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Tube Products International November 2015
www.read-tpi.comproducts & developments
Cutting edge technology closes the gap
Asset International Ltd, a UK water
management solutions company, has
made substantial investments in two
CNC cutting machines for use in its
manufacturing facility in South Wales.
The investments will help ensure that
Asset, which produces Weholite large
diameter plastic pipes, continues to
offer safe, efficient and cutting edge
productivity.
Asset International took the decision
to invest £350,000 in a variable angle
band saw and a CNC gantry miller, as it
seeks to capitalise on, and consolidate,
recent growth. Before making such a
large investment, an internal taskforce
was set up to establish safer and more
efficient methods of working. After
identifying specific machines and tools
that suited the purpose, they embarked
on fact-finding missions to Sweden,
Turkey and Germany to ensure that the
final investment was sound.
The saw, manufactured by German
company Eugen Riexinger and
commissioned in June 2015, allows
for an extreme level of accuracy and
precision. The computer-controlled saw
cuts variable angles and curved radii
in pipe sizes up to 3m diameter and
lengths of over 14m.
As well as quality and efficiency
improvements, the saw contributes
benefits to health and safety, such as
elimination of working at height and
substantial reductions in exposure to
vibration.
The CNC gantry miller is a versatile
machine that allows endless cutting
options and has already allowed Asset
to develop new water management
products that provide unique solutions
for the housing sector.
Weholite
products
are
used
throughout the water management
and construction industries, both in
the UK and internationally. Industry
sectors include flood defence,
housing, sewerage, biogas, drainage,
marine solutions, venting, ecological
heating and cooling, and engineered
SUDS.
Asset International Ltd
– UK
sales@weholite.co.uk www.weholite.co.ukDixon rings
Ranging in size from a quarter to a
sixteenth of an inch, Dixon Rings
can be packed in their millions into
distillation columns, producing an
increased surface area for filtration.
They have traditionally been used in
difficult applications such as removing
tritium from water, but specialist filter
manufacturer Croft Filters has carried
out extensive research, uncovering
further uses for them, such as counter-
current absorption (also known as
scrubbing columns), which scrubs CO
2
from the air or flue gases.
Due to advances in technology and
automation of many manufacturing
processes, Croft Filters states that
Dixon Rings are now widely regarded
as being superior to other packing
options, as they offer an extremely low
pressure drop, low height equivalent
to a theoretical plate
(HETP) and a large
surface area, making
them suitable for use
in a wide range of
applications.
Other uses include
extracting Galantamine
from daffodils, which
is used to treat
Alzheimer’s disease; removing particles
or gases from renewable energy
production, industrial processes and
chemical, medical and hazardous waste
processing; and stripping – a physical
separation process where harmful
contaminants from industrial processes
are removed from waste.
Croft Filters has 29 years of experience
designing and manufacturing filters to
many industry sectors in the UK and
overseas. Working with a wide range of
materials, the company’s experts offer
consultancy on any aspect of mesh
filters, filter elements and filter housings
to help meet individual filtration
requirements.
Croft Filters
– UK
sales@filters.co.uk www.filters.co.ukCNC gantry miller