Optimas OE Solutions, a global manufacturer and distributor of precision made fasteners and supply chain solutions has announced investments in the latest, cutting-edge, industrial stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing equipment to compliment the company’s existing prototyping capabilities for metal fasteners. As industry struggles with the raw material shortages that continue to cause delays wor...

Bulten, via its subsidiary PSM International Holdings Limited (PSM), has signed a strategically important agreement in China regarding the supply of fasteners to a leading provider of consumer electronics. The agreement has an estimated annual value of approximately SEK 50 million. Deliveries are planned to begin in August this year.        “This is a strategically important contract for us, a...

By Rachel Karambelas, marketing communications specialist, Phoseon Technology Adhesive bonding, sealing, as well as coating processes in factory assembly lines are rapidly upgrading to UV LED curing technology because of all the advantages. UV LED technology offers lower operating costs, longer lifetime, enhanced system capabilities and environmental benefits compared to traditional mercury UV...

Panacol has developed a new plastic bonder, Vitralit® UV 7030, certified to USP Class VI biocompatibility standards for medical device assembly applications, featuring high elongation at break, as well as excellent adhesion to difficult to bond plastics. The various material selections and pairings of flexible tubing and rigid connectors often create significant assembly challenges in high volu...

A new IRS 3078 polyurethane potting compound is now available from adhesives and dispensing equipment specialist Intertronics complementing the company’s extensive range of materials and equipment for electronics bonding, potting, coating and encapsulating. IRS 3078 polyurethane potting compound is a semi-rigid, room temperature curing and electrically insulating black polyurethane potting comp...

Global rail track products and adhesive supplier edilon)(sedra has provided a sound damping system (SDS), as well as an innovative rail insulation system Editack Spray to the newly built Odense Tramway line in Denmark. The intended purpose of the 14.5km new double track light rail transit is to reduce the number of car trips in the growing city, as well as noise pollution and carbon emissions,...

International supplier of rail products, fasteners and services, Vossloh Group, is strengthening its strategically important position in the Dutch rail infrastructure market with the acquisition of ETS Spoor B.V. ETS is an established and leading market player with a wide range of products and services in the technologically sophisticated and highly innovative Dutch rail infrastructure market....

With its needle bonding adhesive Dymax MD® 1406-M, Dymax has introduced a medical grade, light curable adhesive specifically designed for the ever smaller bonding surfaces found on smaller needles and the innovative plastics in medical applications. The adhesive has a very low viscosity for excellent wetting of components, and cures tack-free within seconds when exposed to LED or broad spectrum...

Conduit installations must retain their load-bearing capacity for a sufficient length of time in the event of fire. This gives people time to safely evacuate the building in case of fire. fischer has therefore developed the European Assessment Document (EAD) 280016-00-0602 for pipe support systems and optimised it for fire protection. This served as the basis for the European Technical Assessme...

Under extreme conditions, voestalpine Railway Systems Beijing delivered 22 heavy haul rail expansion joints to Haolebaoji-ji'an Railway. The Haoji Railway is a 1,813km freight dedicated railway in China’s ever expanding network. It connects the Northern province Inner Mongolia with Jiangxi, a landlocked province in the East. Mount Lóngmén is where the Yellow River abruptly leaves the vast, rugg...