Industrial Technology

Helping you to go miniature

As medical devices, electronics, cell phones and many other products continue to put more and more features into smaller and smaller packages, manufacturers need new ways to apply adhesives, coatings and other assembly fluids in smaller, more precise amounts than ever before. EFD's solution is PicoDot.

22nd June 2009

Adhesive takes to polyolefin

Master Bond MB514 polyethylene adhesive etches away at the bonding challenges presented by non-polar and low energy polyolefin surfaces. Typically, a pretreatment stage is required before being able to bond polyolefin substrates.

22nd June 2009

Installation tool for self tapping insert

To enable hand installation of its Trisert and Trisert-3 self tapping inserts in thread sizes from M2 to M10, the Tappex Hand Tool Assembly has a range of features to assist the operator in quick and consistent installation.

22nd June 2009

Cool new LED light cure saves time

Truly cool in all senses of the word, what could be "cooler" than a visible light adhesive curing system that addresses the major disadvantages of traditional light systems? The new Bluewave LED system from Intertronics has no bulbs to degrade or which need changing, cures without adding heat and offers constant light intensity for thousands of hours without re-calibration.

22nd June 2009

Coiled spring pins solve oil pump problem for automotive design

The automotive industry historically has used machined solid dowels to align various engine components to the block. The sole purpose of the dowels is to provide finished assembly alignment to the engine block. In an effort to reduce cost, total assembly weight and installation forces a manufacturer approached Spirol Industries' Applications Engineering Department to determine the best alignment pin for a new design of engine oil pump.

22nd June 2009

Creative Curriculum comes of age

In the June 2009 issue of Industrial Technology, Richard Blatcher, Autodesk's head of head of manufacturing marketing Northern Europe, looks at how we can free up creativity in engineering design.

22nd June 2009

Tappex names new sales and marketing manager

Tappex Thread Inserts and its sister company Pressavon have appointed Andrew Fitzpatrick as their sales and marketing manager. Fitzpatrick replaces Peter Rush, who retired at the end of March.

1st June 2009

Lee Spring publishes new 172-page catalogue

Lee Spring has added beryllium copper battery springs, Redux wave springs, constant force springs and more sizes of Lite Pressure compression springs to its latest catalogue. The 172-page catalogue contains more than 16,500 different types of spring, including compression, extension, torsion and Belleville spring washers, plus engineers spring-selection kits.

1st June 2009

NI global supplier awards 2009

National Instruments has announced the 15 recipients of the company's Global Supplier Awards for 2009. The annual awards were presented to suppliers who through their commitment to excellence, continuous improvement and innovative practices, delivered world-class performance within the global supply chain.

12th May 2009

EPLAN helps Elopak fill a design need

When machine designer Elopak decided it wanted to offer different configurations of the same machine as standard, it turned to EPLAN for electrical CAD software.

12th May 2009