Automation Parts

ESAB Explains How To Improve Welding Productivity At Schweissen und Schneiden 2009 in Essen, Germany, ESAB provided an exhibition newsletter entitled 'Let's Talk Productivity' that explains the link between quality and productivity. The newsletter, which was available free to those who visited the ESAB stand, explained how real productivity gains in welding and cutting must come from more than just cost-cutting exercises. The company said fabricators need to recognise that quality is the key to real productivity gains, reducing the overall cost of fabrication and boosting output potential. Nazmi Adams, global marketing director at ESAB, wrote: 'Low-quality products can be a false economy, resulting in further expenditure elsewhere that makes the initial savings pale into insignificance. 'These hidden costs can take the form of higher failure rates - made worse by products that are tricky to use and which may not have been designed for the job.' ESAB's ex...

RTP's APWA Compounds Improve Wear-Resistance RTP Company has commercialised a line of all-polymeric wear-additive (APWA) compounds that offer improved wear resistance. The materials are free of particulate or fluid additives and provide excellent plastic-on-plastic performance without sacrificing properties inherent to the host resin. Tom Cordes, general manger of wear products at RTP Company, said: 'By eliminating traditional wear-reducing additives, such as PTFE or silicone, we have been able to significantly increase mechanical performance in these compounds. 'Using our new olefin-based APWA technology we are able to better maintain crucial base-resin properties - such as strength, impact resistance and specific gravity - allowing moulded parts to perform more consistently in end-use applications. 'Not only are wear performance and all-round properties improved, our APWA compounds are both non-halogenated and RoHS-compliant, making them more environmentally respo...