Wednesday - 07 January 2009
TCT Live 2009 Rapid Manufacturing Conference
Cheshire, UK, 5th January 2009: The Rapid Manufacturing Conference will be a featured highlight of the TCT Live 2009 programme. A successful and much-respected event, now in its 14th year, the conference will focus solely on the application of rapid...
Published: The Engineer Online - 06 January 2009
Olympic gold with polymer bearings
Her lightweight bike weighing just only 7.3 kg, the German mountain biker Sabine Spitz won the Olympic gold in Beijing by a solid lead of 41 seconds. Also on the winners' podium were the lightweight "iglidur®" polymer plain bearings from igus® which were...
Published: The Engineer Online - 05 January 2009
LG Motion Design
LG Motion design, manufacture and supply motion products to professional motion users throughout Europe....
Published: The Engineer Online - 22 December 2008
NORD-LOCK
NORD-LOCK washers are a unique bolt securing system using tension instead of friction....
Published: The Engineer Online - 22 December 2008
Tolerance Rings take the strain
Rencol Tolerance Rings have a major role to play in the design and manufacture of safe, dependable electric motors. ...
Published: The Engineer Online - 22 December 2008
GEARBOXES STAY COOL!
GEARBOXES DELIVER IMPROVED RELIABILITY & LONGER OPERATING LIFE UNDER COOLER RUNNING CONDITIONS…says Bain Nicholson, Operations Manager, Deritend RMB Large Rotating Machines...
Published: The Engineer Online - 19 December 2008
Renold Gears’ PM Series added to “Rapid Response”
The Renold Gears PM Series range of geared motors has now been added to the company’s ‘off the shelf’ availability program “Rapid Response”....
Published: The Engineer Online - 19 December 2008
Improved control cuts injection moulding
State-of-the-art controls based on a variable speed drive from ABB have cut the energy consumption by one third on an injection moulding machine at McKechnie Automotive and Engineered Plastics in Pickering. The new control panel was designed and supplied...
Published: The Engineer Online - 17 December 2008
FK7 Limited
FK7 Limited is a fresh new company providing industrial gearbox maintenance, recondition, design and manufacture, whose ethos is welcomed by engineers across the UK....
Published: The Engineer Online - 16 December 2008
Welder takes safety to next level
A new architecture for safety systems that centralises the safety relays into the PLC (programmable logic controller) instead of using standalone devices spread around the plant has had its first UK use....
Published: The Engineer Online - 16 December 2008
ABB’s newest version of its IndustrialIT ECS Enterprise
ABB’s newest version of its IndustrialIT ECS Enterprise Connectivity Solutions includes enhancements for quicker integration of systems, improved performance, and simplified user interface....
Published: The Engineer Online - 12 December 2008
Altair Adds Computing Performance Analytics to GridWorks
Altair today announced the addition of a powerful new computing performance analytics tool to GridWorks, its suite of on-demand grid computing technologies. GridWorks Analytics™ empowers IT administrators with a clear vision into the operational...
Published: The Engineer Online - 12 December 2008
Digital Ohmmeter D07Plus
The specialist supplier of precision measurement equipment has produced the Digital Ohmmeter D07Plus which improves the accuracy to which low resistance can be measured....
Published: The Engineer Online - 12 December 2008
IEEM Medal has been awarded to Professor Charles
The Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (IEEM) Medal has been awarded to Professor Charles Gimingham...
Published: The Engineer Online - 12 December 2008
Ircon® has announced its Maxline® 2 system is now available
Ircon® has announced its Maxline® 2 system is now available with a camera link interface supporting multiple thermal imaging cameras for a variety of automated process control and inspection applications....
Published: The Engineer Online - 12 December 2008
John Crane launches a new range of H Series
John Crane has launched a new range of H Series high performance power transmission couplings that combine the proven performance of its original Metastream range with many new benefits....
Published: The Engineer Online - 12 December 2008
Makita Is supplying production tools to both MG and
At MG’s Longbridge plant, the production of the
MGTF sports car requires the torque sensitivity of the
Makita BFL400FZ 14.4v angle screwdriver for critical
fittings such as seat mountings...
Published: The Engineer Online - 12 December 2008
Rencol has introduced a comprehensive range of index plungers
Rencol has introduced a comprehensive range of index plungers, cam plungers, ball spring plungers and indexing bolts....
Published: The Engineer Online - 12 December 2008
Rockwell Automation Reports Fourth Quarter
Rockwell Automation, Inc. reports fiscal 2008 fourth quarter revenue of $1,484.3 million, up 8 percent compared to $1,370.5 million in 2007. ...
Published: The Engineer Online - 12 December 2008
Sensortechnics’ new HDI series
Sensortechnics’ new HDI series offers absolute, differential and gage pressure measurement in various ranges from 10 mbar up to 10 bar....
Published: The Engineer Online - 12 December 2008