Between November 2 and 3, TFC, an AFC Industries company, will be exhibiting technical products and supply chain solutions at this year’s Advanced Engineering show.

In 2021, the UK replaced France as Europe’s second largest electric car market, after 31,800 new electric vehicles were sold in the first three months of the year. As emissions legislation tightens, government incentives increase and demand spirals, manufacturers are rapidly scaling up their electric vehicle (EV) and hybrid vehicle manufacturing. Here Justin Lawrence, applications engineer at TFC, has discussed the challenges when prod...

To ensure they can meet deadlines and deliver products in line with customers’ high expectations, UK manufacturers are looking for ways to increase assembly speed. There are many ways to speed up industrial assembly, such as investing in automation and robotics, but few options can increase manufacturing speed without capital investment. In these cases, perhaps it is the components and not the equipment that needs changing. Here Justin Lawr...

There are more than 500,000 medical technologies on the market, from thermometers to mechanical ventilators. Products typically have a short lifecycle of around 18 to 24 months before an improved version becomes available - design engineers in this sector are constantly innovating to improve patient care. Here Simon Ward, Technical Manager at fastening and fixing supplier TFC, explains how designers can reduce the size of their devices ...