In a bid to identify improvements to its operational efficiency, one of our clients, the largest listed water company in the UK turned to Deritend to explore the benefits of a new fixed pump efficiency monitoring and asset management platform. Our approach to pump asset management encompasses innovative & patented technology, [...]

Using a patented system, we solved a lasting problem at one of our client's pumping stations. This consists of three variable speed pumps supplying raw water from a reservoir, direct to the Water Treatment Works. We were asked to test the pumps as part of a wider programme across many sites [...]

At Deritend, we understand the importance of getting our customers back up and running as soon as possible. Increased downtime can result in lost production, lost business and worst of all, losing money. However, few emergency breakdowns have been more critical than this. The client in question was a major hospital [...]

With nearly 120 years operations in the United Kingdom, we have considerable experience in the supply, installation, refurbishment, testing and commissioning of drive motors, pumping equipment and gearboxes for a wide variety of applications within the Water, Power & Industrial sectors. We are constantly looking for ways to improve the plant [...]

Recently, Deritend were contacted by a major steel manufacturer after a ESR brush contactor had overheated, burning the support insulation and copper brush tails, urgently requesting the problem to be rectified. The steel manufacturer fitted a new OEM arc head assembly, and after approximately 16 melts this head also overheated causing [...]

Our client has two of the most state-of-the-art hospitals in the country, and for the thousands who rely on these NHS Trust facilities each year, it is imperative that the hospital equipment can be trusted to run without a hitch. For the Trust, efficient application of budgets and reduced environmental impact in [...]

“The efforts and expertise of companies like Deritend will ensure that it is still up and running in another 100 years.” The Tees Transport Bridge in North Yorkshire connects Middlesbrough on the south bank to Port Clarence on the north bank. Carrying a travelling gondola suspended from the bridge, it can [...]

"Deritend sourced and installed a new motor within 24 hours and the whole station was subsequently refurbished within 8 weeks while the station continued to operate." Our client is one of the UK’s largest water and wastewater treatment suppliers in the UK, with over 4,000 employees and serving more than 6 [...]

Our client is the UK’s largest water and sewerage company serving over 14 million customers, and supplying 2,600 million litres of tap water to 9 million customers daily. As the UK’s largest provider of such a vital commodity, it is essential that our client’s equipment is able to function at full [...]

In late December 2014, we were called to go inspect the hot leveller gearbox at a steel forge in Scotland. The inspection revealed that one of the seven output pinion shafts had sheared and one other output pinion shaft teeth were damaged. All of the output drive end white metal bearings [...]