Recent advances in rubber-like polymeric materials, such as Thermoplastic elastomers (TPE’S), have provided new opportunities in 3D printing.

Southern Manufacturing & Electronics, the UK’s largest annual engineering exhibition, returns to Farnborough from February 5-7 2019.

Optimum conveyor belt life is achieved when the belt cover and carcass wear out at the same time but in the real world how often does that happen?

At the World Human Powered Speed Challenge at Battle Mountain, Nevada, USA, Paralympian Karen Darke, MBE and Ken Talbot broke world records for both male and female arm powered speed.

Whilst design and production engineering for some applications requires fastening to occur with tolerances measured in microns – medical equipment and electronics assemblies together with aerospace and defence products being good examples – it is a fact that in the wider manufacturing arena there has to be, by necessity, more latitude.

Ideas are aplenty, and innovation will never run out as long as we have those ideas. Our world today is fueled by umpteen ideas that can change the way we move forward and, to aid this, we also have tools that are designed to provide a pedestal for growth and progress.

In this case study, Techsil provided Speed Plastics with a flexible silicone adhesive and a fast, reliable, consistent dispensing solution in the manufacture of a Smoke Hood.

There are numerous applications that require a method of bonding using an adhesive but even Chemique Adhesives was surprised when it was contacted by Squirrel Cricket, an Australian company founded by cricketing enthusiasts which offers innovative grips for cricket bats.