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William Hughes has come to the aid of a leading automotive tier-one seat manufacturer by applying its broad set of skills and advanced capabilities in the production of complex wire forms.

A £1.2m investment in long-bed, fast machining of complex components will help TGM target aerospace primes.

TGM, which is part of the £43m Aero Services Global (AS.G) Group, has just completed its first parts for a MoD contract on its recently installed Zimmermann FZ33 compact milling machine.

The long bed capabilities, machine dynamics, 30,000 RPM and fast cycle times are perfect for creating complex components to the exacting standards required by the aerospace and defence sectors.

The global market for carbon offset sales grew by 34 per cent in 2019, to £174m, a five-fold increase in two years. But is it a valid route to zero carbon, and what should manufacturers be doing?

Here, Jeremy Whittingham, Head of Community and Content at Advanced Engineering UK explains what the resurgence means and what manufacturers can do to make a difference.

A Yorkshire casting and machining specialist is working with academics on developing a copper alloy that can kill the Covid-19 virus in just 10 minutes.

The scientists at the University of Southampton have established significant results in the elimination of Covid-19 within minutes, on a copper-based alloy, demonstrating its ability to reduce coronavirus transmission rates, via commonly touched surfaces, manufactured with this metal. 

Starting as a pizza pan importer over 30 years ago, Alphin Pans has transformed itself into a business where 70% of its work is in subcontract spinning, pressing, profiling and forming.

Its latest investment is in two Timesavers deburring and surface finishing machines from Ellesco.

Alphin began life in a garage in 1989 importing and selling pizza pans. For its first 20 years the company was happy to simply buy and sell pizza pans and associated equipment, building solid foundations and counting the leading UK pizza supplier as a key customer.

Pam Murrell FICME, CEO of the Cast Metals Federation, CMF, describes the challenges that smaller, niche industry sectors face when trying to develop the specialist training programmes that they need. The casting industry tackled the problem through the industry bodies taking a lead role.

FDB Panel Fittings have seen that the new DIRAK 90° rod redirect adapter can solve a frequent problem with large doors on electrical or electronic cabinets in industrial applications, by providing five points of closure, or potentially more if required.

The Covid-19 lockdown has given the Newry-based Exact Group, the opportunity to achieve medical device accreditation.

The ISO 13485 accreditation complements the company’s existing Aerospace and Defence accreditations and awards.

ISO 13485 is a quality management system that demonstrates compliance to stringent medical device quality standards that consistently meet customer and other regulatory requirements.

The Pexion Group, which includes subcontractors Drurys Engineering, Claro Precision, Paragon Precision, Oxton Engineering and Rictor Engineering, has signed a multi-million pound contract for the supply of machine tools.

This new deal will see the Wellesbourne based Engineering Technology Group (ETG) become a turnkey provider to the entire group. 

ETG will initially supply the subcontracting group with six new machine tools with significantly more planned in future phases of the long-term agreement.

Last year, Applied Measurements were asked to design a sensor to measure the grip strength of a golden eagle named Tilly, for the award-winning BBC documentary series, Natural World.

Challenge – to find a load cell that could withstand the estimated grip strength of an eagle

As Tilly had been trained to catch and grip a tennis ball, the load cell needed to be small enough to fit inside a similar-sized measuring device yet withstand Tilly’s tremendous grip strength.

Companies from all sectors have stepped up to produce everything from ventilators and face masks to hand gels and more. Here, Jeremy Whittingham, head of community and content at Advanced Engineering UK, highlights some of the generosity shown across the industry.  

The Elesa Panel Support Clamp range offers a quick and robust solution to the construction of safety screens manufactured in acrylic or other materials. These screens are particularly beneficial when managing COVID infection risks in public areas or the workplace. Elesa Panel Support Clamps enable simple assembly of divider panels such as “sneeze screens and shields” for industrial safety enclosures, guarding of machines or workstations.