Whether selecting a catalogue spring or specifying a custom item; Chris Petts, managing director at Lee Spring, suggests that it is always worth considering the following factors: Principles of spring design - Hooke’s Law is a principle of spring design relating to Load and Deflection. It states that a restoring force due to a spring is proportional to the distance the spring is deflected and a...

Panacol developed a new optically clear adhesive: Vitralit® 50004. The new adhesive is a one-component UV curable acrylic adhesive with ultra-low viscosity, which is used for bonding displays and laminating optics. Vitralit® 50004 adheres specifically to a variety of substrates including coated glass, PET and other plastics and films. It possesses a very low viscosity that facilitates fast fill...

By Ryan Crawley, marketing executive at Hafren Fasteners Ltd You have standard fasteners that are of course very useful for fixing things, but they are vulnerable to attack, theft, vandalism and unauthorised tampering. So, when you need to secure something valuable or commercially sensitive you need to look at a solution that can resist the efforts of criminals. That’s where security fasteners...

On the face of it, building the Kienlesberg bridge was a real life ‘mission impossible’. After all, how can you successfully bring together two completely opposing concepts? Located in Ulm, between the southern German cities of Stuttgart and Munich, the Kienlesberg bridge was to become a beautiful example of filigree architecture. Stretching 270 metres in a smooth curve, this work of art was to...

BUMAX supplies the CERN Particle Accelerators in Switzerland with high strength screws and fasteners capable of withstanding both extreme heat and near absolute zero temperatures. Scientists at the CERN particle accelerator required high-strength fasteners, with a low magnetic permeability and low cobalt content for their various vacuum chambers and bellows modules. Additionally, the fasteners...

NORMA Group, a global market leader in engineered joining technology, will supply connectors for fuel lines to an American, globally leading automotive manufacturer starting this year. By 2026, around 4.6 million vehicles in China, Korea, the US and Mexico will each be equipped with several Safe-Lock connectors. “Safety is of the utmost importance in the original equipment industry, and our con...

By Ian Parker, freelancer, Ianfliesrussian@aol.com Why would anyone want to drive a car at 1,000mph (1,609km/h)? The best answer is probably by President Kennedy, who when asked ‘why would anyone want to go to the Moon?’, said: “We choose to do these things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” The world is full of problems, so why create a new one that seems to have no practi...

It’s no secret that the UK is suffering from a severe skills shortage in the manufacturing industry. A British Chamber of Commerce survey of 6,000 manufacturing businesses across the country found that, during the final quarter of 2018, 81% of manufacturers had trouble finding the staff with the right qualifications and experience. And this skills shortage is not a new issue, either. The Engine...

When JFD Ltd – a global marine diving specialist equipment manufacturer - was developing the COBRA saturation diving system to provide a massive step change improvement in safety and performance, the company needed a valve spring supplier with a matching ethos and dedication. The COBRA system pushes bailout duration from 30 mins at 100m to a dramatically improved 45 mins – 15 more minutes of em...

Cutting-edge adhesive combines exceptional mechanical and conductive properties with strong EMI shielding for today’s most demanding applications in the transportation, communications and consumer markets. Dow has introduced its new DOWSIL™ EC-6601 Electrically Conductive Adhesive, a next-generation material engineered for reliable performance and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) in demandin...