Industrial Technology

Customers can now shop for Lee Spring parts online with new easy to navigate layout

Lee Spring now provides its customers with the opportunity to buy online with full account management and basket purchasing facilities on their new easy to navigate website at www.leespring.co.uk – a fast ecommerce experience with highly efficient product search and CAD downloads.

6th October 2020

TR launches new security fastener to prevent businesses becoming victims of crime

A new range of security fasteners has been launched to help businesses to cut the cost of being a victim of crime from their overheads. The innovative 5-Lobe pin from TR Fastenings is the first complete range of security fasteners made from corrosion-resistant A4-70 stainless steel - the perfect product for outdoor use, in particular in marine, health and medical sectors because of its non-reactive qualities. The fastener’s five-sectioned screw head means that it can only be undone by someone with specialist tools, preventing its removal by an opportunist criminal.

6th October 2020

Repairing optical projector wheels with Opti-tec 5001 epoxy

Event lighting company LucyNation Lighting is now using Opti-tec 5001 Optical Epoxy Adhesive, supplied by Intertronics, to repair surface fractures and cracks in oil wheels. The material has helped seal in the oil wheels’ coloured oils, so LucyNation Lighting can use them past their normal lifespan.

30th September 2020

RS Components now supplies Siemens intelligent IIoT Gateways

RS Components has added new industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) gateways from Siemens to its expansive inventory. Maximising operational efficiency, these UL-approved units have been designed to deal with the capture and pre-processing of data, before subsequently forwarding it on (either back to the cloud for detailed analysis, or to the relevant edge-based nodes).

30th September 2020

Vendor managed inventory for manufacturing excellence

Brian Vince, group quality manager at TFC, outlines how inventory quality can be assured by vendor managed inventory (VMI) suppliers.

28th September 2020

Making digitalisation and Industry 4.0 a physical reality

The global manufacturing industry spends a great deal of time and effort discussing digitalisation and how it will affect production in the future. However, many of the ideas and principles remain abstract, and it is often difficult to portray the many facets of digitalisation in manufacturing in one place.

23rd September 2020

Panduit forum delivers tech partners virtual show

Panduit and seven technology partners are hosting a one day, virtual technology forum, on Wednesday 14 October. Attracting users in Europe, Middle East and Africa to see and hear the latest technology releases from Atlona, Axis, Cisco, Fluke Networks, Panduit, Signify, Socomec and Swegon.

18th September 2020

Eplan announces new subscription model for licences

CAE software provider EPLAN is now offering new licences for its products exclusively on a subscription basis. This change will offer more flexibility to companies wishing to benefit from Eplan’s engineering packages who will now be able to do so on more convenient terms. Although the new subscription system is available immediately, both new and current customers can continue to purchase new or additional perpetual licences until the 31st of July 2021.

18th September 2020

RS Components stocks Bluetooth-enabled smart torque wrenches from Facom

RS Components is now stocking the Facom E.516ST range of Smart Torque Wrenches for greater precision and safety in critical fastening applications. The digital tools leverage Bluetooth connectivity, enabling fast and accurate torque tightening and a transparent audit trail across a variety of workshop and maintenance applications.

18th September 2020

Intertronics supplies flexible cyanoacrylate adhesive

Adhesives specialist Intertronics now supplies Born2Bond Flex, the only two-part cyanoacrylate adhesive on the market that offers an elongation of over 200 per cent. Born2Bond Flex is a flexible, elastic, low odour and low blooming “instant” cyanoacrylate adhesive that offers good adhesion to a very broad range of materials and surfaces.

18th September 2020