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Equipment / Services & Miscellaneous Links
Design supply & loan custom equipment similiar to Remap solutions - worth checking their equiment
BIME The Wolfson Centre Royal United Hospital Bath BA1 3NG
Tel: 01225 824107 Fax: 01225 824111 Website: www.bime.org.uk
Devices for enhancing weak grip - custom gloves ect
Free IT Helpline for Disabled People
Aids to Daily Living part of the Helping Hand Company
Lifts for scooter etc into vehicles (Derby)
Better Living Through Technology : Computer access tools
Laser cutting - Neil Pritchett - free help for Remap
All manner of general equipment for the disabled
Derby car modification specialist for controls / lifting
Disabled Links Foundation: Comprehensive database of daily living equipment - costly annual fee!
Hardware for car alterations- wheelchair winch could be useful for Remap work - Loughbough based rep
Mobility solutions inc harnesses for wheelchairs
Site for used hand/machine tools
Jim Dorran (car mod)
Coventry car modification specialist for controls & access
Equipment list put together by the William Merritt centre in Leeds
Lincs Electronic Assistive Technology Service (EATS)
Lincolnshire are the centre for supplying electronics aids as part of the NHS to Leicestershire & Rutland and this page shows what is available
Impartial advice and information about daily living equipment and other aspects of independent living
Interesting Bed-turns-into-Chair device- The Bingley
Podwer Couting : Charnwood Paint Speclisits
Loughborough based shot blast and powder coat paint facility.
Ask for Aaron or Summa 01509 215 181
Weldon Road near Go Outdoors. Summa Squires; summa.squires@charnwoodps.co.uk
Specialist bikes and accessories for the disabled. Located in Shrewsbury
Electronic news letter & discussion site (seems to not be used now GL /Feb 16)
Information website for Remap members
Mobility Scooter drag behind pillion seat - based in Ireland
Local professional upholsterer for tricky jobs - Ask for Craig Langton
Specialist Ortho Services - support chairs and harnesses
Towbar mounting system for mobility scooters
Disabled Living Centre Leeds
Plastic & metal fixings, medical handles
Webbing and plastic fittings - recommended by GL
Buckles & straps [see Linda Horse Wear]
Mounting systems for wheel chairs - expensive but quality. [see Mounts & More UK stockist at Nuneaton]
Non slip high grip material including mats & self adhesive tapes
Magnet manufacturer
Economical aids inc useful wheelchair clamp for around £13
Chandlery
Ratchet ties & straps
Handrail hardware
(we don't normally fit just a handrail)
Heat shrink specialist - HuntingdonInformation website for Remap members
Ironmongery
Ironmongery
A very extensive range of fasteners and fittings - Near Mansfield
Pipe clamp jaws - useful for connecting stuff to wheelchairs, etc.
Buckles & clips
Linear actuators and lifting columns
Specialist camera mounts
All things for mounting equipment - Nuneaton
German supplier of all clamp and support systems for wheel chair mounting
Motors, gears, racks, sprockets & chains
Small steel fixings
Pipes and fittings (Ebay shop)
Very small quantities cut to order (at a price) For sister site see woodsheets below
Small gears, bearings & transmissions
Rubber wheels, tube fittings, feet, handles, etc.
Loc-line coolant hose and fittings and all things machinist tip search for Loc-line coolant hose
Rubber ends for walking sticks, etc.
Rubber and foam parts - helpful (Nick 1/7/24)
Ironmongery
Bearings - excellent website - reasonable postage
Custom spring and wire-form solutions
Springs and associated bits
Generic clamped mounting device for wheel chair accessories - very expensive.
Wheelchair tray mounting system - USA with UK suppliers
Threaded inserts for Wood and Plastic M3 -M16
Heavy duty rails and fitting along with metal supply and cutting service
Ebay supplier of pre bent tubing to order
Tubes and fittings
Very small quantities cut to order (at a price) For sister site see plasticsheets above
Robotic bits
Electronic, electrical, mechanical - huge range
Small motors & gearboxes (stocked by CPC/RS/Farnell etc)
Robotic electronics - sensors etc (USA)
Robotic bits
Electronic aids - Switcher-4 / Joysticks etc
Control electronics & sensors - Arduino etc
Remote control modules
Electronic, electrical, mechanical - huge range
Robotic bits
Plastics (including High Density Polyethylene) sheets, rods, tubes, etc.
Aluminium stock
Glass fibre & two part polyurethane expanding foam
Polymorph - low temperature mouldable nylon
All things to do with model casting
Plastic sheeting (huge variety) + stainless steel sheet + Dibond aluminium composite
Update Dec 2022 no long sticking expanding foam - TBC Try MB Fibreglass
Two part soft polyurethane foam : GL tests in polly bag with free expansion...
Meduim: grams x 5.2 = ml or 190gram (63+127) = 1 ltr expanded.
Tip: do not compress to form util semi set else bubbles burst and mix flattens
Hard : grams x 6.5 = ml
Wide range of fabrics, including leather, cloth and notice board fabrics
Tools and small bars/tubes in brass, aluminium & copper
Good selection inc expanding foam
Cut ferrous & non-ferrous metals and plastics
Silicon tubes
O rings of all sizes, from the smallest to huge. Can try/test fit parts at their counter in Loughborough.
Sheet material in plastics and rubber
Silicon tubes, sheet & seals
Very comprehensive range - will send samples
Sugru : self amalgamating rubber putty
Onscreen keyboards & other helpful stuff but very MAC-focused
Free s/w - uses web cam to track head movements and emulate mouse - can be used with on screen keyboards.
Programmable virtual key board with word prediction option
Foundation of assisted technology
MouseOver and more
International Society for Augmentative & Alternative Communication
Free on screen smart keyboard and speech synthesizer
Interface devices for Kindle and head mouse, software etc.
Two-level screen keyboard
Handy button creator
Pushing the bounds of what can be measured from the human body at a honest price
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