‘Special Purpose Machines’

A Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release Solidworks offers finance package from SolidWorks Corporation, which we summarised at the time by saying "By taking advantage of the Solidworks Software and Subscription finance alternative, customers can avoid investing a large amount of cash up front with 36 equal monthly payments. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release ESAB offers flux-cored wires from ESAB: "OK Tubrod 15.14 is the latest generation of all position rutile, low-hydrogen flux-cored wires from ESAB. ".

In November 2008, we covered the news from Bruel and Kjaer UK - take a look at Predictor software feels the noise which says: "Environmental noise mapping is now much simpler with Bruel and Kjaer's Predictor 7810 software. ".

Take a look also at the news release from Schaeffler (UK), Schaeffler has linear guidance for patients , as well as Elesa offers semi-gloss chrome grip knobs from Elesa (UK), and Torque motors eliminate extruder vibration from Parker Hannifin - Electromechanical and Drives Division.

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FTL develops Polytetrafluoroethylene products (November 2008)

FTL has used PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) to develop technical solutions for many areas of application including seals, guides, design components, tubings and semi-finished products.

Ingersoll Rand offers modular spindles (November 2008)

Ingersoll Rand is offering a full series of modular spindles for automatic or semi-automatic applications with very high-duty cycle capacity.

Warner Electric brakes to the stage (November 2008)

Warner Electric had the ability to provide a bespoke solution to a brake problem on hoists for stage and theatre applications.

Bevel helical gearboxes take to the bridge (November 2008)

Synchronised sets of Bonfiglioli industrial gearboxes are being used on Sydney's Harbour Bridge to drive two 60-tonne workmen's gantries.

Moeller Electric releases two-speed joysticks (November 2008)

The RMQ-Titan range of joysticks has two switch positions in each direction for allowing creep and full-speed operations.

Welding equipment clads inaccessible areas (November 2008)

Arc Energy Resources has completed an order to clad the internal surfaces of two regulator globe valves for Dresser, a supplier of products and technologies for energy applications.