Stone materials, such as marble, granite and limestone, are prized for their beauty, durability, and aesthetic appeal – materials which are often used in architectural projects, interior design or landscaping. Here, Specialinsert Srl outlines the importance of ensuring safety and stability in fastening systems for stone materials. Safety and structural stability Fastening systems play a key rol...

By Emre Kocak, product engineer, Dörken Coatings In the world of zinc flake systems, it’s all about combination. Here, two different layers work together to ensure that steel components are reliably protected against corrosion and that the coating is equipped with additional properties. These two layers are a basecoat and a topcoat. In automotive engineering, the construction industry, renewabl...

According to McKinsey & Company’s lightweight, heavy impact report, the use of lighter materials in the latest aircraft and automobile designs will be essential to reducing the CO2 emissions these vehicles produce. But lightweighting presents design and cost challenges, as well as sustainability advantages, for manufacturers. To overcome these, here, Chris Johnson, managing director at spec...

The fischer Group of Companies has recently announced the launch of its FAZ II Plus bolt anchor. The new addition to the fischer range has a higher assessed (ETA) tensile load-bearing capacity and material strength than the previous generation. fischer describes the “all-rounder product” as suitable to wide range of applications and has been approved for more construction materials, including c...

Atlas Copco has recently been awarded a Red Dot Design Award for the design of a handheld nutrunner, the ITB-P Tensor Battery Smart Pistol Tool. The tool has been specially manufactured for use in the assembly of electric vehicles and aircraft. Red Dot Award-winning products must be aesthetically appealing, functional, smart or innovative and display outstanding design to fit the criteria. In t...

The new Ion ¼ inch Mini Bit cordless screwdriver from the Remscheid-based tool specialist HAZET is ideal for smaller screws in the hard-to-reach places. With its handy dimensions and shape, it can be used optimally in limited spaces.  With a maximum loosening torque of 4.5Nm, the tool is ideal for short to medium-length screws. Also included with the tool is an easy-to-belt light and slim holst...

Weicon has recently developed a wear protection epoxy resin, Weicon B4AS. Used to protect surfaces against wear and corrosion, B4AS is suitable for coating heavily stress parts such as rollers, pumps, chutes, conveyors, lifting screws, separators, hoppers, propellers, fans, and heat exchangers. The system has a high abrasion resistance and protects surfaces in industrial areas where they are ex...

In order to meet the high demands of the fire and emergency service industry, Rosenbauer relies on Stahlwille’s electromechanical wireless torque wrenches at its workstations, which offer the advantage of being fully integrated into a software-based worker guidance for assembly workstations. Rosenbauer Karlsruhe GmbH & Co. KG in Karlsruhe, with a team of around 500 employees, produces over...

The drive specialist ENEMAC from Kleinwallstadt offers a safety coupling for small torques in its product portfolio, with a torque range starting from 0.5Nm with the coupling type ECPD. The torque limiter, consisting of a safety part with a release mechanism and an elastomer attachment, prevents overload damage to costly components in the drive train and compensates for axial, angular and later...

Permabond has recently announced the launch of its new fast-curing, high-strength fire retardant adhesive, TA4230, which the company says has been third party tested to meet UL94-V0 requirements. Specially designed for fire resistance, the target applications for the new product include interior composite bonding for trains or buses, potting and sealing around electric cables in EV batteries, b...