A Machine Train (power train or multiple drive units) is three or more units with rotating shafts connected to each other. Aligning a Machine Train can be a cumbersome task, with great risks for making time consuming errors.

Mechanical winding traverses based on the rolling ring principle convert continuous rotation of a smooth shaft into reciprocating movement. Outstanding advantages of these purely mechanical...

laserXtens, Zwick’s latest strain measurement system has successfully been used for applications in temperature chambers where materials are typically exposed to temperatures from -70 to +250°C...

Practically all sectors of industry are dependent on products made by the wire and cable industries; first in line is the automotive industry with all its OEMs, the power supply sector as well as the...

Brussels/BE (EAA) – The European Aluminum Association (EAA) Packaging Group in cooperation with the Romanian metal packaging recycling company AMEP-Pack (member of Can Pack Group S.A., the...

The MiniRAE Lite now joins the MiniRAE 3000 and ppbRAE 3000 that were introduced earlier this year. This is a nonintrinsically safe instrument that uses standard alkaline AA size batteries or...

Meeting a key requirement of manufacturers and end-users robotic and other mobile automation equipment, Northwire recently obtained the first 90 and 105ºC UL recognitions for Hytrel under the UL 758...

Sikora has launched its new website that places special emphasis on a unique corporate design and brand recognition. As Sikora is one of the worldwide leading manufacturers of innovative measuring...

August Strecker GmbH & Co. KG in Limburg/Germany manufacture buttwelding machines for the wire and cable industry. An example out of the wide-spread production program also including special...

With its powerful 1.86 gigahertz Intel Mobile processor, the new Simatic Panel PC 577B from Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) provides outstanding computing power for industrial applications....

In an EMEA-wide, multi sector research study of IT decision makers, carried out for Siemon, the global structured cabling specialist, 67 per cent of IT decision makers say that LAN cabling is now of ‘strategic importance’ to the success or failure of their company’s business operations.

Albert Chrisbacher has been promoted to Vice President – Sheet and Foam Systems. Chrisbacher will be responsible for all sales and product management activities related to Davis-Standard sheet...

"We have rarely found such a concentration of specialist knowledge in such a compact space.“ – "We want to introduce a new process in our company, and nowhere we can find more specific, comprehensive information than here." – "The exchange of experience is first-class."

The new sensor system improves significantly the detection of flaws for wires and tubes with small diameter. The field of application is diversified and varies from stainless steel with excellent...

UK-based continuous casting technology specialists, Rautomead Limited, offer two different technologies of plant for the production of oxygen-free copper wire rod. The choice is based essentially on required plant capacity.

Carl Zeiss has enhanced the AxioCam HRc microscope camera to better meet the increased requirements of demanding users in materials research and quality assurance in industry and universities. The...

In the course of its annual General Assembly in Brussels, the European Metallurgical Engineering Association EUnited Metallurgy elected a new chairman: Mr. Marc Solvi, chief executive officer of Paul...

In December 2007 Kieselstein Group was able to win Wolfgang Koch as advising partner. Wolfgang Koch looks back on many years of experience as Plant Manager and Authorised Signatory of the company...

Bremen/Germany (Sikora) – A strong wind blows through the market of measurement and control suppliers to the wire, cable and hose markets. Quality combined with minimized failure and cost is...

Due to the growing global economy, a further increase in demand is expected in the next few years. Up-and-coming, economically developing countries such as India and China are both key sales markets...

A rolling mill with rolling forces up to 60MN and a driving power of 2 x 7000kW is something one does not come across every day. So, when a giant like this takes to the road, transportation becomes quite a feat. Draht was on location when a rolling stand weighing in at 365t was loaded onto a 55-metre, 22-axle flat-bed trailer.

The Pfeifer Group is comprised of companies in Germany and abroad and focuses on the wire rope technology, elevator technology, cable structures, building technology, lifting technology, attachment and lashing equipment, mining and industry. Recent projects include the cable roof structures for 6 of the 12 stadiums used during the World Cup in Germany in 2006.

Highlight at the K 2007 plastics and rubber trade fair was a world premiere: the new high-performance MX Kneader generation by Buss AG, Pratteln, Switzerland. This represents a further development of the universal Buss MKS Kneader, but with a four-flight screw – as used in the already well-proven quantec Kneader for PVC compounding. It also has a redesigned kneading chamber with greater volume and individually optimized processing zones. Furthermore, the mixing effect has been further intensified while at the same time reducing specific energy consumption by about 15%.