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Metal Stitching Helps to Restore Ha'Penny Bridge
01 Feb 2002
As part of the restoration of the Ha'Penny Bridge across the River Liffey in Dublin, Metalock Engineering UK carried out a series of magnetic particle inspection checks on various critical components and, using its Metalock metal stitching techniques repaired the damaged parts for Irishenco Construction, main contractors for the project.
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Trend Leads Towards Increasingly Complex Pressed Components
01 Feb 2002
For over a century, Stroud Metal Company has provided integrated solutions to customers requiring the highest levels of service for volume pressed metal components. The company has responded to the trend towards increasingly complex components and assemblies by relocating, upgrading their in-house tool manufacturing facility, and committing to an on-going programme of production machinery acquisition.
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Easy Form Laser Optimises Bending
01 Feb 2002
To account for different material types and thicknesses, LVD (UK) Ltd of Marlow, has developed a new precise measuring system using laser technology to check sheet metal components during bending on press brakes. The new patented Easy Form Laser guarantees the desired bending angle, of between 45º and 150º, from the first bend without the need for trial operations.
Industry News
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Boardrooms Slow to Change Standards
01 Feb 2002
It has been more than a year since the long-awaited ISO 9001:2000 was released. Although the updated standard was welcomed by the quality industry, evidence about enthusiasm for the new standard is rather alarming.
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Southern Manufacturing Event Provides Passport to Success
01 Feb 2002
Southern Manufacturing 2002 is set to follow in the footsteps of last year's record-breaking show.
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New Advice on Workplace First Aid
01 Feb 2002
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revised 'Basic advice on first aid at work', in both leaflet and poster formats, together with a revised version of the poster 'Electric shock first aid procedures'. The new publications have been designed for easy display purposes to assist first aiders, and to help employers satisfy their legal requirements under the 1981 Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations The revised guidance will help first aiders in minimising the consequence of injury and illness of people in the workplace until expert help can be obtained. The information not only covers how to resuscitate a casualty, but how to deal with severe bleeding and treatment of broken bones, burns and eye injuries. The electric shock poster also advises on breaking the contact between an electrical source and a casualty, making the area safe before administering first aid.
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On Track for Higher Rail Welding Standards
01 Feb 2002
Anglia Railway's Class 150/2 local train.
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Integrated Outsourcing is The Route to Success
01 Feb 2002
The findings of a two-year research programme undertaken by Instem Technologies in conjunction with the Cranfield University School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science shows that integrated outsourcing is the route for greater success in manufacturing.
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SEA Awards 2002
01 Feb 2002
Plans are underway to host the 2002 Surface Engineering Awards ceremony on 11 October at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham.
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New Metals Technology Centre will Steel the Industry For the Future
01 Feb 2002
Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt announced funding for a new metals 'centre of excellence' during her speech at the launch of the All Party Parliamentary Steel Group in the House of Commons this month. The National Metals Technology Centre will bring together scientific expertise with industry know-how to identify gaps in R&D. The unique network and facility for UK metal producers, fabricators and users, will ensure the metals industry is equipped to be a worldclass competitor for years to come.
Precision Engineering
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Amdale in Action Demo Shows High-Tech, High-Precision Machining
01 Feb 2002
Production engineers are being offered a rare chance to see one of the UK's leading specialist subcontracting companies at the Amdale in Action open house on 6 and 7 March at the company's site in Portsmouth.
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High Speed Investment Means Less Finishwork
01 Feb 2002
Situated in the heart of North Yorkshire, Claro Precision Engineering Ltd, a manufacturer of specialist metal and plastic components, recently completed a £250,000 investment. The company, which specialises in precision machined items for the medical, communication, aerospace, defence and security industries, has purchased a number of new machines and re-organised its shop floor.
Southern Manufacturing
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Sweet Savings From India
01 Feb 2002
When F. Fravigar Ltd, a manufacturer of confectionery products asked Rose Precision Components (stand N29) to source plastic parts for them in India, they were impressed with the level of savings they could achieve.
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Stockist Extends Supply of Aluminium Bronze
01 Feb 2002
Since last year's show Leeds Bronze (stand E18/G) now holds extensive stocks of aluminium bronze. A major stockist of bronze and brass alloys, the company supplied more than 2,000 tonnes of all bronze last year.
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Laser Job Shop is Dedicated to Cutting
01 Feb 2002
Essex Laser Job Shop Ltd (stand B29) provides a subcontract laser cutting service for any size of company. With a policy of investing in experienced and skilled staff and the latest technology, the company has grown to become one of the largest dedicated laser cutting shops in the South East.
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Advances in High-Speed Tooling Take the Stand
01 Feb 2002
Important advances in tooling technology, including new ranges of Unimerco milling tools, drills, and thread cutting tools, will be shown on stand H39. Both HSS and carbide tooling, in standard and high performance versions will be on display.
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Everyone's a Winner When Work is done by Shelwork
01 Feb 2002
Shelwork Industries (stand A24) is a Salisbury based subcontractor offering machining (CNC and standard machines), sheet metal work, assembly/packing, and industrial woodwork. Shelwork is managed by Action for Blind People, a registered charity, and is committed to providing training, personal development and employment opportunities for disabled people.
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Machined Springs Are The Answer To Design Problems
01 Feb 2002
By offering machined springs, Abssac (stand Q23) is challenging the reliability, performance and attachment of the traditional wound spring format. The company suggests that, although widely used, the very nature of how traditional wire wound springs are manufactured can limit their reliability and performance in the more demanding, or high duty cycle, spring applications.
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Market Research Helps to Mould the Future
01 Feb 2002
Market Research has been vital in the success of M&G Plastics Ltd (stand E28). 2001 was another great year for the Lancashire company, with new contracts and a new factory in the offing, the company has moulded its future for years to come. With the ability to take projects from design to delivery, M&G Plastics Ltd have developed to be more than just a trade moulder.
