Industrial Technology

Automation Studio 4 integrated with Team Foundation Server

The integration of the Team Foundation Server platform into B&R's Automation Studio software development environment makes it easier than ever to versionize individual software components and ensure adherence to defined sequences. Essential for structured development within a team, a source control system is the only way to guarantee clearly defined development versions while helping to prevent errors such as unintended overwriting or the use of outdated modules.

17th March 2014

RS Components expands 3D printer range to broaden customer accessibility

RS Components has introduced an array of 3D printers and print technologies to its product offering, placing the company among the top distribution stockists of multi-range 3D printing products worldwide.

13th March 2014

DesignSpark Mechanical

RS Components has announced a significant development in the history of 3D design software with the launch of DesignSpark Mechanical, a new 3D solid modelling and assembly tool that is available to all - totally free of charge.

26th February 2014

Stainless steel disc springs added to range

Disc springs are conical washer type components designed to be axially loaded and provide high levels of deflection resistance within a very small space. They can be assembled into stacks to achieve load characteristics to meet the specific needs of any application.

25th February 2014

Disc springs ensure consistent clamping on CNC machines

Disc springs from Spirol have provided a solution to ensuring a consistent clamping force in the operation of pick-off spindles for CNC screw machines. These spindles are designed to hold a part as it is cut to length and finished. They use a collet to release the part when it is complete and then to grasp a new part.

25th February 2014

Increased range of miniature compression springs

Lee Spring has added more than 100 new metric Bantam mini compression spring designs and a range of low index, high pressure compression springs to its extensive stock spring range.

25th February 2014

Adhesive technology on the up

The Shard has redefined London's landscape. It towers over the Gherkin by 130m and is almost twice the height of any other viewing platforms in London. Indeed this masterpiece of architecture is now the tallest building in Western Europe and naturally passenger lifts play a very important part in its daily life. They travel skywards at a dizzy six metres per second and, in common with many new lift installations across the world, the structure of its cars is bonded with Henkel adhesives.

25th February 2014

Adhesive tapes help Olympian Lizzy Yarnold to secure gold

Lizzy Yarnold triumphed in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, winning gold in the skeleton. This was Britain's second successive skeleton title in the Winter Olympics, after Amy Williams won gold in Vancouver in 2010. Britain's reigning champion Shelley Rudman, who won silver at the 2006 Olympics and gold at the 2013 World Championships in St Moritz, finished 16th. With additional successes in the men's and women's curling events, plus bronze for Jenny Jones in the slopestyle, this is Britain's best medal haul at a Winter Olympics since 1936.

25th February 2014

Goss Springs establishes new base

Goss Springs reports that it has completed its move to a new production facility in Epping, as it prepares to celebrate its 60th anniversary.

24th February 2014

Eaton turns to William Hughes as sole supplier

In today's competitive markets, being a sole supplier to a global manufacturing company is a well-earned accolade. In fact, William Hughes, one of the UK's leading manufacturers of high technology spring solutions, has been supplying springs to Eaton in Hampshire for over ten years. This sole supplier relationship has evolved based on a combination of competitive costs, excellent product quality, and outstanding customer service and support.

20th February 2014