Superplastic forming expertise at Advanced Engineering Show 24th September 2018

The centre of excellence for steam locomotive engineering receives the accolade from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Tyseley Locomotive Works, the working locomotive restoration centre and home of Vintage Trains, was presented with an Engineering Heritage Award by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers at a ceremony in Birmingham on 18th September. 

Universities play a fundamental role in the economic and social development of the UK. Businesses and society benefit hugely from a well-educated graduate workforce. Yet despite this, the decision by the government to allow universities to charge up to £9,000 a year in tuition fees from the academic year of 2012-13, perplexed many students and their parents/carers alike. Especially so, when they considered the sizeable amount of debt they would accumulate from completing a degree at the higher tuition rates.

An innovative, easy-to-use desktop vacuum former from London-based start-up Mayku is on sale at RS Components. The Mayku FormBox works with any domestic vacuum cleaner to make moulds and other objects in minutes, with no software or digital model manipulation required.

With a recent re-brand under its belt, Electronic Specifier recently attended the Southco European Headquarters, in Worcester for the company’s ‘Get to know me’ event where it officially launched its new brand initiative. The day began with a speech from Richard Pearman, General Manager in Europe who explained Southco, now a global company with 100,000 customers and products started off locally. With manufacturing plants all over the world, the company typically creates 350 products every year and offers modifications and services to customers.

  Rockwell Automation hosted the launch of a collaboration with Primary Engineer, a not-for-profit organisation which delivers engineering skills programmes into schools throughout the UK.

  Seymour Civil Engineering is calling upon women in the region (North East) to help close the ever-growing skills shortage within the region's engineering sector.

The seventh annual MHA Manufacturing and Engineering Survey has just been launched by Worthing and Gatwick-based chartered accountants, tax and business advisers MHA Carpenter Box, together with sector colleagues from its national association MHA. The survey is supported by Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and the Future of British Manufacturing and helps to compile a picture of the sector across England, Scotland and Wales, with a dedicated focus on South East businesses.

With the introduction of a new low-cost robotic concept from igus, simple tasks can now be automated easily with a relatively quick ROI. Under the name ReBeL, the new wave-driven joint differs fundamentally from the previous robolink models: Instead of stepper motors, brushless DC (BLDC) motors are used.