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Rail Industry Stories From Around The World – June 2015
Crossrail Completes 26 miles Of Tunnelling Workers on Crossrail – described as Europe’s biggest construction project – have finished 26 miles of tunnelling under the Capital. Tunnelling began in 2012 and continued 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Eight tunnel boring machines were used to create the 6.2 m (20 ft) diameter tunnels. […]
ETS Pulls No Punches Supporting Supplier Colleague
A year ago Sean Boyd – Procurement Manager at Keltbray Aspire – weighed 19 stone. He says his life consistent of beer, cigarettes and kebabs. Roll onto 2015 and Sean has lost an amazing five stone. He’s now adding the pounds in another way by fundraising through boxing. Sean began his new fitness regime after […]
Power Cable Accessories Supplier ETS Helps Restore Power To West End
Leading power cable accessories supplier ETS Cable Components, and cleat manufacturer, Ellis, pulled out all the stops to help restore power back to the West End after a major underground fire. Thousands of people had to be evacuated and many theatre performances were cancelled when flames started shooting out from an inspection cover in Holborn […]
ETS Staff Supporting The Alzheimer’s Society
Staff from our Midlands Project Office were again proud to be involved with the annual Cannock Chase Alzheimer’s Society Memory Walk, with this year proving to be the biggest event yet. Organisers and ETS volunteers alike are celebrating after numbers doubled for last weekend’s event. More than 1,100 took part, which is almost double the […]
Cembre Update Product Range With New Hydraulic Crimpers
Cembre, the internationally renowned tool cable tooling manufacturer, has recently launched two new 18v cordless battery operated hydraulic crimping tools. The new B500E and B1350-CE are designed to replace the B51 and B135-C crimping tools respectively. Main Features The new tools represent a significantly advantageous evolution of the popular B51 and B135-C tools. The main […]
Q&A: What are the differences between crimp connectors and mechanical shear-bolt type connectors?
Question: What are the advantages or differences between using mechanical connectors over the traditional crimp connector system? Answer: Crimp connectors have been popular for many years, but mechanical connectors with bolt heads, which shear off once a certain torque, are becoming universally acceptable. The advantages a modern mechanical connector has over crimp connectors are: They […]
