Engineering notes // est. 1981

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From urgent breakdown repairs to bespoke sprockets, couplings, gear cutting, machining and component supply — practical articles from the team helping keep UK industry moving.

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22 Jul 2025 // Blogs

Updated Gear Cutting Capacity, Sprockets, Gears and Timing Pulleys

30 Oct 2024 // Blogs

Large Milling Capabilities

27 Mar 2024 // Blogs

We make a Great Couple!!!

6 Dec 2023 // Blogs

Wire Belt Conveyor Drive weekend repair

29 Aug 2023 // Blogs

Small to Large Sprockets

This week has been a contrast of manufacturing small bespoke (06B – 3/8”) sprockets for packaging machinery to large (32B – 2” pitch) sprockets for the Aggregate industry.

22 Aug 2023 // Blogs

Spare Worm Wheels on the shelf, get production back up and running

18 Aug 2023 // Blogs

Weekend Sieve Repair

15 Aug 2023 // Blogs

32B 17Tooth Double Duplex

Besides carrying stocks of standard sprockets, Arrow also make bespoke sprockets. These 2” Pitch 17 tooth Double Simplex Sprockets, were cut on Arrow’s Sunderland 19.

8 Aug 2023 // Blogs

Wear Guide for new Biscuit production line

8 Mar 2023 // Blogs

Repair / Replacement Sieve Mesh Frames 40% saving against buying new

10 Feb 2023 // Blogs

The little ones are the tricky ones

24 Jan 2023 // Blogs

Modify conveyor Wheel increase O.D. to 295mm chamfer one side, bolt to existing boss

13 Jan 2023 // Blogs

Sprockets were made to sample for a local Bakery

9 Jan 2023 // Blogs

Biscuit production back up and running for the New Year

8 Dec 2022 // Blogs

Worn 2” pitch Duplex Sprockets replaced within 2 days

11 Nov 2022 // Blogs

Failed Worm Wheel causes downtime on a Canning line

2 Nov 2022 // Blogs

Keep your Gin Up !!!

25 Oct 2022 // Blogs

No Fun at the Fair…

25 Oct 2022 // Blogs

Local Bakery Losing Production

30 Jun 2022 // Blogs

Kickstart to the Future

21 Jun 2022 // Blogs

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