‘British Standards’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release Guide covers specification of rail conduit systems from Adaptaflex, which we summarised at the time by saying "A guide to specifying flexible conduit systems for the rail industry has been launched by Adaptaflex.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Dassault Systemes releases latest PLM 2.0 platform from Dassault Systemes: "Dassault Systemes (DS) unveiled the latest release of its PLM 2.0 platform at its recent European Customer Forum.".

In November 2009, we covered the news from PCB Piezotronics - take a look at PCB sensor measures internal ballistics of guns which says: "The Aerospace and Defense division of PCB Piezotronics has introduced the Model 165B02 charge output pressure sensor to measure the internal ballistics of sporting, police and military shot guns.".

Take a look also at the news release from Souriau, Souriau creates optical contact for harsh settings, as well as SGS sponsors talk on Russian petrochemicals from SGS SA - Industrial Services, and IMAG assists energy-efficient product upgrade from Industrial Motors and Gears.

Latest stories...

Instron website features Testing Solutions section (November 2009)

Instron, a provider of testing equipment solutions to evaluate the mechanical properties of materials and components, has launched an online technical resource.

Instron unveils SI Series impact testing machine (November 2009)

Instron has introduced the SI Series motorised pendulum impact testing machine (Model SI-1M) with Fracta software for the data acquisition and calculation of energy.

Gattefin carries out specialised machining work (November 2009)

Gattefin can perform specialised machining in various sectors such as aerospace, military, defence and nuclear and wind power.

QTC catalogue features more than 16,000 components (November 2009)

Quality Transmission Components (QTC) has announced the availability of its free Q470 catalogue.

Aaxeon releases managed media converters (November 2009)

Aaxeon has announced the release of the latest models in its Optolinx line of media converters.

User interface provides all vehicle information (November 2009)

Parker Vansco, part of Parker Hannifin, has launched the DPS cluster, a user interface that makes complete vehicle information accessible in a single centralised location.

Safety relays simplify control-system design (November 2009)

Safety relays in the Eaton Moeller ESR5 range simplify the design and implementation of control systems that meet safety and reliability standards.

Accelerometers obtain hazardous-area certification (November 2009)

Wilcoxon Research has announced an additional intrinsically safe certification in accordance with IECEx requirements for six general-purpose accelerometers.

Seminars explain new British standards

A series of seminars designed to offer insight into new British standards on lightning and surge protection is being organised by equipment manufacturer Dehn UK during June and July.