Construction partnership for door specialist

High performance industrial door specialist Hart Door Systems has teamed up with Sir Robert McAlpine to deliver a range of doors as part of a £4 million new build warehouse and distribution centre. The new facility is for a Yorkshire-based independent tea and coffee company.
The range of doors being manufactured include nine fire resistant roller shutters, five Speedor Supers and two roller shutters. (Read More)

Denso Steelcoat Protects Ayr Pipe Crossing

George Leslie Ltd recently carried out a contract for Scottish Water to remove sections of an existing coating and carry out Non Destructive Testing on a Pipebridge near Ayr.  After the testing was complete these areas were then protected with the Denso Steelcoat 100-400 System. (Read More)

Outstanding Cooling From Above

Rittal has developed a roof-mounted version of its award-winning and highly energy efficient Blue e+ cooling units; these are designed for enclosures of 800 x 600mm (W x D) upwards and deliver a cooling output of 1.3 kW.

The new roof-mounted units also feature within the new VX25 large enclosure system as an integrated solution. (Read More)

Hoist Trolleys Provide Safe Load Movement

When specifying a hoist for use in industrial applications that demand beam-traversing motion, attention should also be paid to the trolley on to which the hoist hooks. According to JD Neuhaus (JDN), the world’s leading manufacturer of hoist solutions, trolley factors such as carrying capacity, ease of installation, explosion protection and ability to negotiate curves, must all be considered if the application is to be optimised. (Read More)

A global view of the Fourth Industrial Revolution How the phrase we love to hate is changing people’s journeys worldwide

Little did the three scientists who invented the phrase Industry 4.0 know that the term would become such a global phenomenon just a few years later. However, the resulting global drive to digitalise has been fragmented, with different countries using differing phrases for activities contained within Industry 4.0. Here, (Read More)

EXAIR’s Drum Cover Keeps Bulk Material Contained and Free of Contaminants

EXAIR’s new fine mesh non-woven drum cover is designed for use on 55 or 30 gallon drums. The breathable material allows the air from an EXAIR Line Vac, air operated conveyor, to circulate whether moving material in or out of a drum. (Read More)

Denso™ Corrosion Prevention for Wessex Water Pipe Fitting

A Wessex Water pipe-fitting has recently been wrapped with the Winn & Coales DensoTM  P1 System.
The project in Warminster was to install a new pipeline to a pumping house, replacing an old existing pipeline which will now be discontinued. (Read More)

Collaboration produces specialist baggage handling system for Malta Airport

Hart Door Systems has supplied eight fire shutters to form a specialist Baggage Handling System as part of Malta International Airport’s €12m Terminal Reconfiguration project. (Read More)

Evonik’s CALOSTAT® receives IBU’s EPD certification with recycling scenario in Düsseldorf on German Sustainability Day
      
An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) gives planners, architects and building owners objective, verifiable and recognised data on the environmental impact of CALOSTAT® non-combustible high-performance insulation material. The possibility of recycling CALOSTAT® is reflected in the figures and increases the attractiveness of the product.   

Hanau/Düsseldorf, Germany. On German Sustainability Day, Evonik received certification of the recently prepared EPD for its CALOSTAT® non-combustible high-performance insulation material from Hans Peters, chairman of the Management Board of the Institut für Bauen und Umwelt (IBU), (Read More) 

Syrris Orb delivers controlled synthesis of active ingredients

An Orb jacketed reactor from Syrris is helping Italian company NIS Materials to reproducibly synthesize new materials used as active ingredients for products such as paints, polymeric coatings and concrete. (Read More)