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Synchronised jacking system for precision tilting on research flumes
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...
Waterways and water management projects
Drive Lines are involved in waterways management projects throughout the UK, supplying electro-mechanical solutions with extensive success, with a range of industry leading products for practical, large and small scale water management and offering environmentally friendly alternatives to hydraulics.
Explore our waterways and water management pages for case studies and product recommendations
Screw Jack Application- Raising Cathedral Floor
“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 […]
Screw Jack Application- Elavating Bridge Defeats the Flood
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 […]
7th Century Cathedral goes New Age
NCTS Ltd employed Drive Lines Technologies Ltd to assist in updating and improving the frontage of Ripon Cathedral, set in the heart of North Yorkshire
R+W Product of the month – Metal Bellows Couplings
Metal bellows couplings are especially suitable for highly dynamic direct drive applications. The stainless-steel bellows compensates for lateral, axial, and angular shaft misalignment with very low restoring forces and accelerates with a low moment of inertia.
Grob Linear Chain helps transport containers quickly.
A lifting and lateral-pushing system is a space-saving solution which allows truck drivers to load and unload containers without the need for additional team members or forklift trucks.
Linear chain application story – lifting table
Linear chain is a space saving solution for significant lift
Grob Linear Chain – freezer case study
A New Zealand manufacturer uses innovative cooling technology and utilises the Grob Linear chain, suited to sub-zero temperatures, for processing
R+W Heavy Duty Safety Couplings
For the project a special ST2/100 safety coupling was selected with a disengagement torque of 80,000 Nm
Multi Aircraft Type Shoring System (MATSS)
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.
Business Continuity in 2021
Information on how Drive Lines continue to protect customers and partners through the Coronavirus Pandemic, and the ongoing impact of Brexit on shipping.
What’s the difference between a ball screw and a lead screw?
In a recent conversation with a customer one of our technical engineers was asked which would be best suited to a specific application; a ball screw or a lead screw. We recognised that this is a question we’ve been asked a number of times in the past – and will no...