LEEA (the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association) has introduced new training for engineers responsible for the test, examination and maintenance of overhead lifting equipment.
Manual Handling
Maintenance equipment specialist Eriks has acquired valve and actuator distributors and service provider Valtor Offshore.
valve actuators
A series of free one-day and three-day training courses, covering steam engineering and condensate management, is being offered by Burkert.
Steam Generation/Equipment
More than £25,000 of energy costs per year are being saved by an asphalt production plant, following fitment of ABB variable speed drives.
Electric Motors AC
Fox's Biscuits in Preston reports that its problem of hot water shortages has been solved since installing an EasiHeat engineered system, from Spirax Sarco.
Heating Systems
One of the world's most advanced survey vessels is now capable of positional accuracy down to ± one metre, thanks in part to bow and stern thrusters powered by variable speed drives.
Electric Motors AC
Engineering innovation has the propensity to change plant practice, and that applies to boilers and steam generation too. But improvements can also be made by going back to basics. Brian Tinham...
Steam Generation/Equipment
Following publication of Lord Young's report into improving health and safety, plant engineers need to get back to basics. Brian Tinham talks to Geoff Cox, HSE's head of manufacturing
Machine Safety/Protection
In the aftermath of Lord Young of Graffham's long awaited 'Common Sense, Common Safety' report, most health and safety engineers must be thinking, 'so what?'. Setting aside his now infamous gaff, Lord...
Machine Safety/Protection
A 22mm brushless motor, developed for the oil exploration industry, has rewritten the rule book on shock, vibration and temperature tolerances expected from commercial electric drives.
Electric Motors AC
Maintenance and engineering group Deritend Industries has been approved as a Belzona authorised coating centre for its industrial protective coatings.
Protective Coatings
Safety monitoring systems integrator Hima-Sella has received an order for, and commenced construction of, a high integrity alarm system for an unnamed major UK refinery.
Safety Related Control Systems