Alatas Engineering pride themselves on being able to offer complete hydraulics and mechanical engineering repairs, including manufacture and re-manufacture, all under one roof. They repair and refurbish pumps, motors, hydraulic cylinders, and industrial gearboxes – having their own manufacturing workshop means that any difficult to source or obsolete parts can be manufactured “on-site” from samples or drawings.  Alatas also supply various spare parts, including specialised seals and genuine parts at competitive prices.

As one of the UK’s leading specialists in repairs and refurbishments for the mining / marine / construction / recycling industries they have a quick and efficient turnaround in order to minimise downtime – with excessively long lead times from manufacturers it makes good commercial and financial sense to refurbish or repair.

With a combination of highly experienced, specialist engineers, a fully equipped workshop, machining and testing facilities, units can be stripped, assessed and repaired at a fraction of the cost of buying a replacement.

Before a product can be released back to the customer it is essential that the refurbished component is protected. Applying protective and finishing coatings within the specified film thicknesses ensures maximum protection is assured.

Dale Murray, from Alatas, contacted Mick Warren, from Spraytrain.com, to source training for Alatas personnel in order to ensure their coatings were consistently applied within specification. Spraytrain.com is an independent training provider, writing and presenting training course throughout the UK, covering training in airspray, airless spray, air assisted airless spray and electrostatics. Following an initial inspection of their application equipment Mick Warren presented a one-day training course, part theory (with electronic assessment) and part practical at their Bradford factory.

Key benefits of the training: –

• Safer working
• environment
  Complete reference notes provided
• All safety aspects covered
• Better control of spray application
• Reduced waste materials
• Improved coating specification compliance

Many companies find investing in spray application training is self-funding when you consider the saving in waste material.