Machine Building

Kaydon bearings used in CAT scanners

Kaydon Reali-Slim thin-section bearings have become almost an industry-standard for CAT (computerised axial tomography) scanners used in medical diagnostics, for reasons of weight, space and reliability.

13th March 2007

Parker hoses used on helicopter carrier refit

Rotec Hydraulics has made extensive use of Parker hydraulic hoses and fittings during a recent refit of HMS Ocean, a Royal Navy amphibious helicopter carrier.

13th March 2007

Micromech Systems wins contract for ITER control systems

Micromech Systems Ltd has won a contract worth £150,000 to supply the control systems for a prototype remote handling device needed to insert and remove divertor cassettes from the vacuum vessel on the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor.

9th March 2007

Self-clinching, self-aligning bearings used on luxury lid

Spyraflo is supplying 2mm FSD-2M self-clinching, self-aligning Delrin bearings for use in the centre console lid of the Mercedes Benz Maybach luxury saloon.

8th March 2007

Mitsubishi FX3U compact PLC keeps F1 team cool

A Mitsubishi FX3U compact PLC is keeping the occupants of a Formula 1 team's mobile headquarters cool, even in the blazing heat of venues such as Monaco, Australia, Bahrain or Malaysia.

5th March 2007

Custom split roller bearings built for large shafts

SRB, the split roller bearings division of Revolvo Ltd, has recently designed, manufactured and delivered ten SRB bearings weighing 2 tonnes each in just 14 weeks. These were supplied to a German aluminium processing plant for supporting a slurry pump drive shaft.

4th March 2007

Linear bushings improve vertical saw accuracy

Bosch Rexroth has supplied linear bushings and shafts to Sagetech Koolkut, enabling the company to improve the accuracy, life and maintenance requirements for its vertical panel saws.

4th March 2007

Precision pick-and-place system handles 0.6mm discs

Horizon Instruments has developed a special-purpose machine to pick and place small metal discs 0.6mm diameter x 0.075mm thick into an array of 72 positions on a rectangular tray - at a rate of approximately one disc every three seconds.

4th March 2007

Edinburgh Instruments helps in fight against bird flu

Edinburgh Instruments has supplied a number of its Guardian Plus CO2 monitors to measure and control CO2 when destroying flocks of birds that have been found to have avian flu.

28th February 2007

Special torque multiplier for remotely operated vehicle

Norbar has developed an aluminium version of its torque multiplier tool for a remotely operated vehicle used to assemble the Langeled gas pipeline under the North Sea.

28th February 2007