SPC portable energy data logger users can now access information from their instruments remotely, using a data transfer module from Elcomponent.
Data Acquisition
ABB has launched a free energy calculator application (App) for the Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod.
Variable Speed Drives
Industrial automation giant ABB has launched a major campaign to improve motor management across the process industries.
Electric Motors DC
Telford & Wrekin Council in Shropshire has taken delivery of fourhigh efficiency gas-fired boilers, from Lochinvar, for its headquarters building.
Boilers
Inspecting interior surfaces of metal shafts, used in the aerospace industry by AgustaWestland, has been partially automated by endoscope and video systems specialist Ultrafine Technology.
Vision Systems
Accurate, contamination-free dosing of liquid sugar into premium Belgian beer is being handled by a close-coupled peristaltic pump from Watson-Marlow.
Pumps
Durapipe ABS piping has been chosen to handle chilled water for the air conditioning of an ultra-clean room facility for Xaar, printing firm in Cambridge.
Pipeline Equipment
Class O Armaflex materials have been selected to provide both thermal and acoustic insulation for air conditioning ductwork during a major restoration project undertaken at Belfast City Hall.
Building Maintenance
Belgian theme park zero gravity drop tower, The Dalton Terror, has recently been refurbished to include high power Unidrive SP ac drives, from Control Techniques, and motors from sister firm Leroy...
Electric Motors AC
A JD Neuhaus hydraulically-operated crane, with 80 tonne lift capacity, has been delivered to the semisub rig Spitsbergen.
Cranes
Atlas Copco Compressors has made a significant investment in its Hemel Hempstead CustomDesign engineering facility, which should open up bespoke plant designs.
Compressors
A national register of fire risk assessors should be set up, to protect the owners and managers of buildings from potentially huge fines and possibly imprisonment.
Fire Protection