Milton Keynes Pressings also have a large sheet metal shop with Fiber laser cutting & brake press forming equipment

Guidance Automation’s technology has been leveraged by state-of-the-art driverless vehicles for indoor warehouse usage for over three decades. The company approached Solsta to help develop a next generation laser guidance system to cut costs and improve resilience. Traditionally, robots have operated on the shop floor using a rotating LiDAR system that sent out a continuous beam – searching for retroreflector target surfaces in known locations, reflecting the signal back towards its source. This approach required a shop visit by the vendor or a surveyor to install reflectors (both initially and whenever the layout was changed), and the robot also needed a second, short-range laser scanner as a safety device. Today, these machines do not need mapped reflectors as the robots can self-map the warehouse without them. Guidance Automation wanted to combine this floorplan-agnostic guidance system laser with a laser capable of detecting all natural features. This would cut costs, improve product resilience and fully futureproof the company against threats from the competition. Guidance Automation lacked the internal resources and sector knowledge to take this optical system concept to the next step, so they turned to trusted partner Solsta whose Special Projects Group developed a range finder based on a pulsed laser and an avalanche photodiode (APD). The combination of these innovations, alongside clever software to pick the signal out of background noise, gives the sensitivity needed to determine the robot’s position against both a floorplan and those moving within it. Material costs for the unit are kept highly competitive. Combined with Solsta’s DFM approach to design which allows quick and efficient assembly at their Weymouth manufacturing plant, this innovative solution has a per-unit price which is lower than competing off-the-shelf solutions with lesser capabilities.

DTEC-PRO IR flash illuminates area with targets to accelerate calibrationimage of DTEC-PRO illuminating a group of targets A combination of a circular flashlight and a camera detects reflecting targets and forwards their positions to the PRO-SOFT software - invisibly, as the flash works in the infrared spectrum. One DTEC-PRO may cover the area of several projectors and identify multiple tools or molds. Tools known to the system will be identified and then calibrated automatically. Manually targeting of each reflector will be obsolete. Depending on configuration and workflow, you may reduce the calibration time to a mere minimum: if you, for example, needed around 120 seconds to calibrate an easy to grasp tool with 6 targets, the automated calibration may take only some 6 seconds. More than 90% saved time, multiplied by number of work places, tools and/or several runs a day? The benefits should be obvious.

Our customer required a high-precision LRR that could accurately sense the returned pulse from the designator over a range of 100m to 10km. The challenge was to develop a unit that seamlessly integrated with the designator while providing accurate distance measurements based on pulse time of flight. Additionally, the LRR needed to be automatically co-aligned with the designator, ensuring accurate target acquisition and minimising setup time. In close collaboration with the customer, Solsta designed a custom LRR unit that perfectly integrated with the laser designator. The LRR utilised polished surfaces as datum points for automatic co-alignment when attached to the designator. Solsta developed a stack of three bespoke lenses and a notch filter to focus the returned pulse onto an avalanche photodiode, accurately capturing the signal while minimising background noise. Through the development of electronics and firmware in partnership with PhotonSync, the LRR effectively captured and processed the pulse chain signal, calculating the time of flight and providing precise range measurements to the designated target. Cost-Effective Outsourcing: Solsta was entrusted with the project management, design and production of the LRR, allowing them to allocate their internal design resources to the development of their core products. Solsta’s expertise in design, engineering and production, coupled with the customer's domain knowledge, resulted in a precision solution that enhanced the capabilities of their defence and security instruments.

ND Precision Products offer laser welding services for the modification and repair of damaged or worn tooling. Our Alpha Laser ALFLAK 300's open unit means that we are not restricted with the size job to laser weld, allowing us to better meet the needs of our customers. Stock of various metal welding rods are held in sizes from 0.2mm to 0.6mm diameter, however, we can also make our own rods out of your certified material if required. The high quality weld and stable process ensures that the repair or modification does not affect the properties of the tooling material.

Durable, and sustainable; made from 100% recycled paper, PALLITE’s layer pads are designed to create product protection between layers during transit or in storage. The ideal layer board for goods that are stacked on top of each other, whether on pallets or another surface. A layer pad is placed between these items to protect them from damage. Our honeycomb paper cardboard layer pads can be cut to customer sizes for ease of use. Applications include materials handling in the FMCG industry. What’s more, our honeycomb cardboard layer pad is stronger than corrugate and absorb potential vibration damage to the load during transportation. They can also protect items when a cutter is used to unpack. The delivery of your consignment is one of the final stages of your supply chain, it is now when it needs most protection. PALLITE® layer pads can be used for stacking, reinforcing or separating loads, as well as providing a protective layer for strapping and banding. Available in either 25mm or 15mm honeycomb cardboard deck, the pallet layer pads can be manufactured to suit your specific dimension needs, helping you to protect your consignment.

With the Leibinger Jet 3 up adapter kit for G3, Zünd is able to offer a convenient, versatile solution for marking and coding a wide variety of materials. The inkjet printer from Leibinger can be integrated perfectly on a Zünd G3 cutter with an adapter kit. Like that, cutting and printing can take place in the same production phase without interruption. The Leibinger Jet 3 up is suitable for marking materials with printed characters and barcodes or for drawing lines. Applications for this printing tool are varied and numerous, including product tracking & tracing, optimization of logistics and quality control. Designed for multi-shift operation, the Leibinger Jet 3 up requires remarkably little maintenance. The system uses high-quality inks that offer good adhesion and dry quickly without releasing toxic fumes.

Max LM-550A3 cable marker provides an array of identification solutions for cable and control panel management. The LM-550A3 has a cutter built in to allow bespoke sizes. This printer has been developed to be used onsite at a job or at your desk with software, it offers a range of different consumables.

At Nederman, we offer professional Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) Testing services across the UK to help you stay compliant with COSHH regulations and HSE guidelines. With our network of highly qualified and experienced LEV test engineers, you can ensure your equipment meets all legal requirements for controlling hazardous substances in the workplace.

The brand new CLAWVAC claw vacuum pump enables composite processing, degassing, material transport and holding, drying and impregnation, vacuum conveying, thermoforming and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). The CLAWVAC’s unique product features offer great advantages for the rough vacuum field. The pumps design enables extreme robustness, especially for challenging applications which include handling of particle and vapour contaminated gases. The user will experience a trouble-free and cost-saving operation.

Cryo pumps, the gas entrapment vacuum pumps. Our pumps cover the pressure range from 10-3 to ≤ 10-11 mbar. The principle of operation is that gaseous substances are bound to the cold surfaces within the pump by means of cryocondensation, cryosorption or cryotrapping. Cryo pumps do not have any mechanically moving, oil or grease lubricated parts on the vacuum side. In order to produce high or ultra-high vacuum, the cold surfaces/cryo panels must be cooled to a sufficiently low temperature. They are cooled by the well-proven, highly reliable one or two-stage refrigerators from Leybold’s COOLPOWER i line (Gifford/McMahon principle). he pumping speed for all gases as well as air is highly effective. Even more so for water (H2O) and hydrogen (H2). The cooling performance and cool down can be increased by variable motor speed of the cold dead as well as the compressor Build with reliable COOLPOWER i cold heads and COOLPAK i compressors. Cryo pumps are insensitive to mechanical disturbances from particles coming from the process or external vibrations.

Yes, the ECODRY plus is exceptionally quiet – but it’s also incredibly clean. The multi-stage Roots design is a dry technology. No oil, particles, or dust are present in the pumping chamber. Clean vacuum is assured, smart features keep you flexible, and maintenance is reduced to a bare minimum. Benefit from a clean pump - No oil – Thanks to its dry design, no oil is present in the pump chamber. - No particles – Contact-free pump design produces no wear particles. - No contamination – Samples can be reliably analyzed and compared, time after time. - No smells – Dry also means odour-free, so workplaces become more appealing. - No change of oils or seals – The pump needs no auxiliary materials and no maintenance by the customer

Hygienic 100% oil-free, air-cooled design NOVADRY dry screw pumps offer maximum robustness and extended uptime with a hygienic 100% oil free design. NOVADRY’s innovative contact free design delivers zero oil emission and zero particle emissions for a clean process and high food safety. Leybold’s low-maintenance dry screw vacuum pump, NOVADRY, do not require any oil or oil filter changes and have simple on-site maintenance that is set to revolutionize the market. NOVADRY has a fully air-cooled design to ensure high standards of hygiene which goes further by using corrosion-resistant materials for pump components in contact with the process. This makes NOVADRY dry screw pumps, the vacuum benchmark for food safety and the vacuum pump of choice for food and packaging applications. That give you a lower cost of ownership.