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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


Managing Editor Neil Mead


Assistant Editor Heather Ramsden


Advertisement Manager Alex Wetton


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Production Controller Gemma Dunmill


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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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