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Tube Products International November 2015

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products & 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.uk

Dixon 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.uk

CNC gantry miller