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as is gas instead of electric heating. Other optional accessories include steam extraction, automatic refill, an oil skimmer or separator and a detergent dosing unit. A manually operated spray lance with its own impeller pump can also be supplied, allowing particularly awkward soils to be removed. Alternatively, temporary use of the equipment as a manual spray booth is possible.
Bench-top ultrasonic machines Completing the exhibits at the show will be models from their range of bench-top ultrasonic cleaning tanks, which can be used stand-alone, as bench-mounted units or as part of an integrated modular cleaning system. Available in a variety of sizes, they feature a welded stainless steel tank, double lid with thermal and acoustic insulation, thermostatically controlled
indirect heating in the side walls, and an electronic control with digital time / temperature display. A level guard cuts off the
heating and ultrasonics if there is insufficient liquid in the tank.
More information on Turbex Ltd Kasto celebrates its 170th
Manufacture of multi-level warehouses for storing and retrieving bar, tube, sheet and other material automatically, and production of an extensive range of sawing machines for cutting material accurately, are the two specialisms of the German firm,
Kasto, whose UK subsidiary exhibited at MACH 2014. The group, which has recently entered its sixth generation of family ownership and management, is celebrating its 170th anniversary this year. Better known for its high
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performance sawing products, the company has been actively promoting its workshop / dealer range of machines during the past year. The programme comprised of, smaller bandsaws, circular saws and hacksaws and MACH 2014 was the first time that
all three ranges will have been shown at a national exhibition. Aimed at jobbing shops, they are designed alongside the company’s high-end sawing machines and are manufactured at the company’s factory in Schalkau/Thueringen. The saws range from pull-down
models priced at a couple of thousand pounds to automatic machines costing ten times more. During 2013, marketed under the slogan ‘quality for all budgets’, and supported by a new website they accounted for 35 per cent of sawing machine sales by value in the UK, up from 20 per cent the previous year. The three models on display were the KASTOfunctional U bandsaw with length stop arrangement, the KASTOradial M6 circular pull- down saw, and the KASTOhbs1 power hacksaw.
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