Wave springs can be the perfect solution when spring space is limited. A wave spring provides the same effect as a spiral or compression spring but with half of the spring height. Now the Lesjöfors Group has invested in developing the concept. Wave springs have been on the market for quite some time. The spring product has the same force as a spiral or compression springs, but only need half th...

Lightweight construction, costs and sustainability continue to challenge the metals processing industry. Helping customers to keep the lead in this dynamic market, Henkel offers a comprehensive package of surface treatment process, product and service solutions for virtually all needs of single-alloy or multi-metal substrates. Dr. Sebastian Sinnwell and Dr. Peter Kuhm from Henkel’s Adhesive Tec...

In many industries, lug wear is simply accepted as an unavoidable fact of life. But does it need to be? Could the Expander System offer a viable solution? Any machine with moving pivots will eventually experience lug wear. The most common are applications subjected to heavy loads and vibrations, such as mining and construction equipment. Other common applications include industrial presses, win...

GESIPA® is able to provide special setting tools that can be used for monitoring and storing results during the production of critical workpieces or in automated setting processes.  WinTech Setting Process Monitoring is ideally suited for challenging setting processes when joining safety relevant workpieces, e.g in the automotive, aviation industry, heating industries or in access engineering....

Hilti has launched the powerful DD 30-W diamond coring tool to provide a much faster, quieter and virtually vibration-free alternative to hammer drilling. Due to its quiet performance and speed, Hilti anticipates that the new tool will be used when there’s a need to tackle serial anchor holes in heavily reinforced concrete, especially in noise sensitive environments. The DD 30-W is up to five t...

With a growing economy and a lack of skilled workers it is time to work SMARTER. SENCO’s innovative Smart Series tools offer simple and smart solutions varying from entry level automation to high load fastening systems embedded in fully automated production lines.  The Smart BoardFixer is the ideal tool to improve ergonomics in production environments with set distances, 75mm or 150mm, from the...

SCIGRIP recently exhibited at the METSTRADE show in November, presenting a tailored range of structural, methacrylate adhesives (MMAs) that offer strength, robustness and ease of use for boat and shipbuilders with a range of cure times for large and small bonding applications. As was presented at the show, typical marine applications include bonding large composite parts such as hull to deck jo...

STAHLWILLE, the German torque tool and handtools specialist, is introducing computerisation to handtool technology.  Together with oculavis, a firm based in Aachen, the enterprise has developed a prototype of a smart visor that will safely guide an end user through a wide range of different joints. The system is capable of reducing the learning phase to a minimum and accelerating the fastener t...

For more than 60 years, customer satisfaction has been a primary purpose for OBER® SpA. Its know-how, and significant investment in industrial automation research, has enabled the company to become an expert in the production
and selling 
of professional pneumatic and electronic tools, as well as pneumatic motors and automation tools. OBER’s experience enables it to propose innovative solutions...

NORMA Group has been named Supplier of the Year by Ahlsell Norway AS (Ahlsell Norway), a leading distributor of water management solutions. The award recognised NORMA Group’s distribution services in Sweden for its outstanding customer support and marketing activities within the Norwegian market. Frank Stümpel, vice president EMEA Distribution Services at NORMA Group, said: “The award shows tha...