Cable management specialist HellermannTyton has launched the EC6-8, its largest EdgeClip cable fastener to date, which is the latest addition to an extensive product family born out of an inventive solution twenty years ago. Today, HellermannTyton customers can select from over a hundred different EdgeClip variants. The wide variety reflects the company’s depth of experience helping original eq...

The new RH series from ELESA offers a rugged and elegantly simple electrical cut-off for the safe opening of access panels on machine tools. This is achieved with an IP65 pushbutton interlock in a single or twin button configuration. FG16 variants feature electronic buttons while FG18 are pneumatic. On the electrical handles, an emergency stop button version is available, as well as a plain han...

Smithstown Light Engineering, based in Shannon, Ireland, has invested in a TRUMPF TruPrint 2000 3D printing system to further enhance its support for the country’s burgeoning medical device industry, to produce prototypes and samples for a variety of customers in stainless steel. “We looked at many potential machines, before designing our own benchmark and sending it to suppliers of interest,”...

To reduce the time involved in setting up equipment and production lines, Ganter has incorporated a new coupling in its product portfolio. With the GN 1050 quick release coupling, components can be quickly and securely connected to a machine or device with just a click. Quick release couplings are frequently used in events to rapidly set up and take down stage equipment. Germany-based Otto Gant...

Ellis Patents has boosted the strength of its product offering with the launch of Solus – a range of non-metallic single cable clamps suitable for cables from diameters 25mm to 75mm. Designed, developed and manufactured at Ellis’ North Yorkshire headquarters in the UK, Solus is made from a high strength glass-filled nylon and joins Trident – a trefoil clamp – as part of its expanding non-metall...

UK-based Bondloc manufactures industrial adhesives and sealants with over 2,000 adhesive formulations in its portfolio But why is anaerobic chemistry still such an integral part of engineering and maintenance today? Threaded fasteners were invented more than 2,000 years ago and are still widely used in machinery design and assembly, although usage is declining. These traditional fastening metho...

The observation wheel Ain Dubai sets a world record and is a new remarkable landmark in the Middle East. fischer fixings and system solutions provide stability to the observation wheel on Bluewaters, the sophisticated, must visit island destination. Various façade and installation systems and heavy-duty fixings by the fischer Group of Companies were used to erect the base of the Ferris wheel. f...

Polytec PT has added three products to its extensive range of thermally conductive adhesives, which can be easily processed from side by side cartridges. This range was developed in order to address the inherent challenges when processing two-component materials manually. Polytec TC 406, Polytec TC 411, as well as Polytec TC 422, are available in side by side cartridges. Both components of the...

Lesjöfors' product range is growing continuously, including its newly offered traction gas springs that provide immediate power and high safety in applications that require a controlled closing. The products are available both in the standard range and as well as custom-made adapted to individual requirements. A traction gas spring is different from a conventional gas spring since it is working...

ARaymond Brazil has been awarded the Supplier Quality Excellence Award 2020 by General Motors, given in recognition to specific top performing supplier manufacturing locations. Suppliers who receive this award recognition have met or exceeded a very stringent set of quality performance criteria and have achieved the cross functional support of the entire GM organisation.