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News Release from: Precision Pipework | Subject: Plastics fabrication
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 December 2002
Inhouse need lead to plastics
fabrication division
Requirement for corrosion resistant pump bedplates which, while obtainable from outside sources, were found to be expensive so this company set up its own plastics fabrication division.
Requirement for corrosion resistant pump bedplates which, while obtainable from outside sources, were found to be expensive in relation to our needs and also entailed a long lead time In the course of normal thermo-plastic pipework repairs and installations the need for PVC thermal welding has been a normal day to day operation for about ten years, that being the situation, the company asked itself, why not thermal weld poly-propylene?
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 29 Nov 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Having examined and replaced poly-propylene pipework systems fabricated/repaired by others did inspire confidence in our ability to carry out this type of work, employment of John Watts as a general engineer opened our eyes when he informed us that plastics fabrication had been his main duty at his previous employment.
Our new premises at Horn Hill, Lowestoft had ample space to create a plastics fabrication bay, in fact the new bay is larger than our former workshops total working area !.
Purchases of band saws, sheet cutting equipment and, in particular, state of the art speed welding guns allowed us to fabricate all manner of rectangular tanks.
Commissioned to build a 5m x 2m x 2m observation tank for scientific use, was the forerunner to complete production lines for the metal plating industry, since then the production of acid, effluent and water treatment tanks has heralded an expansion of the plastics operation.
The latest product offered is a poly-propylene battery box, essentially designed for siting on the bridge area of merchant ships for the emergency power supplies from four 12V batteries.
Unusual jobs to date: Chemical dosing kiosk- 3 tier cake stand-display stand-standpipe covers.
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