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Sliding Systems Engineers at FDIC, Indy
Thursday, 30 April 2015
by Jon
Sliding Systems engineers have returned from a very successful week in Indianapolis and the FDIC fire show. Both customers and suppliers, old and new, were pleased to see us and laid out the usual hospitable welcome. FDIC is the spiritual home of the US fire market and 30,000+ firefighters descending on the city is a
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Aircraft Grade Aluminium – The New Standard For Vehicle Drawers
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
by Jon
Recent moves away from strong steel slides to lightweight aluminium profiles have been necessary to reduce vehicle payloads and increase corrosion resistance. This is particularly evident in the fire truck market, where increasing demand for space has lead to more drawers to store ever increasing amounts of specialist kit. More drawers mean more weight and that’s
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Some Very Special Vehicles
Wednesday, 04 March 2015
by Jon
Sliding Systems were approached by a global market leader in emergency vehicle builds with very exacting requirements, which they were unable to source locally. We have the widest range of extreme duty slides available anywhere, so our Technical Director Jon Lye saw this as a personal challenge – * ”We were tasked with providing ten
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Duraslide Australia now has buy online facilities
Monday, 22 December 2014
by Jon
Our Australia and New Zealand supply chain partner, McNaughtans, has launched the Duraslide buy online website. This enables Southern Hemisphere customers to purchase locally from a stocked warehouse. Following from the success of our own ProMounts webshop, eventually our full range of slides, handles, tilting drawers and tool mounts can be stocked down under. This
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Happy Christmas from ProMounts
Friday, 19 December 2014
by Jon
Our warehouse staff have been busy keeping up with the online order demand and Christmas holidays are looming. These are today’s orders awaiting packing and despatch. Our last shipment out in 2014 is Tuesday 30th December, then back to regular deliveries on our return Monday 5th January. The Sliding Systems/ProMounts team wish our customers, from
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The first 7040 slides roll off production
Monday, 03 November 2014
by Jon
Today we have despatched our first order for 7040 slides from the ULTIO range. With a 150% extension, 250kg loading and stainless steel bearings as standard, this is an important addition to what is already the widest range of telescopic slides available from a single source.
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Sliding Systems Launches ULTIO At Motek, Stuttgart
Monday, 13 October 2014
by Jon
Sliding Systems’ engineers have just returned from Motek International trade fair for automation in production and assembly. This is the first time we have showcased our full product range and it caused quite a stir. Needless to say that the ULTIO slides had a lot of attention. Group Technical Director, Jon Lye, explains the concept
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Sam Shaw Engineering Project
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
by Jon
Occasionally we get to help an aspiring student with a design project and in this case it was a self lifting bike rack. Sam Shaw approached us with his A2 Extended Project Qualification with a view to studying engineering at university. A year later we have the finished product and it’s pretty damned good. Sam
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Cross Roller Bearings For Aircraft Seating
Thursday, 11 September 2014
by Jon
An order for Radial 3213 slides is waiting final release and shipping. In this case it is to a global aircraft seat manufacturer. We cannot use ball bearings on these projects as the requirement is for deflection free extension and the slides must handle high levels of torque when extended. The cross roller bearings have
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ULTIO Range Now Available
Tuesday, 09 September 2014
by Jon
Two years worth of development work have finally concluded with the first four ULTIO slides available on our website to download and in a few weeks order online. Due to investments in production capacity we are able to completely revolutionise the process which heavy duty, cold drawn steel slides have been manufactured in the past.
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