Machine Building

JetBlack personnel de-dusting system installed by RNLI

As the 'charity for saving lives at sea,' the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) provides a 24-hour lifeboat search-and-rescue service around the coasts of the UK and Republic of Ireland, plus a seasonal lifeguard service on many of the busiest beaches in England and Wales.

17th April 2010

Infrared sensors monitor steel temperatures in rolling mill

Corus is using non-contact infrared sensors to monitor the temperature of steel strip on an experimental small-scale rolling mill at its Swinden Technology Centre in Rotherham.

15th April 2010

Metrology system benefits from confocal displacement sensors

A new non-contact metrology system that provides portable surface profiling, imaging and thickness measurements down to nanometre resolutions is utilising high-precision optoNCDT 2401 confocal displacement sensors from Micro-Epsilon.

15th April 2010

University choses NI ELVIS for mechatronic course

Kingston University purchased thirty NI ELVIS units for use on a Mechatronic Engineering course.

15th April 2010

Suit of armour employs professional protection

GT85 reports: "At a recent trade show, we gave Mr Tin Man a good spraying with GT85. His squeaks disappeared, the rust retreated and he is ready to do battle again!"

12th April 2010

Ginetta race cars use Variohm pressure transducers

Variohm EPT3100 pressure transducers are being used to monitor oil, fuel and water pressures across all of the G50 series race cars.

9th April 2010

High-precision thermistors for low-temperature applications

Variohm-EuroSensor is supplying Measurement Specialties' epoxy NTC high-precision thermistors for use in equipment that automatically processes human tissue samples at cryogenic temperatures.

9th April 2010

High-reliability temperature sensors used in breath tester

Variohm EuroSensor is supplying BetaTHERM's high-reliability temperature sensors for use in the Lion Alcolmeter 500 breath alcohol measuring instrument.

9th April 2010

GT85 PTFE-based spray simplifies maintenance

GT85 PTFE-based spray is remarkably versatile, being a lubricant, penetrant and water displacer. This article highlights some of the many uses to which it can be put.

7th April 2010

Lean assembly line built using aluminium profiles

C & D Zodiac, a manufacturer of aircraft seats, has used Bosch Rexroth's Manual Production System and aluminium framework system to build assembly station carts, fixtures and workstations to convert a production line from from a batch and queue system to a one-piece, continuous flow line, thereby doubling throughput.

6th April 2010