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Leading DIN rail power supply manufacturer PULS UK has appointed Natasha Künker to assist with its sales and marketing operations at the company’s UK headquarters in Bedfordshire. Tasha’s appointment is the latest in a series of moves by PULS to develop its sales and support services in the United Kingdom.

Altium continues to provide new features in Altium Designer, its next generation electronics design software, to help electronics designers stay continuously updated on new technology and trends. “We think the days of an industry model that somehow forces users to wait for significant new releases and features, that appear only once every few years, are numbered,” says Nick Martin, CEO of Altium.

Strategic partners EPLAN, Phoenix Contact and Rittal are holding a series of half day workshops and seminars to demonstrate how EPLAN, Phoenix Contacts’s CLIP PROJECT and Rittal’s Ri4Power design software, can work in synergy to facilitate in the design, build and enclosure of control cabinets. Live demonstrations will look to take advantage of the particulars of each singular software package as well as highlighting the time and cost...

Although the UK has expanded its commitment to renewable energy, in the short term the emphasis remains firmly on maximising energy conservation and efficiency to meet carbon reduction targets. And this is where FLIR thermal imaging really comes into its own. It is the perfect technology for detecting energy loss and identifying its source.

“Training is one of those rare activities where everybody gains,” says Chris Roberts, Human Resources Manager at Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Rencol. “The trainees gain because they have better and more marketable skills, the company gains because we have a highly skilled workforce, our customers gain because that workforce can deliver even better products and services, and the industry as a whole gains because training makes more skil...

When Simula Technology, Inc. wanted a coating for the slide hinge component of its mobile phones, PDA phones, and smart phones, it chose VICOTE® Coatings, based on VICTREX® PEEK™ polymer, for its wear resistance, lubricity, bonding strength, and ease of processing to strengthen the durability of the slide hinge component. The innovative design passed the EU’s strict RoHS certification and helped Simula Technology successfully expand into th...

Adept Scientific is pleased to announce an amendment to the agreement between eduserv Chest and Thomson Reuters with the addition of site-wide licences for EndNote Web available to Higher Education Sites, Further Education Sites, Research Councils and selected Associated Sites in the United Kingdom (UK).

BEI introduces the ES encoder series, a new line of environmentally sealed encoders designed specifically for harsh industrial applications. Through the use of a magnetic hub, these rugged incremental encoders are completely enclosed and sealed. The hub is installed on the equipment’s mating shaft, leaving a small air gap between it and the encoder. This isolates the encoder from high shock and vibration and makes them highly tolerant of sh...

Dorner conveyors were recently specified in a very unique project for a pharmaceutical third party logistics (3PL) provider that offers drug reprocessing for major retail chains and pharmaceutical manufacturers. The drugs handled range from common antibiotics to highly controlled narcotics. This keeps their facility and processes under the watchful eye of the Food and Drug authorities to ensure that the product is properly tracked and routed to t...

Techno, Inc.'s Educational CNC Division is excited to introduce the new Basic Manufacturing Skills: An Introduction to CNC Machining curriculum, available for technology education courses from Grades 6 through College. This unique curriculum comes with a 170-page Curriculum Workbook and an Instructor's CD with all projects, software files and tests ready for customization. All Techno Servo CNC machines come with a free sample copy of the Workbook...