Around the Industry

An authentic alpine ski surface has been created in Hemel Hempstead’s brand new Snow Centre thanks to the very latest snow cannon technology that incorporates compressed air delivered by a system from Atlas Copco Compressors.

Hexis announce the latest release of their popular Digital Printing Glossary. The 2009 edition of the booklet explains the technical jargon relating to digital printing, colour management, inkjet media and materials targeting non-specialists and those who want to familiarise themselves with the specialist jargon of inkjet printing for signage and visual communication.

Parker Hannifin has expanded still further its UK network of ParkerStores, with the opening of a new centre at J.H. Rose and Sons. Based in Gillingham, the new ParkerStore will offer a wide range of pneumatic, hydraulic, seals and filtration products and components. Just as importantly, the new ParkerStore forms a key part of the company’s ongoing programme to help customers increase the productivity and profitability of their businesses, through a unique combination of innovative technology, product choice, local availability and competitive pricing, backed by unrivalled technical knowledge and services.

During April 2009 the SKF Group working in cooperation with the Czech police authorities made a raid and confiscated over 30 tons of counterfeit SKF bearings at a non-authorized dealer in the North-East region of the Czech Republic. In addition, products from other bearing manufacturers were confiscated.

Festo UK has entered into a strategic Partnership with the specialist machine vision company V-viz Ltd, to promote the use of intelligent vision systems in automation. The affiliation comes at a particularly pertinent time for manufacturers seeking to counter the effects of the recession by maximising the efficiency and quality of their production processes – these are areas where high speed image capture and analysis can play a vital role.

In May 2009 Colortrac Ltd completed the sale of 26 SmartLF Ci 40m (monochrome) high resolution technical imaging scanners to the Lebanese Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Responding fast to a new business enquiry is important for all manufacturers, especially now. And with its latest service the laser cutting specialist Microkerf will prove itself a powerful ally in helping its customers turn around production quotes at maximum speed and with the utmost efficiency.

F –Gas Regulations relate to Fluorinated Chemicals, widely known for their use as refrigerant propellants. Though not widely known, Regulatory obligations have been adopted within the EU to reduce and control the use of these materials but what do they relate to?

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announces the availability of a new webinar which demonstrates how to achieve a more robust and reliable means of trace element analysis in high matrix and spectrally rich samples using inductively coupled plasma (ICP) emission spectrometry. The webinar, entitled “Getting Great Results From Tough Samples”, is available via www.spectroscopynow.com/thermowebinars.

In the interest of providing a more comprehensive service to our clients, Adept Electronic solutions announce their Adept Vision Alliance Partner Program. Our program seeks to offer clients an integrated. holistic, expert one-stop service providing time and cost-saving benefits to the our clients.