July - August 2000
is a service designed to direct you towards major web sites that will be of value to your company. Only a small proportion of useful links can be listed in the Bulletin. For more links, select Information & know-how from the top of the screen then Links to other sites.
Manufacturing (General)
Best Manufacturing Practices Center of Excellence is a technology transfer programme for American industry which aims to identify best practice in manufacturing and share information about it.
http://www.bmpcoe.org
Recent Advances in Manufacturing (RAM) is a database of bibliographic information for manufacturing and related areas which covers items in over 500 journals and also includes books, videos and conference proceedings. Records from 1990 onwards can be searched at EEVL.
http://eevl.ac.uk/ram/
Manufacturer's Information Network provides a source of information for industry and those services related to manufacturing to help locate information on manufacturers, suppliers, professional services and other resources. Details of suppliers of the following are listed: machine tools, cutting tools, hydraulic products, CAM, CAD, DNC, used machinery, machinery builders, new machinery dealers. There are online manufacturing discussion groups. Uses tables.
http://www.mtginfo.com
Manufacturing World Online provide a classified guide to manufacturing-related information from sites around the www. Includes the manufacturing newsgroups from Usenet and downloadable software.
http://chesapk.com/
Manufacturing Systems Integration Division of the USA National Institute of Standards and Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory, give information on their activities, projects and publications.
http://www.mel.nist.gov/msid/
Industry Research Desk provides tools for researching specific companies, industries and manufacturing processes.
http://www.virtualpet.com/industry
Metal Web News is an online newsletter for metalworkers.
http://www.metalwebnews.com/
SurfaceWeb is a Surface Engineering site run by a consortium of European companies. It offers information in English, Spanish and German and includes news, events listings, glossary, coating database, company directory and discussion forums. Uses Javascript, Frames and some large images.
http://www.surfaceweb.com
The Surface Engineering Association combines the MFA (Metal Finishing Association) and the BSTSA (British Suface Treatment Suppliers Association).
http://www.sea.org.uk
Optoelectronic World present information on their journals, with contents listings from Industrial Laser Review and Laser Focus World. There are also details of seminars, exhibitions and conferences of relevance to lasers.
http://www.lfw.pennwellnet.com/home/home.cfm
Society of Manufacturing Engineers offers information on membership, certification, publications, expositions, conferences, courses and clinics, SME ON-LINE: The Manufacturing Network, The CoNDUIT Project, and SME Education Foundation Design and Manufacturing Integration Center.
They offer an online search of their database of abstracts of books, journals and technical papers (with online ordering of their publications). The database also includes information on video tapes, courses, conferences, expositions and membership information. Uses Java.
http://www.sme.org
The British Constructional Steelwork Association Ltd describes its activities and publications. There is a restricted-access area for members.
http://www.bcsa.org.uk
TechExpo is an online exhibition of technology and engineering. It offers directories of products, services and trade associations, company news releaess and newsletters, events listing (conferences, courses, seminars) and a list of relevant magazines. Their database contains lists of physical constants and conversion factors. Frame option.
http://www.techexpo.com
IndustryNET is an online marketplace, offering information on 4000 companies and 250,000 suppliers, news of new products and other online services. Industry Net Daily presents news on computers, automation and manufacturing. Industry Net Linker includes over 6000 web sites, each classified by type and domain. Includes Metalforming Online magazine from the Precision Metalforming Association. Uses images a lot and can be slow.
http://www.techsavvy.com
finishing.com, the home page of the finishing industry, includes anodizing, conversion coating, electroforming, electroplating, electroless plating, electropolishing, galvanizing, metal finishing, painting, phosphatizing, powder coating, printed circuits, and the allied surface finishing arts. It offers directories of plating and finishing shops, suppliers of products and services, consultants and consulting engineers and finishing-specific software. The technical library includes articles, news, links to other www sites, calendar of events and a listing of organisations and societies serving the plating and metal finishing industry. It holds a growing multilingual listing of finishing terms and has some pages in Russian, French and Catalan.
http://www.finishing.com
Abrasive Engineering Society offers a directory to the US abrasives industry, a list of related technical organisations and their publications, list of manufacturers and distributors of abrasive products, a calendar of educational opportunities related to abrasives, list of textbooks in print, list of technical papers and other publications related to grinding.
http://www.nauticom.net/www/grind
BARA - The British Automation & Robotics Association, formerly known as the British Robot Association, offers information on membership and events plus links to related websites.
http://www.bara.org.uk
Fusion and Industry aims to provide assistance to all elements of the fusion industry. It provides a newsletter and business analysis with opportunities for contacts and tenders. It also offers a consultancy service and access to UKAEA expertise.
http://www.fusion.org.uk/industry
