MacDermid Enthone Industrial Solutions, a division of MacDermid Performance Solutions, will showcase its range of unrivaled innovative surface finishes for automotive brake components at EuroBrake 2018. Held from the 22nd – 24th May 2018 in the Netherlands, EuroBrake visitors to booth 31 will discover the company’s leading solutions for high-performance coatings and learn more about its pioneer...

The most popular LOCTITE® and TEROSON® cleaners and lubricants from Henkel are now supplied with a new dual spray head that enables the user to dispense the product as a spray or a stream. At the flick of a finger, choose whichever precise and clean dispense method best suits the application. The aerosol products that are available with the all in one flexible spray system are for a wide range...

Panacol has developed a new epoxy-based underfiller. Structalit® 8202 - a low viscosity one part adhesive with a high capillary flow filling the narrowest gaps. Structalit® 8202 is a high performance underfill material designed for chip stack packages and BGA. It is a one part, black colored epoxy with low viscosity which flows into the narrowest gaps. Special features of this product are its l...

Anyone that has a brand new car can relate to the distinctive smell in the first few weeks of ownership. You can even buy an in car air freshener that mimics the smell. However, the truth of the matter is that this smell is actually generated by toxins that can be harmful to human health. As one of the world's leading producers of self adhesive tapes, tesa is supporting the automotive industry...

Serving the unique and often challenging component requirements of an iconic motorcycle brand is a fine balance. When the look, sound and smell of a new bike must strike the perfect chord with enthusiasts, even the most minor detail needs to be perfect. Managing cost, performance and aesthetics of fasteners over a prototyping project is always a challenge, but the ethos of the brand must be acc...

Brooks Forgings has collaborated with W.H.Tildesley to manufacture and export a requirement for 14 highly specialised lifting bail bars used to lift crucibles of molten aluminium at a treatment plant located in Bahrain.This was the first collaboration project between the two companies since W.H.Tildesley (WHT) joined the Brooks Engineering Group in April 2017.The bail bar had to be hot forged t...

Engineers at EMKA have put together a quick, simple, low cost and reliable pin hinging solution for specialist enclosure doors and panels. EMKA’s range of pin hinges offer a quickly demountable installation with no loss of the pin – which is retained and spring loaded. These hinges are suitable for light panels where they enable quick assembly as they are only fixed with one half on the panel i...

The manufacture of pharmaceutical and medical products demands precision, perfect finish, durability and reliability, standardisation and customisation. It’s hard to imagine a field where there is such a consistent need for unerring performance. Production of springs for this elite industry sector involves detail consideration of characteristics such as material parameters, finished spring feel...

The active use of adhesives, respectively reactive adhesive systems is already standard practice in many industries. The advantages of the adhesive technology are obvious: light, clean and, above all, safe.Thanks to their precisely applicable adhesive power, individual components can be bonded efficiently and with unprecedented accuracy, for example by using double-sided adhesive tapes or trans...

Afera, the European Adhesive Tape Association, will host the 1st Global Adhesive Tape Summit - from 11th – 15th June 2018 in Munich, Germany - a unique event bringing together companies along the adhesive tape value chain of not only Europe, but Asia, North America and the Middle East. With a working programme built around 26 lectures by industry experts, the Global Tape Summit will take place...