Boom in business
March 1st 2008 A British engineering firm reports
an impressive £5m worth of new
business. Thompson has secured
contracts for seven new friction
welding machines from many of
the top international makers of
construction machine components,
including Caterpillar.
The machines are specially
designed to friction weld a variety
of hydraulic cylinder piston rods in
a wide range of diameters from 20
to 130mm.
Four of the machines have been
supplied to customers in Europe,
the United States and the Far East,
including two Caterpillar plants.
The remainder will shortly be
delivered to manufacturers in
South America and Asia.
Thompson's engineering team
has developed a series of new
machine features that include
environmentally-friendly, low
energy and quiet-running drives
and a new linear track system for
streamlined operation of the weld
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