Acorn Cumbria's New Offices
In Barrow-in-Furness

Acorn Industrial Services Ltd are an independent UK distributor of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul products (MRO) including bearings, power transmission products and engineering consumables. Our reputation for quality, both in service and products, spans some twenty five years. With many official distributorships of leading manufacturers, encompassing industry giants such as SKF, Goodyear and Brook Crompton, Acorn provides a broad range of products, with technical help and support to customers through a countrywide network of branches and specialist divisions.

Dave Moncrief, Acorn Cumbria’s Branch Manager, has been key to the branch’s success since Acorn opened our doors in Cumbria over two years ago. Dave, an engineer and industry specialist, with many years experience in sourcing engineering products for a broad range of businesses, commented, “It’s the unique mixture of engineering experience, product knowledge and close customer relationship, which sets Acorn aside from other distributors. Acorn’s strong principles on providing customers with the support they need are a very important part of our company’s philosophy and one which our customers really appreciate.”

Acorn has now moved to new offices in Barrow-in-Furness and has taken on another member of staff to meet growing demand.

New Telephone Number: 0845 602 3568
New Fax Number: 01229 833510
New Address:
Unit G7
Waterside House
Bridge Approach
Barrow-in-Furness
Cumbria
LA14 2HE

Acorn Cumbria are now distributors of Silverline - the ultimate in value.

Silverline tools include:

• Hand Tools
• Storage & Handling
• Safety / Workwear
• Power Tools Acc
• Hardware
• Air Tools
• Electrical Acc
• Torches
• Power Tools
• Apparel

Contact our sales department for further information on the above telephone number

Lubrication Systems Cut Downtime

You could cut costs and save valuable downtime by fitting a lubrication system.
Lubrication systems offer numerous benefits when it comes to machinery maintenance. Friction and wear are constant companions of systems and machines. Lubrication Systems provide a way of cutting your process costs and provide considerable increases to the service life of machinery elements. In addition to these benefits, controlled lubrication also makes a positive contribution to environmental protection by delivering the correct amount of lubrication only when needed. Vogel’s centralized lubrication systems and minimal quantity lubrication systems can cut the amount of lubricant you use.

Vogel manufacture:

• Centralized Lubrication Systems
• Minimal Quantity Lubrication Systems
• Spandau Pumps

Applications include:
food industry, machine tools, printing machines, textile machines, packaging machines, beverage filling plants, construction machinery, woodworking machines, presses, wind-power installations, chain lubrication, pneumatic tools, and many more.

Ambersil Essentials

Acorn are now able to supply
Ambersil products - Ambersil are a leading manufacturer of all types of aerosol sprays, from cleaning, adhesives and lubrication sprays to anti-corrosion and weld anti-spatter products.
With such a comprehensive range of aerosol sprays available from Ambersil, acorn can now supply all of your aerosol spray requirements.

Dave explores how inverters can power your way to greater energy savings

Motors are everywhere in industry and business. Since they power almost everything, from pumps and fans to compressors, they are serious energy users and, as a result, offer major scope for energy saving - which is where acorn can help.

One of the best ways to save energy with motors is to fit an inverter to units that need to operate at a range of speeds.

It can be wasteful to drive every motor at the maximum speed all the time. Inverters enable the motor to be driven at different speeds in order to match the load required by the equipment or application. This is important because lowering the speed of a motor by just 20% can save up to 50% in energy.

In addition to the huge potential for saving energy by slowing down the motor in many applications, the use of inverters has other important benefits, including:

• Improved process control and hence enhanced product quality
• Programmable soft starting, soft stopping and dynamic braking
• Wide range of speed, torque and power.
• Facility to control multiple motors
• Unity power factor
• Dynamic response comparable with DC drives
• By-pass capability in the unlikely event of failure.

Add these energy saving benefits to the energy saving tax incentives offered by the government and I’m sure you will agree the savings are not to be taken lightly. In a world where shrinking profit margins are becoming commonplace, the possible saving you can achieve, just by adding an Inverter to your electric motors, can contribute to running your business a lot more efficiently - not to mention doing your bit to save the environment.

Further information:

> Inverter Application tips

Esco Couplings
Esco celebrate 60 years in transmission solutions this year.
Esco offer a number of coupling designs including:

Maintenance free Disc type: EscoDisk
High capacity Gear type: EscoGear
General purpose: Escoflex & Esconyl
Specialised: Nexus Carbon Fibre,
MagnaDrive

Esco also provide help with problem solving and project support, specialised drawing and design programs and in-house test facilities

<Read Further>
How Couplings Bring Paper Machines Under Control

New Alliance

Acorn are pleased to announce a new alliance with IKO - a leading manufacturer of needle roller bearings and linear motion products.
The new alliance will enable acorn to offer a broader range of linear products from three of the top linear manufacturers - SKF, NB and IKO. Acorn’s Linear division now provides customers with an unbeatable choice of product, service and solutions for their linear requirements.