Aerospace industry component manufacturing is in a large growth cycle. Advancements in materials and engine efficiency have created clear benefits for replacing a surplus of older aircraft equipment. The advancements cover both the engine and structural components. The demand is so significant that machine tool manufacturers are challenged to supply the equipment fast enough. Since […]
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A leading hospice that cares for more than 900 families every year is the latest recipient of the ‘Wired for Good’ campaign run by Alloy Wire International (AWI). The UK manufacturer of round, flat and profile wire has donated £7500 to the crucial work of Acorns Children’s Hospice to help it continue to provide respite, […]
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In terms of economic and ecological sustainability, the call to repair rather than produce new is correct and forward-looking. When it comes to repairing moulds and other components instead of producing new ones, laser metal deposition (LMD) is a proven key technology – with a growing potential for new areas of application. At the recent ‘reFORM’ workshop, […]
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WOMEN have played a key role in shaping the engineering industry we know today with some significant scientific developments – however they make up less than 22% of the UK’s engineering sector. This calls for a change in work dynamics and improved opportunities that will enable companies to thrive in diversity. Working for a business […]
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The very first Manufacturing & Engineering Week got off to a flying start at Birmingham’s NEC with 5221 visitors attending over the two-day live event to celebrate the very best of British innovation, creativity and best practice. The four collocated exhibitions – Design Engineering Expo, Engineering Expo, Manufacturing Expo and Maintec –attracted 209 exhibitors from […]
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Craig Whitehouse, Managing Director of Invar Integration, takes an objective view of problem solving within the warehouse. Warehouses have become busy fulfilment factories, where throughput and performance can determine business success or failure. Now, as costs rise and labour availability falls, many companies are turning to technology to alleviate the pressure points in warehousing processes […]
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Xaar welcomed local pupils and teachers to its manufacturing site in Huntingdon last week, to showcase the fascinating opportunities that science, engineering and technology offers as a career. The pupils and teachers from Stukeley Meadows Primary School in Huntingdon are all members of their STEM Imagineering Club (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and visiting Xaar […]
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Use of the Fluke™ ii900 Industrial Acoustic Imager for medical gas leak detection in Mediclinic hospitals has improved safety levels and cut costs while enabling the company to meet sustainability goals. A pioneering application of the Fluke™ ii900 Industrial Acoustic Imager has enabled a world leader in patient care to improve safety levels across multiple […]
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Autentica Parts and Mole Group Utilities highlighted as trailblazers on International Women in Engineering Day #INWED22 Women-led engineering businesses are benefiting from a programme which enables academia-industry collaboration to create innovative low carbon goods, processes and services. Autentica Parts, based in Liverpool, is a platform which allows engineers to share designs for parts and components […]
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Manufacturing SMEs are being urged to consider flexible contracts as a way of staving off escalating energy costs. Control Energy Costs, which works with hundreds of companies across the UK, has seen a 50% rise in the number of firms looking at this form of ‘purchasing’ and is now offering industry the chance for businesses […]
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