The future is here – the future is blue! The brand new, patent pending, low friction u-bolts Our first line of U-bolts with a rubber shroud were the ever popular 1108 series. A basic rubber sleeve and pad added to the U-bolt to act as an insulator These U-bolts are Read more…
Louise is a crafty lass, she makes glass handles/knobs for draws and small units and she uses our M4 threaded bar to help She said “I will melt glass on to a sleeve which is screwed on to the handle and shape it and once its been kiln fired unscrew Read more…
We have recently been making some foam pipe purge dams Pipe purge dams are basically a foam pipe cleaning pig with an addition. The addtion is a metal tube (either copper or stainless steel) So, what are they for? Well they are used when welding pipes. A standard foam pig Read more…
We were recently asked if we manufactured exhaust pipe clamps in Stainless Steel. We already supplied in the more standard Bright Zinc Plated variety. It sounded intriguing. There are obvious benefits of course, not least of which is the longevity compared to BZP So we went ahead and made some, Read more…
As a manufacturer do you ever find your products used in a way you never dreamed of? We are starting to build up a catalogue of these – to help tell the story Recently a gentleman bought an M30 stainless steel nut – but he only wanted one, so I Read more…
First some common definitions of the two words in the title: Nominal: as expected or planned; normal Bore: diameter of a tube / pipe So, putting those together we would expect “Nominal Bore” to mean the expected diameter of a tube – but within the realms of pipe support systems Read more…