Steel Fab 2014 promises regional prosperity

Expo Centre Sharjah hosted the SteelFab exhibition this January from 20 to 23 expecting double-digit growth in footfalls in an event that caters to the metalworking, metal manufacturing and steel fabrication industry in the region. Fortunately, due to the growing regional economy and positive sentiment in the core sector owed to the winning bid to host the World Expo 2020, SteelFab 2014 recorded a massive 23.65 percent rise in visitors in this tenth edition of the show. The show attracted 9,022

Metal & Steel Middle East Exhibition: Growing stronger and bigger

Metal & Steel Middle East Exhibition has firmly proved itself as the foremost exhibition for Steel, Steel Fabrication, Foundry and Metal works professionals in the Middle East & Africa (MENA), now in its 8th edition and continues to expand and attract thousands of potential visitors, and this year’s event will confirm firmly to provide the only “one-stop” steel event in the entire Middle East, backed by media with a long term commitment to the region, and not just a “here today, gone tomorrow” a

Deep drawing of aluminium alloys

Driven by the notoriously high demands of the automotive industry the quest to find more efficient, cheaper and better quality methods to produce materials is ever present.

New website addresses Asian diabetes epidemic

The Asian Diabetes Prevention Initiative provides science-based evidence for policy makers and public to reverse spread of type 2 diabetes in Asia, now the epicenter of the global diabetes epidemic

New product ideas for Greek yogurt

Cubed and low-fat Greek yogurt can now be made using new Hydrosol stabilizing systems

Fibre laser drilling for aerospace applications

Fibre lasers have caught the attention of industrial laser users in a wide range of industries. For a number of welding, marking, and cutting applications, the use of fibre lasers has become the standard. Remarkably, this has happened in a very short time. One area that has remained elusive is the drilling of effusion cooling holes for turbine engine components.

Cutting-edge tube bending CAD/CAM solution

An innovative PC-based CAD/CAM solution for tubular metal fabricators who use SolidWorks CAD software, that enables them to reduce order processing and pre-production development time from hours to minutes, has been launched by the tube bending machine builder Unison.

Multi-functional profile measurement reduces costs

Precise measuring instead of calculating an approximation can be facilitated by an innovative technology for the optical measurement of gaps and fold edges. The CALIPRI profile measurement device developed by the Austrian company NextSense uses no less than three laser lines for the scanning of profiles. This allows for the swivelling of the measurement device and enables measurements from different perspectives. The swivelling capability, which is unique on the market, permits the device to ana

Parexel joins Exostar’s Life Sciences B2B platform

Clinical research organization joins cloud-based community to more efficiently and effectively partner with its customers

High BMI a risk for ovarian cancer

For the first time, scientist have linked ovarian cancer to excess body weight

East Afripack set for September 2014

6,000 high-profile potential visitors from target industries in the East Africa Community

Identifying eight common insert failure modes

Insert failure and its negative impact on manufacturing equipment is similar to an athlete exhausting a good pair of running shoes. Much like a shoe under the weight of the runner wearing it, an insert endures tremendous stress over and over again, creating wear and tear. If not addressed, wear can cause pain for an athlete and inaccurate processes or poor productivity for a manufacturer. Manufacturers, however, can analyse used tooling to achieve maximum tool life and predict tool usage, thereb