Industrial Technology

Southco acquires Counterbalance Corporation

Southco has successfully acquired Counterbalance Corporation, a US-based manufacturer of modular torsion spring systems. Counterbalance’s patented position control technology is specially engineered to minimise the effort required to lift lids, covers, hatches and countertops.

7th March 2016

New website launched by TR Fastenings

TR Fastenings says its new website has been designed to be the ultimate resource for engineers, designers and buyers, with improved navigation and functionality throughout.

21st February 2016

Getting more from wave springs and retaining rings

Smalley product manager Simon Ward discusses the characteristics of and applications for small diameter wave springs and retaining rings. In particular he looks at some recent applications for retaining rings, how they can be adapted to different uses, and when it might be better to select a more specialised product.

21st February 2016

Seven proven solutions to maximise spring life

Spring life is an important factor to consider when specifying springs because they are often vital components within an assembly. With that in mind, here are seven top tips to help you maximise spring life:

21st February 2016

Carbon spring technology is up to 70% lighter than steel

Abssac is constantly working on next generation product platforms and a classic example of this is the carbon spring technology from Hyperco. The carbon spring works as a system to offer unparallelled control of your spring set-up, as well as saving you up to 70% of the weight of a steel spring.

21st February 2016

Fasteners" key role on award winning submarine

With sponsorship and components from WDS, a team of young engineers at Warwick University was able to build a working submarine and win an international innovation award.

21st February 2016

Clean bill of health for William Hughes

William Hughes has opened 80m² high specification clean room at its Stalbridge, Dorset headquarters. Rated at Class 7 in accordance with ISO 14644-1, this advanced subcontract facility is the only one of its kind in the UK. It is already being used by some of the best known manufacturers in sectors such as aerospace and hydraulics for the cleaning of small batch, precision machined and fabricated parts to meticulous standards.

4th February 2016

Bighead launches new website with "design together" invitation

Bighead Bonding Fasteners has launched a completely new website at www.bighead.co.uk that not only provides a fully revised product range selection resource but also includes imaginatively presented technical and application content that aims to demonstrate the benefits for designers to work closely with them from their first ideas and concepts - optimising product development, production, quality and performance when using bigHeads for fastening all types of composite materials and components.

28th January 2016

Popular webinar series extends into 2016

Henkel is pleased to confirm its free, Loctite Success Secured webinar series will continue in 2016 with a range of topics that demonstrate the growing importance of adhesives in design, manufacture and maintenance.

22nd January 2016

The advantages of using edge bonded shims

Using shims can help to reduce assembly times and eliminate subsequent machining requirements. The experts at Spirol guide us through the different types available and their benefits.

22nd January 2016