b'Partner News Winter 2021 11HealthcareCelebrating 150Take the hairdryer: while early models had some issues with being bulky and overheating, they were an advancement on using the reverse flow of the vacuum with Abel + Imray cleaner. And the microwave, which now adorns many a household and workplace kitchen. Its inventor Percy Spencer went on to have 300 patents granted during his career. 1871 - what a year. Congratulations to the IET forWe also take a look at the PC and World Wide Web, and how they have shaped our reaching this milestone, and we too are celebratingworking and personal lives by enabling us to access information and communicating our 150th Anniversary of helping businesses protectin a way unseen by generations 40 years ago, and the impact the likes of Sinclair and their brands and ideas.Amstrad had on driving up PC ownership in the UK.We excel in a number of key and niche sectors with many developing and leading Intellectual property is increasinglyoff when we began working with Airbusnames trusting Abel + Imray to help recognised as an asset worth developingat the turn of this century. At around thethem protect their intellectual property and investing in, and throughout our historysame time as Whittles engine was beingby offering practical and tailored advice Abel + Imray have been fortunate enoughtinkered with on the test bench, Britaincoupled with technical and commercial to work with a range of engineers, inventorswas developing the first submarine pipelineexperience and expertise. and businesses in the UK, Europe andprototype that ran 70km across the Bristol beyond. Channel. After D-Day, this innovationA complimentary consultation session helped resupply allied troops in France, andis offered to IET members and if youve To celebrate this milestone we havetoday the world has over 2m kilometres ofan idea youd like to discuss or have showcased 50 inventions and brands thatsubsea pipeline developed and maintainedbeen inspired by our 150th website we feel have made a positive impact toby companies such as Saipem, who we have(abelimray150.com) please get in touch with our world and demonstrate the diversity ofworked with for over 20 years, by helpingour team.intellectual property, and what can and hasthem protect their engineering innovations been protected. Below are some examplesfor laying and connecting pipelines on aGet in touch 01225 469914that we hope will be of interest to otherlarge scale.or bd@abelimray.commembers of the IET community and weabelimray.com invite you to take a more in-depth look atOur showcase of innovations also includes abelimray150.com. devices that have made our lives simpler, more convenient and in some cases safer. Originally developed with glass in the 1880s, the contact lens has evolved to make use of thin plastics and more recently silicon hydrogels to enable the user to wear them for longer periods. In the same quarter of that century, Sir James Dewar invented the vacuum flask often referred to as the Thermos (which is a whole other trade mark issue), and interestingly Sir James Dewar had earlier invented cordite with Sir Frederick Abel, the eldest brother of one of our founders. It will be no surprise that we have included the jet engine for which Frank Whittle is credited with inventing, although Germany put it to use two years before the RAF.Aerospace is a sector we enjoy working in and have supported throughout most of our recent history. However, things really took'