Concrete Grinding Ltd (CG) has just successfully completed a large joint repair contract at Howden Joinery in Northampton. Howden Joinery offers a range of kitchens and joinery products, complete with a full range of accessories.CG has established a long standing and extremely good relationship with Howden Joinery for over 10 years. Some of the joint repairs at the Howden Joinery premises in Northampton are over 10 years old and are as good now as the day they were completed. This is something CG is extremely proud of. If Howden have had any problems with their floor they have had the confidence to call in CG to offer advice and perform any repair work necessary. This has been seen as a rolling maintenance programme.
Energy and fuel conservation has been one of the worlds most talked about topics for a number of years. Whether it be the need to conserve fuel and increase the MPG from your car, or simply turning off the lights and appliances when you go to bed to save energy, companies, organisations and governments the world over are all pushing efficiency initiatives and their green credentials. This drive has stimulated the growth of innovations for UK based manufacturer Midland-ACS.
Updating to the latest monitoring systems which provide more reliable, more accurate data and eliminating time consuming physical overspeed tests associated with mechanical systems, were the important benefits achieved at Fawley Power Station, following the installation of SENSONICS monitoring equipment. The RWE Npower, Fawley facility is an oil fired power station providing 1000MW of generating capacity and a key facility within the UK 
For process manufacturing companies, the replacement, repair, servicing and maintenance of electrical equipment that is located within a potentially explosive atmosphere, is often time consuming and costly.Today, around 65% of all electrical maintenance carried out is corrective action and 35% is preventive. With preventive maintenance, more than 50% of all apparatus serviced is not actually broken.
The Huco Dynatork MS worm gearbox with integral torque limiter is a great product for safeguarding machinery and the people that operate it. It stops rotation of the low-speed shaft whenever the stall torque exceeds the calibrated value of the internal torque limiter. Of course, in the event of a power cut this safety gearbox effectively locks and in the majority of applications this is an appropriate consequence. For others however it is a disadvantage.