hydrogen electric vehicles

Are Hydrogen-Electric vehicles the way forward?

Are hybrid hydrogen electric vehicles the way forward? Pure electric vehicles will need an extensive infrastructure of charging points – is this realistic? People with no off-road parking cannot realistically have a cable running across the footpath to charge their cars. Also, can our grid provide the necessary electricity-generating capacity.

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Testing of Epoxy Insulation Coatings on Busbars

Epoxy powder coating is a great way of insulating complex busbar shapes. At Electropak, we use the Resicoat range of coatings and SolEpoxy DK7-20H for higher-temperature applications. Epoxy insulation coatings are widely used for busbars due to their high mechanical strength, excellent adhesion, and resistance to environmental factors. However, the quality

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Welders In Preston

Coded Welding: New Certification

At Electropak Ltd, investing in our people is a main priority, meaning we now have fully certified, coded welders for butt and fillet TIG welding in 2.0mm to 4.0mm thick mild steel. Our team of coded welders demonstrates the skill, experience and knowledge that goes into parts manufactured by Electropak

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Powder Coater

Second Power Coating Paint Plant Now Open

Electropak Ltd have now built a second plant for the insulated coating of busbars at their Bushell Street Mill site. The new plant has been designed specifically for the application of Resicoat HLG03R; the two paint plants working together will double our capacity for the coating of busbars.

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Brazing silver contacts onto copper parts

Silver Soldering – What Is It?

Very often on moving contacts, a silver contact tip is required on a copper parts. The silver tip is used to minimise the risk of arcing when switching high voltages. Here at Electropak Ltd, our highly skilled team of engineers can braze or silver solder the silver contact to the

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AS9100 Rev D

A guide to paint and powder coating

Once parts have been created for machinery or structures, often it’s required that they are given a durable finish, with the right colours and branding, so they’re fit for purpose. Within certain industries, such as automotive, military, and aerospace, these coatings need to be as robust as possible in order

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what is sheet metal fabrication

A guide to sheet metal fabrication

What is sheet metal fabrication? Sheet metal is metal which has been manipulated to become thin sheets in order to be bent and cut to create structures and forms. Sheet metal fabrication is the process of utilising these ‘sheets’ to bend and cut into those structures. What are the stages

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alstom driverless trains

Self-driving technology: Alstom’s trains

Dutch infrastructure operator ProRail and Rotterdam Rail Feeding (RRF) are on board with Alstom to begin Automatic Train Operation (ATO) tests in the Netherlands this year. This is an exciting time both for Alstom and for the driverless technology industry as a whole. The hope is that the tests will

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