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Drives & controls... 18. Choosing the right gearbox 19. When worn transmission chain sprockets need to be replaced
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Finishing... 24. Machines clean up motorcycle brake disc rotors
Plant & process engineering... 27. Overcoming process industry challenges 29. How to keep costs down when faced with rising material prices
Industrial cleaning...
21. Cabinet washer keeps components pristine 22. Burnishers offer high performance at an affordable price
Industry news 5. Manufacturing recovery on track but prices soar 6. Manufacturers encouraged to widen their portfolios
FACTORY FOCUS: PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT
13. Bending automation helps shape future for Californian fabricator 15. iPads used to improve efficiency 16. Five-axis waterjet cutting machine boosts angle valve specialist
Features
Energy management... 8. Energy savings via HVACR insulation
Ask the expert... 9. Visual workplaces give growing businesses a competitive edge
Health & safety... 10. How to keep abrasives as safe as possible
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Next month... Features in the June 2011 issue of Factory Equipment will include: Compressed air • Handling & storage • Health & safety: Environmental • Tools & tooling • Factory focus: Thermal imaging
Factory Equipment MAY 2011 3
MAY 2011 SOLUTIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL EFFICIENCY PLANT & PROCESS ENGINEERING
Overcoming process industry challenges
DRIVES, CONTROLS & TRANSMISSIONS
Choosing the right gearbox
INDUSTRY FOCUS Production equipment
Combilift Straddle Carrier for cost effective handling of containers or oversized loads
INSIDE: LATEST ISSUE OF MATERIALS HANDLING & LOGISTICS COVER STORY
Structural steelwork contractors and fabricator Caunton Engineering has taken delivery of one of Combilift’s newest products, a Combilift Straddle Carrier, which is being put to very effective and space saving use in the storage yard of the company’s premises in Nottingham
Combilift Ltd., Co. Monaghan, Ireland UK Tel: 07870 976758
www.combilift.com Turn to page 7 for more details
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