productLewis McLeod of BAE Systems Naval Ships has won the 2014 ESAB Shipweld competition for welding apprentices. At this year’s final – held at BAE Systems’ Govan site over three days – five finalists battled it out to demonstrate their flux cored wire and MMA (SMAW) welding skills across a number of challenging components and in keeping with shipyard training requirements.
productBernd Siegmund has entered an American design-competition for the first time and won two silver awards in the Commercial & Industry Products category for its ‘Professional Extreme’ clamping and welding table and ‘Alu-Titan 800 GK stop and clamp square table, both of which available in the UK from Surtech.
productThe Lixis MH Pinhole Detector from Travtec is able to detect the smallest pinholes and pores on Alu-Alu blister packs produced by cold forming which are usually invisible to the naked eye. This eliminates the risk of non-airtight sealing of packs to ensure accurate control of the entire production run.
productTwo Carbolite electric furnaces integrated with a pair of hydraulic presses are providing thermal processing facilities for Infrared Integrated Systems (Irisys) in Northampton, UK.
productMayfly Containers, manufacturer of specialised containers for the offshore oil and gas industry, has increased production capacity with the installation of new surface preparation and painting facilities from Hodge Clemco.
productRecent additions to Makita’s accessories range include a tiny magnetic booster that is said to be 17 times stronger magnetically than its normal bit.
productTwo specially designed Carbolite electric furnaces integrated with a pair of hydraulic presses are providing sophisticated thermal processing facilities for Infrared Integrated Systems (Irisys), a leader in people counting and queue management systems based in Northampton.
productESAB’s redesigned website has a fresh design and improved navigation to provide visitors to www.esab.co.uk with a better user experience.
productXYZ Machine Tools will be filling its stand at Southern Manufacturing with a cross-section of its machine tool range.
productDriven by the need to reduce weight without compromising structural integrity for the automotive and aerospace industries, composites innovation has been extensive and occurred at an incredibly rapid pace. In this article, Phil Dawes, composites specialist at Vapormatt, explains why wet blasting is one of the most effective surface preparation methods for improving product quality
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