In view of the increasing spread of the coronavirus in Europe and after intensive consultations, Messe Frankfurt has decided to postpone Light + Building. The world’s leading trade fair for lighting and building-services technology will now be held in Frankfurt am Main between the middle and end of September 2020. The cooperation partners of the international trade fair, ZVEI and ZVEH, support...

A combination of LBCG’s successful BEVA series and GALM series, BEVA-ALM Europe – the Battery Electric Vehicle Architectures & Lightweight Materials 2020 congress – will take place from 5th – 6th May in Munich, Germany, and will focus on the latest developments in battery technology and lightweight materials. To realise the transition towards zero-emission high-efficiency vehicles, battery...

By Jeff Greenwood, product sales engineer, SPIROL International Corporation Coiled pins were designed with assembly in mind. Compared to other pins, their square ends, concentric chamfers, and lower insertion forces make them ideal for easy installation. Additionally, coiled pins can accommodate wider hole tolerances than any other pin because they compress during installation and conform to th...

The GALM Manufacturing Innovation Summit, is North America’s leading event on automotive manufacturing innovation and processes, bringing together senior engineers and technology specialists from major OEMs at the forefront of lightweight multi-material structures, joining and forming, as well as adoption of digitalisation and industry 4.0. Taking place on 25th – 26th March in Detroit, Michigan...

When Adhesives & Bonding Expo launches this 24th – 26th March in Novi, Michigan, USA, the exhibition and conference will bring together the industry’s biggest players in industrial bonding technology, including 3M, Bostik, Loctite, Dow, Permabond, HB Fuller, Avery Dennison and Henkel. Ahead of the event, Advisory board member, Dr Giorgio Zaffaroni, technical director at Permabond, shares hi...

bigHead is launching its latest innovation ‘Core Range’ at this year’s JEC World in Paris next month from 3rd – 5th March. “Core Range is a simple and complete range of bigHead fasteners for both surface bonded and embedded applications. Most importantly, this new range comes with application performance data and composite design guidelines to simplify product selection and composite joint desi...

Vitralit® 2028 from Panacol is a new UV curable coating that is resistant to chemicals and is autoclavable. It is a flexible coating material that can be cured in two ways, UV or heat. The transparent epoxy Vitralit® 2028 is easy to dispense because of its low viscosity. Nevertheless, it enables a clean edge finish without bleeding. It is therefore ideally suited as a flexible protective coatin...

With French car sales up 27.7% in December and technology shifting, leading manufacturers are signing up to Fastener Fair France at Paris Expo-Porte de Versailles on 27th – 28th May 2020 to capitalise on the country’s key position in the sector. “The French market is one of our biggest in terms of turnover, with many industrial customers, especially in the automotive business. We have introduce...

In the 1960’s the Toyota Production System formalised error prevention in its manufacturing processes and gave it the name Poka Yoke. This translates to “mistake-proofing” or “Inadvertent error prevention” and has been adopted beyond the automotive industry. Designers and engineers who take on board Poka Yoke in manufacturing find it delivers a range of benefits. For instance it can reduce insp...

The 26th edition of the International Sheet Metal Working Technology Exhibition, EuroBLECH 2020, will take place from 27th – 30th October 2020 at the Hanover Exhibition Grounds in Germany. The show organisers, Mack Brooks Exhibitions, have now announced the expansion of exhibition space for EuroBLECH 2020 with the addition of a ninth hall for the first time in its history. This reflects a furth...