How to Select the Best Vendor For Your Plastic Machined Components

Not all plastic machining vendors are equipped to offer all parts. Others may not be able to give you the best prices. The following guidelines can help you locate a fully qualified, cost effective plastic machining specialist: Material Knowledge Quiz potential vendors on their knowledge of various materials and applications. Ask them to share the information they have from the material manufacturers. Do they have any property...

Electric Fork Lift Trucks - Nice Surprise, or Nasty Shock?

With us all becoming more and more aware of our carbon footprint - and with legislation to stop us forgetting - alternatives to the standard combustion engine are beginning to introduce themselves in the retail markets; and the industrial sector has largely made the switch already, only relying on fossil fuelled machinery for external work. So, an impetus exists to reduce this carbon foot-print, but what are the advantages &...

Engineering Maintenance for Machine Safety

Machines are an important part of modern society. They are needed in almost all walks of life from small machines such as coffee grinders to the massive industrial machines which manufacture our consumer products. All of these machines need to be properly maintained in order to ensure that they continue to work correctly. Without this machine maintenance, the devices could break down, stopping production and sometimes risking...

Shot Blasting Machines

In Tumblast, a conveyor belt rotates inwards, inside the chamber of the shot blasting machine & the components are loaded on it as per the size & capacity of the machine. The door is than closed. Rotor is switched on for throwing Shots or Grits on the components. By this process, the loaded components get a universal finish. Abrasive medias such as Shots or Grits are continuously fed by the elevator of abrasive media....

Preparing for Christmas Orders

As we begin to enter the autumn and winter months many companies and factories will be preparing for the busiest time of the year. For some companies this time of year yields 80% of their business orders and preparation for this is key to success. How do they manage to keep up with the huge demands? Large warehouses and despatch depots ramp up their production annually. The last two months of the calendar year in America take...