Stereo microscope includes HD camera

The Mantis ‘eyepiece-less’ stereo microscope from Vision Engineering now has an HD camera incorporated into the head. Engineers can benefit from the 3D optical image, and a high resolution camera for instant image capture. The integrated HD camera provides optical inspection and image capture seamlessly

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Connect and go with the new readychain speed from igus

Energy chain specialist igus showcased its ‘readychain speed’ pre-harnessed energy chain system at Southern Manufacturing 2015. The energy chain is ready to fit directly onto a machine without the need for specialist tools, saving time and money in environments, such as automotive production lines, where

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Cutting tools use Dragonskin technology

Cutting tool developments could be seen at the WNT (UK) stand at Southern Manufacturing 2015, including inserts featuring the company’s Dragonskin coating technology. The inserts benefit from Dragonskin’s durability, faster cutting speeds, and improved process security across a range of turning and milling applications. The

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Muffett Gears showcases new capacity at Southern Manufacturing 2015

Tunbridge Wells based Muffett Gears showcased its latest £750k investment at Southern Manufacturing 2015. The firm provides high quality precision engineering and assembly services to a variety of industries, most notably medical technology, but also other sectors including electro-mechanical components, Oil & Gas and audio-visual

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ESD challenges a walkover for Ecotile

Flooring solutions from Ecotile were afoot at Southern Manufacturing 2015, with the company’s interlocking floor tiles shown alongside dedicated solutions for tough flooring challenges, such as ESD static dissipative flooring systems. James Gedye, MD explained: “Many of our industrial customers have very specific requirements for

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Two ranges are added to BT2000 line-up

Two product ranges were introduced by BT2000 at Southern Manufacturing 2015, from Memsic and Neoway. Memsic appointed the company to distribute its flow sensor modules and inertial systems and Neoway appointed the company UK distributor. Mesic’s MFC2030 is a true thermal mass flow sensing module

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EMS caters for large, diverse customer base

EMS provider, Active-PCB Solutions, showcased its engineering and manufacturing services at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 2015. The company offers test and AOI resources to verify assemblies, full supply chain management and systems assembly and final box build that can include wiring, potting and conformal coating.

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Super Sabre Power Connector System from Molex

Molex Incorporated introduced the Super Sabre™ Power Connector System at Southern Manufacturing 2015. The new system is suitable for all high-current applications, where flexible wire-to-wire and wire-to-board configurations are required. Delivering 34.0A per blade and withstanding up to +125°C operating temperatures (USCAR-2, level 3), Molex

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HTE Plastics demo unique jointing system

H.T.E Plastics Joining Systems demonstrated its unique "Pulsetaking" process at Southern Manufacturing 2015, alongside its portfolio of other plastics jointing processes, including ultrasonic welding, laser welding, fusion welding, induction heating and hot air cold stake technologies. The firm is an established manufacturer of plastics assembly

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Robots get new features

R. A. Rodriguez, the transmission component and automation specialist company, showcased a number of new features in its range of Universal Robots at Southern Manufacturing 2015, designed to improve human/robot collaborative working. The latest Universal Robot six-jointed arms retain the ease-of-use and quick return on

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