In a unique collaboration, a mining equipment manufacturer worked with a charity to adapt its rock crusher technology for destroying elusive land mines in Zimbabwe
Mobile Plant
Health and safety signs are common throughout many sectors. The December magazine issue of Operations Engineer tasked readers with identifying some of these different signs through a health and safety...
Health and Safety
Augmented and virtual reality are not new to industry, but a recent report from Capgemini has highlighted that repair and maintenance are the most popular focus of implementation efforts. In what ways...
Planned Maintenance
Plant items are often disposed of before reaching the end of their operational life. However, alternatives to disposal are emerging – not only selling on, but also repurposing – which help the...
WEEE
Weston College is to open a state-of-the-art industry focused training centre.
Apprenticeships
A UK builder’s merchants has invested in 500 new JCB machines worth more than £7 million for its Tool Hire division.
Cranes
Research conducted by Hemel Hempstead-based SJD accountants has found that men in engineering earn up to 30% more than women in the same roles.
Continuing Professional Development
Pembrokeshire-based InSite Technical Services, which supplies technical consultancy and operational services to the oil, gas, metals, chemicals, renewables, technology licensing and financial...
Apprenticeships
Eighteen-year-old apprentice engineer Miguel Mari is pursuing his dream job as an inventor and problem solver with Rotech, a designer of feeding and coding systems.
Apprenticeships
The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) is hosting its fifth building performance exhibition, Build2Perform Live, at Olympia, Kensington from 27-28 November.
Education
Louvres and acoustic products manufacturer Emtec has introduced JCB Teletruk technology, improving operational efficiency by freeing up outside space at its High Wycombe-based production and...
Forklift Trucks
RTITB has warned that workplace accidents, injuries and fatalities are frequently occurring because employers are failing to check the qualifications and training credentials of agency staff working...
Materials Handling