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FDB Panel Fittings are pleased to offer a special new Double D profile key for hygiene locks which protects against micro scratch surface damage when used in operation. This new key helps to maintain the strict performance conditions required by the food processing industry, requirements which include the use of hygiene rated quarter turn latch/locks which have mirror-polished surfaces in order to protect against accumulation of dirt and bacteria.

Electroplating specialist EC Williams is one of six companies participating in a Government funded project to recover gallium from used LED lights.

The nine-month project, which began on 1 November, is titled Recovery of Gallium Ionic Liquid (ReGAIL) and is partly financed by Innovate UK.

Williams will be studying opportunities for recovering gallium metal from LED lights. Gallium is usually only recovered from offcuts and shavings, and this is the first time the high-performance semiconductor will be recovered from end-of-life components.

We hate to mention it, but…

…Christmas is fast approaching. If you are able to let our sales team know about your closing dates over the festive period, we can make sure that this is taken into consideration for any orders that are placed around that time.

Please pay particular attention to our dispatch and delivery dates.

If you would like to let us know about your business hours over the festive period, please contact our sales team on sales@lasered.co.uk or 01376 327182

Turn-milling centres are speeding production by 40% and helping Bryken meet increased demand and stay competitive on high added value parts.

EMKA Gasket Sealing Profiles for enclosures and other purposes are available in many thicknesses and widths of self-adhesive closed cell EPDM or Chloroprene rubber (CR) backed with non-stretch self-adhesive tape. EMKA are pleased that now, as part of their ongoing development program, their self-adhesive gaskets have recently received certification to hygiene standard VDI 6022.

New TruPunch 3000 scores high on productivity, process reliability and part quality // showcased with TruMatic 3000 fiber machine with combined punch-laser operation for even greater flexibility // Numerous intelligent assistance systems make life easier for machine operators

Cambridge Vacuum Engineering (CVE), a specialist in the design and manufacture of electron beam welding (EBW) machines, has built its very first laser-welding system. Now installed at an important customer in the automotive sector, the machine relies on a TRUMPF TruDisk 1000, a 1kW solid-state laser with optimised beam quality for welding metals, in this case steel and Inconel.

JWA Tooling has become one of the first companies to invest in Mazak’s new, British-built, 5 axis machining centre.

The Yamazaki Mazak CV5-500 simultaneous 5-axis machining centre will build on the capabilities of an existing Mazak vertical machining centre at the Leicester-based company.

JWA Tooling is a specialist provider of high-precision manufacturing solutions to some of the world’s largest blue-chip companies, with capabilities including precision CNC milling, turning and wire EDM.

The Black Country Growth Hub, with the support of the UK Metals Council, is launching the Peer Networks Programme for ambitious businesses looking to grow.

This programme is part of a government funded peer-to-peer networking initiative for SME businesses to develop their organisations for future success.

Samuel Taylor Limited (STL) has won funding to investigate a new way of joining copper and aluminium for busbars in zero emission vehicles.

The company was awarded the funding by Innovate UK as part of the recent ‘Catalysing Green Innovation: Securing the Future of ZEV’ competition.

EVBus is an Innovate UK collaborative project between STL and TWI Ltd, aiming to investigate an innovative copper to aluminium bonding technique for use in zero emission vehicle (ZEV) busbars.

As enclosure hardware market leaders, EMKA are looking forward to the new year and have concluded that the worst-case final outcome of Brexit is well known so it is possible to minimise problems by organising for WTO terms in the same way we already do for the rest of the world. This is not new, but it is a change when dealing with continental suppliers. The best case of course will be that if a deal is done with the EU then there will be only minor changes.