Machine Building

Hydraulic control unit supplied and programmed in five days

Moog has supplied and programmed a new hydraulic controller to replace a failed unit on a packaging machine, resulting in a minimum of downtime for the customer and improved machine control and diagnostics.

17th June 2008

Pile extractor uses direct-drive servo valve to maintain safety

Moog Controls' direct-drive servo valves are being used to balance the loads in Dawson Construction Plant's X1000 Universal Pile Extractor that can exert a maximum force of 4000kN.

17th June 2008

Festo supplies bespoke gantry robot for university research

Working to a brief from researchers at Manchester University's School of Materials, Festo has supplied a custom-designed 3D gantry robot for creating components from carbon fibre tow.

17th June 2008

Rapid-prototyped air inlet component used for Le Mans engine

Within two days of receiving a CAD model, CRP Technology supplied a component for the air intake system of Zytek's LMP1 and LMP2 Le Mans engines.

16th June 2008

Investment in CNC router helps business to raise turnover

Micromech reports that the improved accuracy and faster turnaround made possible by a computer numerically controlled router has helped generate a 30 per cent increase in sales for a manufacturer of plastic prototypes.

16th June 2008

Autodesk Inventor helps develop equipment for the Antarctic

The engineering team at British Antarctic Survey is using Autodesk Inventor - supplied Micro Concepts - to reduce the development time for specialist scientific equipment.

13th June 2008

Autodesk Inventor visualisations impress Norwegian Army

Marshall Specialist Vehicles has won a prestigious contract with the Norwegian Army to supply a field hospital after showing a series of impressive Autodesk Inventor visualisations.

13th June 2008

Linear bearings cope with the presence of glass dust

HepcoMotion has supplied its GV3 linear bearings to a customer whose machines were suffering from premature bearing failures caused by the ingress of fine glass dust; the GV3 bearings have successfully eliminated the problem.

12th June 2008

Integrated servo motor simulates tidal pressure changes

Researchers from Imperial College are using a Reliance Cool Muscle integrated servo motor in a test rig to simulate tide-induced pressure changes in oil reserves.

11th June 2008

CompactRIO helps Nexans develop dredging system

The LabVIEW platform has helped Nexans develop a system that is easy to maintain due to the consistent programming paradigm for both HMI and embedded control, even in extreme conditions.

31st May 2008