An insulation jacket manufacturer with an appetite for digitalisation has ramped up its use of automation technologies for manual production processes thanks to help from the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre.
Powertherm Contract Services Ltd makes thermal insulation jackets for the power generation and petrochemical industries; relying largely on a hand-crafted process due to the bespoke nature of the designs and the varied application of its products. The Sheffield-based company purchased an Eastman CNC ply-cutting machine to automate some of its time-consuming processes, such as the…
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