Power Tools
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Hand & Power Tools – Buying and Maintenance Tips for DIY Enthusiasts

The most important distinction between tools is the one based on their power source. The basic household tools (screwdriver, wrench, hammer, clamp, handsaw) are hand powered. Slightly more intensive projects require tools powered by electricity, such as drills, grinders and circular saws. Industry or trade specific tools can use pneumatic, liquid fuel, hydraulic, and powder-actuation. Bulky or power intensive tools (like a table saw and demolition hammer) are stationary and need access to electrical power with a cord. Smaller tools are easier to manoeuvre with in tight spaces. They are cordless, are usually powered by a battery and come with a charger. Here’s a bit more info regarding the different types of tools, some buying, maintenance and safety tips.

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Our Tips for Improving Your Business with a Commercial Dough Mixer

Running a business is hard work for everyone – the owners, the managers, the employees. The top priority for managers is to keep employees and customers happy. And the best way to that? Investing in quality equipment that will help your business be more efficient and cut down on costs. So, if you are running a bakery or a pizza place, you have probably noticed that hungry people are impatient when it comes to their food. One interesting way that you can speed up and make that process easier is by investing in some of the great commercial mixers on the market.

commercial bakery ovens
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Starting with a Bakery: Tips on What to Focus On

Despite the awkward working hours and the threat to your waistline when surrounded by freshly baked goods on a daily basis, the job of a baker is surely an ideal one. And why wouldn’t it be?

You get to be productive, you have the freedom to be as creative as you want, coming up with recipes of your own with your favourite ingredients, you contribute to other people’s happiness which in turn contributes to your own happiness also and allows you to work on your social skills, meeting new people.

Important Reasons to Buy a Pallet Jack Lift Table
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Important Reasons to Buy a Pallet Jack Lift Table

Lift tables are ergonomic devices commonly used in industrial settings like warehouses to tilt, raise or lower workloads like pallets. They have a wide range of applications in manufacturing, distribution and warehousing facilities, including machine feeding and offloading, inspection, product assembly, offloading conveyor belts, quality control, and repair. These pieces of equipment can help increase the overall efficiency in a warehouse and take a lot of stress off of your employees who would otherwise be tasked with lifting heavy objects.

3m masking tape
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Masking Tape Tips: The Different Types and How to Use Them

3m masking tape

What makes masking tapes so convenient and widely-used is that they are a type of pressure-sensitive tape made of a thin and easy-to-tear paper, and an easily released adhesive. These are developed to help protect surrounding surfaces from overspray, to provide clean paint lines and be removed in a simple and clean way when finished. There are various different sizes available – the most demanded being the 3m masking tape. What follows are the types and their basic uses.

patisserie equipment
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Patisserie Equipment 101: Our Tips for Choosing the Right Cookie Machine

I’ve yet to come across a person that doesn’t find cookies delicious. They’re the perfect bite size and come in so many different flavours that can be both sweet and savoury – from chocolate chip to gingerbread, marzipan, oats, nuts, dry fruit and more. With that being said, for many patisseries across the country, cookies can be quite a profitable menu item. So, if you too want to get in on the action, it’s important that you have the right cookie machine.

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Material Handling Equipment: Our Tips on Why Self Dumping Hoppers are a Must-Have

Self dumping hoppers are tools that are convenient for loading, transport and dumping bulk and waste products in a safe and handy way. Even though they are low-tech and gravity operated, their role is still important and very useful. Let’s elaborate!

Most often, self dumping hoppers are attached to the forks of a lift truck, powered pallet lifter, or in some instances onto casters. While this is usually the case, there are some instances when the device is designed to sit permanently on top of dumpsters, storage containers, or other locations. When comparing the two types, the movable ones are definitely the more convenient option than the stationary ones. When attached to a vehicle, a self dumping steel hopper can easily be moved around a warehouse, manufacturing facility, or any workspace and filled with bulk materials, scrap, trash or any other items that need transportation.

3 Important Factors to Consider When Buying Hand Trucks
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3 Important Factors to Consider When Buying Hand Trucks

Also referred to as trollies, hand trucks are among the most valuable pieces of material handling equipment for facilities of all sizes, including convenience stores, warehouses, manufacturing plants and everything in between. These simple machines allow you to carry odd-shaped items and containers from one place to another safely and efficiently. By taking advantage of an industrial hand truck, you reduce the risk of straining your body from the stress that comes with repetitive lifting. Even if you’re lifting light loads, constant lifting and bending can lead to health problems.

storage equipment
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Storage Equipment: Our Tips for Efficiently Using Space in a Warehouse

Business is booming and you’re long past the days of keeping stock of a small inventory in a tight space. Congratulations on making it! But managing a busy warehouse is no easy business, right? The more stock coming in, the more difficult it is to properly store it and the more chaotic your warehouse can become. And in a messy and disorganized environment, no-one is able to be productive.

But how can you properly store all your inventory when more stock also means less available space? Well, if you implement smart storage solutions you won’t have to worry about lack of space. With a system of functional and reliable storage equipment, your warehouse can gain more storage capacity without sacrificing any floor space.

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sewer-inspection-camera
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Our Tips for Choosing the Right Sewer Inspection Camera

An inspection camera is your set of eyes in spots that are entirely out of reach but you need to observe what’s going on in there. This device has a black-and-white or colour display and several LED lights to illuminate the work area. Once you maneuver the camera shaft into position, you can observe what the camera “sees” on its display. The more advanced models have all kinds of features for you to choose from, which may make your shopping experience a bit overwhelming. So, in order to avoid that from happening, here’s a bit help on the matter.

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