Profil has introduced a battery-powered handgun that is capable of installing M6 or M8 anchor studs and nuts in materials up to 3mm thick. With a maximum setting force of six tonnes, the portable installation tool is suitable for low-volume production applications, as well as prototype assemblies and vehicle repair work. It is also suitable for general sheet-metal fabrication, heating, ventilation and ducting, domestic-appliance manufacture, building industry, agricultural equipment, electrical enclosures, ship building and furniture applications.
Measuring 440 x 430mm high, the handgun's easily adjusted setting load and setting action ensure correct material piercing and fastener installation under all conditions. The tool will set up to 200 nuts or studs from a single battery charge and can be fully recharged in around 30min. The handgun's magnetic toolholder, combined with a 45mm maximum stroke, provides easy component and fastener location prior to setting. A nominal 3sec setting cycle enables users to produce vibration-resistant and watertight fixings at around five times the setting speeds of conventional fastening methods.
Unlike welded alternatives, Profil's pierce studs and nuts are equally suitable for use with coated or uncoated materials, including high-tensile, stainless and sandwich steels, aluminium panels and magnesium castings. The Profil handgun is supplied ready for use, complete with battery, charger unit and a single set of punch/die tools.
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TSM Develops Materials Management System
TSM Control Systems has developed a plant-wide materials management and monitoring system. The system also provides alarm monitoring, recipe control and the overall plant visibility of all TSM blenders within a customer's plant, whether it is by building, department, extrusion line or moulding machine. Each blender can be monitored and/or controlled from one central location, including current and historical production data and recipes.
It allows an organisation to measure and monitor the consumption of materials and to monitor the total cost of materials used in the plant through a flexible reporting engine, which allows a plant supervisor to get exactly the information he or she wants from the system in a format that can be opened in any spreadsheet application or enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
Plant-wide alarm and reporting is a standard feature of the TSM system, ensuring that production issues occurring at any time of day or night are available for later analysis. A full materials management system allows a supervisor to define materials, including costs per unit, codes and descriptions. Recipes can then be built using the materials database. For extra clarity and to avoid information overload, materials and recipes can be grouped on screen.
Multi-threaded data logging from all machines to an SQL database and a fully customisable reporting engine ensure that users can get the information they require from the system, while password-protected security levels ensure that only relevant members of an organisation have access to the information they need to see, according to TSM. Utilising an industry-standard SQL database for all information ensures that the data is readily accessible for other systems such as ERP or any other third-party systems.
It allows an organisation to measure and monitor the consumption of materials and to monitor the total cost of materials used in the plant through a flexible reporting engine, which allows a plant supervisor to get exactly the information he or she wants from the system in a format that can be opened in any spreadsheet application or enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
Plant-wide alarm and reporting is a standard feature of the TSM system, ensuring that production issues occurring at any time of day or night are available for later analysis. A full materials management system allows a supervisor to define materials, including costs per unit, codes and descriptions. Recipes can then be built using the materials database. For extra clarity and to avoid information overload, materials and recipes can be grouped on screen.
Multi-threaded data logging from all machines to an SQL database and a fully customisable reporting engine ensure that users can get the information they require from the system, while password-protected security levels ensure that only relevant members of an organisation have access to the information they need to see, according to TSM. Utilising an industry-standard SQL database for all information ensures that the data is readily accessible for other systems such as ERP or any other third-party systems.
ECM Materials Offer Long-Lasting Solar Power
Krayden has announced that it will supply Engineered Conductive Materials' (ECM) solar-cell conductive adhesives and inks to the solar industry. ECM SolAg series silver inks and adhesives are said to have been proven in damp heat and thermal cycle ageing. Failure modes that limit a PV module's operating life include electrochemical corrosion due to moisture and reduced contact integrity due to cyclic thermal stress.
SolAg conductive inks and adhesives deliver a low and stable electrical contact resistance for silver grid buss lines, ribbon attachment and metal wrap-through in CIGS, amorphous silicon and similar thin-film platforms.
SolAg conductive inks and adhesives deliver a low and stable electrical contact resistance for silver grid buss lines, ribbon attachment and metal wrap-through in CIGS, amorphous silicon and similar thin-film platforms.
Huntsman Exhibits Materials At Productronica
Huntsman Advanced Materials has announced it will be exhibiting at Productronica 2009, from 10 to 13 November at the Munich Exhibition Centre, in hall A4, booth 469. Huntsman will exhibit the latest materials developments for electrical applications in the automotive, telecommunications, lighting and general industry sectors. Visitors to Huntsman's booth can find out more about the latest additions of Probimer 77 White to the extensive Probimer 77 'solder resist' range.It has a white gloss surface and can be used as a reflective background for LED applications. Other brands such as Araldite systems and Probimer solder masks, which provide protective solutions for the build, structure and assembly of printed circuit boards and for the encapsulation, insulation and bonding of electrical and electronic products, will also be on display.
CNC Machine Grinds Super-Hard Materials
The Ewag Compact Line CNC grinding machine is designed for the flexible and precise manufacturing or sharpening of indexable inserts in all materials. Whether the material is carbide, cermet, ceramic or super-hard CBN/PCD, the CNC grinding machine meets all of the requirements for precision and speed - especially with the realisation of complex workpiece geometries.The machine is fitted with the CBN/PCD module for grinding super-hard materials and now also for machining diamond cutting materials. The Compact Line has a compact construction, features ergonomic operation and an integrated robot system. Inside the machine, everything is positioned close to the working B-axis; the travel ranges for axes and robots are therefore kept to a minimum, cycle and downtimes are shortened, and productivity is increased.
The machine interior and control elements are accessible from one position. A rapid change system allows the operator to exchange the grinding wheels easily at the push of a button. The HSKE 50 clamping system for grinding wheels ensures quick and accurate change-over of grinding-wheel sets. The workpieces are fixed to the clamping device with a tension pin. All clamping systems are mechanically installed on the B-axis and are identified by a 'plug-and-play' system. The result is flexibility and short change-over times.
The 'three-in-one' sharpening unit - dressing, regenerating, and crushing - provides good grinding wheel concentricity and high repeat accuracy of processes. 3D measurement of workpieces in one clamping ensures the required tolerances are met from the start. Loading is carried out with the integrated six-axis Fanuc robot, which increases the level of machine automation and permits autonomous multi-shift operation. The Compact Line incorporates five-axis CNC kinematics, direct drive of the grinding spindle and linear technology.
Singula Now Handles Lossy Materials
Integrated Engineering Software has announced that the latest version of its Singula product for antenna analysis now handles highly lossy materials. Singula simulates the power loss that occurs as a result of the heat generation produced when lossy materials are exposed to electromagnetic waves The loss calculations can then be used by thermal analysis software to calculate the thermal distribution. Integrated's simulation software tools have been developed for engineers and scientists who design and model prototypes and need fast and reliable solutions.
Utilising computer simulation during the design process helps reduce the cost and risks associated with physical prototyping. Singula analyses all antennas including wire, surface and dielectric. RFID devices and bird cage coils for MRI applications are also modelled using this simulation tool. Other applications for Singula include scattering calculations, microwave circuits and shielding for Electromagnetic Compatibility and Interference (EMC-EMI).
Singula is a generalised hybrid method that combines the Method of Moments (MOM) with Physical Optics, and the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) method to give engineers the option to choose the solver that best suits their needs. Engineers can select the MOM technique for midsize antennas, FFT for antennas requiring many wavelengths or, in special cases, such as reflector antennas, the combination of Physical Optics with MOM maybe preferable. Bruce Klimpke, technical director at Integrated, said: 'There are many applications that will benefit from the accurate handling of highly lossy materials, including stealth technology.
'In the military this technique is used with aircraft, ships and missiles to make them less visible to radar and other detection methods. 'In the biomedical field, an example would be an antenna radiating in the presence of highly lossy materials like biological matter, such as the antenna in a mobile phone.' Integrated's team of engineers and software professionals designed Singula to help solve a wide variety of high frequency electromagnetic field (EMF) problems.
Utilising computer simulation during the design process helps reduce the cost and risks associated with physical prototyping. Singula analyses all antennas including wire, surface and dielectric. RFID devices and bird cage coils for MRI applications are also modelled using this simulation tool. Other applications for Singula include scattering calculations, microwave circuits and shielding for Electromagnetic Compatibility and Interference (EMC-EMI).
Singula is a generalised hybrid method that combines the Method of Moments (MOM) with Physical Optics, and the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) method to give engineers the option to choose the solver that best suits their needs. Engineers can select the MOM technique for midsize antennas, FFT for antennas requiring many wavelengths or, in special cases, such as reflector antennas, the combination of Physical Optics with MOM maybe preferable. Bruce Klimpke, technical director at Integrated, said: 'There are many applications that will benefit from the accurate handling of highly lossy materials, including stealth technology.
'In the military this technique is used with aircraft, ships and missiles to make them less visible to radar and other detection methods. 'In the biomedical field, an example would be an antenna radiating in the presence of highly lossy materials like biological matter, such as the antenna in a mobile phone.' Integrated's team of engineers and software professionals designed Singula to help solve a wide variety of high frequency electromagnetic field (EMF) problems.
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