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How the World's Biggest Toolbox Can Help Your Business

by Jon Whitehouse

This is a toolbox that would need a weightlifter, not a maintenance engineer, to lift it, so it’s lucky it’s available online. It is, quite simply, the widest range of metal cutting tools available, from one of the world’s leading tool manufacturers.

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Don't Let the Facts Get in the Way of a Good Story

by Richard Ludlam

The media loves a good innovation story that offers us a glimpse of a bright new shiny future. The recent electric cars story is a case in point. The BBC, and to be fair all the major media organisations, went full tilt at a government announcement about setting a target to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2040 and force everyone to buy electric vehicles. 

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Sewage, Getting to the Bottom of It ..

by Richard Ludlam

When customers contact ERIKS for a quotation, they obviously know what their basic problem is that needs addressing. They often also have the solution in mind, even if they don't tell us as much.

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Should You Repair, Replace or Upgrade?

by Simon Whitehouse

Did you know that ERIKS has a dedicated In-house gearbox repair service available for all gearboxes from all manufacturers, located in Dudley, West Midlands? But wherever you are and whatever your gearbox issue, the ERIKS Gearbox Technology Centre can help.

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UK Skills Gap Widens, Threatening Productivity Levels

by Mark Carpenter

Festo Training & Consulting’s recently published research, ‘People & Productivity’, shows that over the past three years, skills shortages have increased in the UK industrial sector. 84% of businesses experienced skills shortage in 2016, compared to 75% several years ago.

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Watch and Learn with ERIKS e-Connect

by David Manning-Ohren

The more data you gather from monitoring your critical assets, the more you can learn about their condition, behaviour and performance. And the more you know about those, the more time and money you can save on maintenance and repairs, and the more you can reduce downtime and increase uptime. So what’s the most effective way to keep tabs on your assets?

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Hazard Free Engineering Adhesives

by Jon Whitehouse

Protecting our workforce and environment through ever tightening health and safety rules has a double edge.  Of course, it’s in everyone’s interests but for those whose job it is to evaluate the suitability of hazard-labelled products against process needs and company policy, tougher legislation means a lot more work.

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SKF Speedi-Sleeve Avoids Need for Expensive Repair of Seal-worn Shafts

by James Goodgame

Protective sleeve from SKF fits over radial shaft to prevent abrasion – in the same way that a screen protector prevents damage to an expensive mobile phone.

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There's Nothing Mechanical About Automation

by Andrew Weaver

To successfully automate a process or part of a process, suppliers need to offer a tailor-made solution, not a 'mechanical' response with existing components, straight out of the box or off the shelf.

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Listening to the Voice of The Machine

by Andy Silver

If you’re familiar with Parker, you know they have been manufacturing components and subsystems for industrial equipment for a long time. One hundred years to be exact.

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