingly being used to reduce repetitive strain injuries, allow for operation in wet or harsh environments or to save cost. They are frequently used for material handling, for example removing a finished part from a milling machine and replacing it with a blank part for processing.

29th July 2016
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