ENGINEER TO ENGINEER
MSC & ROCOL
support A&M
Engineering solutions
company A&M EDM
was looking to improve
the performance of its
metalworking coolant while
maintaining high-quality
machining. With this in
mind, MSC Industrial Supply
(MSC), which offers A&M
EDM engineering support,
identified ROCOL as the
partner to collaborate with
alongside its customer.
ROCOL began analysing
A&M EDM’s coolant
consumption with a review
of current materials and
applications while taking
samples from active machining
operations. These were tested
in ROCOL’s laboratory and a
comprehensive report on the
current product, with details
such as wear ratio, dilution
and usage, was produced.
The analysis concluded that
the coolant usage was much
higher than it should be.
It proposed an alternative
metalworking coolant,
ULTRACUT EVO 255, said to
be more suitable for their
requirements, cost less and
extended tool lifetimes.
In addition to providing
the coolant solution, MSC
works with ROCOL to deliver
specialist and ongoing
maintenance and support to
A&M EDM, which covers a
range of services and periodic
analysis to reduce fluid
consumption, extend tool life
and reduce downtime.
New Scotland yard
SEW Eurodrive has opened a new sales and service centre in Cumbernauld
(near Glasgow). Within the 4,300 ft² unit there is the capability and expertise
to service and repair any industrial gear. The company’s sales o ce, previously
based in Stirling, will relocate to the new site.
PEI-Genesis provides NHS
delivery drone with connector
Cables and connectors manufacturer PEIGenesis
has partnered with Windracers and
Southampton University on the Windracers
ULTRA (unmanned low-cost transport
aircraft) project.
The civilian drone project will see
NHS supplies carried to the Isle of Wight,
when ferry crossings are limited. As
part of its sponsorship, PEI-Genesis has
provided a connector – an Amphe-Lite
D38999 connector – free of charge during
development and test ights.
The Windracers ULTRA, fixed-wing,
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is capable
of carrying 100kg up to 621 miles and will
make the crossing from Hampshire to the
Isle of Wight in 10 minutes. To allow the
drone to accurately and reliably transmit its
GPS location, as well as instrument data,
including the position of wing flaps and the
cargo bay drop-mechanism, the UAV has
been fitted with the connector supplied by
PEI-Genesis.
The Amphe-Lite D38999 connector will
provide the Windracers UAV with protection
against electromagnetic and radio frequency
interference (EMI/RFI). The Amphe-Lite
connector is shielded using electroless
nickel plating, which is built into a 360 °
grounding system, providing up to 50dB of
noise suppression over a frequency range of
100Mhz to 10GHz.
Daniel Cross, area sales manager at
PEI-Genesis, explains: “We partnered
with Windracers and the research team at
Southampton University because we felt
our experience in the aerospace and military
sectors can add value to this UAV project.
Not only will the Amphe-Lite connector help
in delivering vital supplies to the NHS during
this di cult time, its extreme performance
will be vital in the future when the ULTRA UAV
is deployed to deliver aid to humanitarian
projects around the world.”
Development team lead Nickolay Jelev
adds: “The Amphe-Lite connectors provide a
fantastic balance between quality, availability,
robustness, weight and cost. They are
perfectly suited for our application, as the
goal going forward is to manufacture the
Windracers ULTRA platform in large numbers
and operate it in harsh environments.”
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