2018

Using aluminium for sheet metal fabrication

Aluminium has been around since the nineteenth century. When the metal was first discovered, it was very difficult to fabricate and cost almost as much as gold. It was also used to make jewellery originally, but as research went on and people discovered cheaper ways of fabricating it, aluminium became a popular material for use in different fields. Presently, it is used in manufacture of motor vehicle and plane parts, building and construction materials and even the regular household appliances and utensils.

It's What's Inside That Counts: The Benefits Of Choosing Santoprene For Fabricating Vehicle Interior Trim

Even the most spartan and utilitarian of vehicles are fitted with interior trim as standard, if only to cover up potentially dangerous components such as steering columns and airbags, and whether you manufacture pieces of interior trim for heavy goods vehicles, luxury cars or rough-and-ready utes, you need to ensure that the materials you use to make your trim are up to the task.  Santoprene is extremely widely used in the interior trim manufacturing industry, and for good reason; this unique plastic (technically a thermoplastic vulcanisate, or TPV) has a number of unusual properties that make it ideally suited to many interior trim applications.

4 Kinds of Mailing Tubes for Different Applications

The range of options of mailing tubes can be overwhelming to an inexperienced person who doesn't know the best application for the different varieties of tubes available. This article discusses some basic information on mailing tube types that can help such inexperienced people to narrow down their options when they are selecting mailing tubes to buy. 1. White Mailing Tubes White mailing tubes are made from premium paper. They are ideal for shipping light valuables, such as small blueprints and posters.

What Benefits Can Stainless Steel Bring to Your Product?

Plastic, fibreglass, wood? What material will you use as the basis for your next product? There are always a lot of considerations that you need to balance when it comes to material choice, and not all of them are immediately obvious. You need to bear in mind the purchase cost of the material. You don't want to make your product cost so high that your customers won't buy it, but you will also need to think about issues such as strength and expected service life.

Solving Your Chilled Water Transfer Problems the Easy Way

If you need to transport heated or chilled water around your premises for cooling or other purposes, then the easiest way to do this is to use pre-insulated pipes. A pre-insulated pipe will maintain the temperature of the water so that it is not influenced by the air temperature of the areas through which it passes through until it arrives at its destination. Pre-insulated pipes offer a safe, cost-effective solution to your chilled water transfer needs.