Jon Whitehouse

High-Speed Developments

by Jon Whitehouse

The advances being made in High Speed Steel (HSS) cutting tools show no signs of slowing down, with Dormer Pramet’s Shark Line taps clearly setting the pace. 

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Loctite has Conveyor Belts Covered in Just Two Hours

by Jon Whitehouse

Life never quite works out how you want it to. Conveyor belt life is no exception.  If belt cover and carcass was to wear out simultaneously, you could say you have achieved optimum life. But in the real world instead of your dreams, that never happens. The belt cover wears through. The carcass stays intact. But the whole system’s life expectancy is compromised.

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Navigating Fixtures and Fittings when Cable Routing

by Jon Whitehouse

When on a job, tradesmen are always met with many requests from customers and a main one is that they do minimal damage to fixtures. This presents a common challenge for tradesmen: keeping customers’ fixtures and fittings intact when moving cables in floors or ceilings, which often requires electricians to route cables through small, dark gaps. 

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A Small But Clever Step Forward in Health & Safety

by Jon Whitehouse

Correct health and safety procedures alongside the right tools, make for best practice and these responsibilities fall to all those working on site. There are many problems facing workplace safety in the electrical industry, and it's time to take measures towards a solution.

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Cutting-Edge Bandsaw Service

by Jon Whitehouse

Next time you need a bandsaw blade of almost any kind, no-one looks sharper than L. S. Starrett. As an ERIKS supplier and preferred partner, Starrett can have a new blade manufactured and delivered direct to your site in just 24-48 hours.

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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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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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Cut with Confidence using Rocol RTD

by Jon Whitehouse

With 65 years of development and innovation, ROCOL RTD remains at the forefront in cutting performance, successfully serving the needs of the industry. The RTD range of hand applied cutting lubricants has a unique formulation, providing superior performance across a range of ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

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When is a Tool Control System Not a Tool Control System?

by Jon Whitehouse

When it's an engineer. It might not seem hard to spot the difference, but many manufacturers rely on engineers and operators to account for their own tools. It’s a simple system of tool control, but it’s hardly foolproof.

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The Dark Side of Lighting

by Jon Whitehouse

Working in the dark is dangerous. Tasks needs sufficient light on the subject for workers to be safe and to carry out the job in hand. But in an explosive atmosphere, the wrong light can be as dangerous as no light.

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