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Wednesday 13th & Thursday 14th November 2019, 9:30am to 4:30pm Hayling Billy Business Centre, Furniss Way, Hayling Island PO11 0ED Come and meet the team and find out more about our new products CNC Innovation, automation for Industry & Education We will also be showcasing the following machines: • Emco S45 CNC lathe – Fanuc…

PRIMARY school children can now see their computer designs magically transformed from the screen into real life thanks to the generosity of a local engineering company. Emco Education of Hayling Island has donated a Makerbot Replicator to Gatcombe Park Primary School. The £1,200 robot prints three dimensional models of students’ designs using a corn-based plastic substitute. Year 6 pupils, Eva Osborne and Mesbah…

Wednesday 13th & Thursday 14th November 2019, 9:30am to 4:30pm Hayling Billy Business Centre, Furniss Way, Hayling Island PO11 0ED Come and meet the team and find out more about our new products CNC Innovation, automation for Industry & Education We will also be showcasing the following machines: • Emco S45 CNC lathe – Fanuc…

Lattice structures able to change shape in response to external stimuli could have a range of applications in electronics, robotics, medicine. To showcase the ability of the method to create a complex surface with multiscale curvature, the researchers printed the face of the 19th-century mathematician Carl Friederich Gauss. Image: Lori Sanders/ Harvard SEAS Developed by…

Aerospace and advanced manufacturing firms now have a new opportunity to learn best practice in productivity and competitiveness improvement, thanks to increased government support for the Sharing in Growth (SiG) programme. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded SiG a £6 million contract to help the UK companies compete more successfully…

Engineers have developed a two-fingered robotic hand that can alter the firmness of its grip, an advance that could be a valuable asset for human-robot partnership in manufacturing. The design of the robotic hand from the University at Buffalo, New York, enables it to absorb energy from impacts during collisions, which prevents whatever the robot…

Link3D has launched its Material Tracking System module for additive manufacturing, fully integrating it into its existing Additive MES Workflow Software. The system allows for traceability throughout the entire 3D printing production process by managing material and consumable serial numbers, batches, and order quantities. By using it, businesses should be able to record their purchase…

The Create Education Project has announced its new Industry Partnership with online retail giant for all things electronic,RS Components and its own STEM platform, Imagine-X. “STEM skills act as the perfect platform to a more socially mobile and globally impactful life. They broaden horizons, empower the disadvantaged and diversify life choices. But many young people…