After the successful delivery of two 19m vessels due to replace HMS PURSUER and HMS DASHER in Gibraltar, NORCO has successfully bid to produce 18 vessels over the course of 4 years. The first 15m Ministry of Defence Police Patrol Vessel left NORCO’s facilities in Poole Q1 2022. NORCO have designed and manufactured the tools […]
Tebis UK demonstrated intelligent manufacturing at the MACH 2022 exhibition which was held at the NEC in Birmingham from Monday the 4th to Friday the 8th of April 2022. During the five-day exhibition, our visitors were able to learn more about the latest release of Tebis CAD/CAM software Version 4.1, ProLeiS MES and also the […]
With the TURBOVAC iR variants, vacuum manufacturer Leybold is launching a new, complete turbomolecular pump series, technologically derived from the proven TURBOVAC i family. “The iR modelsreplace the former TURBOVAC ClassicLine pumps and meet, for example, the requirements of our high-end research customers – such as the major research institutes CERN or DESY,” summarizes the […]
COTESA selected Airborne to supply a robotic production system to automate its edge sealing operation for complex, 3D composite parts. The Automated Edge Sealing system will ensure a constant quality during production and drastically reduce the amount of manual labour. The system uses the Automated Programming technology of Airborne, which translates the 3D part design […]
Use of Hydrogen for a variety of purposes has become a hot topic of late. At Frewer the company is keen to use its expertise to aid the expansion of Hydrogen use as an alternative to fossil fuels. The team has already been involved in enhancements in composite filament winding technology with applications for Hydrogen […]
STRUCTeam, an independent composite engineering consultancy, has supported the world’s leading wind turbine and blade manufacturers for over a decade. The engineering specialists are now extending their strategic insights to the application of composites in wave power with renewables company, Ocean Energy, and technical partners 3A Composites Core Materials and Sicomin. Ocean Energy approached STRUCTeam […]
Gen 2 Carbon has established a strategic alliance with Deakin University to promote the development of carbon fibre recycling in Australia. The newly formed enterprise is part of Deakin’s ‘Recycling and Renewable Energy Commercialisation Hub’ (REACH) and builds on the University’s end-to-end manufacturing capabilities in renewable energy and recycling. Gen 2 Carbon’s contribution to the […]
COBA Plastics Moulding are plastic injection moulding experts, offering a full range of services from 2k injection moulding to more technically demanding components and tool design. With help from the GOM ATOS Q, the business has been able to improve its production processes by shortening inspection times and increasing the amount of data collected. COBA […]
CHEMUK 2022 opened its doors over the 11th & 12th May at the NEC in Birmingham. After a tough two years for the events sector, event organiser, UK Industry Events, were delighted to announce that 2811 visitors (excluding exhibitor staff) attended the show over the two days, representing a 15% increase from CHEMUK 2021. Recognising […]
At its Annual General Meeting on 18th May, Composites UK announced the five people nominated onto its Board of Directors this year by its member companies. The Board is made up of 11 Directors (plus others who are co-opted in specialist areas) who are members of Composites UK themselves. Each Board Director is nominated for […]