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‘Refining the wheel’ brings its rewards

By Peter Marsh

Published: April 21 2009 00:33 | Last updated: April 21 2009 00:33

Since the invention of the wheel, engineers have been struggling to make rotary motion more efficient.

A technical breakthrough that maintains the traditions of this vital – if unglamorous – endeavour has in the past few years given an impetus to sales at AESseal, a Rotherham-based company that is among the UK’s leading mid-sized engineering businesses.

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