Adam Offord

Events

MACH 2022

MACH has been rescheduled by the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA), which owns and runs the show, "to minimise the risks to visitors and exhibitors and to provide the best platform for...

Robots
Events

MMS + The Engineer Expo + Subcon

New dates have been announced for the three events. The Manufacturing Management Show (MMS) and Subcon will run alongside The Engineer Expo, which provides a platform for engineers to source the...

Health and Safety
Features

Use the force: magnetic separators

Magnetic separators are often installed in arduous conditions. How do they work, and what are their maintenance requirements? By Adam Offord

Filtration and Separation
Features

Sensing safety: helping protect the public around rubbish collection vehicles

Waste collectors take to the streets on a daily basis – picking up and disposing of household and industrial waste. Operating such large vehicles when pedestrians, cyclists and other motor users are...

Machine Safety/Protection
Features

Water travel by gas

The Volkswagen Group has deployed a car freighter powered by liquefied natural gas, with a second due to enter service later this year. The move marks a new direction for heavy shipping. By Adam...

Oil & Gas
Features

Community spirit

The Environment Agency, along with a variety of partner organisations, is celebrating 10 years of successful soft engineering along rivers in Cumbria, England

Environmental Monitoring
Features

Suit up

The International Space Station is a modular space station in the low Earth orbit and just like industrial, commercial and domestic facilities across our planet, it typically needs to be maintained,...

Health and Safety
Features

Watch your distance

As UK industry tries to get back to some form of working normality, social distancing measures are still to be encouraged. Adam Offord finds guidance and products to help with social distancing in an...

Occupational Health
News

Sparrows Group extends Vedanta relationship with rental crane contract renewal

Sparrows Group has secured a three-year contract renewal to supply a rental crane to Vedanta Resources Limited, extending its relationship with the company to nine years.

Lifting Equipment
News

Festo gives the future of safe automation a hand

Within its Bionic Learning Network, Festo has been studying and developing safe automation systems to relieve people of monotonous or hazardous tasks. One prototype robot system is the...

Robots
News

MSC wins Sulzer contract

Metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products and services supplier MSC Industrial Supply Co. (MSC) has won a three-year contract with fluid engineering specialist Sulzer.

Personal Protective Equipment
News

SOCOTEC completes cooling tower replacement work for defence client

Testing, inspection and compliance services provider Socotec has successfully replaced a cooling tower and introduced new dosing equipment on behalf of a defence client in the East Midlands.

Plant Refurbishing/Remanufacture