The steps involved in water jet product manufacturing may seem obvious. It’s a non-thermal cutting method involving high-pressure water. We explore subtle insights from industry insiders. The main reason to seek out water jet product manufacturing services is often that this is a cold-cutting process. The absence of heat can make a huge difference to… Read more »
In the race to find cost-effective, 100% accurate and high-performance wheels for industrial machines, trolleys and conveyors, are custom polyurethane wheels or rubber the winner? We have the answer. The use of rubber to mould parts dates back hundreds of years, and it has been used to create tyres since the 19th century. Not surprisingly… Read more »
There are various names and applications for no crush wheels, and also numerous reasons to specify polyurethane versions. What is involved in specifying them? There are times when the lightest of touches, and minimal friction or pressure, are core values for how wheels operate within machinery and equipment. That runs alongside ensuring they are… Read more »
If you need to specify an industrial roller finish for your manufacturing process, this article explains why polyurethane rollers outperform other materials. The humble roller fulfils a multitude of roles while coping with ‘heroic’ levels of pressure, friction, and potential environmental interference. It is generally a component that needs to rotate on a central axis… Read more »
Mud flap design and performance play a pivotal role in ensuring industrial vehicles and machinery are H&S compliant, operational, and able to deliver on productivity targets. We look beneath flap specs. One of the most important reasons to specify polyurethane for any prototypes – and significant consignments of parts – is this material’s unrivalled tensile… Read more »
When keeping the wheels of industry turning, balancing cost-efficient parts with superb performance and durability isn’t easy. We show how rebonding polyurethane wheels achieve these aims. The humble wheel serves a multitude of vital roles within industrial equipment. Often under intense pressure in terms of speed, load, and sources of friction. Specifying wheels correctly –… Read more »
A standard rubber polyurethane bush or, PU bush, plays a vital role in vehicles and machinery. However, specifiers are increasingly requesting a polyurethane alternative, as polyurethane bushes offer significant advantages. An engineering ‘bush’ serves a number of crucial purposes, involving connecting two parts in engines and other machinery. Reliability and accuracy can be serious safety… Read more »
Wooden seating and decorative metal railings became a feature of UK villages, towns and cities. However, new needs and materials changed the answer to ‘What is street furniture?’. If you asked a Victorian person ‘what is street furniture?’, you would get a radically different answer than from an urban planner today. The materials available to… Read more »
The superb edge-finish you get when you slice through materials using pressurised water is common knowledge. What is sometimes less discussed, is metal cutting with water jet technology. Water jet cutting machinery is often associated with intricate designs and a way of engineering accurate prototypes, parts and structures from materials with tensile properties that don’t… Read more »
Shrouded in myths – and controlled by rigorous handling and quality standards – there’s a type of polyurethane that’s ideal for specialist applications, called MOCA. But what is MOCA polyurethane? The best suppliers of polyurethane structures, parts and components never stand still – just like the wheels, cogs and spindles they engineer! For Custom Moulded… Read more »
