C. Aiano & Sons Ltd.

AIANO holds stock for you

aianos — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:06:25 +0000

Aiano keeps a wide range of its most popular products in stock for your convenience. These include tubular heater guards, radiator guards, fluorescent light guards and floodlight, bulkhead and sensor guards.

Aiano radiator guards

Aiano fluorescent light guards

Our guards suit most of the major brands of heater and lighting products. These include Dimplex, Creda, Heatstore, Sunhouse, Consort Claudgen and Redring Suntube. Please see our radiator guard page to see which of our products is suitable for which model of heater.

Aiano floodlight, bulkhead and sensor guards

Aiano tubular heater guards

Orders for stock items received before 12pm can usually be dispatched for delivery the next day.

If you are unsure which product you may require, please call one of our customer advisers on 020 7987 1184 who will be able to advise you on which product you require.

Guards for pole mounted floodlights

aianos — Wed, 02 May 2012 10:31:39 +0000

Aianos makes bespoke solutions for pole mounted floodlights at school and sports stadia. Aianos recently installed guards to protect floodlights at a brand new school in East London. The guards were mounted in a non-invasive way to the existing fixings of the MANITOBA floodlights.

Pole mounted floodlight guards

AIANO makes guards to fit directly to the floodlight unit for pole-mounted floodlights. Wherever possible we design the guard so that it can be fitted in a non-invasive way using the existing floodlight fixings. When we asked the project manager how we could have improved the guards he answered, “You can’t improve them. They are exactly right.”

Close up of attached guard

The guards are strong and well made from 25 x 25 x 2.64mm (1” x 1” 12swg) steel weld mesh on a 5.35mm (5swg) frame. AIANO floodlight guards are built to last.

The guards are hot dip galvanized after manufacture. Hot dip galvanizing provides reliable long-term protection from corrosion.

We can design a bespoke solution for most models and types of floodlights and we have a number of stock solutions for specific floodlights.

AIANO FLOODLIGHT GUARDS

strong reliable guards
hot-dip galvanised rust-resistant
Stock & bespoke wall mounted guards
Facia mounted guard solutions
bespoke service

New Product: Heatstore Dynamic Heater Guards

aianos — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:37:31 +0000

At Aianos, we are always working to make sure our product line is up to date in every way possible, whether it’s improving our design and manufacturing processes or creating products to suit the electrical industry as it develops new technology. Recently, we launched a new set of guards to cover the new Heatstore Dynamic Range.

“These heaters provide a modern, stylish solution to both commercial and domestic properties where high efficiency is priority…The unit closely monitors the room temperature, minimising temperature overshoot and drift, to give superior user comfort. Coupled with its rapid warm up response, this results in energy savings when compared to less accurate thermostats.”

The AIANO range of guards to suit Heatstore Dynamic Guards are made with 1″ x 1″ x 12 gauge (25mm x 25mm x 2.64mm) steel weld mesh on a 5 gauge (5.38mm) steel rod frame, and powder coated white after manufacture.

AIANO wire guards are quality guards made to withstand bending, rusting, and general wear, all for a fair price. We design guards to have the correct distance from the heater surface to be finger safe and use a high gauge of wire to create a strong and durable guard. Our guards are powder coated, which is superior to plastic coating because it resists higher temperatures and will not scratch off.

AIANO HSDR guards

PRODUCT CODE	Aiano guard size WxHxD (in)	Aiano guard size WxHxD (mm)	HEATSTORE MODEL
HSDR750-AIA	26 x 27 x 7	660 x 686 x 178	HSDR500T, HSDR750T
HSDR1000-AIA	32 x 27 x 7	813 x 686 x 178	HSDR1000T
HSDR1500-AIA	35 x 27 x 7	889 x 686 x 178	HSDR1500T
HSDR2000-AIA	42 x 27 x 7	1067 x 686 x 178	HSDR2000T

Light guards for supermarket car park

aianos — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:31:16 +0000

Aianos devises bespoke solutions to protect light fittings in municipal and retail centre car parks. Our standard fluorescent light guards are often modified for such environments, with galvanised finish, different construction of the ends, or variations on the brackets.

Aianos was commissioned to carry out a site survey and design a bespoke guard with special fixings for the customer car-park of a major supermarket chain. The guards needed to fix to the trunking, which required special brackets to be fitted to the guards.

Bespoke light guards in process

In addition, the site required the guards to arrive on a very tight schedule. Aianos manufactured and delivered to site 500 6ft double light guards within a month. Production started on 18th January and the final delivery was made on 14th February. Every delivery was made on time. The site manager said “The guards are fantastic. I haven’t seen such good quality guards in a long time”.

Light guards installed in car park

Pipe Guards for St. Botolph, Church Brampton

aianos — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:29:42 +0000

St. Botolph, Church Brampton

The church of St. Botolph, Church Brampton, in Northamptonshire dates back to the 14^th century with 19^th century additions. The church is a grade II listed building.

The churchwarden of St. Botolph’s approached Aianos after a child was burned on exposed heating pipes that ran along the pews in the church. He knew the pipes needed guards but was unsure how to specify the church’s safety requirements.

After conversations with the churchwarden and studying photographs of the pipe work, Aianos was able to suggest a specification for the guards which the church then able to verify. In order to better blend in with the church interior and to be less conspicuous, we suggested that the guards should be powder coated black.

AIANO guards on pipe heaters

The church was anxious to get the guards installed before the busy Christmas festivities. Aianos was able to manufacture and ship the guards within two weeks and in plenty of time of installation before Christmas.

St Botolph’s wrote to ‘say thanks for the guards they arrived safely and we have been busy fitting them. They look good and you have received a lot of compliments.’ They were so pleased that in the New Year they ordered more guards in order to complete the pipe protection in the church.

Aianos offers a bespoke service, manufacturing guards for churches to meet their specific needs. Our expertise helps us find the best solution to ensure health and safety protection in environments where the pipes and radiators are often entirely non-standard and buildings have particular constraints.

Aianos at work

aianos — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:12:26 +0000

Life in a workshop can present great photo opportunities! Here are some of my favourites of our staff on the job:

: Light guard trimming

On site during church window guard installation

Weaving wire mesh for window guards

Fixing the mesh to tracery frame

Installing window guards

New Product – Heavy Duty Heater Guards

aianos — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:00:34 +0000

Aianos is introducing a new category of heater guards to suit extreme environments. These extra-strength guards are made from 22mm x 3mm angle bars, 25mm x 3mm flat bars, and 25mm x 25mm x 12swg weld mesh using high-quality British or European steel.

Heavy Duty Heater Guard

The construction of these guards offers increased strength when guards must withstand rough treatment. The angle bars are designed to be attached to the wall for enhanced stability and a more attractive finish.

Standard sizes:

Product Code	Dimensions (w x h x d) (mm)	Dimensions (w x h x d) (in)
R-SH12	711 x 787 x 229	28 x 31 x 9
R-SH18	940 x 787 x 229	37 x 31 x 9
R-SH24	1168 x 787 x 229	46 x 31 x 9

AIANO heavy duty guards can also be made to order to suit any size.

The many uses of wire guards

aianos — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:08:09 +0000

While the bread and butter of our business may be standard guards for tubular heaters, fluorescent lights, floodlights and radiators, we take great pride in our manufacturing expertise. We can make wire mesh into just about any shape and size, and for our church and historic window guards we even make the mesh by hand, all from our workshop in East London.

Here are some examples of wire guards and products Aianos has made in the past – everything from guards with specific openings for lift equipment to wire chip baskets!

Lift Guard

Hospital Basket

Wire garden gate

Integral flat light guard

Chip basket

Feature Article, Premier Construction Magazine

aianos — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:40:46 +0000

Aianos’ heritage window guard work was recently highlighted in an industry publication, Premier Construction. The article was part of a feature on window restoration and treatment. It is rewarding to see heritage restoration work receive attention in this and other publications, and we are proud to be a part of them.

UK Manufacturing History

aianos — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:20:03 +0000

The UK has a long tradition of manufacturing which in some respects has fallen from interest in recent years. The focus was on the financial industry, especially in London. However, the economic upheaval of the last few years has brought about a renewed interest in manufacturing as a sector of importance in today’s British economy. As one of the oldest manufacturers in London still in operation today, we at Aianos are obviously pleased to see our industry coming back into focus! Last year’s inaugural UK Manufacturing Summit was a success, and the second year’s installment occurred this week.

In honour of the summit, we thought we would highlight some other historic UK manufacturers.

Whitechapel Bell Foundry. Our neighbours! They’ve been around since 1570, making bells in the heart of the city. World-famous for their history and high quality work.
Durtnell. Not quite a manufacturer, but a builder and thus close to our hearts nonetheless! Founded in 1591, they are still going strong down in Kent.
Lyons. Didn’t quite make it into the 21st century, but this family food manufacturer was one of the older ones around, lasting from 1887 to 1998.
Kemble. The last UK piano manufacturer to fold, Kemble had been making fine English pianos since 1911 but finally closed under Yamaha’s ownership in 2009.

If you know any other UK manufacturers with a long or interesting story, please let us know!

Update: the BBC’s recent mini-series “Made in Britain” is a great addition to the conversation on British manufacturing. Read more in this article from The Engineer.