Mark Venables looks at the potential hazards involved in compressed air use and asks how aware is industry of the preventive measures that can be taken, the current pressure regulations and the legal...
Health and Safety
The control of emissions from combustion engines has made several headlines in the past, bringing the subject to the fore on a number of occasions.
Engines
Every industry, from industrial to commercial, requires parts cleaning. The question for many facility managers is, however, is there a right way to clean parts? Well the answer is yes and, by...
Cleandown
Keeping machinery and work areas clean and tidy can often be seen as a chore by already busy workers. However, as Chris Beck discovers, the benefits of a good cleaning regime are wide-reaching
Planned Maintenance
The development of an energy efficiency programme has many direct and indirect benefits. It can significantly reduce a manufacturer’s energy use per unit of output, and thus the unit costs to ensure...
Energy Saving
Economisers have the potential to slash the energy and environmental costs from boilers. However, the way economisers are designed and manufactured plays a major role in determining to what extent...
Heating Systems
The Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD) is due to be incorporated into UK law in December 2017. Unfortunately, there is currently a deafening silence from the industry over what this will mean...
Carbon Emissions
With plant and factory operational costs rising, owners and operators are keen to identify efficiencies that save money without impacting performance. With this in mind, Combined Heat and Power (CHP)...
Combined Heat & Power
Obsolescence of components can be a constant headache for plant managers, but there are several ways around the problem, as Mark Venables discovers
PLCs
Research suggests that companies, including manufacturers, acknowledge cyber threats are a risk to their business, but many are unprepared. Adam Offord asks what steps UK manufacturers can take to...
Security Services
Mark Venables looks at the role of the maintenance engineer in the factory of the future
Planned Maintenance
Palletisers are some of the most widespread machine types in manufacturing and serious injuries occur on them each year. Paul Taylor, manager for machinery safety at TÜV SÜD Product Service, explains...
Conveyors