Solenoids help to clean and oil lanes for ten-pin bowling

摘要

There's more to ten-pin bowling than you might think, with the length and depth of the oil coating applied to the lane having a significant affect. Controlling the flow and shape of the oil is key. There are more than 200 tenpin bowling centres in the UK, averaging 24 lanes per centre. These include chains such as First Bowl, AMF and Hollywood Bowl, as well as independents and many British and American military bases. Penny + Giles has developed bespoke solenoids for use in machinery in bowling centres throughout the UK and Europe. The solenoids are manufactured for Canterbury-based Embassy Services, a company that specialises in the servicing, repair and refurbishment of tenpin bowling machinery, which is predominately supplied from the USA. The role of the solenoids is to activate and control the specialised machinery that cleans and oils the busy the lanes.