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April 2016

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Hydraulic Prop Design to Eurocodes - 13/04/16

Welcome to the very first “Back to the Drawing Board” with Steve Lloyd at Groundforce Shorco technical offices in Leeds. Today Steve will be explaining how we design our hydraulic props and the kind of actions and effects that act upon it.

Steven Lloyd