Plants that use open gears should be checking for wear and tear, warns Industrial Speciality Lubricants.
Lubricants/Greases
KPM UK reports that investing in a thermal imaging camera is helping it to predict mechanical faults before they become costly failures.
Thermography (infrared cameras)
Corus's Trostre steel plant in Llanelli, South Wales has installed Gem Venturi orifice steam traps as part of its energy conservation and CO2 emissions programme – and is saving £500 per week.
Steam Generation/Equipment
Sustainable power firm Ener-G is to double the size of its office and boost manufacturing space by 25%, with a new 12,500 sq ft building at its headquarters in Greater Manchester.
Combined Heat & Power
ABB has won a contract to supply two medium voltage drives to a water project that will form a vital part of the water supply system for the North West of England.
Electric Motors AC
Some 35 British firms and universities are to get £7 million, from the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, to develop wave and tidal energy...
Turbines
Centrifugal pumps specialist Amarinth says it has moved one step closer to developing a cost effective and rapid process for designing and manufacturing bespoke best efficiency point (BEP) optimised...
Impellers
With just two months remaining for firms to register for the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC), an industry poll reveals that data management is the biggest problem for plant...
Carbon Emissions
Problems with flash steam emissions and leaking hot water have evaporated since Spirax Sarco replaced corroded steam equipment as part of a laundry refurbishment project at Holme House Prison in...
Steam Generation/Equipment
The Girvan distillery on the Ayrshire coast reckons it has improved running time by around 20% since installing a motor condition monitoring (MCM) system from Artesis.
Electric Motors AC
ABB has signed a frame agreement worth up to $23 million to deliver and maintain telecommunications systems for all of Statoil's offshore installations.
Oil & Gas
An innovative British-manufactured paving system, involving recycled plastics, has had its first major application at a North West bakery.
Recycling