Composite Products Worth Seeing

Jet Edge’s Dual Pressure Valve is designed to increase waterjet-cutting productivity

You can’t use it to wash your hair, but Jet Edge’s Dual Pressure Valve is designed to increase waterjet-cutting productivity by allowing waterjet operators to control water pressure independent of the waterjet pump. With the remotely-mounted valve, waterjet operators can run multiple waterjet tables simultaneously at various pressures with a single pump. Operators also can perform low-pressure piercing operations without waiting for the water jet pump to raise or lower to the desired pressure, which could reduce wear and tear on pump components. Jet Edge says the valve will play nice with any manufacturer’s waterjet pump, cutting head, or waterjet cutting system, and is fully configurable for pressure change ratios.

Advanced composite engineers use software to assist them, and we all know software evolves constantly. Dassault Systèmes released Isight 4.0, the latest in the SIMULIA line of simulation process automation and design optimization solutions. Isight provides engineers with an open system for integrating design and simulation models, created with various CAD, CAE and other software applications, together into a simulation process workflow. The update allows the workflows to run hundreds or thousands of simulations without manual intervention.

Speaking of upgrades, GRP component manufacturer KS Composites is beefing up its machining capacity be installing the Promac Sharav GVT 3.5, a large capacity, high performance, high accuracy, 5-axis moving bridge milling center. The new machine will provide KS with high performance 3- and 5-axis contouring capability, coupled with high accuracy, for machining applications in steel, aluminum, composites and resin model boards. It can be used in car chassis, train skins, ski bindings, and historic sports car restoration applications.

Newson Gale has expanded its Bond-Rite line

We think of static electricity as an annoyance, but it can wreck havoc on some businesses. Newson Gale has expanded its Bond-Rite line of continuous ground loop monitoring static earthing units for eliminating the hazards of static electricity from flammable and combustible atmospheres. Bond-Rite Remotes can now be supplied with wall-mounted IECEx- and ATEX-certified glass-reinforced-plastic indicator stations for installation in potentially hazardous processing areas. The new GRP indicator station utilizes the same circuit monitoring electronics and green flashing light-emitting diode as the current Bond-Rite range, informing operators when a safe static earth connection has been established with process equipment at risk of accumulating hazardous levels of electrostatic charge. The static dissipation circuit is then monitored continuously throughout the material-handling/transfer process.