Industrial Equipment

A Simple Guide to Buying the Ideal Welder

Regardless of your motivation, needs or interests, if you’re a DIYer who needs some help on deciding which type of welding machine is right for you, you’re in the right place. Welding can be a great pastime hobby, as well as a very well paid full time job, due to the fact that it’s a profession that’s slowly going extinct, yet there is still a high demand for welders.

However, there are a few different types of welders, and depending on your requirements and expectations, the ideal one for you can vary. In order to understand which type of welder is best suited for your needs, you need to know how they differ from one another and what are the benefits and limitations of each type. There isn’t a single type that’s ideal for every purpose, so you’ll have to consider what matters to you most and what doesn’t. Read More →

A Simple Guide to What to Look Out For When Getting Commercial Shelving

If your profession or the industry you work in have to do with the transportation or storage of products, then it is more than certain that you either don’t have enough space or have some problems with organization that comes from stocking too large of a number of products. But thankfully, there are items like the commercial shelving that can help you both sort the products out better, while also giving you more room to manoeuvrer and place them or take them out as needed. Read More →

A Simple Guide to Buying the Proper Welding Cable

Both beginners and experts in welding ought to be aware about the key features that impact the choice of a proper welding cable. Depending on the type of job you are using it for, size is crucial for avoiding overheating and many other hazardous situations. To furthermore illustrate this, one might say that electricity is very similar to the flow of water through a hose – the bigger the diameter of the hose, the more water it can carry. For instance, a home-owner uses a smaller hose to water their garden, while the fire department uses a much larger one to fight fires. Read More →

A Simple Guide to the Usefulness of Gaffer Tape in Theatre

Gaffer tape or gaffer’s tape is believed to be named for the chief electrician responsible for the lighting on stage productions and film sets. Even though a lot of people confuse it with duck tape, the simple and easy to remember the difference between them is that duck tape usually has a backing made from vinyl or some other sort of plastic, whereas gaffer tape has a backing made from fabric.
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A Simple Guide to Measuring Tools Used for Surveying

Surveying is the profession and science of measuring and examining the dimensions and contour of the Earth’s surface for the purpose of creating a map, determining land boundaries, or constructing a building plan. In one form or another, surveying has been around throughout all of human history with some incredible evidence we can still witness – the pyramids of Egypt and Stonehenge in England.

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A Simple Guide to Forklift Accessories

Forklifts are probably the most important and commonly used piece of equipment in warehouse settings. A regularly serviced and well-maintained forklift can last for a few decades, which makes them one of the most worthwhile investments in the business. As is the case with many other pieces of equipment, accessories can make the forklift an extremely versatile lift truck. So if you have a fleet of forklifts in your workplace, equipping one or two with some accessories, can make them specialised lifting trucks that can handle tasks that a normal forklift otherwise couldn’t. Read More →

A Simple Guide to Automatic Wrapping Machines

If your business involves packaging as part of the production, then a wrapping machine is probably one of the easiest pieces of equipment to justify, use and maintain. This piece of equipment has the ability to single-handedly reduce the costs on material spent, labour and improve unitisation. If used properly, a wrapping machine will pay for itself in just a year or two.

Nowadays, there are automatic wrapping machine models that are considered high-performance, and they’re the most advanced models in terms of communication, control, load handling and film delivery. They’re ideal for high throughput production rates, and it’s recommended that they’re supplied by a professional supplier who will work together with you to ensure they’re used optimally. Read More →

A Simple Guide to Power Tools: The Cordless Option

Let’s face it, the world of power tools is vast, which can be a problem for the family handyman, and every DIY enthusiast, to choose from. Basically, by now you’ve thought this through, and are aware that every level of DIY has a type (petrol powered, corded, cordless) of tool adequate for it. Such if the case with the cordless type of power tools. Read More →

Features vs. Price: Guide on How to Choose a Laser Measuring Device

Forget the time when you needed to stretch out a tape from one point to another in order to read the distance between the two. Not only was this method extremely unreliable, but it also took a lot of effort and assistance from other people holding the tape. But as technology advanced to make our lives easier, so did the humble measuring tape started to become replaced by something more sophisticated – the laser measuring device. Read More →