Infrared Heaters Help Plastic Welding
Improving the Production Process An infrared welding system, using special-purpose infrared heaters from Heraeus Noblelight, has helped Hepworth Drainage to improve the quality of an inspection chamber assembly production process, while eliminating any environmental problems associated with a hot melt adhesive technique that was formerly used. Hepworth Drainage is one of the largest manufacturers...
Read More »Infrared Provides Bumper Results @ Honda
Increasing Efficiency of Bumper Spray Painting An infrared oven, fitted with fast response, medium wave heaters, from Heraeus Noblelight is helping to increase the efficiency of the spray painting of vehicle bumpers at Honda of the UK Manufacturing Ltd. Bumpers are painted with three coats. First a prime coat is applied, which is flashed off in a warm air oven before being cooled. A base coat,...
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OK International to Show MD&M / Electronics West Visitors How to Drive Productivity in Diverse Applications
OK International is preparing to take a wide range of innovative soldering and production assembly technologies to this year's MD&M West Show being held in Anaheim, CA over 10th - 12th February. Each system is designed to reduce training investment, perform a diverse array of applications and measurably increase productivity. OK International products on display at Booth 432 will include advanced...
Read More »Oscar Mayer Teams Up with Heraeus Noblelight - Ready Meals are Pre-Browned
Oscar Mayer manufactures a range of potato-topped and crumb-topped ready meals for major supermarkets and it is important, in terms of final presentation, that the products are pre-browned. By installing an oven using carbon infrared heaters Oscar Mayer has been able to eliminate previous maintenance problems, improve energy efficiency and liberate valuable floor space, at its food manufacturing...
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Cold Forming: A Cost Effective Alternative to Machining Small Parts
Cold forming offers tight tolerances, dimensional stability, and advanced surface finishes, while also saving you in raw material wastes costs.
Read More »Browning Convenience Meals - Infrared Heating of Oven-Ready Meals
A specially-built oven system, incorporating the latest carbon infrared technology, is helping Geest to achieve perfect browning of the toppings for a range of oven-ready meals produced at its Milton Keynes, England food factory. When Geest decided to install a new production line to produce a new range of products at Milton Keynes, it was agreed that this would be designed to include the most...
Read More »Activating Adhesives on Decorative Trims - Using Infrared Heating in Car Manufacture
An infrared system from Heraeus Noblelight is helping R-Tek Ltd to achieve perfect adhesion of decorative trims on the inside of motor vehicle door panels. The plastic decorative trims are normally fixed to the panels on a production line by spraying the inside of the panel with an adhesive and then applying the trim. However, when R-Tek started to experience problems with the adhesion, it was...
Read More »Blind Manufacture Benefits from Infrared - A Pre-Heating System Speeds Up the Production Process
Infrared pre-heating increases running-speed An infrared pre-heating system has solved a production bottleneck problem, by allowing production line speeds to be significantly increased at the Chesham plant of Living Connections, one of the leading manufacturers of window blinds in the UK. The blinds of Living Connections are supplied to major retail store groups, DIY stores and mail order houses...
Read More »Fast Drying Color Stain on Wooden Panels - Heraeus in the Wood Industry
Medium wave infrared emitters for wood industry Saunderson's Furniture Ltd, has installed an infrared dryer to assist in the color staining and lacquering of wooden panels used in the manufacture of its wide range of high quality furniture. The Kilbirnie factory produces finished items such as hi-fi cabinets, directly from bare timber. This timber, in panel form, must be color-stained and UV...
Read More »Targeted Heating for Laminate Embossing - Saving Energy Using Heraeus IR Heating
By installing custom-built equipment, incorporating short wave infrared emitters on their embossing line, Cova Products of Cramlington are saving energy and improving throughput because of the application of targeted heat. Cova Products manufacture wood grain laminates for application to domestic furniture such as speaker cabinets and kitchen cupboards. Many of these PVC-based laminates are...
Read More »Hot Foil Embossing - Infrared Increases Running-Speed
Carbon Infrared emitters increase running-speed A carbon medium wave infrared system is helping API Foils Ltd to achieve greater line running speeds and better heating control in the hot embossing of holographic foils. API Foils is a worldwide group which produces an extensive range of stamping foils used on a wide variety of products from stationery to wine labels and from flexible food...
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SEALTITE® Fittings and Cord Grips Offer Longer Lasting Protection
Anamet Electrical's 316 Stainless steel SEALTITE® fittings and UL-listed cord grips protect sensitive wiring components from fluids, corrosive contaminations, bumps, and abrasions with a steel core and liquid tight conduit jacket. Check out this video to learn more.
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