A new guide from Essentra Compenents covers similarities, pros and cons of both EPDM and silicone, and includes simple tables of performance, compatibility and common usages. EPDM has a stable, saturated polymer backbone structure, which gives the material its advantages. Of all the rubbers, EPDM is the most water resistant, which is why it’s so popular for outdoor applications and is often use...

Bolting joint integrity assurance and online pipeline repair are the themes for services and training specialist Hydratight, an Enerpac brand, on stand 1H59 at Offshore Europe 2019. In addition to featuring the latest developments in its industry leading IDMS (Integrity Data Management System) bolting software, the Hydratight stand will include details of ECITB mechanical joint integrity and wi...

British specialist in the design and manufacture of luminaires, Designed Architectural Lighting (DAL) was recently contracted to design and manufacture specialist luminaires for the cross-passage tunnel lighting in several of the newly built stations on the Crossrail Elizabeth Line. A major challenge they faced was ensuring the safety of the significantly heavy main cover on each lighting fixtu...

British engineering is world renowned for its inventions and innovations throughout the industrial and modern ages. Despite this heritage, it can still be a long and difficult journey for an engineer trying to navigate its idea from initial concept, through prototyping and into production. Darren Gilligan of engineering components supplier WDS Component Parts Ltd explains how the company has su...

TR Fastenings (TR) has renewed its support of a Formula Student motorsport team from Sweden for the third consecutive year. The team will be driving and competing in electric cars they have designed and built themselves at the Italian Riccardo Paletti circuit and the iconic Hockenheim ring track in Germany. The team consists of mechanical design and engineering students from Stockholm’s highly...

Rawlplug screws DIN 7984 were used to build the NASA Mars Curiosity rover, which as part of the Mars Science Laboratory programme performs research on the former and current environment of the planet. It is the largest and most technologically advanced vehicle that NASA sent to Mars so far. No element of the rover entered its structure due to chance. Due to the extreme conditions that Curiosity...

Value Engineered Products (VEP), is represented in the UK by Variohm EuroSensor. As a manufacturer of high-precision pressure, vacuum and differential switches for the aerospace industry VEP recently announced its supply partnership with the Boom XB-1 Mach-2.2 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. VEP supplies its 490 series pressure switches for safety monitoring on various hydraulic systems on th...

For engineers and manufacturing professionals, drilling is a basic skill that many will know. However, mastering this basic, and using the right components for efficiency, safety and accuracy, is something that requires deeper consideration, explains Marcus Schneck, CEO of norelem. Drilling is a skill that most people pick up from a very early age. Quite often, it’s through DIY at home, or at s...

German discount supermarket chain, Lidl, has built a brand new headquarters on a 4.6ha area with a gross floor area of 130,000m2 in Heilbronn, Germany. The project involved the construction of an office building, meeting rooms, a reception facility, cafeteria, underground parking facilities, fitness centre, logistics facilities and outdoor parking facilities. Part of the development included a...

DELO, manufacturer of industrial adhesives for automotive, consumer and industrial electronics applications, has broken the world record for having the heaviest lift using adhesive. The company lifted a 17.5 tonne truck, compared to the previous record of 16.3 tonnes, and has been officially recognised by Guinness World Records. For the world record attempt, a 17.5 tonne truck was lifted by cra...