UK-based bolt tensioning specialist TensionPro has launched HYCOBOLT®, an advanced hydraulic coupling bolt, as a direct retrofit replacement to conventional fitted bolts on rotating machinery. TensionPro explains that HYCOBOLT® provides significant benefits through both operational improvements in coupling performance and time saving during plant maintenance periods. Unlike conventional and pre...

Heavy-duty construction projects require heavy-duty solutions. When properly installed into sound base materials, heavy-duty anchors will give a project many years of service. However, if the base material is of poor quality or has been incorrectly installed then these products will not be able to give the required service. When it comes to site testing heavy-duty anchors, Hydrajaws Ltd has the...

Berardi Fasteners has issued its new catalogue of extracomponents, displaying an impressive range of 112 product families and over 25,000 items, most of which are stock ready and used in a variety of industrial fields – from precision mechanics, to agri-machinery, electronics, and industrial automation. Berardi Fasteners explains: “About ten years ago, we started to realise that our customers m...

As automotive electrification continues to evolve, powerful lithium-ion battery architectures are at the centre of discussions around electric vehicles. While battery system designs vary by manufacturer, the joint performance objectives for all automotive battery technologies are longer lifetime, operational safety, cost efficiency and reliability. In a recent collaboration, Henkel and polymer...

From springs that go into the mouthpieces for ventilators to catheter clips to syringe drivers, patient beds and trolley systems, instrumentation and numerous electrical components for medical technologies including defibrillators, European Springs & Pressings Ltd is proud to play a key part in the supply chain for a number of medical equipment manufacturers. Stuart McSheehy, managing direc...

Numerous fischer FireStop products were used in the construction of Istanbul Airport, which will be the largest airport in the world upon completion, to protect the lives and infrastructure in the event of a fire. Istanbul Airport currently handles around 90 million passengers a year and when construction is complete the passenger capacity is expected to more than double to over 200 million a y...

Master Bond states its new EP40Med two-part epoxy system, which meets the requirements of ISO 10993-5 testing and is therefore considered to be non-cytotoxic, combines toughness and a low tensile modulus while still providing a relatively high lap shear strength – making it ideal for bonding, sealing, coating and encapsulating. EP40Med is an effective adhesive for applications where toughness a...

Norma Group has won an order to supply connectors for fuel transport lines for a leading international car manufacturer. The order starts in 2021, and by 2027 around 4.2 million vehicles are to be equipped with the connectors. NORMA points out that the NORMAQUICK MK connector has been designed to significantly reduce permeation rates, contributing to vehicles fulfilling the PROCONVE P-8 emissi...

Brooks Forgings Ltd specialises in the production of non-standard components not readily available ‘off the shelf’. The UK-based company is heavily involved in the construction industry and often offers bespoke solutions, including in a recent project where special tensioning systems were required to fit a unique application. Rather than using conventional fork clevis ends the application requ...

REYHER has published a new edition of ‘The Catalogue’, which it says has been the standard reference for industry and trade for years when it comes to the procurement of screws, nuts and washers. In industry and trade, REYHER stands for a range that, with over 130,000 different items in stock, is one of the broadest and deepest. Customers benefit from reliable delivery and an extensive range of...