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Engineering achievement for Institute of Physics
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Engineering achievement for Institute of Physics The Institute of Physics is now a nominated body of the Engineering Council with a licence to register its own Chartered Engineers. With an increasing number of physicists choosing to work in one of the many engineering disciplines, this direct and faster route to Chartered Engineer status is an important new element in their career development. The Institute of Physics has also been granted a licence to accredit university courses as complying with the first stage requirements for those intending to become Chartered Engineers. Journalists requiring further information should contact Pippa Senior or EmmaClare Carman in the Public Affairs Department on tel. 0171 470 4800, e-mail: [email protected]
Techno Trade Asia ‘98 announced Last year, the inaugural international forum for metalworking and manufacturing engineering technology Techno Trade Asia ‘96, incorporated three crucial areas in the manufacturing industry InterSubcon Asia ‘96, InterSurface Asia ‘96 and FasTech Asia ‘96 - whose focus on surface finishing, machinery/equipment for fastener production, fastener products and subcontracting received astounding response from visitors and exhibitors both local and abroad. Following the success of this show, the 2nd Techno Trade Asia will take place at Singapore’s leading exhibition venue, World Trade Centre, from 12 to 14 May 1998. To provide a more specialized avenue for exhibitors and visitors, Techno Trade Asia ‘98 will present two new sub-segments - Coating & Paint Asia ‘98, Coil & Spring Asia ‘98 on top of InterSurface Asia ‘98 and FasTech Asia ‘98. Also for the very first time in Asia, Techno Trade Asia ‘98 will introduce Asian SheetMetal ‘98, an extension of Euro-Blech, a successful international trade fair in Europe for sheet metal working technologies and the foremost meeting place for sheet metal experts all over the world. Techno Trade Asia ‘96 boasted of 2030 visitors covering a total of 24 countries.
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British Smiths
AerosDace. Brough. Metal’Cenbes fo;i&
is now usine the sDeciality Hawk tailpianes. -
Aluminium tooling plate for Hawk tailplanes Following extensive trials, the Hawk Integrated Product team at British Aerospace, Brough, is now exclusively using the speciality wrought aluminium tooling plate, Alplan, from Smiths Metal Centres. Set up to facilitate further efficiency in the design and production of Hawk tailplanes, the team’s department brings together a number of key roles, such as design, production and procurement, in one area. Every aspect of their work was reconsidered to find the optimum solution. As the tooling plate is required for a highly specialized job, that of jig making, it was obviously essential that the best available quality was used. Any rejections were very costly for British Aerospace. The company had experimented, however, with almost all cast tooling plates but found none met their exacting requirements. All those tried had insufficient shape stability; in addition poor machinability, a lack of dimensional tolerance and of consistency also caused considerable problems. However, Integrated Production was so satisfied with the results of the Alplan samples in particular with the vastly improved shape stability, that it has specified Alplan must now be used on all orders for jigs. Although Alplan supply the material cut to size, often further machining is necessary externally and sub contractors have also been asked to use Alplan. ‘The feedback from employees using it has, so far, been excellent,’ commented Paul Stewart, tool design engineer at British Aerospace, Brough. ‘Even though we’ve had some pretty
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wrought
aluminium
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plate, Alplan,
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complicated pieces to machine the results have been very good indeed with no problems of porosity or blow holes.’ Alplan is an all-round tooling plate, milled both sides to the closest tolerances and then vinyl coated. It offers very good machinability, exceptional shape stability and negligible internal stresses, with very good corrosion resistance. In addition to use in jigs and fixtures typical applications are very diverse and include robotics, electronic component manufacture, computers, medical and optical equipment, reference plates, printing machinery and recording systems.
BASF and DSM form resins joint venture BASF Atkiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, and DSM N.V., Heerlen, Netherlands, have successfully completed their negotiations on the establishment of DSM-BASF Structural Resins, which will handle unsaturated polyester resins operations. The new company, in which DSM holds 60% and BASF 40% commenced operation on 1 January, 1997. The head office is located in Zwolle, The Netherlands. The new company, with annual sales of approximately DM 4.50 million and whose business leadership will be in the hands of DSM, will be Europe’s biggest supplier of unsaturated polyester resins. In a fragmented European market with about 40 resin producers, the joint venture will, due to its size, not only have a cost edge, but also be in a position to meet customers’ growing demand for better products and new applications. The new company will strengthen the competitive position of unsaturated polyester resins compared with alternative materials such as ahuninium or steel.
Engineering achievement for Institute of Physics The Institute of Physics is now a nominated body of the Engineering Council with a licence to register its own Chartered Engineers. With an increasing number of physicists choosing to work in one of the many engineering disciplines, this direct and faster route to Chartered Engineer status is an important new element in their career development. The Institute of Physics has also been granted a licence to accredit university courses as complying with the first stage requirements for those intending to become Chartered Engineers. Journalists requiring further information should contact Pippa Senior or EmmaClare Carman in the Public Affairs Department on tel. 0171 470 4800, e-mail: [email protected]
Techno Trade Asia ‘98 announced Last year, the inaugural international forum for metalworking and manufacturing engineering technology Techno Trade Asia ‘96, incorporated three crucial areas in the manufacturing industry InterSubcon Asia ‘96, InterSurface Asia ‘96 and FasTech Asia ‘96 - whose focus on surface finishing, machinery/equipment for fastener production, fastener products and subcontracting received astounding response from visitors and exhibitors both local and abroad. Following the success of this show, the 2nd Techno Trade Asia will take place at Singapore’s leading exhibition venue, World Trade Centre, from 12 to 14 May 1998. To provide a more specialized avenue for exhibitors and visitors, Techno Trade Asia ‘98 will present two new sub-segments - Coating & Paint Asia ‘98, Coil & Spring Asia ‘98 on top of InterSurface Asia ‘98 and FasTech Asia ‘98. Also for the very first time in Asia, Techno Trade Asia ‘98 will introduce Asian SheetMetal ‘98, an extension of Euro-Blech, a successful international trade fair in Europe for sheet metal working technologies and the foremost meeting place for sheet metal experts all over the world. Techno Trade Asia ‘96 boasted of 2030 visitors covering a total of 24 countries.
308
British Smiths
AerosDace. Brough. Metal’Cenbes fo;i&
is now usine the sDeciality Hawk tailpianes. -
Aluminium tooling plate for Hawk tailplanes Following extensive trials, the Hawk Integrated Product team at British Aerospace, Brough, is now exclusively using the speciality wrought aluminium tooling plate, Alplan, from Smiths Metal Centres. Set up to facilitate further efficiency in the design and production of Hawk tailplanes, the team’s department brings together a number of key roles, such as design, production and procurement, in one area. Every aspect of their work was reconsidered to find the optimum solution. As the tooling plate is required for a highly specialized job, that of jig making, it was obviously essential that the best available quality was used. Any rejections were very costly for British Aerospace. The company had experimented, however, with almost all cast tooling plates but found none met their exacting requirements. All those tried had insufficient shape stability; in addition poor machinability, a lack of dimensional tolerance and of consistency also caused considerable problems. However, Integrated Production was so satisfied with the results of the Alplan samples in particular with the vastly improved shape stability, that it has specified Alplan must now be used on all orders for jigs. Although Alplan supply the material cut to size, often further machining is necessary externally and sub contractors have also been asked to use Alplan. ‘The feedback from employees using it has, so far, been excellent,’ commented Paul Stewart, tool design engineer at British Aerospace, Brough. ‘Even though we’ve had some pretty
Materials & Design Volume 17 Number 5/6 1996
wrought
aluminium
tooling
plate, Alplan,
from
complicated pieces to machine the results have been very good indeed with no problems of porosity or blow holes.’ Alplan is an all-round tooling plate, milled both sides to the closest tolerances and then vinyl coated. It offers very good machinability, exceptional shape stability and negligible internal stresses, with very good corrosion resistance. In addition to use in jigs and fixtures typical applications are very diverse and include robotics, electronic component manufacture, computers, medical and optical equipment, reference plates, printing machinery and recording systems.
BASF and DSM form resins joint venture BASF Atkiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, and DSM N.V., Heerlen, Netherlands, have successfully completed their negotiations on the establishment of DSM-BASF Structural Resins, which will handle unsaturated polyester resins operations. The new company, in which DSM holds 60% and BASF 40% commenced operation on 1 January, 1997. The head office is located in Zwolle, The Netherlands. The new company, with annual sales of approximately DM 4.50 million and whose business leadership will be in the hands of DSM, will be Europe’s biggest supplier of unsaturated polyester resins. In a fragmented European market with about 40 resin producers, the joint venture will, due to its size, not only have a cost edge, but also be in a position to meet customers’ growing demand for better products and new applications. The new company will strengthen the competitive position of unsaturated polyester resins compared with alternative materials such as ahuninium or steel.