‘Weee’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release Rotary encoders provide 1nm and 2nm resolutions from Renishaw, which we summarised at the time by saying "Renishaw has introduced 1nm and 2nm resolution versions of its Tonic incremental encoder range.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release CTS conference gives electrical equipment update from Cobham Technical Services: "Cobham Technical Services has announced that its annual conference will be held on 17-18 November 2009 at the Sheraton Skyline Hotel, Heathrow, London. ".

In September 2009, we covered the news from Cobham Technical Services - take a look at Cobham conference to discuss Reach implementation which says: "Cobham Technical Services has announced that its annual conference will be held on 17-18 November 2009 at the Sheraton Skyline Hotel, Heathrow, London. ".

Take a look also at the news release from MacDermid, MacDermid launches black electroless nickel, as well as MacDermid shows its range of paint pre-treatments from MacDermid, and Tolerance-ring mounts bearing in cast housing from Rencol Tolerance Rings.

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Tolerance ring bearing-mounts decrease vibration (February 2009)

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Rencol has completed a research programme confirming that tolerance ring bearing-mounts decrease vibration compared with press-fit and glue alternatives.

ACT transforms enclosures from metal to plastic (January 2009)

Applied Coating Technologies has transformed a range of Edwards and Nordell's enclosures from metal to plastic.

Arc Energy discusses environmental awareness (December 2008)

Andrew Robinson, environmental co-ordinator at Arc Energy Resources, discusses the importance of environmental awareness and the relative merits of ISO 14001 accreditation.

Tritex develops ultrasonic thickness gauges (November 2008)

Tritex NDT has developed a range of triple-echo ultrasonic thickness gauges.

ABB drives recycling scheme (November 2008)

ABB Drives Alliance has launched a scheme to recycle waste electronic drives.

Rogers introduces LED driver (October 2008)

Rogers Corporation has introduced its dur-E-volt high-voltage, constant frequency peak current mode control LED driver.

Recycling message encourages young scientists (June 2008)

Axion Recycling's CDs accompany A-Level and Key Stage 3 textbooks and are designed to encourage students' interest in the application of chemistry in the wider world.

Recycled polystyrene cuts environmental impact (April 2008)

Axion Recyclings' plant produces high-quality branded polymers from waste fridge, television and electrical appliance plastics.

WEEE website adds tenders and collections service

The WEEE Recycling Directory is launching its free online WEEE Tenders and Collections service, alongside its first successful tender and collection application.
New guide to prepare for WEEE Directive

To help UK companies meet the requirements of the new regulations the British Standards Institution (BSI) has published a guide.