Machine Building

Stieber Clutch helps Me-Mover take a step forward

Across Europe there is a growing trend of people searching for interesting workouts that keep them fit yet escape the confines of the gym. As fitness becomes a more important focus for many people, they want to find new and enjoyable ways of integrating fitness into their daily lives. One product that has tapped into this emerging market is the Me-Mover, which simulates a stepping movement to generate forward momentum. Its designer has turned to Stieber Clutch to ensure a smooth power delivery.

27th October 2015

CenterLine (Windsor) - 3DEXPERIENCE platform case study

CenterLine (Windsor) Limited sees itself as more than just a supplier of custom automated production systems. It prefers to establish long-term partnerships with its customers based on trust and confidence drawing from the technical know-how of its global workforce.

26th October 2015

Vestas choose Bosch Rexroth UK for V164 hydraulic power unit

Bosch Rexroth UK has won the contract to provide the hydraulic power unit (HPU) for the Vestas V164 - 8.0MW offshore wind turbine. The hydraulic power units are being built at Bosch Rexroth's Wakefield facility, which is a dedicated resource for the manufacture of hydraulic power units in the UK.

26th October 2015

Waterworks modernisation supports regional economic regeneration

A water treatment works (WTW) in South Wales has had its control system completely upgraded, without disruption of supply to the population of around 70,000 people it serves. Dwr Cymru Welsh Water (DCWW) is unique in the utility sector as it is a company without any shareholders. All gains go to customers so that services are maintained and improved and customer bills are kept low. In the next regulatory period (2015-2020), DCWW will invest £ 1.5billion to maintain and improve its assets and services.

22nd October 2015

Twiflex puts the brakes on offshore winches

Designing components that will provide reliable operation for marine and offshore applications requires considerable expertise, especially when manufacturing vessel mooring winches designed to bring two ships alongside each other. When such an application was being designed for a pipe-laying vessel, Twiflex Ltd. was approached to support the project with its many years' experience in supplying the marine industry with brake products.

20th October 2015

Complete painted operator interface cabinets help speed assembly

Beakbane is supplying complete painted operator interface cabinets to machine tool manufacturer MTI Welding Technologies. The cabinets are fitted to MTI's rotary friction welding machines, which are supplied worldwide to customers in the automotive, aerospace and oil & gas sectors.

20th October 2015

MiniTec designs and supplies display cabinets for NPL exhibit

Demonstrating the innumerable capabilities of its new Profile Series 30 range of aluminium profiles with matching modular elements and fittings, MiniTec UK recently supplied interactive exhibition display cabinets for the National Physical Laboratory's "˜Super Sight' stand at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition that explores augmented reality - the placement of computer generated images into the human eye's view.

20th October 2015

Croft achieves high-quality fixing with new mesh tubes

Croft Filters is bolstering its offering with new, high-performance Anchor Mesh Tubes, to provide a strong and versatile option for {b=adhesive anchoring into hollow materials.

19th October 2015

New class of subsea ROV created using NI CompactRIO and Labview

TBG Solutions has used National Instruments' CompactRIO control hardware, Labview software, and LabVIEW Actor Framework to control hardware and create a complex control system for a new class of subsea remotely operated vehicle (ROV).

18th October 2015

Portable generator uses hydrogen fuel cell and supercapacitor

A team from Imperial College London has developed a hybrid power generator comprising a hydrogen fuel cell and supercapcitor, controlled using a National Instruments CompactRIO device and software written with Labview.

18th October 2015