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Abrasive wheels promise reduced cutting time
Fastening solution offers savings
The JETLOC metal to plastic fastening system provides the manufacturing and automotive industries the opportunity to save time and money.
JET PRESS, a European supplier of industrial fasteners and hardware components, has introduced JETLOC bonding fasteners to its range. The company says that since their development, these fasteners have proved popular with the manufacturing and automotive industries, providing a hidden fastening solution. By eliminating the need to drill fixing holes, Jetloc fasteners are said to provide additional time and cost efficiency by speeding up the production process. They are
also suitable for a range of applications where loaddistributing anchorages are required, and are said to provide a particularly effective metal to plastic fastening system. The design of JETLOC fasteners enables encasement into most plastics such as polyurethane and glass reinforced plastics (GRP), direct bonding onto many surfaces with conventional adhesives or with the application of heat or POP rivet assembly through a perforated plate. JET Press; tel: +44-1623-551800; website: www.jetpress.com.
Bighead fasteners secure theme park ride BIGHEAD Bonding Fasteners is providing fasteners for Blondecell’s latest product – the Morphis MovieRide Theater, a state-of-the-art simulator for theme parks. The fixings used in the Morphis simulator are Bighead type M1/B23 and Type F2/T38 and they are used to attach the mirror mounting, attach speakers in the roof and fix access panels.
Bighead says that these are ideal for use with pre-finished materials because no expensive drilling or filling is required. They are either bonded into something or stuck to the rear of it. In neither case can the means of fastening be detected. Bighead Bonding Fasteners; tel: +44-1202-574601; fax: +441202-578300; website: www. bighead.co.uk.
Abrasive wheels promise reduced cutting time A RANGE of high-speed, extrathin, abrasive cut-off wheels, said to dramatically reduce cutting times when used with portable angle-grinders, has been introduced in the UK by PFERD Ltd. Other advances are reported to include burr-free cutting, reduced heat formation, low vibration and smoother, userfriendly operation. The range consists of three colour-coded grades, selection depending on material to be cut, designated SG-Plus for super-fast cutting, SG Elastic, and PS-Forte, for general purpose use. Diameters are 4 inches, 4 1/2 inches, 5 inches, 7 inches and 9 inches, in wheel thickness from 1.0 to 2.3 mm.
All materials can be cut ranging from all kinds of steel, including high-speed, stainless, tool, and structural steels, cast iron, aluminium and other nonferrous metals, and composite materials, as well as cutting applications through-out the building and construction industries, such as façade linings, roof coatings, window profiles, etc. Cutting speeds range from 6000-15 200 rpm up to 9-inch diameter and up to 51 000 rpm for a smaller range up to 3 inches diameter. PFERD Ltd; tel: +44-1484866-149; fax: +44-1484-865938.
Imatek weight impact system tackles a variety of materials IMATEK’s IM-10 Falling Weight Impact Test System has been selected by the Bashforth Laboratory of the Engineering Systems Department at the Royal Military College of Science (RMCS), Shrivenham, UK, to undertake research and testing projects for clients worldwide. The equipment will be used to test a wide range of materials, from polymers and advanced composites, to metals, in the form of test specimens and whole components. Examples of projects undertaken at the Engineering Systems Department include stab and bullet-proof armour testing, and determining the effect of impact on automotive and aerospace components. The IM10 Test System comprises a sample chamber, tower, control and safety system, data capture and software analysis. The sample to be tested is held in a chamber
700 mm high x 700 mm wide x 650 mm deep below a 3 m high tower. This allows for gravitational velocities of up to 7.67 m/s. The optional high velocity accelerator means that velocities of up to 20 m/s can be achieved. Imatek’s IMI-2000 data capture system ensures maximum detail is captured during the impact event, allowing detailed analysis by the ImpAcqt software. Imatek says that one of the best methods for measuring toughness in any material or prefabricated article is the instrumented impact technique, which produces a complete force-distance curve for the impact event. This is said to enable the process to be monitored providing accurate and detailed information about the energy absorption and the mechanism of failure. Imatek; tel: +44-1142-571681; fax: +44-1442-455206.
February 2004
REINFORCEDplastics
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The JETLOC metal to plastic fastening system provides the manufacturing and automotive industries the opportunity to save time and money.
JET PRESS, a European supplier of industrial fasteners and hardware components, has introduced JETLOC bonding fasteners to its range. The company says that since their development, these fasteners have proved popular with the manufacturing and automotive industries, providing a hidden fastening solution. By eliminating the need to drill fixing holes, Jetloc fasteners are said to provide additional time and cost efficiency by speeding up the production process. They are
also suitable for a range of applications where loaddistributing anchorages are required, and are said to provide a particularly effective metal to plastic fastening system. The design of JETLOC fasteners enables encasement into most plastics such as polyurethane and glass reinforced plastics (GRP), direct bonding onto many surfaces with conventional adhesives or with the application of heat or POP rivet assembly through a perforated plate. JET Press; tel: +44-1623-551800; website: www.jetpress.com.
Bighead fasteners secure theme park ride BIGHEAD Bonding Fasteners is providing fasteners for Blondecell’s latest product – the Morphis MovieRide Theater, a state-of-the-art simulator for theme parks. The fixings used in the Morphis simulator are Bighead type M1/B23 and Type F2/T38 and they are used to attach the mirror mounting, attach speakers in the roof and fix access panels.
Bighead says that these are ideal for use with pre-finished materials because no expensive drilling or filling is required. They are either bonded into something or stuck to the rear of it. In neither case can the means of fastening be detected. Bighead Bonding Fasteners; tel: +44-1202-574601; fax: +441202-578300; website: www. bighead.co.uk.
Abrasive wheels promise reduced cutting time A RANGE of high-speed, extrathin, abrasive cut-off wheels, said to dramatically reduce cutting times when used with portable angle-grinders, has been introduced in the UK by PFERD Ltd. Other advances are reported to include burr-free cutting, reduced heat formation, low vibration and smoother, userfriendly operation. The range consists of three colour-coded grades, selection depending on material to be cut, designated SG-Plus for super-fast cutting, SG Elastic, and PS-Forte, for general purpose use. Diameters are 4 inches, 4 1/2 inches, 5 inches, 7 inches and 9 inches, in wheel thickness from 1.0 to 2.3 mm.
All materials can be cut ranging from all kinds of steel, including high-speed, stainless, tool, and structural steels, cast iron, aluminium and other nonferrous metals, and composite materials, as well as cutting applications through-out the building and construction industries, such as façade linings, roof coatings, window profiles, etc. Cutting speeds range from 6000-15 200 rpm up to 9-inch diameter and up to 51 000 rpm for a smaller range up to 3 inches diameter. PFERD Ltd; tel: +44-1484866-149; fax: +44-1484-865938.
Imatek weight impact system tackles a variety of materials IMATEK’s IM-10 Falling Weight Impact Test System has been selected by the Bashforth Laboratory of the Engineering Systems Department at the Royal Military College of Science (RMCS), Shrivenham, UK, to undertake research and testing projects for clients worldwide. The equipment will be used to test a wide range of materials, from polymers and advanced composites, to metals, in the form of test specimens and whole components. Examples of projects undertaken at the Engineering Systems Department include stab and bullet-proof armour testing, and determining the effect of impact on automotive and aerospace components. The IM10 Test System comprises a sample chamber, tower, control and safety system, data capture and software analysis. The sample to be tested is held in a chamber
700 mm high x 700 mm wide x 650 mm deep below a 3 m high tower. This allows for gravitational velocities of up to 7.67 m/s. The optional high velocity accelerator means that velocities of up to 20 m/s can be achieved. Imatek’s IMI-2000 data capture system ensures maximum detail is captured during the impact event, allowing detailed analysis by the ImpAcqt software. Imatek says that one of the best methods for measuring toughness in any material or prefabricated article is the instrumented impact technique, which produces a complete force-distance curve for the impact event. This is said to enable the process to be monitored providing accurate and detailed information about the energy absorption and the mechanism of failure. Imatek; tel: +44-1142-571681; fax: +44-1442-455206.
February 2004
REINFORCEDplastics
21