Automation Parts

Factory Master Used For Pipe-Assembly Manufacture B and D is using the Factory Master system in the manufacture of fabricated pipe kits and assemblies, which are used on RR commercial, military, marine and power-generation jet engines. The integrated system can handle complex BOMs, purchase ordering and production procedures, enabling it to keep track of the entire process. The Material Requirements Planning Report (MRP) allows customers to ascertain what is currently available and what is going to be available against sales orders. Factory Master enables: bulk purchasing of common components; greater proactivity; reduced 'fire-fighting'; time saved identifying and ordering requirements; and forecast of results in shorter lead times.

Morgan Offers PBN Material For TFPV Manufacture Morgan Technical Ceramics' CVD Materials business is offering its Performance Pyrolytic Boron Nitride material for use in the manufacture of the photo-absorption layer in thin-film photovoltaic cells. Performance Pyrolytic Boron Nitride (PBN) is a good material for crucibles and evaporation boats used in producing the thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) cells, as well as for coating graphite heating elements used for material vaporisation. In solar cell production, thin-film deposition offers a simpler and more cost-effective alternative to using silicon wafers. Thin films use less material and are faster and simpler than the complex and delicate process of slicing, dicing and placing of silicon wafers. However, cost of deposition must be reduced and the efficiency of the resulting PV cells sufficiently increased to make solar electricity as inexpensive to generate as carbon-based methods. Use of the PBN material in the TFPV process i...