ASL Marine Holdings Limited (ASL Group), a company offering a variety of services in shipbuilding, shiprepair and conversion, shipchartering and dredging engineering, reports that the marine sector is still going strong this year despite a setback in 2014. The group reported a revenue of S$63.4 million (US$46.8 million) and net profit attributable to shareholders of S$1.9 million (US$1.4 million) for the third quarter of their financial year (3QFY2015; January to March 2015).

WIDIA has launched the VarilMill GP (general purpose) tools comprising of cost-saving multi-purpose end mills suitable for roughing, semi-finishing, and finishing in a wide range of materials like aluminium, stainless steels, and cast irons.

RS Components has expanded its range of inspection cameras to include two new low-cost cameras, TF3309H80 and TF3319HLMX, that have borescope/ fibrescope capabilities to help identify problems in machinery and buildings such as corrosion, leaks or damage in hard-to-reach areas.

Hommel+Keller offers two marking procedures for efficient and cost-effective production processes, namely the revolving marking procedure and the spring return system. For the former, tool series 130 and 131 combined with marking rolls 40 and 40-A, or series 311 and 312 combined with marking roll 40-K can be used for conical applications and flat surface marking.

Harmonic Drive UK has launched a two-variant CDS series of compact lightweight semiconductor robots, the CSD-2UF and the CSD-2UH.

The EWM forceArc welding machines and process used in the construction of renewable energy plants is both economical and environmentally friendly. The process has shown to be highly efficient in reducing production time, power and material used thus saving costs in manufacturing components for power plants. The energy-reduced, heat-minimised joining process also results in less distortion and errors during welding, improving product quality. The system can be used for manufacturing all parts of an energy plant, not limited to only certain components.

CGTech has released a latest version for their Vericut software, V7.3. The software can be operated independently or integrated with CAD/CAM systems and machine tools. With the machine simulation feature, collisions and near-misses between all machine tool components like axis slides, heads, turrets and more can be detected. Machine movements can also be simulated while stepping or playing backwards in the software’s review mode. Without requiring a license and even offering animations of CNC machining processes, this mode can play forward and backward while removing and replacing material.

Beckhoff has launched IO-Link box module devices that offer protection class IP 67 and enable the local connection of binary and complex sensors and actuators in the field with simple and cost-effective sensor cables. This provides straightforward data transfer to an IO-link communication system. With 24 bus systems, a compact form factor and 28 different available designs of the module that are in accordance with IO-Link specification V1.1, the modules suit a wide range of application requirements and environments.

China’s steel exports are unlikely ‘to fall much’ this year, says the China Iron & Steel Association (CISA), as low prices and a steady demand balance the scrapping of an export tax rebate on certain products.

RS Components (RS) has recently announced that it has a new distribution agreement with FLIR Systems so as to provide customers with access to portable thermal imaging instruments that suit testing, troubleshooting and building-maintenance applications.