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£10,000 LASER CUTTER
CONTENTS
IN TECHNOLOGY
SUPPLIES’ GRAND
Clarke’s new
PRIZE COMPETITION
recycling
system to cut
COVER STORY
plastic costs
LASER CUTTER/engravers are now a standard piece of
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equipment in many design and technology and engineering
training workshops.
The largest supplier of laser
equipment to British and
International schools Technology
Supplies Ltd, staged a prize draw
from its stand at the Design and
Technology Show with the main
The man with
prize being a newly launched 12
watt C180 A3 laser engraving and
a mission for
cutting machine valued at
£10,000.
the school
The winner was Tirion Roberts,
at the time a student at Bangor
kitchen University. Members of the
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Technology Supplies Ltd, Damian
The C180.
Whitehurst and Rob Taylor-
Murison, travelled to North Wales
demonstrated. Tirion Roberts, a
Technology in Education is a magazine covering all aspects
to hand over the prize to Tirion
second year trainee, completed
of ICT, science, engineering education and design technology
in education.
who has donated it to the
the prize draw form for the
university. Also present to receive
university. Fortunately, Tirion
It is published eight times a year and is posted, free of charge, to the laser were John Hughes, head
won the machine and this has
headteachers, heads of science and design technology
of BSc courses, and Wyn Griffith,
now been delivered and is now
departments in secondary and tertiary education, independent
both from Bangor University.
in full use, thanks to the
and state; decision makers in universities, colleges of
Technology Supplies director of
extremely efficient service
further/higher education, teaching centres, supplies officers,
sales and marketing, Gregory
provided by the Technology
LEA advisers and architects.
Smith, said:”We were delighted
Supplies Ltd staff.
Its controlled circulation also includes selected specialists in
the competition was so well
“Staff and students were
textiles, food technology, ICT, business education and an received during the D&T Show
delighted with the news when
expanding list of educational activists in science and and that the laser will enhance the
Tirion told us what he had won
technology throughout education.
design and technology and
for the department. It will take
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engineering curricula at Bangor.”
the weight off our existing laser
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The new C180 strengthens
which was purchased from
Cheltenham
TECHNOLOGY
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Technology Supplies Ltd ten
Glos. GL50 3PE
IN EDUCATION
resources to students as they
years ago and is still giving us
already purchased a LaserPro
excellent service after extensive
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