‘Supply Chain’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release Riley to distribute pressure-fed shot blasting from Riley Industries, which we summarised at the time by saying "Riley Surface World has announced an agreement with Contracor to distribute its range of pressure-fed shot blasting systems in the UK. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Nitrogen generators cut costs of food packaging from Parker Hannifin - Parker Sales UK: "Phil Green, at Parker Hannifin's industrial division, explains how the latest nitrogen-generation technology can help food and beverage companies increase their operational efficiency and cut costs. ".

In November 2009, we covered the news from Schunk Intec - take a look at Schunk toolholding suits five-axis machining which says: "Schunk has developed a series of toolholding solutions for five-axis machining processes.".

Take a look also at the news release from Bambi Air Compressors, Bambi introduces silent oil-free compressor range, as well as ITT launches CGL power-input connector series from ITT Interconnect Solutions, and Fastpack drives cut energy use in fans and pumps from Micromech.

Latest stories...

Kabelschlepp cable carriers reduce ESD risk (November 2009)

Due to their low surface resistance, the ESD cable carriers from Kabelschlepp significantly reduce the risk of ESD.

NI devices suit extended-temperature operation (November 2009)

National Instruments (NI) has unveiled four extended-temperature versions of the NI Single-Board RIO devices, featuring a -40C to +85C operating temperature range.

SICK introduces single- and multi-turn encoders (November 2009)

SICK Stegmann has introduced the AFS60 single-turn and AFM60 multi-turn absolute encoders.

MiniTec catalogues feature conveyor systems (November 2009)

MiniTec UK has released two catalogues featuring its Profi-Team conveyor systems for assembly and inspection lines.

Igus optical-fibre cable suits all bus systems (October 2009)

Igus has developed an optical-fibre cable, Chainflex CFLG.2LB, which is suitable for all bus systems.

Wago enhances power supply range (October 2009)

Wago Corporation has added a UPS controller (and batteries), as well as buffer and redundancy modules to the 787 Series advanced power supply line.

Nexans to supply ice-resistant control system (October 2009)

Nexans has been awarded a contract by Sevmash, a Russian shipbuilding company, to develop, manufacture and supply low-temperature and ice-resistant control, instrumentation and power cables.

Festo develops low-cost electric actuator (October 2009)

Festo has entered the low-cost electric actuator market with the launch of a toothed belt drive axis that combines cost-optimised design rules with precision engineering.

Proposed academy targets supply chain needs

Logistics professionals assembled in the university's Technology Innovation Centre (TIC) to hear a proposal for a one-stop-shop academy to meet the skills needs of the region's logistics employers.
Supply chain software eases Reach compliance

Reachtracker initiates supply chain co-operation using structured e-mail communications and secure on-line questionnaires that facilitate gathering supplier substance registration intentions