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New Products
As schools are required to focus on
efficiency, the first changes to the
classroom are starting to be seen
The Audit Commission
believes that schools can
save £400 million a year by
being more efficient.
Safety comes first
One company has
responded by developing a
low-tech student-centred
A leader in vinyl safety flooring, resistance to soiling and staining.
approach which is delivering
Gerflor offers solutions for a diversity The super flexibility of Tarasafe
remarkable results.
of sectors including education, sport flooring makes for ease of
An example of this is a
and industry. The company’s installation and coving while hot
biology lesson which focuses
Tarasafe range comprises eight welding is simple for a water
on the body’s internal
products, which provide the highest impervious finish. For industrial
organs. Traditional schools
levels of underfoot slip resistance, kitchens and other areas of high slip
have a skeleton at the front
hygiene, performance and risk, Tarasafe Super, a specially
of the class for students to
aesthetics, while its Taradouche enhanced non-slip floorcovering, is
come out and place organs
shower system is a complete and recommended. Where high sound
in what they think is the
safe solution for the shower room. insulation is required, Tarasafe Ultra
correct place.
Tarasafe’s dense construction Comfort achieves -16 dB.
Ellison have developed a
and deep inlay of carborundum Anti-bacterial and fungicidal
machine that allows teachers
particles provides permanent slip protection is included in the
to produce cut-out skeletons
resistance, making it HSE compliant multilayered calendered or flexible
using dies. And, of course, it
and ensuring a group T (K5) wear homogeneous calendered
is not just skeletons and
rating with suitability for heavy compacted floorcoverings which
organs that can be
traffic commercial use. Sanosol
®
make up the Taradouche range.
produced. Models can be
anti-bacterial and fungicidal An embossed wear layer provides
made of dodecahedrons, the
treatment is incorporated in all safety for barefoot traffic.
solar system, 3-D and
products and some have the added
movable animals, dinosaurs, uukeducation@ellison.com
benefit of SparClean
®
surface uwww.gerflor.co.uk
the list goes on. u0871 222 2277
treatment for extreme u0870 2647 581
Koolkut helps Museum Service preserve and restore
W
hen Hampshire Museum Service needed a
better way of cutting sheet materials, Sagetech
Industries' Koolkut KK12 rose to the challenge.
The Museum Service restores artefacts and builds display
and interactive installations for sites across the county.
Materials include MDF, plywood and acrylics, until recently
cut on a table saw or with a circular saw on a workbench.
Mark Holloway, Senior Conservator, Social History,
recalled the problems: "Positioning heavy sheets
horizontally on the table saw or workbench was a two-
man job, as was cutting them. Sheets needed to be
marked up before sawing, and on the bench repositioning
was normally necessary at least once during cutting."
A vertical panel saw was the obvious solution, but
budgets and workshop space were limited. Finding the
right machine could be difficult - most saws were too
expensive and bulky. The Koolkut range stood out,
however: "They're remarkably compact," Mark observed,
"And the prices are excellent."
The Koolkut has made a huge difference. "Sheet cutting
is now a one-man job," Mark observed. "Sheets can be
carried vertically, and once on the saw, they're fully
supported by the frame. Previously, large sheets required at
least two people." Cutting is also now faster, thanks to the
Koolkut's built-in scales, and safer, too.
"We're impressed," Mark summed up. "The Koolkut is
robust, accurate, great to use and excellent value for
money. I'm happy to recommend it."
uwww.sagetech.co.uk
u0118 970 1950
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