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Meet the Kadant UK process solutions team
ive highly accomplished engineers create Kadant UK’s process solutions team. Its main priorities are to service Europe, South East Asia and the Middle East with steam & condensate handling systems to increase productivity, lower carbon footprint and reduce costs.
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Rob Parker - Engineer Manager - Rob was an accomplished engineer when he began his career at Kadant UK in 2007. He had a large array of knowledge of the paper industry and steam systems due to a previous apprenticeship and a degree in mechanical engineering specialising in thermo-dynamics. Rob is now Engineer Manager of the process solutions team and is responsible for the development of large scale industrial technical solutions and
Colin Stretton - Project Draughtsman - Colin brought with him 20+ years of experience within the industry when he joined Kadant UK in 2013. The majority of Colin’s work is within the paper and board industry and he considers the good variation of projects as one of the best things about working at Kadant UK. He has listed his goals for 2018 to be ‘project driven’.
The process solutions team at Kadant (l to r) Colin, Daniel, James, Rob and Mohammad
managing the design office located in Ilkely, UK. Rob states, “The best thing about working for Kadant UK is the variety of technical challenges and the opportunity to travel the world.”
Mohammad Qasim - Senior Systems Engineer - Mohammad (Mo) had a peculiar start to his career at Kadant UK in 2003. After graduating from Hertfordshire University with a bachelor’s degree in computer- aided engineering, Mo worked in a factory packing fruit juice for six months. He was determined to gain a job in engineering and offered to work as an intern at Kadant UK for two weeks to prove his skills and knowledge and was soon hired full- time. Since then, Mo has focused on creating unique steam system solutions for customers in all
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epresented in the UK by Jarshire Ltd, Svecom PE has created a new business unit
- Svecom Carbon Fiber - which builds on experience gained over 50 years in shaft production combined with the new technology of carbon fibre. Offering high stiffness, high tensile strength, low weight, high chemical resistance, high temperature tolerance and low thermal expansion, the new technology reduces shaft body weights whilst providing high mechanical performance. The process takes place in a new production plant where shafts can be manufactured to meet customers’ requirements.
Carbon fibre pneumatic lug shaft - The carbon fibre pneumatic lug shaft is recommended for unwind and rewind applications when using cores. It will increase productivity when compared to existing steel shafts as, being lighter in weight, it can be carried by a single operator without assistance and run at higher critical speed.
Designed to suit maximum cores of 400mm diameter and up to 6000mm in length, the shaft has two important features:
• The lug seats are made of new technology high-strength steel designed to avoid any possibility
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territories and increasing his knowledge by getting his hands dirty at any opportunity.
Daniel Guanes
Montehermoso - Project Design Engineer - Daniel is the newest member of the process solutions team joining in February 2018. He attended university in his native country of Colombia gaining a degree in mechanical engineering before moving to Leeds, UK to be closer to family. Daniel works with SolidWorks software to construct 3D graphics of the steam system schematic that is proposed for customers’ applications. The digital blue prints are then implemented by a third- party construction team. Daniel believes the best part of his job is going on site to see his 3D drawing being installed in real life.
James Hattersley - Project Draughtsman - A draughtsman for a glass refracting company and a point-of-sales plastic display one are some of the roles that James held before being hired at Kadant UK in November 2011. He gained a bachelor’s degree at the University of Huddersfield in computer-aided design in engineering before entering the industry and brings with him 11 years of knowledge and skills related to being a project draughtsman. Similar to both Daniel and Colin, James uses SolidWorks to create 3D configurations for the paper and tissue industry. His goals for 2018 are to work towards ‘improving the continuous workflow of projects and help implement new 3D technology into the company’.
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Now carbon fibre shafts and rolls are available from Jarshire
of surface
cracking, and to distribute the load
uniformly over the whole carbon section.
• The carbon fibre body ends have a specially designed steel-carbon interface to safely transmit the torque through the steel journal ends.
Idler carbon fibre rollers - With a wide range of surface treatments, these non-expanding rollers utilise the carbon fibre technology to produce rollers up to a maximum diameter of 400mm,
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maximum length of 6000mm and can be designed to meet exact
requirements.
Carbon fibre pultrusion shaft - In conjunction with USA affiliate Goldenrod Corporation, Svecom has developed an extremely rigid, lightweight carbon fibre shaft in the easy-to-use multiple bladder design. Long high modulus carbon fibres, wetted with epoxy, are kept straight and pulled through voids in the aluminium profile. After
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