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SolutionsPT seals partnership with industrial cyber-security specialist Claroty

Industrial IT solutions provider SolutionsPT has become a premier partner in the UK and Ireland for industrial cyber-security specialist Claroty’s OT Cyber Security platform.

Plant Operations
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Improving safety through connectivity in gas detection

Honeywell explains how introducing a greater level of connectivity into gas detection can help optimise safety and improve productivity

Gas Detection
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PMS motors deliver cost-effective and greener wastewater treatment

The treatment of water and wastewater is an essential task to protect water resources and reduce our impact on the environment. However, the energy consumed in carrying out such treatment processes...

Water Treatment
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Getting smart

Mark Venables speaks to Conal Brown, technical consultant at ABB, about how being smart allows maintenance of machinery to be carried out in a cheaper, faster and more effective way to enhance the...

Planned Maintenance
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Why monitor dust in the workplace?

Airborne particulates in any industrial operation can have serious health effects for workers, making effective monitoring a vital tool, as Mark Venables discovers

Fume Extraction
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Signs of danger

Oil & Gas UK held its Safety 30 conference in June to mark three decades since the Piper Alpha disaster. Lord Cullen, who conducted the inquiry into the tragedy, used the conference to illustrate how...

Risk Assessment
Features

A new approach to SCADA

Times have changed since the 1980s, says Tobias Antius, CEO of Novotek. Power suits are out, Madonna is no longer on MTV and IBM’s first PC now looks extremely outdated. So shouldn’t SCADA have...

SCADA
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Catching up with the hype

Since the phrase ‘Industry 4.0’ appeared at Hannover Fair in 2011, it has been on the lips of manufacturing managers and politicians – but is it now finally coming of age? Mark Venables investigates

Communication Systems
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Manufacturing contributes more than just the sum of its parts

UK manufacturing makes a contribution to the UK economy that goes way beyond just the sum of its sub-sector parts, according to an annual snapshot of the sector published today.

Engineering Competence/Skills
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Transformer to be delivered to West Weybridge substation in Surrey

A new 143 tonne transformer is being delivered to West Weybridge substation in Surrey today (Friday 17 August) to keep electricity flowing to the county and beyond.

Mobile Plant
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Award-winning engineer urges young people to consider apprenticeships

An award-winning female apprentice has urged young people to consider the vocational learning route when they receive their GCSE and A-Level results over the next week.

Apprenticeships
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CV-Library: Engineering salaries hit a high, but some feel underpaid

Average salaries for engineering roles hit a three-month high in July, as pay increased by 1.8% year-on-year, according to CV-Library.

Education