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COVER STORY


Made in Yorkshire: Pennine Industrial invests in machinery


“Investment over the last three years has added new ranges of conveyor chains to Pennine’s existing product range. This includes High Speed Conveyor Chains, a part Stainless Steel Chain and Castle Chain”


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Pennine Industrial has continued to invest in new CNC machinery for its plastic division as well as purchasing


a number of custom made assembly machines for its Conveyor Chain department – even during the uncertainty forced on all of the UK’s manufacturing sector over the last 18 months by Brexit. The latest investment in the plastic division increases


capacity by about 15%. But equally important is the new four axis facility, allowing Pennine to manufacture more complex components as well as manufacturing existing parts faster and with less operations. Many of the custom machined plastic parts are used in the material handing industry on conveyors, packaging


equipment and on agricultural machinery. However, one of the largest sectors is bakery, meat processing and food manufacturing, with components being manufactured in food grade UHMWPE – Nylons – Acetals - PTFE and Polycarbonate. Also stocked in the warehouse in Yorkshire is one of the


largest ranges of UHMW Polyethylene Extrusions which give outstanding resistance to both impact and wear. Most of the range is FDA/USDA approved for direct contact with food. In addition to the standard grades, a range of antistatic


and lubricated extrusions are available for more demanding applications. Pennine Industrial is now in its 51st year of business. Alongside its plastic division, you can find the UKs leading manufacturer of Silent Inverted


Tooth Conveyor Chain and Inverted Tooth Transmission Chains. Investment over the last three years has added new ranges of conveyor chains to Pennine’s existing product range. This includes High Speed Conveyor Chains, a part Stainless Steel Chain and Castle Chain. Both the part Stainless Steel Chain and Castle Chain contribute to reducing thermal shock when high temperature glass comes into contact with the steel surface of the chain. These new ranges of Conveyor Chain are also manufactured at Pennine’s facilities in Huddersfield.


Pennine Industrial Equipment u www.pennine.org


Innovative mobile robots rely on Kaydon bearings from RA RODRIGUEZ Q


-Bot is using high-precision Kaydon thin-section bearings from R.A. Rodriguez (U.K.) Limited on the wheel hubs of intelligent mobile robots that spray insulation foam to


the underside of suspended floors. With this advanced solution, Q-Bot improves the health of buildings, reduces energy usage and paves the way for a sustainable construction industry. In total, the company uses 10 Kaydon bearings per robot.


Established in 2013, the mission of Q-Bot is to transform the built environment by


becoming the global leader in robotic and AI systems that apply materials in order to construct, maintain and upgrade buildings. To drive this ambition, Q-Bot has developed a robotic solution that can fit through a small opening and spray insulation in situ without having to deconstruct the house.


Of course, the reliability and performance of Q-Bot mobile robots is only as good as


its component parts, which is why the company undertook comprehensive research before committing to a supplier of wheel hub bearings.


8 May 2021 | Automation “The working environment for our mobile robots is usually dirty and confined,”


explains Chris Hamblin, Senior Engineering Manager at Q-Bot, which has its headquarters in Wandsworth, London. “As a result, the robots must be robust and powerful, yet adopt the most compact form possible.”


Each robot, which measures just 400 mm wide by 550 mm long, features four wheels


with 200 mm diameter tyres. Manoeuvrability is a key feature for installation success: the robot must navigate around obstacles and be sufficiently adaptable to reach the optimum spraying positions.


R.A.RODRIGUEZ (UK) LTD. u 01462 670044 u info@raruk.com u www.rarodriguez.co.uk


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