Heavy duty canned motor pumps that comply with API 685 (American Petroleum Industry) for seal-less centrifugal pumps, are now available through Michael Smith Engineers.
Pumps
Geotechnical contractor Bachy Soletanche is using a storm water shaft, with deep diaphragm walls and cased secant piling, on a project for United Utilities.
Water Treatment
ABB is helping reverse the flow of manufactured goods from China to the UK by supplying two variable speed drives and motors to Rochdale-based Farrel.
Electric Motors AC
Thermal imaging camera specialist Flir Systems is offering 20% off a new thermal camera when plant engineers trade in their existing camera, whatever its brand.
Thermography (infrared cameras)
IDC wireless bar code readers are helping to minimise maintenance downtime and costs at a major new distribution centre recently automated by the company.
Conveyors
Compressed air specialist ABAC has developed a system that it says can be used to recover waste from virtually any compressed air systems.
Compressors
SKF has helped the team at Tarmac's asphalt site in Rochford to increase machine uptime and reliability, after specifying more efficient, robust and cost effective bearings for an extremely demanding...
Bearings
Independent Konecranes port and terminal equipment suplier Cooper SH has launched Eco Drive, which it says will save fleet managers "£11,000 in fuel costs by helping them to monitor driver behaviour".
Lifting Equipment
Brammer-sponsored Team Green is celebrating after being named the Best UK Team at the Shell Eco-Marathon Youth Challenge UK event.
Energy Recovery
Advantage Control of Northern Ireland has joined the ABB Drives Alliance, offering ABB variable speed drives all the way from 0.18kW to 400kW.
Motors
London Underground says it has launched an investigation into an incident involving an engineering train on the Northern line this morning.
Accident Investigation
BP is to pay $50.6 million in fines, after last year's investigations at its Texas City refinery – following up the 2005 explosion that killed 15 and injured 170 – led to 'failure-to-abate' safety...
Oil & Gas