May 2021

HART DOORS, the Newcastle-based designer and manufacturer of industrial door systems including high speed roller doors and commercial roller shutters, has completed the installation of its first Speedor Lite, a new variant of its famous Speedor range of high-speed doors. The installation is in a temporary Rubb building at Hart’s headquarters. “Rubb is the leading provider of high-quality fabric buildings worldwide and we have good links with them. Speedor Lite is ideal for use within a facility especially if compartmentalisation is required,” says Melanie Rosby, Hart’s marketing manager. “Rubb’s temporary building gave us an opportunity to launch the new variant. Speedor Lite retains automatic operation, high-speed and robust engineering for high-traffic situations as associated with the Speedor brand and is therefore a valuable asset in any situation where energy-saving, dust control and so on are important.” Hart’s Speedor high speed door system now features a range of seven automatic, high speed door variants from its Speedor Storm door to Speedor Lite. Together Speedors offer a wide choice of models for use internally or externally across an almost limitless manufacturing sectors – for busy, high-traffic, situations, energy saving, clean room, warehouse/loading bays, vermin and dust control, heat sensitive production processes and hazardous areas. “Across the range the focus is on high performance, innovative and robust design which has tried and tested durability and requires minimal maintenance,” adds Ms Rosby. “By delivering high speed automatic and easy opening in busy high traffic situations, Speedor Lite saves time and money.” t | 0191 214 0404 w | www.hartdoors.com/speedor-lite By comparison with conventional assembly methods, the use of an engineering adhesive to secure bearings, bushes and cylindrical parts into housings or onto shafts has many merits. These retaining compounds provide an effective and economical method of eliminating loosening, backlash, fretting corrosion and wear by unitising the assembly and ensuring uniform stress distribution. The LOCTITE brand is reported to be pre-eminent in this field. Applied as a liquid, the LOCTITE retaining compound fills all the voids between mating metal surfaces to create 100% contact so load and stress are distributed evenly over the joint. The method eliminates the need for expensive replacements parts, time-consuming machining or the use of mechanical methods such as pins, key/keyway assemblies, splines and serrations, clamp rings and press-, shrink- and taper fits. w | www.henkel-adhesives.co.uk A partnership spanning 20 years between the electromechanical service provider, AVONMOUTH ENGINEERING SERVICES and Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil, provides one of the UK’s leading aerospace companies with onsite integrated maintenance support. This minimises downtime and leaves the manufacturer free to design and build the helicopters which help defend national security and deliver life-saving care. Leonardo has a strong and diverse supply chain. To ensure operational excellence, integrity, transparency and trust are of utmost importance to the company. The highest accolade for this trust goes to Avonmouth Engineering Services and there is a service division based on Leonardo’s Yeovil site, embedded within the company’s maintenance department. Avonmouth is a rapid response full scope supplier of electromechanical, products, services and solutions. It supplies expertise, with a skilled and experienced workforce who operate every hour of every day. w | www.avonmouth-es.co.uk Five day repair reduced to eight hours TRESTON says have you ever really thought about how much time is wasted as a result of fetching and returning tools, supplies and components between the product under work and a fixed workstation? Solution: Tools, supplies and components are stored near the product under work in a Treston Tower storage and workstation unit that is mobile and can be equipped with a wide range of ergonomic accessories. The Treston Tower storage and workstation unit is ideal for, for example, vehicle and machinery assembly lines, service and maintenance departments, and for any work that requires plenty of mobile storage and workspace near the product under work. It can Increase productivity and efficiency by saving time, since the tools and components are near the product under work and can be moved easily. w | www.treston.com/storage-systems/tool-storage- systems/treston-tower-storage-and-workstation-unit Storage and workstation unit Maintenance Matters May 2021 www.pwemag.co.uk Plant & Works Engineering | 17 Speedor Lite launched Integrated service partnership EXPORTA, a UK product handling expert, has introduced a new plastic pallet eco-rating system. This system allows customers to purchase a pallet with full visibility of its environmental impact. Exporta says it is committed to promoting sustainability, from the energy-saving commitments it makes within its working environment right through to the products it provides. In an effort to promote a more sustainable future within the supply chain, it has brought in a specialist plastic pallet eco-rating system. The ECO MAX pallet is the most sustainable choice within this rating system as it can be repaired as well as recycled. The intention here is to improve the longevity and life-span of these pallets. Visit www.pwemag.co.uk for the full release. w | www.exportaglobal.co.uk Plastic pallet eco-rating system