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| 19th May 2008 |
Precision linear actuators replace pneumatics and hydraulics |
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The Precision Linear Actuators (PLA) ranges are actuators designed for automation tasks in the industry or for the replacement of pneumatics or hydraulics wherever they may exist. These strong, fast and accurate actuators are a result of over 40 years of actuator development representing the state of the art in linear actuator design more... |
| 12th May 2008 |
Keep on Track with Isel..... Episode 5: Fabricator is delighted by their 'sinking' profits |
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A solid surface fabricator realised that by using CNC technology to improve sink mounts the company could install more sinks in less time using fewer router bits more... |
| 5th May 2008 |
Meet the Team - Joe Marshall |
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In the 25th of our Meet the Team series, we introduce our Quality Manager Joe Marshall more... |
| 28th April 2008 |
Piggy-back, bipolar, chopping, microstep drive |
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The NPAD10BF from Micromech is an easy to mount and simple to connect microstep drive that fits onto the back of NEMA Size 17 (42mm square) motors. This neat solution has all the advantages of a piggyback drive without the possible problems of ‘built in’ drives more... |
| 21st April 2008 |
The powerful Compax3 servo drive family is extended with 4 new multi-axis modules |
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The new C3M servo drive family from Micromech offer considerable advantages for multi-axis applications in the 2 to 20kW power range more... |
| 14th April 2008 |
Compact, single axis, ballscrew positioning table outperforms its rivals |
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New from Micromech is the URS, a single axis positioning table, which integrates a linear bearing and precision ballscrew making it compact yet outperforms conventional positioning tables more... |
| 7th April 2008 |
Keep on track with Isel....Episode 4: Foam fabricators cut production time from five days down to two |
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A CNC machine allows foam fabricators to produce a typical order of 20 sample models in two days compared to the five days needed to cut the foam pieces by hand. In addition to saving time the CNC machine frees up engineers who previously had to pitch in and help cut foam pieces when a large quantity of samples were needed more... |
| 31st March 2008 |
Eye Spyraflo, a look at bearing applications......Episode 18: Thirty years and still delivering cash for banks world-wide |
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In 1977 NCR were developing the first of what was to become a long and highly successful line of ATM machines; they were the forerunners of the machines now seen in every bank and on every street corner more... |
| 24th March 2008 |
Meet the Team - Ian Brown |
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In the 24th of our Meet the Team series, we introduce our Sales Manager Ian Brown more... |
| 17th March 2008 |
Eye Spyraflo, a look at bearing applications...Episode 17: A chilling story of Spyraflo beating the cold |
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Vending machines come in a wide variety of sizes as well as having a multitude of capabilities. The challenge laid down by a specialist company was to help in the design and manufacture of an ice cream vending machine more... |
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