Plant Equipment Feature Library
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07/10/2019
Going to great lengths
The Historic Dockyard Chatham, situated on the River Medway in Kent, has been handed funding for conservation and repair works to machinery within its working Victorian Ropery. OE’s deputy editor made his way along the ropewalk to find out ...
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01/03/2010
Corus opens doors on high power gearboxes
Hybrid gearboxes, installed to open and close fume capture doors at Corus steelworks' iron desulphurisation plant in Scunthorpe, have proved
themselves strong, durable and capable of very high torque, despite low energy input.
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01/12/2008
Plant life matters
Although the cost of components - such as rolling element bearings, rotors and fasteners - in hydraulic pumps is usually very small, compared to the list price of the pumps themselves, the cost of stopped production and any consequential ...
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