Titanium Foils – From Space to Scottish Highlands
It’s Summer, or at least it is supposed to be but with temperatures struggling to reach double figures you perhaps would not know it. Never the less, many people come spring like to get out at weekends and feel liberated…
The True Versatility of Stainless Steel Strip
The aesthetically pleasing bright silver appearance of stainless steel is seen all around us. The fashion for clean lines and shiny surfaces has created many uses for stainless steel in our architecture and fittings and fixtures from shopping centres to…
Precision Steel Coil; The Heart of Manufacturing
Avocet began trading in 1996 and back then steel was still big business. The Midlands was well served by manufacturers of a full range of steel products from plates to beams, sections tubes and strip and many customers to consume…
Embrace The Future But Respect The Past
It’s no wonder that people find it hard to keep up with technological change. Consider the 3 laws that govern this change; Moores law states that computer processor capacity doubles every 2 years – this has been true since 1970….
Brexit No Deal?
The howl of despair from manufacturers was almost audible this week as the Government announced its intention to consider a “Managed No Deal” as a solution to the current Parliamentary impasse over the Brexit deal with the EU. “Managed No…
Ideas and Values – Small is Beautiful
In 1973 Ernst Schumacher published a fascinating little book “Small is beautiful “ in which his proposition was that – Man’s current pursuit of profit and progress, which promotes giant organizations and increased specialization, has in fact resulted in gross…
What is the meaning of the term ‘Quality’ ?
Customers often say that they take quality for granted or as assumed. The dictionary defines ‘quality‘ as – “the standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something.” This definition implies…
Foils For Li-Ion Batteries
“Phew what a scorcher”, “the hottest summer since ‘76 “, “hosepipe ban!”, “Hotter than Greece”. These have been the headlines this summer of 2018. Clearly something is afoot with drought conditions and forest fires in Greece and the USA. Conditions…
The Versatile Titanium Foil
Take a walk in any High Street, order a cocktail in a fashionable bar or just stay at home and watch the football but in each place you will see that Pogonophilia is bang on todays fashion. Boys and girls…
Sailing Through The Air With Stainless Steel Foils
Looking up at the huge turbine I am dwarfed by the scale and enormity of the fan blades. The classic spiral pattern on the dome shaped spinner is mesmerising. It is hard to imagine that soon this aircraft will be…