China export growth to stay at ‘reasonable’ levels in H2 – vice minister
BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) – Export growth is expected to stay at ‘reasonable’ levels in the second half after an ‘encouraging’ performance in the six months, vice commerce minis...
Software aids metals analysis automation
Thermo Fisher Scientific has introduced Thermo Scientific ARL SMS version 6 software features a common software platform covering the instrument and automation. Thermo Fisher Scientific has further st...
Temperature sensors avoid furnace shut-downs
There is no need to shut a furnace or boiler down to change the flexible WORM temperature sensors – they can be replaced from outside the boiler or furnace, writes Paul Aloia. Large boilers and ...
Benchtop machines test wide materials range
Single and double column benchtop testing machines are suitable for use with a wide range of materials that require tension, compression, flexure, shear or peel testing. Materials testing equipment co...
Demand for vending machines may double
As Chinese consumers become more accustomed to convenience shopping, the local market for vending machines is expected to double in the next three years, said Martijn van den Hazenkamp, chairman and C...
Send large 3D CAD models at high speed
Innovative technology from myVR Software allows users to quickly generate and distribute large 3D models at high speed and high resolution over any network even with limited bandwidth. The Norwegian c...
Ruland SS shaft collars are corrosion-resistant
Shaft collars in 316 stainless steel are particularly suitable for food processing, medical and pharmaceutical applications where washdown is required and contamination from corrosion must be avoided....
Laser scanner reduces ejection seats costs
NVision’s HandHeld Laser Scanner to produce accurate copies of jet fighter ejection seats components from which to machine the seats or models used to make moulds. Fain Models uses NVision’...
Digital Surf xec Wins Metrology Prize
François Blateyron, R&D director for the surface metrology company Digital Surf SARL, received a 2008 Normalization Trophy from the UNM, the French union for normalization in the domain of ...
Third RosMould Fair Breaks Records
The third international RosMould exhibition, which took place June 17–19 at the Crocus Expo exhibition centre in Moscow, Russia, and was organized by the international exhibition company Expo-mo...
More Space for Haas Automation Europe
Haas Automation Europe, the European headquarters of the American cnc machine tool builder Haas Automation Inc., is in the final stages of extending its Zaventem, Brussels–based head office, sho...
Entegris to Acquire Poco Graphite
The global materials supplier Entegris has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the privately held US-based company Poco Graphite Inc. in a cash transaction valued at $158 million. The transaction...
Schleifring Companies in Strategic Merger
The companies Blohm Maschinenbau GmbH and K. Jung GmbH have international reputations as respected manufacturers of surface and profile grinding machines: Blohm for efficient series production an...
Planning Kicks Off for World PM Congress 2010
The countdown to the 2010 World Powder Metallurgy Congress & Exhibition was officially launched at the Italian embassy in London on June 10. Over 100 prominent figures from the world powder metall...
Furnaces sinter orthobiologic materials
Used in the manufacturing process for tricalcium phosphategranules, two custom furnaces are used to sinter orthobiologic materials in clean room conditions at closely controlled temperatures. Two spec...
Haas mini mill has longer axis travels
Haas Automation’s Super Mini Mill 2 has higher speeds and feeds, a 10,000 rev/min ISO 40-taper spindle, an 11,2kW vector drive system and a high-speed tool changer.. Haas said that when it nrodu...
Declining dollar lifts yuan to record high
The central bank Wednesday set the yuan’s mid-point against the US dollar at 6.8128, with the Chinese currency hitting a new post-revaluation high for a fifth straight day. The gloomy pros...
CAD improves shop floor/design communications
Autodesk reported that a manufacturer of movable wall systems is using Inventor software to improve the communication of designs to the shop floor and aid marketing. Duvale idesigns and manufactures a...
Rapid Sheet Metal adds coating, printing
Subcontract sheet metal working company, Rapid Sheet Metal, has added the latest protoype job powder coating and silkscreen finishing systems, to help clients reduce ‘time to market’. Spec...
Sliding head CNC automatic solves problems
An Irish subcontractor’s CAM automatic lathes could not cope with large batches that needed complex secondary milling and drilling operations so it bought a Tornos Deco 2000. In County Wexford, ...