Plant & Works Engineering May 2022

C.K TOOLS, the hand tools specialist, has announced it is extending its trade favourite multitool accessories range with the launch of three new products. With oscillating tools a staple for electricians who work with a variety of materials, C.K Tools’ new multitool accessories include a Carbide Blade (T0877), Scraper (T0878) and Box Cutter (T0880), ensuring versatility and precision for any occasion. Brinley Buckley-Roberts, Product Marketing Executive at C.K Tools, said: “Our multitool accessories range has been a strong performer since we launched it in 2021. We felt it important to deepen our offering further and to provide our customers with a more comprehensive range to cover all eventualities, with the great performance and durability they have become accustomed to with the wider C.K Tools offering.” Visit www.pwemag.co.uk for the full release w | www.ck-tools.com/find-a-stockist A new head of customer experience has joined the team at global industrial lubricants, cutting fluids and line marking systems manufacturer, ROCOL. Ellen Limbert joins from her previous role as senior customer experience manager within the digital division at Leeds Building Society. ROCOL is a market leader in the manufacture of high-performance lubricants for some of the most challenging operations and applications in industry. The company’s industrial lubricants, cutting fluids and line marking systems are used by engineers across the globe in the industrial, food processing, metalworking, aerospace, site safety and heavy industry sectors. Part of ITW, a multinational, US-owned, Fortune 150 company, ROCOL is one of four teams within the ITW Fluids Europe division that Ellen will be responsible for in her new role. t | 0113 232 2600 e | customer.services@rocol.com w | www.rocol.com BRAMMER BUCK & HICKMAN, a leading UK supplier of industrial maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services, has announced its contract with Siemens for the supply of tools, consumables, PPE and workwear has been renewed. The initial contract with Siemens was awarded in 2010 and, since that inaugural date, the two companies have worked closely together to streamline the supply of MRO products and provide substantial cost savings; to date, these savings have been confirmed as over £6.5m. Overall sales since the start of the contract have been in excess of £85m. The renewal of this contract with Siemens sees an increased emphasis on supporting sustainability, in line with its top position in 2021’s DJSI Index (a globally established sustainability ranking) for its industry group. https://uk.rubix.com Brendan Beaver manager of METREL UK, provider of innovation electrical test solutions says: “Zappi, one of the UK’s top selling charger manufacturer’s, technical expert Chris Horner released an explosive paper last week. Chris’ paper suggests when testing EVSEs’ the key element in the trip current of the d.c. protection is the rate at which the d.c. current ramp rises. The rate of increase is defined by IEC 62955 and should be around 30 seconds. So what you may say, and the answer is the difference between a pass and a fail of the installation. And wasting time searching for a non-existent problem. “ Beaver went on to say: “I suggest that before you pay good money to buy a multi-function tester to check EVSE installations, you confirm that it to tests to IEC 62955.” t | 01924 245000 e | brendan.beaver@metrel.co.uk w | www.metrel.co.uk Major contract renewed Businesses and other fuel suppliers across the country can now access over half a million litres of drop-in diesel replacement fuel from CRAGGS ENERGY’S head office in Hebden Bridge, and its largest fuel terminal in Padiham, Lancashire. Craggs Energy will be providing B2B suppliers, customers and businesses with Green Biofuels’ Gd+ HVO as a renewable alternative to both red and white diesel. The company says Gd+ can be used instantly in any diesel engine without prior modifications and makes emissions savings of up to an 85% reduction in particulates, and up to a 30% reduction in Nitrogen Oxides, thanks to a special additive not found in any other HVO fuel available to the UK market. w | https://craggsenergy.co.uk/ Launch of UK’s first in-land HVO fuel terminal Maintenance Matters May 2022 www.pwemag.co.uk Plant & Works Engineering | 17 Focus on customers with new appointment Check before it’s too late HENKEL says its extensive LOCTITE Instant Component Bonding range has a new best-in-class instant adhesive product for the assembly of small components in high- speed production applications as well as quick, on-the- go repairs. This new addition is LOCTITE 402, an instant, high strength adhesive whose features and benefits are designed to help address industry challenges such as: productivity, reliability and design diversification. The LOCTITE Instant Component Bonding range addresses many of the design and assembly challenges faced by manufacturers in their quest to pioneer new products that are innovative, reliable and profitable. The company says LOCTITE 402 builds on this foundation with even faster fixture speed, superior heat performance and a unique, patented formula with upgraded health and safety credentials (formulated without the addition of traditional stabilisers such as HQ and MMBP). w | www.LOCTITE 402 Instant Adhesive - Henkel Adhesives ( henkel-adhesives.com ) Addressing assembly challenges New multitool accessories