Specialist threaded fasteners often need help in forming the best attachment to soft core materials such as aluminium or magnesium alloys. Challenge Europe is pleased to announce its stock, advice and production service operation for a comprehensive range of wire thread inserts, available in both (more...)

Specifically formulated for use in high temperature and high-pressure environments, Loctite NS 5540 and 5550 are sealing compounds that cure in the presence of heat to form a mechanical seal on metal-to-metal flanges and fittings. They are designed to allow for disassembly during routine maintenance (more...)

With all the benefits of the internet it has become apparent that there are dangers – who of us has not come across the life-critical disease “we have self-diagnosed” online, or the false news/conspiracy theory which can reinforce our worst fears? At a professional industrial (more...)

Adhesives specialist Intertronics presents what it claims is the world’s smallest plasma handheld device, the piezobrush PZ3. It efficiently uses cold atmospheric pressure plasma for the surface treatment of plastics, metals and natural materials. The plasma treatment activates, functionalises (more...)

Adhesives dispensing products can be variously described as accurate, precise and/or repeatable, but what exactly do we mean by those terms? Here, Rachel Chancellor, Marketing Manager at adhesives specialist Intertronics, explains what dispensing accuracy and repeatability means for manufacturers. (more...)

In the development of its new tram model, the TMK 2200, Croatian locomotive, tram and train builder, Končar, worked closely with Henkel’s engineering adhesive experts to select the best products for use in both assembly and maintenance. In the process Loctite products were identified that (more...)

A gigantic Berg Propulsion propeller with a diameter of more than nine metres dwarfs the men standing next to it and at every stage of its manufacture, Loctite engineering adhesives from Henkel have an important part to play. Loctite threadlockers and thread sealants secure assemblies in the (more...)

As the manufacturing industry approaches a ‘new normal’, the competitive landscape will see some changes, and those quick off the mark may gain an advantage. Here Rachel Chancellor, Marketing Manager at adhesives specialist Intertronics, explores how manufacturers can increase their (more...)

Ultimately, one can never know completely how a fastener will function in-situ until you try it which is why accelerated aging trials and extended excess load tests are frequently performed to ascertain a realistic safety margin. Guidelines from hard-won experience can normally be accessed, but (more...)

Peter Swanson, managing director of Intertronics, explains the benefits of planetary centrifugal mixers and whether an atmospheric or vacuum type mixer is needed. There are many industrial processes which require fast mixing of liquids, pastes and powders, and where the uniformity and homogeneity (more...)