Case Studies

When a new solution for an aircraft fuselage shoring system was required by a major North American aircraft manufacturer, Support Air turned to HMS Engineering and Drive Lines Technologies for experienced support and knowledge of all things mechanical lifting and fabrication. The Multi Aircraft Type Shoring System (MATSS) is a modular aircraft ...

From flood prevention to resource protection, water represents one of today’s biggest ecological challenges. Tilting flumes are increasingly providing engineers with a key tool in the research of hydraulics and sedimentology. The latest products from Armfield offer the greatest levels of versatility, thanks to an automated jacking system supplie...

When an internationally recognised automation company needed to develop a new product for the Aerospace industry it required a professional supply partner with quality products …so it chose Drive Lines Technologies Ltd. Bosch Rexroth Ltd, part of the Bosch group, based in Cirencester, has designed and built an innovative Vertical Personnel Plat...

Drive Lines Technologies were recently part of the manufacturing and design process for part of the Ipswich Flood Defence Management Scheme (FDMS). Hunton Engineering Ltd. were commissioned to provide Volker Stevin contractors with a mitre gate solution with flap seals, designed to protect against flood risks. As part of the new multi-faceted...

Cable lapping tape and twine supplier Cable Tapes UK is poised for growth having installed seven new taping machines as well as a state of the art duplex slitting machine. To ensure the highest levels of productivity and reliability, the company has upgraded the specification of these machines by fitting them with hysteresis brakes from Drive Li...

Wertheim on the Main, Germany is an historic city dating back to the Middle Ages. Plagued with flooding over the centuries from the River Tauber, the residents of the town sought an inexpensive measure to reduce damage to the area. For 45 years a footbridge, built in 1967 from steel beams with a wooden deck, over the Tauber has had to be regula...

The latest in printing technology, the FL-3 flexographic printing press from Edale is now in production, with thanks to Drive Lines Technologies Ltd. Drive Lines, UK distributor of power transmissions solutions, were approached by Hampshire-based Edale  to help develop a precision drive solution for their new FL-3 flexo press. Edale’s new FL...

Drive Lines Technologies Ltd aerospace expertise and experience helps to build the world’s largest hot drape former! Autoclave & Industrial Controls Ltd, part of the AIC Group based in Poole, designed and built the new hot drape former costing $2.7million for a Chinese aerospace manufacturer in Shanghai.  Hot drape formers are used to pre-f...

“Now every cathedral will want one!”…….as the judges of the Natural Stone Awards said when they saw the retractable altar platform in Lichfield Cathedral floor. The 38m2 floor surface can be raised 300mm, in two stages to form a platform for Sunday services. At other times, especially when a concert is being staged, the area sits level with the...