Original article date: October 1999
For securing tubes, cables and the like, Protex says that its Bandclamp is perhaps the only available method of rapidly clamping small diameters
Why does the Bandclamp score over the old-established and arduous worm-drive hose clip?
The answer, it seems, is because it can be opened and closed repeatedly over long service intervals, [...]
Original article date: November 1999
We all know that ergonomics in the workplace is important. And you can leave the technicalities to the suppliers, as Bott tells David Norris
There may be companies which are concerned only with avoiding prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive, with little regard for the well-being of their workforce. But more [...]
This article was originally written in the period 1995-2000
Mayr Transmissions argues that electronic overload protection still can’t react quickly enough.
Electronic devices for overload protection used to be extremely slow, compared to mechanical torque limiting systems, such as the Mayr EAS-NC. With substantial improvements in servomotors and intelligent controls, this gap has been reduced and servomotors [...]