Compressed air users are being offered a device that not only saves energy by switching off machines and shutting down supply when demand stops, but also checks for leaks and runs condition monitoring...
Compressors
Lloyd’s Register Consulting is working with the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) to improve diagnosis and decision-making for nuclear emergency management.
Nuclear Plant
Herefordshire-based Wye Valley Brewery has been fined £20,000 plus £9,632 costs for safety failings that resulted in a worker suffering a broken foot when it became trapped in a rotating stirrer.
Machine Safety/Protection
Automation and electrical power giant ABB is opening its Aberdeen advanced learning facility to apprentices from the UK Upstream Oil and Gas Industry technician training scheme (UOGITT).
Apprenticeships
NSK is reporting that an unnamed “major food producer” is achieving annual savings of more than €27,000 on main bakery make-up conveyor since swapping to its Molded-Oil technology bearings.
Bearings
When it comes to systems delivering energy for industrial processes, compressors are among the least efficient. Modern designs, energy recovery and informed maintenance all help, but EU regulations...
Compressors
Managers turning to the belief that maintenance may be non-core need to consider the implications of that notion before they outsource key engineering functions.
Maintenance Management Systems
Atlas Copco Compressors has launched a new range of its popular GA 15-26kW oil-injected screw compressors designed to offer improved performance, reduced power consumption and lower noise levels.
Compressors
A water-jetting unit, manufactured by Hughes Pumps, is delivering corrosion prevention to an offshore drilling rig in the North Sea – and doing so without the need for compressed air or the usual...
Pumps
Official BRC Global Standard organisation partner Loma Systems is urging food processing companies to review their inspection equipment and procedures in line with BRC's latest standard.
Particle Detectors
Siemens has boosted its factory communications portfolio with a new technology partnership involving mobile industrial virtual network operator Arkessa.
Machine Controls
Nationwide waste management firm Kier MG has been fined nearly £170,000 for safety failings after an employee was crushed between a skip loader truck and a skip at a site in Essex.
Manual Handling