Take to the skies with ISPeople

There’s a fantastic competition at Southern Manufacturing 2016 for all you budding drone pilots out there on the ISPeople stand, J139. Contestants will be invited to test their skills on a UAV simulator by popping as many virtual balloons as possible within the time limit.

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New carbon fibre linear guide from igus up to 60% lighter

To meet the growing demand for weight savings, whether in the aerospace, automotive or medical industry, technical plastics expert igus® has developed its drylin® W linear guide system constructed entirely of carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP). Extremely lightweight, the carbon drylin rail features additional advantages

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Direct Filtration to showcase value added service at Southern Manufacturing

Direct Filtration, a trading division of oil mist filters specialist Filtermist, will be highlighting its expertise in Process Filters, Air Filter Media and Hydraulic Filters on Stand Q134 at Southern Manufacturing 2016. Direct Filtration exhibited at the Farnborough exhibition for the first time in 2015

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Component identification deserves a slice of pie

Franchised electronic component distributor, Gateway Electronic Components, celebrates its 15th anniversary with a franchise with Siretta for its range of antennae, cellular signal analysers, and industrial modems, for product developers, systems integrators, SMEs and large corporate/utility deployers. Highlighter at Southern Electronics 2016, the antenna range

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Italian machines arrive in UK

Machine tools new to the UK will be highlighted by JHP Machine Sales at Southern Manufacturing 2016. The CNC machining centres, lathes, milling machines, drilling machines, brake presses and grinding machines are manufactured in Italy by Echo Research and Development. The EchoEng machine tools are

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Power supply suits harsh environments

AC/DC power supply and DC/DC converter manufacturer, Cosel, will exhibit 700W models recently added to its TUNS series of PCB-mount AC/DC power supplies at Southern Manufacturing 2016 It is a full brick size, with built in power factor correction and offers universal input with output

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Precision instruments reach for the skies

Metrology solutions for applications ranging from miniature electronics to the largest aircraft will be showcased by Nikon Metrology at Southern Manufacturing 2016. The company says its measuring and precision instruments contribute to a high performance design-for-manufacturing process. The product range includes co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs),

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Push-pull latching protects to a T

Based upon the B series connectors from Lemo, the T series connector is designed for outdoor applications. The new connector, to be showcased at Southern Electronics 2016, incorporates the company’s original push-pull latching connection technology, including an inner sleeve and additional sealing to protect against

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Five-axis machine Matsuura makes triumphant return

Returning to Southern Manufacturing to demonstrate the MX-520, one of the fastest selling five-axis machine tools in its history, Matsuura will be machining exclusive new components live throughout the show – highlighting, says the firm, the prowess of this very popular machine It believes that

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Machine shop casts and fabricates

Operating foundries and a welding facility alongside its machine shop in Ashford, Kent, Southern Manufacturing exhibitor M J Allen aims to provide an integrated casting, machining, fabricating and assembly service. It supplies fully machined castings and fabrications to defence, medical, marine, machine tool, and automotive

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