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10 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT LASER CUTTING

Here at Laser 24, your local laser cutting company, we are incredibly passionate about what we do. We are dedicated to the laser cutting industry and are enormously proud of our knowledgeable team, providing laser cutting and press braking solutions to your projects. Established for over a decade and over a century of industry experience, we have finely tuned our processes and can offer both outstanding efficiency and accuracy for your laser cutting solutions.Get more news about laser cutting line,you can vist our website!

Laser cutting has a huge advantage over alternative cutting methods. Using a laser cutter is as quick as it is economical while offering incredible accuracy.

As a modern method of cutting, the laser cutting service is constantly developing and advancing. The benefits grow as the industry grows – and Laser 24 is proud to invest in the latest technologies as they’re released, so you can feel confident you’re getting the best quality cut, at high speeds and at the most affordable price.

WHAT MACHINERY DO YOU USE TO CUT?
Our range of machinery represents the most up-to-date laser cutting technology available. We have the Bystronic ByStar 12kW Fiber Laser cutter, and a Bystronic ByStar 10kW Fiber Laser cutter.

Last year we invested in a Timesavers 22, to ensure an efficient method of deburring the profile surface. When cut by laser, we can then deburr the laser cut profiles to a high-quality finish all in one process.

We can also provide a folding service for your parts with our 80tonne Xpert Bystronic Press Brake.

HOW ACCURATE IS OUR LASER CUTTING SERVICE?
Fiber laser cutting is the ideal technology for cutting flat sheet metal, as it can provide minutely detailed accuracy.

A fiber laser cut line, programming the laser to cut to no width can be as small as 0.3mm. When compared to alternative cutting methods, such as Electro Discharge Machining, The Bystronic ByStars produce a more accurate process.

WHAT MATERIALS CAN YOU CUT?
We can supply several materials, in many thicknesses, grades, and finishes. From mild steel and aluminium laser cutting, to brass and copper laser cutting, and much more.

We stock up to 65 tonnes of high-quality flat sheet metal at any one time and can help you identify the right material for your project – and to keep things economical, we only charge you for the material you use.


Berco to shed light on Aftermarket undercarriage parts spinoff plans

Berco, a leading manufacturer and supplier of undercarriage parts, has chosen Bauma 2022, in Munich, Germany, to reveal to the world the company-wide transformation which it is undergoing.Get more news about Undercarriage Parts,you can vist our website!

The Italy-based company is setting its path to become a truly global service provider, reaching far beyond the delivery of components for the undercarriage, to satisfy a diversity of market segments, it says.

Proximity to both Original Equipment and Aftermarket customers is at the heart of this new strategy, with data management gathered through Berco’s latest digital applications playing a key role. This, ultimately, will further strengthen its technical expertise when creating tailored solutions for each customer around the world, it says.

Berco’s transformation is designed to satisfy the market demand to meet increasingly individual requirements. To this end, Berco has decided to increase its technical presence in the geographical areas closest to its customers.

The US, first, will receive additional focus, with the company strengthening its level of support on the ground. This approach will soon be replicated in other important markets such as Asia, where Berco will not only offer support to its important Asian customers, but equally to its American and European ones, whose presence in the continent is growing.

“In collaboration with our customers, our goal is to develop the best solution for each of their specific requirements and applications in any environment, wherever in the world,” Piero Bruno (pictured), CEO of Berco, said.

The key step forward involves the placing of the Aftermarket at the centre of the company’s development. This has resulted in the creation of a spin-off, solely dedicated to the Aftermarket, with all its operations bundled. The focus of this business entity will be a customer-specific service based on a new supplychain concept. This dedicated team is headed by Diego Buffoni and located in Bologna, Italy, Berco explained.

“The core impact of this transformation process, however, is the incorporation of 4.0 digitalisation standards,” the company said. “With over 100 years of expertise in both development and engineering, Berco is now benefitting even more due to its approach to data management. Data, which are generated in the field by Berco’s latest patented ‘Smart Undercarriage’ system, as well as by the revamped ‘Bopis Life’ application, are evaluated and processed through the company’s R&D department. The data archive will be the source for any future systems solutions for both Original Equipment and the Aftermarket.”


Twinkly Announce New ‘Squares’ RGBIC LED Panels

Italian LED Lighting specialists Twinkly today revealed their newest forthcoming product, simply called ‘Squares’, that belie the fact that they’re more than simple square tiles. These new Squares, which are slated for a September release, contain 64 individual mini square LEDs per tile (8 rows x 8 columns), each of which is individually addressable, with each tile sized at 16 x 16cm / 6.3 x 6.3in.Get more news about Led Panel Manufacturer,you can vist our website!

Similar to the recently announced limited edition Nanoleaf Shapes, the Squares are black, with only the colours revealing themselves once activated. This means that in a darkened room, for example, you could potentially create patterns and shapes (pixel art) that don’t simply fit the square shape they come as.

The great news is that like practically all of their other products, the new Squares will be HomeKit compatible on release, as well as working with Amazon Alexa, Hey Google, and even Homey. If you’re a gaming fan with a penchant for synchronised lighting, then you’ll be happy to hear they’re also compatible with Razer Chroma.

The company will be offering a variety of purchase options, starting with a single tile ‘Starter Kit’, as well as a three- tile Extension pack, and what appear to be larger kits that come with a controller and three tiles, or a controller and five tiles. So far there’s no price mentioned, only that they’ll be launched next month, but from the images seen so far, these could well be the most customisable tiles we’ve ever seen.


What are Micro Switches Used for?

Push buttons for alarms and call points – micro switches are used as the buttons within fire alarms, emergency stop controls, emergency door releases. These devices are designed to be pressed in an emergency to manually activate an alarm.Get more news about Custom-made Electronic Micro Switch,you can vist our website!

Triggers to prevent devices from being dismounted – devices such as infrared detection alarms, card readers and access control panels will contain a micro switch so that if the device is removed, dismounted or damaged an alarm will trigger.

Turning devices for surveillance cameras – micro switches are often used within the turning device, the micro switch will be activated when the turning device reaches its furthest point of motion. This ensures that the camera is moving into the position it should and not being compromised.

HVAC applications– air pressure micro switches are used for detecting change in air pressure and switches for control panels.

Elevator applications– micro switches are used for manual open door switches and control panel switches for floor selection within the elevator.

Access Control – Micro switches can be used for electrical door locks and will detect the opening and closing of a door as well as the locking or unlocking. Micro switches can also be used to detect when a roller door is being opened (rolled up). They can be used on circuit breakers for on-off status detection and on control panels. Micro switches are also used for detecting the position of Cam and Bolt on safe door locks.
Micro switches are also used for applications within home appliances. These include:

Washing Machines– Micro switches are used at the power supply to turn the machine off/on, they are used for detecting switching power, angle of drums and filter. They will detect the door open-close status and are used on the control panel buttons. Inside the washing machine micro switches are also used for detecting the water level.

Refrigerators – micro switches are used within refrigerators on the ice and water dispenser, they can detect if the ice maker is in the correct position.

Air Conditioning Units – Micro switches can detect if the door panels on air conditioning units are closed. They can detect the angle of the louvers and are also used as reset buttons on the device.

Rice Cookers and Microwave Ovens – within rice cookers, micro switches are used for detecting the open/close status of the cover. And within microwave ovens they are often used as safety short switches. In both microwave ovens and rice cookers, micro switches are used for control panel switches.


Earl Grey Tea 25 Bag Wooden Box

Our Earl Grey Tea 25 Bag Wooden Box follows the Earl’s tradition. An unbelievable aroma that portends an unbelievable taste. The lemony touch of the Bergamot is it’s hallmark. By far, the best Earl Grey Tea you’ve ever tasted.Get more news about Wooden Box Of Tea,you can vist our website!

Earl Grey Tea is enjoyed the world over by real people who appreciate its depth of character, sweet citrus notes, and palate cleansing finish. The tea is however also enjoyed by people who are not real in any way, other than on the printed page or silver screen. Perhaps more than any other tea, Earl Grey appears to have been the beverage of choice for one fictitious character after the next. From James Bond, to Star Trek’s Captain Jean-Luc Picard, to Sir Leigh Teabing of the DaVinci code, Earl Grey holds a special place in the world of storytelling. And why not? The tea itself has quite a story having apparently been given as a gift to a British diplomat by a Chinese Mandarin in thanks for saving his life.

Tea flavored with bergamot to imitate the more expensive types of Chinese tea has been known in England at least since the 1820s. but there is no known published reference to an ‘Earl Grey’ tea before advertisements by Charlton & Co. of Jermyn Street in London in the 1880s, though ‘Grey’s Tea’ is known from the 1850s.

The Earl Grey blend, or “Earl Grey’s Mixture”, is assumed to be named after The 2nd Earl Grey, British Prime Minister in the 1830s and author of the Reform Bill of 1832. Lord Grey reputedly received a gift, probably a diplomatic perquisite, of tea flavored with bergamot oil. Bergamot orange is a small citrus tree which blossoms during the winter and is grown commercially in Calabria, Italy.

According to one legend, a grateful Chinese mandarin whose son was rescued from drowning by one of Lord Grey’s men first presented the blend to the Earl in 1803. The tale appears to be apocryphal, as Lord Grey never set foot in China and the use of bergamot oil to scent tea was then unknown in China.

According to the Grey family, the tea was specially blended by a Chinese mandarin for Lord Grey, to suit the water at Howick Hall, the family seat in Northumberland, using bergamot in particular to offset the preponderance of lime in the local water.

These teas in the wooden boxes are perfect for gift giving, or make them a gift to yourself, since we don’t carry all these flavors In our loose tea selections. We have other teas in the boxes you might want to look at. Since we tend to carry these wooden boxes during the holidays and our flavors can vary, we might not have them all in stock all year long.


The Use of Overcurrent Protection in Plug-and-Socket Connected Equipment

Consider the “direct plug-in” Class 2 transformer-power supply commonly used for low-power devices such as calculators, cassette players, and similar products. Consider also the larger “cousin” known in the trade as the “indirect plug-in” Class 2 transformer (where the transformer is too large to hang from the plug, and must, instead, reside on the floor using attached cords for input power and output power). These small transformer-power supply devices have no power switch, and have no fuses in the primary circuit.Get more news about Overload Protection Socket,you can vist our website!

In North America, it is common for these Class 2 transformer-power supply devices to be safety certified for many uses, including medical equipment (CSA 125 and UL 544) and data processing equipment (CSA 220 and UL 478).

However, these same transformer-power supply devices do not comply with either IEC 601-1 (medical) or IEC 950 (data processing) because they have no fuses in the primary circuit. Not only do IEC 601-1 and IEC 950 require fuses, for grounded products they require fuses in both poles of the supply. (The possible exceptions to this requirement will not be discussed in this article.)

This dilemma has given me cause to pause and consider the hazards addressed by the IEC fuse requirements for single-phase plug-and-socket connected equipment.

Let’s begin by discussing the purpose of a fuse, and the function of the building overcurrent protective device as it relates to plug-and-socket connected equipment. Next, we’ll discuss when to use a fuse, and whether to fuse both poles of a single-phase, plug-and-socket connected equipment. We’ll include a discussion on how to select the value of the fuse.
Let’s review the function of a fuse. (In the context of this article I use the word “fuse” as a general term for automatic overcurrent protective device which includes but is not limited to fuses and circuit-breakers.)

Fuses are means to automatically disconnect power under overcurrent conditions.What is overcurrent? Overcurrent is any current exceeding the maximum current rating of wires, switches, connectors, etc.

Why are we concerned about overcurrent? Overcurrent results in overheating. And overheating can result in fire.

Overheating is due to IIR power dissipation in the wire resistance or in the contact resistance of switches and connectors. If I increases (overcurrent), then power dissipation increases very rapidly with increasing I (due to the square function in the power equation) and the conductor or contact overheats. When conductors and contacts overheat, their resistance goes up contributing further to increase power dissipation and the situation approaches a thermal runaway situation.
In a lesser situation, the over-heating might melt plastic wire insulation thus providing undesired and uncontrolled current pathways. We assume that this lesser situation results in a hazard, and, therefore, insulation failure due to overheating must be prevented.

Disconnection must be automatic because the circuit may not be continuously attended by someone who will manually disconnect the power, and because overcurrent conditions are not necessarily immediately apparent.


What Was the Last Car in America Sold With a Carburetor?

the mere mention of which will likely fill your soul with either nostalgia or fear. Thanks to emissions regulations, automakers began to give up their carburetor addiction in the 1980s, and there are now two entire generations of motorists who think that “pump twice and crank” is something they wouldn’t want their mothers to catch them doing.Get more news about Carburetor For Nissan,you can vist our website!

Contrary to popular belief, carburetors are relatively simple and well-behaved devices, though some of the early attempts to get carbureted cars to comply with emissions regs were disastrous, resulting in hard starting and bad running. Although some late-model “feedback” carburetors can be difficult to tune, the truth is that even the worst carburetors aren’t all that terrible. If you see someone pumping away at the accelerator while furiously cranking a carbureted engine that won’t fire, chances are they simply don’t know what they’re doing. (Remember, pump twice and crank — and be patient.)

While researching a story on the Subaru Justy, often regarded as the last carbureted car sold in America, I began to see conflicting reports about how long carbureted cars actually lasted. I decided to delve in and find out.

Before we begin, a little note on the technology: When I say carburetor, I’m talking about the mechanical device that uses air pressure to draw fuel into the engine — this as opposed to throttle-body injection (TBI) units, which look like carburetors but use a single injector mounted in the throttle body. A TBI unit usually bolts into place like a carburetor (hence its appeal to automakers, as it didn’t require serious modification of the engine), and I’ve heard some people refer to it as a carburetor — but it isn’t.

As I mentioned a moment ago, the Interwebs often credit the 1990 Subaru Justy as the last car sold in American with a carburetor. Certainly 1990 was the year that the carburetor was reaching the end of the line; even humble Hyundai, still known for the cheap-and-crappy Excel, switched to fuel injection in mid-’89 for their 1990 models.

But claiming the ’90 Justy was the last carbureted car may not be justified. In 1990, General Motors was still installing carbureted V8s in Oldsmobile and Buick station wagons. And believe it or not, Honda was one of the last carburetor hold-outs: Despite being a relatively early adopter of multiport fuel injection in the 1980s, the base-model Prelude had carburetors — not just one, but two! — for the 1990 model year, though production was terminated early to make way for the all-new ’91 Prelude (which, of course, featured fuel injection across the line).


The outstanding contribution of co2 laser cutting machine in leather industry

With the development of science and technology, cnc co2 laser cutting machine with stable performance, simple operation, fast and high efficiency provides a complete cutting solution for leather industry, and achieves a wide and far-reaching impact in the leather, clothing and other industries.Get more news about Clothing Co2 Laser Cutting Machine Manufacturer,you can vist our website!

Cnc co2 leather cloth laser cutting machine with good stability, high accuracy and speed is trusted by the customers of leather industry. The three major indicators show the processing advantage of the cnc laser equipment under high technology and become the best carrier in the processing industry.

The cnc nonmetal laser cutting machine is equipped with automatic feeding device, which saves the time and cost, and greatly improves the processing efficiency. And there is also a laser equipment developed for the need of large scale cutting.

With the progress of laser technology, not only the laser cutting cnc machine has been welcomed, but also laser marking and laser engraving technology have been widely applied, thus the laser technology is promoting the rapid development of leather, textile and garment industry.

Cnc co2 laser leather cloth cutting machine is widely used in cloth leather industry, and the co2 laser cutting machine can also process many different kinds of nonmetal materials, so if you are interested in our co2 laser nonmetal cutting machine, or have any question about cnc laser cutting engraving machine. Please contact Jinan Dekcel Cnc Equipment Company. We are support service 24 hours online.


Tiny biodegradable rat traps

Goodnature co-founder Robbie van Dam said the idea came to him around eight years ago, while working in predator control on Hawaiian island Kaho‘olawe.To get more news about Butyl Seal Tape, you can visit senpinghz.com official website.

He faced the issue of unexploded mines from past military training preventing access on foot, and he began to see a need for a trap which could be delivered by air, with no need to check it or retrieve it later.
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This would be perfect for hard-to-reach locations deep in the New Zealand bush, or high on a ridge line.

The trap itself would biodegrade in a couple of months, used or not, leaving no waste and no toxins.Delivering by drone was less invasive, and much easier for inaccessible spots. “We thought, ‘Let’s use a system that already exists’,” van Dam said.

The current prototype had a small cone, sized between a thimble and a shot glass, just big enough for a rat’s head to fit inside.

When a rat nibbled the bait, a biodegradable elastic band would snap around its neck and quickly strangle it.

The company, in conjunction with research institute Scion, in Rotorua, had been testing plastic alternatives, like lignin from timber, or bird feathers, for its construction.Minister of Conservation Kiri Allan said traps were an important predator control tool, “but current technology limits the use of traps in the backcountry or over large areas, due to their costs and servicing needs”.

“The aerial micro-trap is a new concept that is non-toxic and humane, and potentially cost-effective for suppressing rats over large areas and in remote and difficult to access locations.”Goodnature would design, build, and test the prototype in collaboration with DOC. If successful, the trap would be produced and sold by the company.

The funding would come from Goodnature itself, as well as DOC’s Tools to Market programme ($965,000) and Predator Free 2050’s Products to Projects fund ($335,000), backed by the Provincial Growth Fund.


Darlington cat rescued by RSPCA after rat trap stuck on its head

The female moggy, who was found at Paddock Farm Nursery in Dalton-on-Tees, near Darlington, on Monday (March 14) in a distressed state, became wedged after trying to investigate the inside of the bait box.To get more news about Detectable warning tape, you can visit senpinghz.com official website.

After exploring the trap, the cat almost got her whole head stuck, with RSPCA animal rescue officer, Ruth Thomas-Coxon, coming to the rescue to save the day.Within a few minutes of getting to the scene, Ruth and other RSPCA officers took the pet to a veterinary hospital in Darlington, where staff were able to free her using a saw and anaesthetic.
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The RSPCA officer said: “When I got to the garden centre a member of the public had already tried to free the cat, but she was in a lot of distress and was jumping around with the box on her head.

“The cat was very stressed; the whole of her head was through the hole of the bait box, and she had suffered injuries to her paws as she was trying to escape. It must have been terrifying for her.The bait box was in a yard at the back of the centre, and it is likely the cat was looking for food and had peered into it. Fortunately, there wasn’t any poison inside.

“I took her to Stanhope Park Veterinary Hospital where she underwent a 15-minute procedure to remove the box.”

Following the ordeal, the animal charity is now looking for the owner of the cat, who is not microchipped.During the incident, the feline suffered damage to her claws, some of which were completely broken, and, after the bait box was removed, she was treated with antibiotics.

Mrs Thomas-Coxon added: “I’ve put up a found poster up at the centre and posted in case she does have an owner. But she may be feral and if that is the case, we will release her near to where she was found.We would say that if any traps are used to catch rats or mice, people need to be vigilant and they need to be checked on a regular basis, at least twice a day.”

The RSPCA wants people to use humane deterrents for dealing with “unwanted rats and mice” and says care should be taken to avoid harming non-target animals. In many cases, deterrence methods such as preventing access, removing food sources, or increased human activity can be more effective than lethal control.



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