Warren Smith JP, Her Majesty’s
Lord
Lieutenant
of
Greater
Manchester, presented Metalube
Ltd with a Queen’s Award for
Enterprise in International Trade.
The Lord Lieutenant was welcomed
and thanked by Metalube’s founder
and managing director, David Lee,
who said what a proud day it was
for him and the company. Mr Lee
also thanked all the Metalube
employees for their hard work and
commitment to the company. He
conveyed how pleased he was to
welcome members of the team
to Irlam from China, Brazil, India,
Hong Kong and Malaysia.
The company is very much a
family business with three sets
of fathers and sons amongst the
team working for them – and this
was apparent at the presentation,
with three generations of various
families there to witness the proud
ceremony.
Based in Irlam, Greater Manchester,
Metalube also has offices in China,
India and Brazil.
Metalube Ltd – UK
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Warren Smith JP, Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, with Metalube managing director David Lee at the awards ceremony
Having seen Uhing rolling ring
drives in operation at its hose
manufacturers, BAS was attracted
by the combination of elegant
simplicity,
robust
performance
and ease of adjustment offered by
Uhing’s products; vital requirements
for successful long-term operations
in such a remote and inaccessible
location.
As part of a project to research
the history and current-flow of the
West Antarctic Ice Sheet and its ice
streams, BAS required a winding
machine capable of handling nearly
two-and-a-half kilometres of 44mm
diameter hot-water drilling hose
which will be used to carry hot
water to melt holes through the ice,
allowing instruments to be left in the
sediments and ice, to measure their
motion and enable researchers to
better predict future sea levels.
To facilitate the layering of the hose on
the winding reel, Techna specified a
Uhing ARG4-60-0MCR1FLZ5X rolling
ring drive assembly to be mounted on
the winder.
The unit was easily incorporated into
the winding machine being fabricated
by ABLE Engineering. With a stroke
width of almost four metres and side
thrust of 2,000N, the inclusion of a
load carrier on the assembly mitigates
the bending and twisting moments
inherent in such a large machine,
increasing longevity and reducing
requirements for maintenance, at
typical
operational
temperatures
between -2
o
C and -20
o
C.
After successful trials in the UK,
which ‘impressed and delighted’
BAS engineers, the completed
winder is currently on board RRS
Ernest Shackleton headed for Halley
Research Station. After weathering
the Antarctic winter on the Ronne Ice
Uhing drives Antarctic research
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Uhing ARG4-60 rolling ring drive/assembly with
load carrier. Photo: Keith Makinson, BAS
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