Machine Building

All-electric road car uses slimline hybrid bearings

Schaeffler has developed specialised hybrid bearings with very compact dimensions for use in innovative motors for the Delta E-4 Coupe all-electric road car.

21st April 2011

Custom mechatronic components developed for prosthetic hand

Reliance Precision Mechatronics has developed customised gears, lead screws and nuts for use in finger and thumb actuators within the RSL Steeper bebionic prosthetic hand

21st April 2011

Exhaust manufacturer contracts flow testing to ACI

Air Control Industries has been using its in-house test facilities to undertake flow tests on specialist diesel engine exhausts manufactured by Western Tydens.

14th April 2011

Hydraulically-driven air blowers developed to order

Air Control Industries has developed custom, hydraulically-driven air blowers for agricultural machinery manufactured by SUMO.

14th April 2011

Airknives remove moisture and reduce maintenance

Air Control Industries has supplied blower-powered Airknives to Marshalls for removing water from natural stone paving slabs after they have been diamond-cut.

14th April 2011

MiniTec supplies laser welding system for solar collectors

MiniTec Switzerland has delivered a laser welding system to Velux Magyarorszag, in Hungary, for manufacturing solar collectors.

13th April 2011

Specialist belts help student win Young Engineer prize

Transdev's BRECOflex ATK10 series timing belts have been used by UK Young Engineer of the Year Andrew Cowan on an innovative Search and Rescue Robot.

5th April 2011

Ring systems suit demanding conditions for suntracking

HepcoMotion ring systems are proving very successful in suntracking applications due to their robust construction and because they need no lubrication.

3rd April 2011

Bin-picking robot is guided by laser profile sensor

Leuze electronic's LPS 36 Line Profile Sensor helps to guide Faude's six-axis bin-picking robot, offering advantages in terms of simplicity and cost compared with conventional camera-based vision systems.

6th March 2011

Lead screw and nut assemblies for high-vacuum applications

Abssac has supplied lead screw and nut assemblies for use in a high-vacuum environment; this project entailed using a specialist grade of polymer for the nut, which was degassed and certified with a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer prior to shipping.

27th February 2011