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...

norelem, the global standard components specialist, is offering a wider range of secure components for engineers and manufacturers with five new models in its clevis pin range. The new components are designed to provide stronger connections that lock machine parts together. The new models include three new clevis pins and two new clevises that can lock machine parts together, for example, they...

Fasteners and fixings are very often forgotten about in the build chain and are either a last minute consideration or left to the contractor’s discretion. However, when fasteners are correctly specified from the outset, there are huge benefits down the line. Here, Neil Kirwan, specification manager at SFS, explains how to treat specification with these products. Specifying fasteners and fixings...

PennEngineering has launched the new microPEM® ClampDisk™ press-on fastener, designed as a unique alternative in assemblies for the automotive electronics and consumer electronics markets. The ClampDisk™ micro fastener delivers a fast, simple way to achieve sheet-to-sheet clamped attachment while replacing the use of standard screws, nuts, and adhesives. This innovative technology reduces the r...

Staytite is offering demonstrations of its cloud vending machines, which have aided customers of various needs by providing vending machines filled with a differing array of products from PPE, tapes, glues, aerosols, stationery, IT equipment, cleaning equipment & supplies, and all manner of essential items ready to aid production, site facilities or administration. This type of arrangement...

Clarendon Specialty Fasteners has been awarded with a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise. Clarendon is a market leading supplier of fasteners, components and hardware for the aerospace, defence, industrial and motorsport sectors with three locations in the UK. Clarendon is one of 201 organisations nationally to be recognised with a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise. The company has...