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Masterflex at The North Pole   – April 9
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Masterflex at The North Pole   – April 9

For details of Masterflex cold & hot temperature hoses (From -60°C to +300 °C), please, continue to the end of the article or visit http://masterflex-uk.com

Who reached the terrestrial North Pole first on April 9, 1909? No, it wasn’t Masterflex, but Robert Peary, his partner Mathew Henson and four Inui.

Nobody lives at the North Pole, it’s just a patch of a frozen ocean:

patch of a frozen ocean

A patch of a frozen ocean

But there is life, in the Arctic Circle where conditions that we think may be considered too tough for us, in the outer reaches of the Arctic Circle, Inuit tribes live there in northern Canada and Alaska.

Life and the Svalbard reindeer - Masterflex Hoses

Life and the Svalbard reindeer

They are living together with the arctic fox, Svalbard reindeer, polar bears and other beings.

Arctic fox | Masterflex Hoses

Arctic fox

Birds including, guillemots and puffins can be seen around the north pole.

Arctic puffins - Masterflex Hoses

Arctic puffins

Penguins live in the south pole, but auks are like penguins that can fly are seen in the Arctic Circle.

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Alert only 817km away from the North Pole, a tiny settlement neighbouring the city of Edmonton is one of the most inaccessible spots on the planet and the northernmost settlement on earth.

Edmonton - Masterflex Hoses

Edmonton

Alert is a unique settlement in Canada with weather conditions the main obstacle for tourist.  Visiting the Quttinirpaaq National Park, by tourists, is probably the only attraction thing to do when visiting Alert. The park, with amazing scenery, has wolves, polar bear tracks, musk ox, hare, birds, flowers and more.

And when there is life, there is Masterflex… Masterflex offers products that are suitable for temperatures at the North Pole.  Three of our popular products include the Master-Clip CAR, the two-layer Master-Clip ISO-CAR (vibration friendly) and the bestselling Master Clip Silicone:

Master-Clip ISO-CAR
Master Clip Silicone

Applications

  • The suction of engine exhaust fumes up to max.+300 °C
  • Low-pressure range
  • Extractor units
  • Exhaust gas extraction (esp. diesel engines)
  • Hot and Cold air
  • Smoke extractors

Properties

  • Hardly inflammable
  • A high tension-proof connection of wall-lining and spiral via special clamp mechanism
  • Highly flexible
  • Extremely compressible to approx. 1:6
  • Abrasion-resistant

Temperature Range

  • From -60°C to +300 °C (Exhaust temperatures) with appropriate use if exhaust regulators and sufficient air supply (approx. 50%)
  • Peaks to +350°C*

If you’d like to learn more about our, then please don’t hesitate to leave a comment or call us on 0161 626 8066

Prince of Wales Business Park Units G & H,

Vulcan St,

Oldham OL1 4ER

Important Facts About Farming & Agricultural Spring Hoses, by Masterflex Technical Hoses, That You Should Know!

Important Facts About Farming & Agricultural Spring Hoses, by Masterflex Technical Hoses, That You Should Know!

By Sami

For further details of Masterflex agricultural hoses please visit: http://www.masterflex-uk.com/

SPRING: March 21 – June 20

Spring Farming Hose

Spring Farming

Spring has still had been a very exciting time for most of us, with all that snow, sledging and it has been very hectic for farmers this year!  Numerous cold blasts have been hit, recently, from the Beast from the East, Storm Emma and most recently the Mini Beast from the East. Now another blast of cold is expected across the nation and the country could remain cold and wintery up until the second half of April!  The good news for farmers is that the worst of weather conditions have gone.  Farmers, throughout the UK, have been praised for their efforts to help stranded motorists and clear roads after the “Beasts of the East”.

Sheep Farming - Climate System Hoses

Sheep Farming – Climate System Hoses Can Be Provided

Below are some more interesting facts, that British farmers, should be praised upon:

  • In the UK, there are nearly 280,000 farms.
  • 30 million football pitches are equivalent to 20 million hectares of UK’s farmland.
  • British Farms produce 60% of all food eaten in the UK.
  • 20 million eggs are supplied by British farms, to make none million loaves of bread.
  • Wheat, the most common crop grown in the UK, is planted on two million hectors of land.
  • Half a million tonnes of potatoes are produced every year, by farms, enough to cover 120,000 football pitches.
  • More sheep are produced, in the UK, than any other country in Europe.
  • 60 million pints of milk is produced, in the UK, which is enough to fill over 15 Olympic swimming pools!
  • A tractor, in a whole week, can do work of 100 men.
  • To produce one tonne of paper, two tons of timber is required.
Wood & Timber

Wood Cutting

All the above applications require Agricultural Hoses and many of them can be provided by Masterflex Technical Hoses Ltd.

Hoses are used in farming machinery for achieving important tasks, such as drilling, spraying plants, seed preparation, clenching, liquid manuring, milking and more.

grass machine hose

Grass Machine Hose

Masterflex provides a number of different types of hose, that can be used for various agricultural tasks, for example:

  • Feeding & seeding systems
  • Air /stable climate system

In farming, there are many applications, such as the transportation of seeds, animal feeding, stable ventilation and cooling, pneumatic machinery, where spring hoses are required.

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Grain & Feed is one such application – at Masterflex Technical we recognise that things can get complicated for the farming community, with more diverse ways of creating earnings than traditional methods of farming. Two of our best-selling products, in agriculture, are Master Pur L Trivolution and Master Pur H Trivolution. These are just some of the types of hoses, for farming and agriculture, you may require.  We have other made to order hoses and custom hoses for both suction and delivery with properties including, water resistance, smooth bore, excellent abrasion resistance, microbe, chemical resistance, crush resistance, kink resistance and more!

If you require more information on what kind of hoses for farming / agriculture we can, then get in touch on 01616268066, email us or visit our website: http://www.masterflex-uk.com/

 

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Three Stages of St. Patrick’s Day, by Masterflex Technical Hoses Ltd, That You Never Thought Of!

For details of Masterflex Wander hoses, please, continue to the end of the article.

St Patricks Green Beer

St. Patrick’s Day has gradually become one of the most important days, for both the British and the Irish, where thousands of people in large cities celebrate for a very long day of jollity.

Here are the three stages, of St. Patrick’s Day, that go through over the day and the following!

 1. The Silence before the storm

There is a quite peaceful period, in the air and people can be seen getting ready for partying. Roads are clean, and everything seems normal and silent.

 St Patricks Silence

2. The Mass Meeting Litter

Thousands of tourists, locals and beer bottles, every year, cover streets of big cities; cities such as Liverpool, Dublin, Derry, Belfast & Birmingham.

St Patricks Mass Meeting Ireland

Figure 2 Baggot Street, in Dublin, punters sing songs.

Patrick’s Day is one of the busiest days of the year, with bottles and cans getting kicked out-of-the-way as thousands of people, most in green hands, make their way from pub to pub.  Revellers can be spotted urinating on walls of laneways, besides portable urinals being supplied and not meeting demands.

3. Road Sweeping, The Post-Apocalyptic Aftermath

Major clean-ups being after St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in capital go into overdrive every year.

After more than eight hours of partying, important parts of large cities are transformed into a post-apocalyptic wasteland.  After the event, a major clean-up is planned to take place in the cities, the following day to clean up piled rubbish on streets. Unsung heroes wake up the next morning to clean up the whole mess using road sweeping machines and their hands.

St Patricks Aftermath

Figure 3: The Streets of Dublin after St. Patricks Day.

Major events, such as St. Patricks day, happen very often in big cities; it seems like more and more waste appears on our streets.  Litter, broken glass, discarded chewing gum, dropped food are all major contributors to increased demands, performance and durability of street cleaning Products.

Road cleaning requires major clean-ups after parades, so road re-opening is long even in major cities like Birmingham. Several roads, in Birmingham, remained closed from 6.30am until approximately 4 pm the following day of 2017 Parade.

People look forward to St. Patricks Day parades, but the parade crowd can’t be stopped from littering. As litter pile up on the streets, the massive clean-up operation is always underway across cities where Council workers struggle to cope.

Road Sweeping with MasterFlex Technical Hoses Ltd.

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There is a range of Streetmaster LF Wander Hose, for road sweeping machines, that we can provide at Masterflex Technical Hoses Ltd:

Available within days of ordering.

Microbe resistant polyester polyurethane hose, reinforced with encapsulated PVC coated high tensile steel wire helix. PU thinness ca. 1.0mm.

  • Made in the UK
  • Extremely Abrasion Resistant
  • UV and Ozone resistant
  • Highly Flexible
  • Compressible
  • Lightweight
  • Bore sizes, ranging from, 100-400mm

Our hoses are available to order by councils, businesses and for non-commercial use in a variety of application: from automotive to the military.

If you’d like to learn more about our Wander Hoses for road sweeping vehicles and for leaf and grass collectors or other hoses, then please don’t hesitate to leave a comment or call us on 0161 626 8066

Prince of Wales Business Park Units G & H,

Vulcan St,

Oldham OL1 4ER

http://masterflex-uk.com

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Will you be rooting for Team GB at the 2018 Olympics?

imagesThe Winter Olympic are due to kick off later this evening in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  More than 2,000 athletes from 92 countries across the world are set to take part in some spectral events in the attempt to win medals and pride for their Country.

Will Team GB be able to Ski Jump to victory or maybe they will be able to stake rings around their components not to mention the cool runnings of the Bobsleigh team.

Masterflex will be cheering on Team GB.  I’m sure they will do us proud.

Come on team GB – let the games begin!

Masterflex Technical Hoses Limited
Units G & H, Prince of Wales Business Park,
Vulcan Street, Oldham, OL1 4ER
Tel: 0161 626 8066     Fax: 0161 626 9066

Monday – Thursday: 8 – 5pm – Friday 8- 2.30 pm

Email:sales@masterflex-uk.com  or www.masterflex-uk.com

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Munich – 60 years on – remembering the “Busby Babes”

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On 6th February 1958, the aircraft carrying the Manchester United football team, its staff, journalists and supporters crashed, killing 23 of the 44 passengers.

United had just beaten Red Star Belgrade and where on their way home from Belgrade when they stopped at Munich Riem Airport for re-fueling.  With a blizzard blowing and vision poor, the aircraft attempted to take off 3 times, but a layer of slush prevented the aircraft from taking off and it crashed into a fence and hit a house.  Twenty passengers died on board, and three died later in hospital. Forever remembering the Busby Babes 60 years on.

Masterflex Technical Hoses Limited
Units G & H, Prince of Wales Business Park,
Vulcan Street, Oldham, OL1 4ER
Tel: 0161 626 8066     Fax: 0161 626 9066

Monday – Thursday: 8 – 5pm – Friday 8- 2.30 pm

Email:sales@masterflex-uk.com  or www.masterflex-uk.com

 

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Providing hoses for automotives!

images (2)On the 27th September 1908 the first production of the Model T (also know as the Tin Lizzie), left the factory. This automobile, invented by Henry Ford, was to change our lives forever!!!

Did you know that Masterflex manufactures hoses to suit many automotive applications ranging from street cleaning, agricultural machinery to formula 1?

We also manufacture hoses to suit a wide range of applications for use in the Chemical and Industrial Markets.  The products used in the Hose Industry, vary from polyurethane ducting (eg Streetmaster LF) to high temperature ducting (eg HT1100).

Should you require any further information on any of the hoses that we manufacture, please do not hesitate to contact our helpful Sales Team on 0161 626 8066 or email Sales@masterflex-uk.co.uk

You can also check out our website at Masterflex.com.

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Still singing ten years on!!!!

Masterflex would like to congratulate Karl “The Singer” Summerscales.

Karl has reached his ten year mile stone working as part of a dedicated team for Masterflex Technical Hoses.  He has managed to entertain us all with his singing and his uplifting spirit.

Employed as a Hose Technician, Karl is responsible for manufacturing our many different types of hoses, from Flamex BF to HT1100, made to suit the requirements of our Customers.  Masterflex would like to take this opportunity to thank Karl for his hard work, loyalty and entertainment!.  Mr David Collier (Managing Director), presents Karl with a token of Masterflex’s appreciation.

Congratulations Karl……….keep on singing!!!!

Masterflex Technical Hoses Limited, Unit G & H, Prince of Wales Business Park, Vulcan Street, Oldham.  OL1 4ER

Telephone No: 0161 626 8066

Email: Sales@masterflex-uk.com

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Results day for GCSE’s

It’s an anxious and nervous day for all the Girls and Boys today, as the GSCE results are here. Introduced to the UK in 1988, the GCSE was to replace the “O’Level” and the “CSE” examinations.  One of the main changes consisted of two years of coursework, which was to contribute towards their final results.

After revising, taking the exams and then relaxing over the summer, today is the day all their hard work has hopefully paid off!!!

Masterflex would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the best of luck and we hope you get the results you wish for.  The next decision will be what to do next????

You may decide to have a career in the Motor industry, Construction, Woodwork, Medicine, Food or maybe the Military, to name but a few. Here at Masterflex Technical Hoses we have manufactured and supplied hoses for all of these industries. For further information, please check out our website or simply call our friendly Sales Team on 0161 626 8066. For a copy of our ISO Certificate just click on the link.

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Time for some repairs………Big Ben will be silent for several months!

What an iconic Landmark and probably the most famous clock in the world, Big Ben.

Big Ben is the giant bell in the belfry of the Elizabeth Tower at the Palace of Westminster, which has been overlooking our Capital City of London, for over 151 years, and has become a very popular tourist site.

Cast at Whitechapel Bell Foundry on the 10th April 1858, the famous clock is now in need of some repairs due to cracks in the masonry and corrosion to the cast iron roof, so whilst the construction and mechanical works are to be carried out, there will be no more chimes during this period.  So at 12.00pm on the 21st August there will be no more dongs……..!!!!!

 

Here at Masterflex Technical Hoses we supply many different types of flexible ducting for Construction and Mechanical purposes.  Feel free to check out our website or contact our friendly Sales Team by ringing 0161 626 8066 or emailing sales@masterflex-uk.com

 

 

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Masterflex receive the IS09001 2015 Accreditation!!!

Masterflex would like to take this opportunity to thank Colin Dawson, our Quality Representative, for his hard work and dedication in up grading our Quality Management System to comply with the requirements of BSEN 9001 2015.

As one of the leading UK Manufactures of flexible hoses and ductings, we are committed to ensure that the manufacture and supply of our products are carried out to a standard that exceeds the expectations of our Customers and our interested Parties.

The Company also aims to continually improve our services and maintain a high degree of Customer satisfaction.

Should you require a digital copy of the Certificate, you can now download this via our website at www.masterflex-uk.com . There you will also see the various hoses and ductings that are available.  These included Abrasion-Resistant Suction, Food and Pharmaceutical, Exhaust Gas Hoses, Temperature – Resistant Hoses up to 1,100°C, Chemical-Resistant Hoses and many more.

If you can’t find what you are looking for on our Website, please ring our dedicated Sales Team, on 0161 626 8066 or alternatively you can email: Sales@masterflex-uk.com or info@masterflex-uk.com