Chain maker rolls out savings (1st July 2008)

Renold has achieved cost savings of £33 000 per annum since installing vibratory finishing machines from Wheelabrator Group.

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  Second wheel blast machine (1st March 2008)

Wheelabrator Group has strengthened its longstanding relationship with structural steelwork company, Robinsons Construction, following the completion of an order for a second Wheelabrator Schlick wheel blast machine.

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  Production flows improved (1st July 2007)

PRODUCTION FLOWS As the latest edition to Wheelabrator Group's successful Equipment Modernisation Programme (EMP), the Titan turbine has been designed specifically to increase efficiency by improving the blast perfor

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  Shot peening (1st May 2007)

General Motors' uses Wheelabrator Group's peening machines at its Powertrain factory in Austria to treat gears and shafts. This includes imparting a high internal stress on gear teeth to increase their strength Wheelabr

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UK industry in danger of flushing money and reputation down the drain (19th March 2007)

UK industry is in danger of flushing money and its reputation down the drain by not complying with machine effluent regulations according to a leading expert...

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  Don't flush money and reputation down the drain (1st March 2007)

A leading expert has warned that claims of ignorance will not wash with prosecutors trying to tighten machine effluent regulations

Colin Worthington, general manager for the Vibratory Mass Finishing Division at Wheelabrator

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  Environmentally-friendly cleaning (1st January 2007)

Wheelabrator Group, has added two new machines to its SmartLine range to help companies switch to more environmentally friendly cleaning methods.

SmartLine SL28 and SL48 are manually operated aqueous systems that use non-haz

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  Flying through cleaning process (1st January 2007)

Since switching from a wet blast cabinet to a Vacu- Blast Ventus 125PR air blast cabinet from Wheelabrator Group, GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems has seen a 66% reduction in the time taken to remove oxides from tooling par

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  Brochure details new service (1st January 2007)

Providing detailed information on how to design and implement secure power continuity plans to protect critical organisational processes and systems, by Robin Koffler and Jason Yates of Riello UPS, is now available.

The 290-

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  Environmentally friendly cleaning (1st November 2006)

Surface preparation and finishing equipment specialist Wheelabrator has added two new machines to its SmartLine range, to help industries switch to more environmentally friendly cleaning methods.

SmartLine SL28 and SL48 are m

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  A blast from the past (1st November 2006)

Steel fabricator Billington Structures, is set to double output at its Bristol factory after employing surface preparation specialist Wheelabrator Group to relocate a shot blast machine it supplied and installed 20 years ago.

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  Solvent Emissions Directive (1st November 2006)

UK manufacturing and engineering companies using carcinogenic solvent trichlorethylene could face prosecution under new legislation, warns, Clive Ward, general manager of the Clean-Tek product range at surface peparation spec

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  Cleaning up your act (1st July 2006)

Whether manufacturing and refurbishing components or undertaking preventative maintenance on plant machinery, cleaning plays a pivotal role.

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  Flushing out inefficiencies (1st July 2006)

Meltham Mills Engineering is strengthening its operation with a trio of new Clean-Tek B60 basket type washing machines from Wheelabrator Group.

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  Better manufacturing control (1st May 2006)

Construction equipment manufacturer Thwaites has laid the foundations for further success by investing in a new shot blasting plant.

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  Shot peening investment (1st March 2006)

Wheelabrator Group has completed a £500 000 investment in premises for its specialist shot peening product range, Impact Finishers.

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  Economical finishing (1st March 2006)

Surface preparation and finishing equipment specialist, Wheelabrator Group has launched a new range of economically priced, entry level machines. The SmartLine range features seven new machines including air, shot and suction blast technology.

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  Production revs up (1st January 2006)

The Wheelabrator Group has provided new surface preparation and finishing equipment to turbocharger manufacturer and reconditioner, Holset Engineering.

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  Cleans small items (1st January 2006)

The latest range of aqueous machines from Wheelabrator Group are designed for metal part washing, degreasing and drying in small to medium batches.

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Uniform Finish (1st January 2006)

The Walter Trowal MV21 from Wheelabrator Group is a compact, vibratory finishing machine designed for small batch working and processing of complex geometric shapes, such as wheels, gearboxes and cylinder head covers.

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  Dry blasting (1st July 2005)

An automatic dry blasting machine for the surface preparation and finishing of cylindrical and other rotationally symmetrical items has been introduced by Vacu-Blast.

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  SUCTION-FED BLAST CABINETS (1st May 2005)

Othy, in Cheltenham, makes surgical instruments.

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