TOTAL WELDING AND CUTTING SOLUTIONS SINCE 1958 www.engineeringnews.co.nz 7 COMPOSITE MATERIALS – WHAT IS TUFCOT? KIWIRAIL/NCTIR LOOKS TO REGIONAL EARTHQUAKE WARNING As part of the Kaikoura rail and road rebuild, Jenlogix were commissioned by KiwiRail and NCTIR with the installation of the cost effective Palert Seismometer system to help provide warning of earthquakes in that region. The Palerts array circles Kaikoura. Jenlogix also provides data feeds from other clients’ units in the Christchurch and Wellington regions. Sites include Hanmer Springs, St Arnaud, Blenheim as well as KiwiRail's own sites. Costing from $2,850, each device ensures the system did not break the bank while still providing valuable, asset protection and potentially lifesaving data. The customised ‘live’ data enables KiwiRail operations centres to better manage risk. Enabling them to contact trains as appropriate. KiwiRail and Jenlogix also make their data available to GeoNet. Secure servers take KiwiRail and other clients data to create a shakemap within seconds of a quake. In addition, SMS text alerts are sent to KiwiRail and other interested parties. Jenlogix Phone: 09 579 6439 | sales@jenlogix.co.nz www.earthquakeearlywarning.systems/ Macplas Phone: 0800 506 407 | sales@macplas.co.nz www.macplas.co.nz Times are changing. Never before has quality welding and cutting equipment been so affordable, compact, portable and easy to use. More importantly, duty cycles have never been higher and power input requirements lower. With Hugong inverter technology you can weld continuously without the interruption of thermal overload, whilst using less than half the power of a traditional transformer machine. The range is generator friendly and compliant to ISO9001/ISO14001. Duroweld is a progressive privately owned New Zealand company which has been importing, selling and using Hugong welding and cutting equipment since 2005. “The product just gets better and better,” says Richard Mascull, managing director for Duroweld. “With fully synergic features now available, the most inexperienced user can easily set the correct parameters by following the on screen prompts.” With an extensive dealer network offering the largest range of welding and cutting equipment in New Zealand, Hugong has your welding and cutting requirements covered. Hugong customers are also covered by an unconditional three-year commercial warranty. Tufcot is a composite engineering material manufactured from synthetic fibres and thermosetting resins. All grades of Tufcot are available with solid lubricant incorporated. The various grades contain either graphite, PTFE or molybdenum disulphide dispersed evenly throughout the material, so that the wear of a components surface continually releases further lubricant. Tufcot offers the design engineer an attractive alternative to traditional materials used throughout industry for bushes, bearings, wear pads, and many more applications. Tufcot is a highly recommended composite material for use where other forms of lubricant are either not desirable, intermittent or nonexistent. In addition, in numerous cases where the maintenance of lubricant films is difficult this type of material has been found to give improved performance. The main benefits include: self-lubrication, no maintenance, high strength to weight ratio, minimal swell in water, low friction, easy Installation. Tufcot is ideal in helping with the engineering processes. Where the maintenance of lubricant films is difficult, Tufcot has been found to give improved performance. Duroweld - Call for your nearest dealer Phone: 0800 000 144 | Visit: www.duroweld.co.nz
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