Last year’s £1million investment in the latest manufacturing technology by Alpha Manufacturing was showcased at Southern Manufacturing 2017. The Staffordshire-based precision sheet metal manufacturer specialises in large volume, precision sheet metal fabrications. Using the latest in cutting edge manufacturing technology, it offers laser cutting, CNC
A new Albrecht Baumer CNC vertical contour cutting machine, commissioned by Kewell Converters, will enhance the company’s ability to serve a wider variety of customers and applications. Visitors to Southern Manufacturing 2017 heard how the accuracy, speed and precision of cut will enable the company
A demo with ground movement sensors, on the ByteSnap stand at Southern Electronics 2017 showed how remote monitoring can help improve maintenance response times. The Bridge Bash demo showed how LoRa can be deployed for status monitoring/reporting. It simulates a collision event between a train
Hurco showcased the simplicity of operation of its proprietary Max 5 control for all types of machining operations at Southern Manufacturing 2017. The CNC system, which runs the latest WinMax software, is intended for graphical, menu-based, conversational programming but is equally capable of handling NC
One of Southern 2017’s many overseas exhibitors, BINDER GmbH bought examples of its world-class simulation chambers to Farnborough. Its products can be found in numerous laboratories around the world, where they are used by pharmaceutical, biotechnology and food manufacturers, as well as research institutes. BINDER
Designers challenged with cooling electronics with progressively higher heat density and in reduced spaces, found an answer on the Aavid Thermalloy stand at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 2017. Liquid cooling has become the choice of designers striving to manage the rising heat loads of high
Centre of attention on the Bystronic stand at Southern 2017 was the Xpert 40 press brake. The one-metre / 40-tonne capacity machine is the Swiss company‘s smallest press brake, and one of its fastest selling; over 300 have been sold worldwide in the last two
Kiwa Blackwood returned once again for Southern Manufacturing 2017 to highlight its testing and certification services, which include electrical safety and EMC testing. The UKAS accredited testing laboratory also offers pre-compliance testing. Key markets served include medical, scientific, security, fire and smoke, lighting, household appliances,
The importance of fitting and maintaining effective extraction and filtration systems to protect people from harmful airborne contaminants was the central theme of the Filtermist stand at Southern Manufacturing 2017. Filtermist’s Director of Sales, Stuart Plimmer, commented, “Fitting effective extraction is key, but under CoSHH
Eurocircuits gave visitors to Southern Electronics 2017 the opportunity to preview its new PCB Assembly Visualizer, designed to speed up the development of electronics applications, from idea to production. Virtually simulating the production allows for problems to be ironed-out at the design stage before anything