Bringing together a wide range of industrial sectors, Advanced Engineering took place at the NEC in Birmingham, UK, from 30th - 31st October. The two day event combined Aero Engineering, Composite Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Performance Metals Engineering, Connected Manufacturing, and new for 2019 Medical Device Engineering. There were a number of fastener exhibitors showcasing product...

HEICO has been able to significantly expand its capabilities regarding heat treatment of cold forged parts by setting up its own induction hardening facilities. ‘Inductive hardening’ or ‘surface hardening’ is a very precise process in which only individual areas of the component are hardened without the property of the part as a whole being changed. The process can be controlled very precisely,...

Eurobond Adhesives Ltd has launched Vitralit® UC1535, a new transparent adhesive specifically designed for use in electronics. It hardens with UV light within a few seconds and can also be used for semiconductor production due to its low ion content. Vitralit® UC1535 is an epoxy-based UV curing adhesive that hardens very fast. It is easy to dispense with non-shear thinning. In just a few second...

SKF has developed a power train for the world’s most powerful tidal turbine, capable of generating 2MW, being developed by Scotland-based Orbital Marine Power. SKF has been supplying bearings and components to Orbital since 2011 but has now taken a further holistic step in its technical capacity, by developing the full power train system. “We have almost a decade’s worth of experience of being...

Seat assemblies that don’t squeak, car doors that don’t creak, the reduction and removal of rattle and buzz sounds in automotive parts – these are the kinds of improvements that Saint-Gobain, producer of NORGLIDE® bearings and RENCOL® tolerance rings, wants to help achieve with its new, state of the art anechoic chamber in Bristol, UK. This facility – known as a hemi-anechoic chamber since it i...

Fisnar, a global manufacturer of fluid dispensing equipment, will exhibit at Productronica 2019, trade fair for electronics development and production, taking place in Munich, Germany between 12th – 15th November. Marking its third appearance at the trade fair, Fisnar will this year be joined by Fluid Research Ltd and both companies plan to impress visitors with their diverse portfolios. “The t...

Online pipeline repair specialist, Hydratight, has installed two MORSEAL enclosure clamps on the outer diameter of a riser connected to the Shell Nelson platform in the Nelson field located 80km north east of Aberdeen. These are the first MORSEAL installations for Shell in the North Sea. The MORSEAL clamps have been used to seal the riser in two locations, extending the riser service life and e...

An international team of speleologists is on the right track in Upper Austria - the deepest cave in Europe. Again and again they go into the depths of the Dachstein mountains. Especially here, where the trail leads vertically down and can be extremely cold, clammy, slippery and wet, secure rope fixings are vital. “Twelve people have already been on the moon. But there are spots on our planet th...

A new orange fluorescent UV adhesive from Panacol is specially formulated for bonding plastics. Vitralit® 7311 FO is certified according to USP Class VI standards which makes it the perfect solution for bonding medical devices. Vitralit® 7311 FO is a low viscosity, transparent acrylic adhesive that cures under UV or visible light. It offers very high bond strength to many plastics including PC,...

DELO has developed a particularly space saving UV lamp for adhesive curing. The powerful DELOLUX 503 is designed for industrial applications requiring small surfaces to be bonded within seconds in serial production lines, for example for bonding cameras used in autonomous cars. Increasing miniaturisation calls for more compact production systems. When developing the new lamp, special attention...