Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) today announced that its Industrial division has launched a new family of non-contact, rotary position sensors from the legacy brand of Penny & Giles. With a low-profile sensor body design and a small footprint, these fully-encapsulated, IP69K-rated sensors offer exceptional performance against water, dust, shock, vibration, and temperature. The NRH271 and NRH272 rotary position sensors are ideal for use by OEMs of on- and off-highway vehicles that are destined for use in challenging environments, and as a cost-effective solution for medium volume applications where a wide range of options or degree of customization may be required.
All variants of the NRH271 and NRH272 rotary position sensors are contained in a 9.5mm housing and use proven, wear-free Hall-effect sensing technology to provide a long mechanical life. The electrical output spans of both models can be set to correspond to rotations of 20° to 360° in 1° increments. Two power supply options are available (5V and 9-30V). Factory-programmable electronics can be set to one of two analog voltage output ranges (0.5-4.5V or 0.2-4.8V) or one of three PWM frequencies.
Connection options are industry-standard AMP Superseal or Deutsch DT04 series connectors, or simple 18AWG flying-leads for customer termination. The sensor can also be supplied with a protective NC10 flexible conduit for the cabling.
For more information on Curtiss-Wright’s Industrial products, please visit www.cw-industrialgroup.com or call +44.1425.271444.
Gast Group – the leading designer and manufacturer of precision air products and member of IDEX Corporation’s Health & Science Technologies division – will be using its stand at BIOTECHNICA & LABVOLUTION to continue its launch of the JUN-AIR 86/87R Series Systems, its new range of oil-less rocking piston-based compressed air systems.
Commenting, European sales director Andre Goodson says: “With the new 86/87R Series Systems, we set out to dramatically reduce sound, enhance flow, improve aesthetics and create a standard footprint for easy retrofit anywhere in the world. The new JUN-AIR systems will enhance Gast Group’s already extensive range of compressed air solutions and help to create new and exciting opportunities in many different sectors.”
Designed to suit virtually any medical/analytical application and be even quieter and more durable in operation, JUN-AIR 86/87R Series Systems provide best-in-class reliability, quality and performance. Their compact footprint makes them easy to install and they are ready to use at point of installation, making them easily integrated into most applications. Open models are fitted with handles, which also help to protect the motor from external damages during installation and operation. Cabinet models are equipped with castors for easy and convenient mobility.
With low-cost operation in mind, the new systems have also been designed to operate at 8 bar (120psi) for over 10,000 hours before any mechanical maintenance is required. To provide continuous clean air flow at up to 28lpm, the JUN-AIR 86/87R Series Systems also benefits from an integrated double air filtration arrangement, with a 50μm intake filter on the compressor and a 5μm filter regulator for air leaving the tank. Optional ancillaries are also available to further improve the supply air filtration to as low as 0.01μm.
Supported by an extensive knowledge of compressed air applications in the laboratory, medical and analytical markets; customers can also take advantage of Gast’s many successful relationships with OEMs and its partnerships with equipment distributors. The company’s expertise covers multiple applications in sample management, in-vitro diagnostics and numerous analytical instruments, from material and surface science to spectrometry, chromatography, microscopy and other general lab air applications.
Gast Group will also be promoting other JUN-AIR oil-less and oil-lubricated ranges of clean and quiet compressed air solutions at BIOTECHNICA & LABVOLUTION. For further information call Gast Group on +44 (0)1527 504040, email gastgroup.uk@idexcorp.com or visit www.jun-air.com.
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Curtiss-Wright Corporation’s (NYSE: CW) Industrial division today announced that it has been presented with the “Supplier of the Year Award 2014 Europe” from Southco Manufacturing, a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of engineered access hardware solutions.
Curtiss-Wright Industrial division’s Senior Vice President & General Manager, Kevin Rayment, said: “We are delighted with the award, which was presented in recognition of an outstanding 100% track record of on time deliveries and zero PPM for the period.”
The award was presented at Curtiss-Wright’s facility in Cwmfelinfach, UK, and related to the Penny & Giles brand of solenoid actuator assemblies.
Commenting for Southco Inc., Director of Global Supply Chain & Logistics, Tony Wood, said: “As a key supplier, Curtiss-Wright has fully earned this award for multiple years of service and quality that has, in turn, enabled us to grow our business. Curtiss-Wright has a proven reputation for responsiveness, pro-activeness and in driving value-added engineering into the supply of Southco’s products.”
Curtiss-Wright Industrial division’s wide range of solenoid actuators and solenoid valves include standard and configurable designs in a selection of solenoid styles. They can also supply modified standard designs to suit specific applications, or unique, custom designs for large scale OEMs. Products are suitable for on- and off-highway applications, including automotive, construction and agricultural vehicles, materials handling and other specialty vehicles; as well as industrial equipment.
Since the acquisition of Plymouth-based Manuplas by Advanced Insulation in April 2014, the company has seen significant growth in demand for its products and as a result has made the decision to purchase a neighbouring facility on the Estover Road site.
The new facility will service the demand for new subsea buoyancy products as well as creating more space for marine products manufacture including buoys and modular bow fender systems for offshore wind farm service vessels.
Commenting for Manuplas, General Manager Stephen Ward says: “The growth of the renewables industry, particularly offshore wind farms, has driven us to spend many years researching and developing leading concepts for modular fendering systems that are mounted on wind farm support and crew vessels. With these new solutions already proving popular, and demand for our existing portfolio strong, extra space and additional manufacturing facilities will help to futureproof the company.”
The Manuplas portfolio now includes a range of sub-surface buoyancy and subsea protection products such as pipe laying floats, umbilical floats, installation buoys, modular subsea mooring buoys, piggyback saddles, subsea cable protection systems and ROV buoyancy. Additionally, the company is also readying itself for the launch of a range of Distributed Buoyancy Modules incorporating proprietary engineered clamp technology for the SURF (Subsea Umbilical Riser Flowline) market.At 50,000 square feet, the purchase of the new unit on Estover Road will more than double the manufacturing and office space of the existing Manuplas facility, with 80% of the additional floor space being earmarked for the manufacture of future designed and developed high-performance products.
As Stephen goes on to say, the Manuplas name has a long association with the design, manufacture and supply of marine products to ports, harbours, navies, boat builders and vessel operators around the world and, through substantial investment in research and development, products now include market-leading solutions for the rapidly growing offshore industry where lightweight buoyancy materials are required for use in water depths beyond 3000msw.
On-going research and development projects have seen the company develop and manufacture high-performance products incorporating physically cross-linked polyethylene foams which, to increase abrasion and tear resistance, are sprayed in a unique protective marine-grade polyurethane coating that allows for the incorporation of a nylon or Kevlar reinforcement. Additionally, the company’s new modular, foamless polyurethane fender solutions have the ability to deliver excellent energy absorption properties thanks to the unique design of the internal structure.
For further information on the Manuplas range of subsea products, or their marine buoys and fender systems, call +44 (0)1752 771740, email sales@manuplas.co.uk or visit www.manuplas.co.uk.
Gloucester-based Advanced Insulation has, for a second time in six months, been placed on a Sunday Times Track listing, this time ranked 58th on the sixth annual Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200.
Commenting for Advanced Insulation – a leading manufacturer of passive fire protection systems and insulation materials for the upstream oil and gas industry – Group Marketing Manager Matt Collins says: “This is our second appearance on a Sunday Times Track league table in 2015 and we are delighted to be joined on this listing by 12 other companies from the South West region as well as other oil and gas sector businesses including Mech-Tool Engineering and ICR Integrity.”
Measured over its latest two years of available accounts, Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 listing ranks Britain's mid-market private companies with the fastest-growing international sales and is an expansion of the International Track 100 league table. Advanced Insulation made this latest list with overseas sales more than doubling to £35m in the two years to 2014, boosted by growth in Korea, Angola and Brazil.
Commenting for HSBC, UK head of corporate banking Amanda Murphy says: “The Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 is a great reflection of the value of building connections overseas. The world is getting smaller, and international business relationships are easier to build, providing ambitious businesses with many more opportunities to grow. I'm delighted to see so many great British mid-sized firms making such a strong impression on the world stage."
To find out more about Advanced Insulation’s products and service, visit www.aisplc.com, email info@aisplc.com or call +44 (0)1452 880880.
Having seen significant increases in sales activity from the North America market in recent months, UK-based Advanced Insulation – a leading manufacturer of technical and insulation materials for the upstream oil and gas industry; and specialist in the design, engineering and manufacture of polymer solutions for the marine and offshore sectors – is expanding its Houston, Texas-based operation with an additional 10,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility.
Announcing the move, Advanced Insulation’s managing director Andrew Bennion says: “The 10,000 sq. ft. expansion means we are now even better placed to assist our North American customers more effectively by providing an in-house insulation facility.”
Until now, most insulation services were undertaken at its customers’ facilities, but the expansion means Advanced Insulation can now insulate subsea components and systems using its ContraTherm® range at its own warehousing and manufacturing facility.
As Andrew goes on to say, the recent appointment of Mike Sherman and Larry King to develop and implement Advanced Insulation’s strategic growth plans for this key market is already paying dividends. “We are forecasting subsea sales to increase significantly in the coming months and are anticipating substantial additional appointments to ensure we continue to meet and exceed the demands and expectations of our North American customers.”
For further information on Advanced Insulation’s topside and subsea insulation systems, call +44 (0)1452 880880, email sales@aisplc.com or visit www.aisplc.com.
Gloucestershire-based Advanced Insulation – a leading manufacturer of passive fire protection and insulation systems for the upstream oil and gas industry – has been shortlisted for the Smart Product Award and Technology Innovation of the Year Award categories for the 2015 Cotswold Life Engineering Manufacturing Innovation Awards.
The company’s nomination for both awards follows the launch of its innovative ContraFlame® MS400 system, a lightweight cellar-deck insulation and protection material for the offshore oil and gas industry, which offers integral thermal insulation and hydrocarbon fire protection to H120. MS400can also be modified to meet specific project requirements such as bespoke thermal insulation to meet U-value requirements.
Categories are open to all large or small businesses based in Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Wiltshire. The Cotswolds have long been associated with a history of manufacturing and continue to be an area that flourishes with such industries as renewable energy to pharmaceuticals, automotive, aerospace and many more. The Smart Product Award celebrates manufacturing or engineering companies that have successfully designed and delivered a new product to market within the last three years. The Technology Innovation of the Year Award recognises outstanding success in commercializing new technologies. Within both categories the product must have also driven innovation within in its sector.
Commenting for Advanced Insulation, Group Marketing Manager Matt Collins says: “These most recent nominations follow a spectacular year of well-received accolades for the company, including the International Company of the Year Award from Insider South West,the prestigious EEF National Smart Product Award and two awards at theBritish Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. Competition for the Cotswold EMI Awards will be fierce and we would like to wish all nominated companies the very best of luck.”
Industry experts will conduct the final judging stage over the next couple of months and winners will be announced in September.
To find out more about Advanced Insulation’s products and services, visit www.aisplc.com, email info@aisplc.com or call +44 (0)1452 880880.
Gloucestershire-based Advanced Insulation, a leading manufacturer of technical coatings, specialised passive fire protection systems and thermal insulation materials for the upstream oil and gas industry, has opened a major expansion to its Gloucester manufacturing facility on the Quedgeley West Business Park.
Following significant growth in recentyears, the recently refurbished 35,500square feet Unit L building will accommodate several new processes – including the company’s award-winning ContraFlame® MS400 deck protection system – that will contribute to the company’s future development.
A number of panel presses are being installed and commissioned at the new Gloucester facility and will help Advanced Insulation significantly increase the production of ContraFlame MS400 panels to meet the current and expected growth in international demand for this type of system.
Commenting, Advanced Insulation’s Production Manager Chris O’Leary says that the current building, occupied just four years ago, no longer has the capacity to cope with future demand for ContraFlame MS400 and other product lines coming through the order books.
“Additionally, production space within the new building includes an area to accommodate the application processes for Advanced Insulation’s ContraTherm® C25 silicon-based insulation, which has been ordered by a major new client for applications such as pipework, connectors and other oil & gas equipment.” says Chris.
Alterations to Unit L building started at the beginning of 2015, with the ContraFlame MS400 presses being commissioned in early June for panel production to commence in August.
Initially, Unit L will create approximately fifteen new jobs at the Quedgeley site and will also accommodate an office area for Advanced Insulation’s engineering and design department. The additional manufacturing space will also be used to produce other new products as they are introduced, as well as developing new ways to use existing core products.
Panel products such as MS400 are easier to install compared to alternative solutions. Additionally, with no restrictions on material shelf life, handling and storage issues are eliminated and using lightweight materials and products has the potential to save customers substantial amounts of money and weight.
As Chris explains, ContraFlame MS400 is currently one of the oil & gas industry’s optimum insulation materials and has already won a number of awards, including the National Smart Product Award at this year’s EEF/Aldermore Future Manufacturing Awards.
To find out more about Advanced Insulation’s products and services, visit the website: http://www.aisplc.com or email info@aisplc.com.
The Vavea Aeropulse is an autonomous industrial cleansing and deodorising system designed for the diffusion of disinfectants and fragrances and to meet potential growth in numerous markets. It has been developed to offer a combination of reliability, cost efficiency and low maintenance functionality and, for this reason, the company has partnered with the Gast Group for the supply of the essential pump needed to generate a constant flow of air to achieve the best possible atomisation of liquids.
As Vavea co-founders Dominique Balencie and Bruno Gual explain, the reason for entrusting the Gast Group with such an integral part of the product’s makeup is that Gast pumps are already used in similar applications: “Vavea was looking for a reliable pump unit that was light and rugged. We wanted to offer a combination of high quality equipment with minimum maintenance and, after tests of several models, the Gast DOA diaphragm pump gave us the best result.”
Vavea’s Aeropulse system works by diffusing liquid disinfectants, insecticides, odour neutralisers or fragrances into a dry fog, a process that allows the maximum surface area of a premises to be treated with a liquid product, without resulting in dampness or stains. The integrated Gast DOA diaphragm pump is vital in providing the Aeropulse system with maximum air pressure, whilst remaining a sustainable and cost-effective air pump.
Because the Gast DOA diaphragm pump has a limited pulsing effect but still achieves 3 bar pressure, it is able to develop a constant flow of air to create the best atomisation of a liquid. Its continuous duty cycle capability also enables it to run the system for several hours when used in large premises.
The inclusion of the Gast DOA diaphragm pump within the Aeropulse atomiser also ensures that the Vavea system has the same impressive reputation for reliability. The system is now effectively atomising liquids to deodorise and disinfect premises in a variety of sectors including medical, veterinary, nursing, education, gymnasiums, food & beverage, retail, industrial, leisure and commercial environments; and is available throughout Europe.
The Gast DOA oil-less diaphragm compressors and vacuum pumps are an ideal source of quiet vacuum or pressure and are available in standard, twin, and miniature styles. Air flow capabilities for portfolio range from 0.65 lpm to 108 lpm, vacuum as low as 31 mbar abs and pressure to 4.2 bar. Electric motors are available in dual frequency, shaded pole, permanent split capacitor (psc) and AC multi voltages for worldwide applications. Additionally, 4 to 24 volt DC options are also available for the miniature styles, with horsepower outputs ranging from 1/16 to 1/2 HP (0.05 to 0.37 kW) on the standard size models.
Gast Group products are well known for their reliability and are used for a variety of industrial, laboratory and manufacturing applications where the dependency and accuracy of these components are of primary concern. Examples include, industrial mixing equipment and pump drive; in-vitro diagnostic and laboratory automation equipment; gas generators and cable pressurisation.
Further information on the Gast DOA oil-less diaphragm compressors and vacuum pumps is available from www.gastmfg.com, by emailing gastgroup.uk@idexcorp.com or calling +44 (0) 1527 504040.
Building on its recent awards successes, Gloucestershire-based Advanced Insulation – a leading manufacturer of passive fire protection and insulation systems for the upstream oil and gas industry – is delighted to announce that it has won the International Company of the Year award in £16m - £50m turnover category at the Insider South West International Trade Awards.
Award judges commended Advanced Insulation on its approach to trading in Brazil and Angola and were impressed by the company’s plans to further develop its business in Nigeria and the USA.
Commenting on the night, South West Business Insider Editor Miri Thomas said all the winners and shortlisted companies should be proud of their achievements. "It may sound like a cliché, but the world is getting smaller. Exports are therefore fundamental to continued sustainable growth. That's why all of you here tonight were chosen for your commitment to promoting British design and innovation to a global audience."
Advanced Insulation’s Group Marketing Manager Matt Collins says: “This International Company of the Year award from Insider South West adds to a growing number of International, National and Regional awards presented to the company in the past twelve months. We are delighted and would like to thank everyone at Advanced Insulation who, with their hard work and determination, have made these awards possible and achievable.”
Full coverage of the South West International Trade Awards will be available in the June issue of the Insider.
To find out more about Advanced Insulation’s products and services, visit www.aisplc.com, email info@aisplc.com or call +44 (0)1452 880880.
