How can I…Produce vibrant, colorful images that dry quickly? Here’s how: The Evo 33 S/UV 10-foot printer employs a new ink technology combining the best attributes of solvent and UV technologies. Solvent characteristics include high gloss, vibrant color and excellent adhesion. UV characteristics allow for immediate cure, providing completely dry prints. Recommended for: Banners, flags, [...]

How can I…Mark and cut accurate, repeatable patterns, especially with wider fabrics? Here’s how: Save time, eliminate material waste and improve product quality with Ultra-wide WT plotter/cutters. Designed to make fast, accurate repeatable plots and cuts, machines are built to order and sized to plot/cut for virtually any application. Pattern layouts are optimized with manual [...]

How can I…Better handle thicker materials or high-volume jobs? Here’s how: Using reciprocating knife technology, the Eastman Raptor™ 75x features precise vertical stroke cutting through up to 7 centimeters of compressed material. An exclusive tool head design allows for a short and rigid reciprocating blade to ensure less deflection when cutting heavy loads of stacked [...]

How can I…Automate multi-step welding of tubes and mandrels? Here’s how: The PLC-Controlled RF system integrates RF switching into its programmable automated system to allow for welding extremes in shapes and areas on the same line or turntable. The process saves production time, increases production within the same footprint and decreases defects due to manual-based [...]

How can I…Save floor space while increasing throughput? Here’s how: With nine highly precise cutting heads, a rigid cutting structure and calculated distances, the alphaBlade Rapid Rotary™ Cutting System offers a high level of precision and efficiency but uses one-quarter of the footprint of contemporary conveyor cutters. State-of-the-art software enables one operator to easily manage [...]

How can I…Eliminate tedious manual folding of small pieces of webbing for sewing? Here’s how: Automate folding of webbing pieces with the Auto Web Turner. The device folds webbing more quickly and easily than manual operation, and results in a better quality product. Recommended for: Seat belts, hold-down straps and buckles. SOURCE Camatron Sewing Machine [...]

[TenCate Geosynthetics] Pendergrass, Calif., U.S.A. TenCate Geotube® dewatering technology contributed to the transformation of what was once a “wasteland” into an ecologically friendly wetland and recreational lake for the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City development. The new Qingjing Lake was integrated into the 1,000-year-old Ji Canal that flows through the development site—a place that is half the [...]

Reclining in a hammock is the ultimate in summer comfort, while sitting in an upholstered chair is a routine feature of home or work life. Benjamin Hubert, a London-based industrial designer, partnered with Italian furniture company Moroso SpA to create the cradle chair, which combines features of hammocks and upholstered chairs to create a new [...]

Helmets top the list of personal protective gear for soldiers at war, firefighters on duty, construction workers on catwalks, motorcyclists on the open road, skiers, hockey players and bicyclists. Considering the widespread use of helmets in work and play among people of all ages, races, sexes and sizes, so often the choice for purchasers is [...]

A city carport in Munich—and a prototype for efficiency and sustainability. By Lynn Keillor It’s not always easy being green: that’s what Wika Pösl discovered when attempting to build a ground-breaking carport roof for a public works building in Munich, Germany. The project, which involved an ETFE film roof with photovoltaic cells, came under close [...]