FineCal tapes & adhesives replace mechanical fixings

FineCal tapes & adhesives replace mechanical fixings

Advances in technical tapes and adhesives mean they can replace mechanical fixings without compromising on overall quality and often increase the quality of the final product, says Southern Manufacturing 2022 exhibitor FineCal. The company has been working in partnership with 3M for over 30 years

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Keep track of Lee Springs’ expanding catalogue

Keep track of Lee Springs’ expanding catalogue

Stock and custom springs offered by Lee Spring include compression springs, torsion springs, constant force springs, die springs, belleville spring washers, wave springs, extension springs, battery springs and numerous speciality springs. Materials include steel, stainless steel, cobalt/nickel alloy, bronze, brass, music wire and composite plastics.

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Fastening & riveting ranges from Zygology speed up assembly

Fastening & riveting ranges from Zygology speed up assembly

One of the highlights at the Zygology stand at this year’s Southern Manufacturing show is the new Z-AR, automatic handheld riveting system. It can accommodate most standard rivet types between 3.0 and 5.0mm diameter, made of aluminium, copper, steel and A2 stainless steel and its

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Cupio offers x-ray and CSAM expertise

Cupio offers x-ray and CSAM expertise

Failure modes such as delamination, voiding or solder bridging occur internally and cannot be easily seen yet opening a failed product may be impractical, or may destroy the fault evidence. Non-destructive inspection methods that generate high-resolution fault images are therefore essential for failure analysis. Southern Manufacturing

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Marine bearings from O Rings make a splash

Marine bearings from O Rings make a splash

Designed for demanding applications such as rudder bearings and water-lubricated stern tube bearings, the Orkot TLM marine bearings will be showcased by O Rings at Southern 2022. Approvals include the latest options for greaseless operation, such as rudder carrier bearing. The company can assist in

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Precision parts service includes design support

Precision parts service includes design support

Specialist in the stamping, plating and assembly of high precision parts to customers in the electronics, automotive, medical and industrial markets, Batten & Allen, assists customers from the earliest stage of a project. Co-operating closely with industry leaders in raw material manufacture and its own

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Robotic systems apply foam seals

Robotic systems apply foam seals

Six-axis robot systems, combined with Robafoam’s foam application technology, are used by Southern Manufacturing exhibitor Robofoam to apply perfectly formed foam seals to parts. The flexible system can apply custom-designed foam seals to anything from one-off prototypes to high volume production quantities. The equipment can

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‘Smart’ TFT displays from Midas accelerate development time

‘Smart’ TFT displays from Midas accelerate development time

 New products from Midas Displays showcased at this year’s show will include smart TFT displays with CAN bus interface and RGB LCDs. Easy-to-use, smart, TFT displays increase the speed of product development, says Midas Displays. Demand for ‘smart’ displays is increasing, with project times shortening,

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Battery connects for aerospace take off

Battery connects for aerospace take off

Volumes in the automotive and aerospace sectors have increased rapidly in the race for vehicle electrification, reports Advanced Chemical Etching (ACE), creating exciting new opportunities for titanium, copper and aluminium etching expertise in applications such as battery interconnects. The technology is vitally important in the development

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Solid state drives withstand cyber-attacks

Solid state drives withstand cyber-attacks

Secure embedded memory products will be showcased by Nexus Industrial Memory at Southern Manufacturing 2022. Its Flexxon’s X-PHY solid state drives (SSD) was selected by Lenovo for what are expected to be the world’s first ‘all-in-one’ AI cybersecurity laptops. The SSDs are proving popular in

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