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Complex maintenance project completed successfully and on time

A manufacturer within the German automotive sector has a modern combined heat and power plant that supplies its own facilities as well as large areas of the nearby town. A short lead time was therefore an important aspect when putting routine pump maintenance out to tender. Not only was Sulzer able to offer the earliest completion date, but it also met the deadline and to the full satisfaction of the customer – in spite of unforeseen challenges during the performance of the project.

Clockwork IT, who have been developing software for the Service Management Sector for over 20 years, have announced the latest software release for their ‘coming out of COVID-19’ April launch of Version 21.

With many years’ experience in the sector and thousands of users in the Service Management arena, version 20 builds on the ‘end to end’ solution that Clockwork have offered, covering the business process from quote to invoice and payment, including contracts, planned maintenance, scheduling, mobile applications, forms capture, job completion to invoice and financial integration. At a cost of less than £1.50 per day, the Return On Investment is obvious;

Flexible conduit systems manufacturer, Flexicon has launched Connectabox™, a weatherproof, IP68/IP69 circular connection box.  It provides a faster and simpler way to interconnect circuits and wiring assemblies, while offering superior cable protection for external environments.

Connectabox™ has been designed to protect safety and performance-critical cabling and simplify cable management. The 110mm, round junction box offers a wide range of features to make installation simpler and faster. 

Hart’s association with many major manufacturing sectors through its wide range of door products is widely acknowledged. One sector includes the UK’s biggest sector, the £100 bn Food and Drink industry which employs over 4m people.

“We have supplied Speedors to protect production facilities, the delivery areas for raw materials to the dispatch of final products. The issues are many and varied – environmental, security and cleanliness for example, all of which are important factors when choosing doors,” says Melanie Rosby, Hart’s marketing manager.

Leading brand C.K, offers a fantastic range of innovative tools, all engineered to offer great performance, durability, and strength.

The new C.K Sure Drive Socket Sets are no exception and successfully combine high quality with high performance, manufactured from forged chrome vanadium alloy steel, making each part resistant to rust, as well as providing excellent longevity.  Each set features the patented Sure Drive System which applies torque evenly to the flats of the nut, alleviating the risk of rounding-off.

Following the successful ongoing development of its award-winning wheeled tool case derivatives, C.K Magma has taken the logical step of expanding its popular rucksack range with the exciting addition of the Wheeled Rucksack Plus (MA2654).

This innovative lightweight and compact tool storage solution is ideal for tradespeople using public transport for travelling to their place of work, or for those who need to access places where climbing and a hands-free approach is needed.

Enerpac has introduced the SafeT Torque Lock, an innovative and user-friendly safety tool that transforms Enerpac square drive torque wrenches allowing hands-free bolting operation.

The SafeT Torque Lock improves worker safety by minimising exposure to pinch points and high-pressure hydraulic connections. It can also be used in any orientation including inverted positions, thus reducing the possibility of tool slippage and operator fatigue.

Hydrotechnik UK are pleased to announce their new USB Pressure sensor range with additional temperature output under the Watchlog brand name.  The USB sensors are for use with their purpose-built monitoring and recording software for Windows which is supplied free of charge with each sensor.

Watchlog USB joins the growing Watchlog family of Bluetooth & Wireless sensor solutions.  These are a new generation of USB Sensors that plug directly into any USB port or mulit-ported hub for instant Pressure and Temperature measurement and recording.  Data acquisition speeds are fully adjustable from as fast as 2ms up to every 10s. 

The impact of Covid is clear for all to see – escalating death tolls, Governments across the world striving to protect their populations and to keep their respective economies functioning against a background of considerable uncertainty.

“This is a heady cocktail. With already one year of controls and challenges across the business spectrum and with no clear end in sight, we also find the British terror threat is now at the severe level,” says Nick Hart, managing director, Hart Door Systems. “Prudent businesses should therefore be considering a review of security issues across their property portfolios as a matter of urgency.”

In a move that will present fewer Brexit-related issues for its customers, increase its stock holding and strengthen ties with its parent company in Japan, steam solutions specialist TLV Euro Engineering has expanded its UK operations with the opening of a new 6,000 square feet warehousing facility in Cheltenham.

Commenting for TLV Euro Engineering, general manager Michael Povey says: “As we neared the end of 2020 it became clear that, whatever the outcome of a trade agreement between the UK and European Union, our customers would benefit more from the trade agreement reached between the UK and Japan.