Design Resources
Order form for TDP3, TDP4, FYP & MSC
Various external links
- Electronic Suppliers
- Motors, Drives and Power Transmission
- Fasteners
- Sealing Solutions
- Bearings
- Plastics
- General Materials
- CAD, VR and Rapid Prototyping
- Miscellaneous
- Design Organisations
- Product Safety, Regulations and Standards
- Patents
- Library sources for Engineering
Electronic Suppliers
- Rapid : http://www.rapidelectronics.co.uk
- RS Components : http://rswww.com
- Comtec (formerly Tait Components) : http://www.comtecdirect.co.uk/
- Maplin : http://www.maplin.co.uk
- Farnell : http://uk1.farnell.com/Welcome/welcome-frame-unregistered.jhtml
- CPC
Motors, Drives and Power Transmission
- AEG Motors- Electric Motors
- Power Transmission
- Mechanical Drive Components
- Control Component - Reliance Precision
- Solenoids and Switch products from NSF Controls
- Linear Electro-Mechanical Actuators
- Electric Motors
- Industry Components
Fasteners
- Bighead On-Line - Bonding Fasteners
- Components Direct Products - Screws
- Nylon, Aluminium fasteners etc
Sealing Solutions
- City Seals and Bearings Ltd - Products
- Greene, Tweed & Co.'s Fluid Handling Group- Seals
Bearings
- SKF Linear Motion Bearings etc
- Euro-Bearings
Plastics
- Polymer-search - Plastics
- PRW Plastic Solutions
- British Plastics & Rubber
- Plastics News
- Plastics Net
- British Plastics
- MoldFlow - Plastics Software (Available in Design Dept)
- 123 Plastics - Plastics Information site
General Materials
- Materials Web
- Steel Company
- Metals Website
CAD, VR and Rapid Prototyping
- Departmental CAD Site - Solid Edge
- CAD Links for industry standard CAD software
- 3D Modelling Links and Tutorials
- Virtual Reality
- Cad and Technical information
Miscellaneous
- Photoshop Tutorials
- General Information on CNC Coding
- Engineeringtalk - new product news
- How Stuff Works
- Product Design Information
- Italian Design Company - Design Process
- Engineering Information
- General Engineering Information
- Design Council About Design - IPR
- Esteco Optimisation
- Manufacturing Design Book
- The IDATER database (1988-2001) Design Research
- The Vehicle Certification Agency
- Engineering Design Basics
- Quality Function Deployment
- Design Engineering
- Edinburgh University, Virtual Library for Engineering
- Ergonomics Website
- Electronic Design Library
- Bearing Price lists
- British Plastics & Rubber
- Electric Motors - Screwfix Direct
- HDPE, LDPE, Polypropylene, PVC and PET contract prices from Polymertrack
- Links to all construction material costs on the Web
- MatWeb - The Online Materials Information Resource
- MEPS - Steel prices
- Metal Bulletin
- Motion Control Products ltd.
- OnlineMetals.com
- Plastic Market Monthly-Prices
- Plastics India - an Information and database site on Indian plastic industry from Mumbai India ,an Indian Plastic portal.
- PlastxWorld
- Steel Business Briefing - Steel Prices
- Contract Prices for Plastics, ABS,PET etc
- London Metal Exchange - for daily metal prices
Design Organisations
- Design Council
- British Design Innovation
- European Design Regulations
Product Safety, Regulations and Standards
- Machinery Regulations Integrated Product Standards Guidance
- UK Product regulations- Product and Home Safety
- Consumer Safety Leaflets
- Consumer and Competition Policy
- Food Contact Materials and Legislation Guidance
- Health and Safety Executive
- Office of Public Sector Information website
- EC Product Safety Directives
- European Agency for Health and Safety at Work
- British Standard Institute
EC Regulations
The library subscribes to the EU Infobase, which is accessed through Merlin by selecting 'Databases' and supplies relevant data on EC Regulations.You can also search for EC regulations in the Eur-Lex database. Access this as follows:
Go to the library web page and follow the route:
Site Map/EU Documentation Centre/ European Union Databases/Eur-Lex/Search