Tufnol’s Sales Admin. Assistant – Courtney Williams, sat down with us for the latest in our ‘Day in the Life’ series,to talk about what she typically gets up to on a day-to-day basis working at Tufnol, and the things she enjoys most about her job: What does your job involve? All the sales admin tasks,…
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In the latest of our ‘Day in the Life’ series, we talk to our CNC Machinist, Andy Jeavons about what he gets up to on a day-to-day basis working at Tufnol, and the things he enjoys most about his job: What does your job involve? Machining parts. Its my job to make sure that orders/parts…
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We talk to our Production Administrator Charlotte Goddard about what she gets up to on a day-to-day basis working at Tufnol, and what she enjoys most about being at the company: What does your job involve? My job involves, communicating with customers regarding progress of orders and to advise of any potential delays or problems.…
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Tufnol Composites has supplied specialist products to the state-of-the-art bridge across Scotland’s Firth of Forth, the Queensferry Crossing. Isolation washers manufactured from Tufnol’s high performance glass laminate are forming preloaded connections with the bolts that attach critical components to the bridge construction and have been specially designed to cope with the forces that will be…
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Diamorph Group are thrilled to unveil a fresh new rebrand, to ensure our colleagues and customers receive the very best communication and collaboration! The Diamorph Group consists of brands that are well known for their material science innovation and proven performance in arduous real-life situations, as well as in-house manufacturing and R&D. We use our…
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TUFNOL reduces wear and prolongs stylus performance. Produced from Carp brand TUFNOL, these master patterns can be used repeatedly for the copy-machining of precision forging dies, without need for stylus regrinding after each operation. Accurate to within 0.0015 in., the TUFNOL laminated plastics patterns are used on this electronically controlled ‘Nassovia’ copy miller, at the…
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TUFNOL etch baskets are giving four times the life of their metal predecessors at the Derby works of Rolls-Royce Ltd. The baskets, which are constructed of Whale brand fabric base TUFNOL sections, are used to hold components while they are immersed in a solutions of hydrofluoric-ferric sulphate. This process reduces the size of the metal…
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The weight of the cast-iron piston in this horizontal, wet vacuum pump caused excessive wear of the lower section of the pump cylinder. The problem was solved by replacing the cast-iron unit with a piston made from Whale brand TUFNOL, fitted with piston rings of the same material. Further modifications included replacing the original gland…
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The 42-ton rudder of the 45,000-ton P&O passenger liner Canberra is supported by Bear brand TUFNOL pintle bearings. This material is quite capable of accepting the great lateral stresses involved in this type of application. Bear brand TUFNOL is also used in the propeller shaft intermediate steady bearings of Canberra. This graceful vessel was built…
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The slender main support columns in Coventry Cathedral will excite comment for many years to come. Whale brand TUFNOL inserts form an integral part of these columns that visitors will never see. The steel tensioning ropes pass through the manganese bronze bases beneath the columns. The TUFNOL inserts prevent electrolytic action between the steel ropes…
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