Asks Lars Petterson, production manager at truck component manufacturer VBG
When selecting materials for a composite solution, many people become preoccupied with one decision: glass or carbon fibres? Although fibres provide the strength and stiffness composites are known...
Plasma surface treatment technology is well established in many manufacturing industries including medical devices, electronics, and automotive. In dental technology, several use cases have been...
Philip K. Dick’s 1964 science fiction novel, Martian Time-Slip, imagined a human colony on Mars reliant on waterways, allotments and robots. Today, such quaint sci-fi concepts are actual scientific...
Bodycote explains how Kolsterising, a proprietary surface-hardening process for stainless steel, can significantly improve surface hardness and eliminate galling.
Building prefabricated modules off-site can speed up the construction process by as much as 50% and cut costs by up to 20%, according to a 2019 report by McKinsey & Company. Mark Degnan, territory...
Increasing productivity is often about small changes – slightly increasing yield, decreasing waste, reducing materials used or improving quality. It is not always about increases in output, or about...
One of the major considerations when specifying an adhesive is how quickly it will deliver return on investment (ROI), a metric that is affected by a variety of tangible and intangible factors....
Up-front evaluation of the performance of materials and equipment for a manufacturing process to establish how they will perform in the real world can greatly reduce the risk of problems later down...
Washer manufacturer Boker’s is promoting stamped clipped washers, recommended for design engineers who have limited space and need to control axial motion within their applications.
Steve Parkes, key account manager at leading fastening and fixing supplier TFC, shares quick tips for skyscraper curtain-walling success
To ensure that process plants meet hygiene requirements, industry-specific approvals and resistance to CIP/SIP media, Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has developed a new series of high-performance...