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During a recent service two thickener drives at the Scottish Water sewage treatment works in Glendevon were deemed to be obsolete. The costs of either repairing or replacing the drives would be extremely high as replacing the drives would require lengthy downtime and a repair job would be inefficient. Fortunately Brevini, working closely with Brammer Plc. a provider of industrial services, was able to deliver a no-engineering solution which would...

Victrex Polymer Solutions recently announced a strategic marketing partnership with Umeco to market release films made from its industry leading APTIV film based on high performance VICTREX PEEK. The APTIV film-based release films will be marketed by Umeco under the VAC-PAK brand name. APTIV film is ideal for higher temperature composite processing due to its inherent release properties, excellent strength and toughness, purity and high temperatu...

Tsubaki Lambda bushes have been upgraded to the optimum composition of sintered metals. The lubricant specifications and oil impregnation methods have been reviewed and further improved. In addition, heat treatment and overall bush geometry have been improved to secure optimal performance.

Engineered Arts Ltd has created a unique interactive robot - named RoboThespian™ - that is currently wowing audiences around the world. Initially developed to provide entertaining semi-autonomous theatrical performances, the life-sized robot's capabilities have recently been expanded to facilitate far higher levels of audience interaction. The robot's siblings are now much in demand at science and technology centres as highly animated public or...

Cable manufacturer and supplier Tratos Ltd. has won the largest order in the world for reeling cable for high speed cranes. The Tratosflex-ESDB cable is being used in 38 ZPMC cranes at the latest Busan Port terminal in Korea.

Next-generation LED grow lights deliver dramatic power savings and unmatched product reliability. But not all LED grow lights are created equal. The new Everlight GL-Flora LED lighting fixtures for agriculture offer low power, high-efficiency, uniform light pattern, homogenous light distribution at precisely the right wavelengths and color ratios needed for superior photosynthetic response. Everlight GL-Flora can be used for effortless germinatio...

Lloyd Instruments offers versatile testing of stretch wrap film with the introduction of two new test jigs for its LFPlus 1 kN (225 lbf) single column materials testing machine. The TG1075 is used for testing puncture resistance to ASTM D 5748-95 (Re-approved 2007), while the TG1167 is used for testing peel cling to ASTM D 5458-95 (Re-approved 2001). In addition, the LFPlus can be used to perform a standard tensile test on stretch wrap film at v...

Transmission Developments has signed a UK distribution agreement with the endless flat belt specialist Max Schlatterer GmbH, bringing the premier Esband and Werner GRAF brands to its comprehensive range of belting products. These drive and conveyor belts are manufactured using a genuinely endless woven technique in a wide range of carcass materials and finished with special coatings that are matched to the friction coefficient, durability, speed...

Five publications using ALPAO deformable mirrors have been presented during the international workshop Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes. Building adaptive optics for such very large telescopes (up to 42 meters) is very challenging and numberous techniques must be validated before going on sky. Reliable, linear and cost-effective products from ALPAO help astronomers to reach this goal.

Kalrez 0090 perfluoroelastomer O-ring seal products from DuPont Performance Polymers are now available from the UK sealing specialists Dichtomatik Ltd. These products have been developed by DuPont to provide outstanding resistance to rapid gas decompression (RGD) combined with broad chemical resistance, as experienced in the harsh environments of the oil and gas industries. As an official authorised distributor of DuPont Kalrez products, Dichtoma...