Industrial Technology

Fluorescing adhesives ease bond inspection

Intertronics, the clever adhesives people in Oxford, are persuading their customers to "see red" - literally. The Ultra-Red fluorescing technology built into many DYMAX adhesives offers assemblers concrete advantages in plastics fabrication.

16th November 2009

Effective management of all your torque data

Norbar has launched the ultimate torque measurement, calibration and data archiving system. The T-Box, together with the Torque Data Management System software, allows the simple processing of data for analysis and retrieval and can even print calibration certificates.

16th November 2009

Foam mounting tapes are double sided

New double sided foam mounting tapes aimed at high performance consumer electronics and non-permanent stress fastening applications are now available from Tesa UK. Developed to offer optimum mechanical and environmental performance the products extend the thickness range within the company's thin foam tape assortment.

16th November 2009

Lightning strike simulation heralds simplified design

Tests verify accuracy of finite-element current flow simulation in complete aircraft structures including client-specific cabling.

16th November 2009

Swan sailing yachts selects Siemens PLM

Siemens PLM Software has announced that Oy Nautor Ab, builder of the world famous Swan sailing yachts, selected Teamcenter software as its corporate-wide PLM solution and will deploy 60 seats when fully implemented. In addition Nautor has selected Siemens PLM Software's NX software for yacht development. Siemens PLM Software will provide both software and services.

16th November 2009

Motorcycle manufacturer picks Autodesk Inventor

Autodesk has announced that Wild West Motor Company, a manufacturer of some of the most exotic high-performance motorcycles in the world, is replacing its existing CAD platform in favour of Autodesk Inventor software.

9th November 2009

Personal transport goes green

The world's lightest production electric two-wheeler produced by British company Karbon Kinetics (KKL) was developed partly using rapid injection moulding provided by Protomold, part of Proto Labs.

13th October 2009

Siemens delivers Parasolid V22

Siemens PLM Software has announced the availability of Parasolid Version 22.0 (V22) software - the latest release of its PLM 3D geometric modeling component software. Parasolid V22 delivers a wide variety of powerful modeling enhancements specifically designed to boost the productivity of application software developers working on some of the most advanced PLM end-user products on the market.

13th October 2009

Autodesk opts for Parallels Desktop for Mac

Autodesk has announced an agreement with Parallels, a worldwide leader in virtualisation and automation software, to make Parallels Desktop for Mac Autodesk's preferred Mac virtualisation software. "Autodesk customers are increasingly working with both Mac and Windows, and have asked us to support Mac virtualisation," said Chris Bradshaw, Autodesk chief marketing officer.

13th October 2009

Reducing cost and installation time

Pierce and rivet fastening specialist Profil (UK) has introduced a brand new series of self piercing nuts for sheet metal applications. The new RSD fasteners are available with M6 or M8 threads, capable of piercing up to 1.6mm and 2.00mm steel panels respectively. They incorporate a large flange for extremely high pull through resistance and typically achieve 16-20Nm torque performance under production conditions, making them particularly suitable for automotive, electrical equipment, white goods and enclosure applications.

13th October 2009