A team of students took home the 2019 Engineering Newcomer Award, earning them €2,000 in the process, thanks to their innovative light and durable thermostatic generator that turns heat into clean electricity. norelem, global standard components specialists and creators of the Engineering Newcomer competition, presented the award at the Motek Trade Show in Stuttgart, Germany. The project, named...

EFC International has announced the addition of a new product line, Normont Motion Technology – including gas springs, dampers, and custom motion control solutions. The product line is complementary to EFC’s current motion control product offerings including components from ITW Motion such as rotary dampers, linear dampers, air dampers, hinge dampers and latches. Normont is a manufacturer of in...

Norbar Torque Tools has launched a cordless torque tool, the EvoTorque® battery tool (EBT), specifically designed to improve performance and data traceability in safety critical and heavy industrial operations, such as manufacturing. The new EBT is ideally suited for all applications where conventional electric or pneumatic power is not available or simply in situations where the removal of hos...

Expanite - the Danish pioneer of surface hardening of stainless steel and titanium - has provided ExpaniteHard-Ti surface coating for an autonomous underwater winch that provides continuous physical and biogeochemical data from the surface of the Arctic Ocean in the area of the Fram Strait. Developed by the Alfred Wegener Institute, the winch will hover at a depth of about 150 meters on a long,...

Laser Tools says it was one of the first UK tool distributors and manufacturers to fully embrace hybrid and battery electric vehicle technology by providing a ‘one stop shop’ for workshop high voltage vehicle requirements, covering all aspects of workshop safety, vehicle safety, personal safety, and appropriate VDE tools and equipment. Its latest tool offering is a VDE nut driver set (part numb...

Celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, Thielco Steel Solutions Group BV has been specialising in mechanical galvanisation and coating for decades. To celebrate, the company will be opening a new high-tech production line for mechanical galvanisation in the first quarter. It will replace the existing production line, which has been in operation since 1987. Mechanical galvanisation, or mecha...

Ex-stock production supply specialists Challenge Europe is now offering five types of socket screws from stock to support the engineering and assembly industries. Socket head cap screws, socket shoulder screws, socket button head screws, socket countersunk screws and socket setscrews are all in common usage by virtue of their ease of use in the production environment and for their very clean ae...

Two of SPIROL International Corporation’s manufacturing locations have received the 2018 ‘General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award’ for achieving operational excellence and quality control. This is SPIROL Canada’s fifth year and SPIROL Connecticut’s fourth consecutive year receiving this prestigious award. The letter sent by General Motors notifying SPIROL of the awards stated: “The awa...

Additive manufacturing, which is much better known to most people as 3D printing, has been in use in plastics engineering for many years. However, the method offers potential for many further applications including architecture, design, medical engineering, packaging or mechanical engineering. The services offered by Würth Industrie Service GmbH & Co. KG are specifically geared towards mach...

Cable management specialist HellermannTyton has launched its new range of 18th Edition metal fixings helping installers comply with the BS7671:2018 18th edition wiring regulations in the UK. The 18th edition wiring regulation states that plastic clips should not be used as the sole or “main” support for cables. In addition to this, strong reference is made to the spacing of the metallic clips a...