David Brown Engineering web site, latest news and contact details

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Lockwood
Huddersfield
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UK
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Listing of all 49 news releases from David Brown Engineering:

Gear redesign boosts motor power

Wider gear teeth and heavier and harder-wearing bearings combine to produce a 20% improvement in output from a given footprint.

News from David Brown Engineering ( 7 April 2008)

Huge gear ordered for Armenian project

User application article When manufacturing is complete David Brown's huge gear will be dismantled and shipped to its Armenian destination in four parts.

News from David Brown Engineering ( 6 March 2008)

Chassis dynamometer systems gain new flexiblity

User application article Screwjacks enabled Cirrus Technologies to compete in the chassis dynamometer market for vehicles as varied as the Ford Ka and the F350 pick-up.

News from David Brown Engineering ( 5 March 2007)

Screw jacks are essential in insulation production

User application article Benzlers is shortly to complete its seventh order in just over a year to Muenstermann, the international drying plant specialist.

News from David Brown Engineering ( 2 October 2006)

Upgraded couplings increase mill safety factor

User application article The raw mill unit at Cemex's South Ferriby cement plant has undergone several upgrades over a period of years, and the company contacted David Brown regarding an analysis of the drive train.

News from David Brown Engineering (28 September 2006)

Mill gearbox upgrade contract is renewed

The contract for the refurbishment of coal pulverising mills at Drax power station has been extended.

News from David Brown Engineering (17 August 2006)

Custom gears keep compressor going offshore

User application article David Brown showed that it can bring its unique brand of service to the offshore industry in a critical contract.

News from David Brown Engineering (17 July 2006)

Conveyor upgrade is ahead of schedule

David Brown is ahead of time with its management contract to overhaul and upgrade the massive conveying system at Australia's Yallourn power station in Victoria.

News from David Brown Engineering (20 June 2006)

On-site services solve tricky problems

Manoeuvring a 3m-diameter 23t gear for Blue Circle Southern in Australia is just one example of the resourcefulness regularly shown by David Brown's on-site services team.

News from David Brown Engineering (19 June 2006)

Gearboxes drop in to upgrade mill capacity

User application article David Brown Engineering has supplied five large gearboxes and pinions to JSW Steel in India in the first stage of a major upgrading of the company's hot strip mill facilities.

News from David Brown Engineering (19 June 2006)

Gearboxes drop in for speedy upgrade

Tarmac's Buxton Lime Quarry has replaced the gearboxes on its wash drums with the minimum of modification, thereby speeding up the installation and limiting production downtime.

News from David Brown Engineering (12 June 2006)

Customised gearbox aids extraterrestrial search

User application article Cone Drive enlisted the help of sister company David Brown to upgrade the shutter motion of the world's largest optical and infra-red telescope.

News from David Brown Engineering ( 9 June 2006)

Apprentice scoops prize at Maintec

Aaron Williams, an apprentice at BPI Films, Leominster, has won an iPod Nano, courtesy of a competition held at Maintec 2006.

News from David Brown Engineering (14 April 2006)

Just 48 hours from a gearbox

Gearboxes available off the shelf in the UK following a deal struck with distributor that should reduce delivery times to less than 48 hours.

News from David Brown Engineering (10 April 2006)

Show offers educational opportunity

David Brown found the recent Maintec 2006 show was the perfect opportunity to launch DB Uptime - its new asset management service.

News from David Brown Engineering ( 6 April 2006)

Asset management for heavy process industry

Asset management service comprises value-adding maintenance options - from strategic spares management agreements through to full performance-based structures with guaranteed equipment availability.

News from David Brown Engineering (28 March 2006)

Gearboxes aid aluminium production

User application article Gearboxes deliver increased power and torque at aluminium mill yet occupy the same footprint as the existing gearboxes while reducing installation downtime.

News from David Brown Engineering (15 March 2006)

Gearbox replacement at quarry

User application article Heavy duty conveyors at the Dove Holes limestone quarry are being upgraded on a rolling programme that has already seen the installation of 10 David Brown Engineering Series G helical gearboxes.

News from David Brown Engineering (11 January 2006)

Programme responds to power industry demands

The need for a massive increase in power generation to meet the demands of South Africa's growing economy is also driving an advanced customer service programme by David Brown Engineering.

News from David Brown Engineering (11 October 2005)

Replacement box provides operational flexibility

User application article Federal Mogul Friction Products has upgraded its heavy duty mixing operation using a David Brown Series G gearbox as part of a solution created by Jackson Power.