Motors driving HVAC air-handling units can devour vast amounts of electricity. Now, high-efficiency motors are rapidly changing the status quo, writes Brian Wall
Electric Motors AC
ABB UK has signed a MoU (memorandum of understanding) with Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS) to develop training for oil and gas engineers in Azerbaijan.
Continuing Professional Development
Cannington Cold Stores' 45,000 tonne chilled food storage site in Bridgwater, Somerset, is now live with a 2MW biogas CHP (combined heat and power) plant, installed by Veolia, which adds to four...
Biomass Plant
Siemens has improved its modular drive inverter system and is now offering higher power density equipment that also saves space.
Inverters
Packaging manufacturer Multi Packaging Solutions is reporting significantly reduced costs and improved efficiency since installing an industrial consumables vending system from MRO (maintenance,...
Computerised Maintenance Management Systems
From this month (1 January 2015), premium-efficiency IE3 motors are compulsory for all new machines in the range 7.5—375kW under EC 640/2009, the EU MEPS (Minimum Energy Performance Standard)...
Electric Motors AC
Rotary vane air compressor specialist Mattei has launched a range of gas compressors for the UK market, aimed at applications ranging from pumping gas and landfill gas compression to micro power...
Compressors
Mitsubishi Electric's 'Future Manufacturing Event', being staged at AMRC (Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre) at Sheffield University on 17 March 2015, promises to offer seminars, exhibitions,...
Control Panels
Bürkert Fluid Control Systems is advising engineers in food processing plant to tread carefully if they want to take advantage of modern process valve controls to improve feedback loops, maintenance...
control valves
The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) has today (9 January 2015) published draft guidance on the legal requirements in the new Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM 2015).
CDM-C
The UK's largest independent lubricants manufacturer Exol Lubricants has launched a fluid analysis service that it says will help eliminate the risk of machines failing prematurely.
Lubricants/Greases
Explosion protection technologies specialist Fike UK is advising process plant engineers that explosion doors should be selected with caution – and should only be used for higher pressure...
ATEX