Brian Tinham

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Gulf of Mexico gas pipeline valve upgrade complete

Pipeline services specialist TD Williamson (TDW) is reporting the successful upgrade of valve systems at an unnamed operator's gas export pipeline offshore New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico.

Oil & Gas
News

Scottish Archimedes screw pumps get ECS treatment

ECS Engineering Services has started working with contractor WGM Engineering to maintain and extend the service life of Scottish Water's 200-plus Archimedes screw pumps.

Pumps
News

Mechan secures future of historic London Underground bogies

Sheffield-based Mechan is using its engineering skills to breathe new life into railway equipment still serving London almost a century after its introduction.

Bearings
News

ABB e-book offers best motors maintenance tips

ABB has published an e-book that reveals the most common causes of failure and offers tips on how to resolve them.

Electric Motors AC
News

Sawmill selects Saxlund for biomass combustion

Swedish sawmill Hilmer Anderson has selected bioenergy specialist Saxlund to provide fuel handling and biomass combustion technology for its latest 12MW hot-water boiler project.

Biomass Plant
News

TÜV SÜD warns machinery makers to watch wireless

Product compliance specialist TÜV SÜD Product Service is warning manufacturers integrating wireless modules into their products that they may be selling non-compliant equipment.

Machinery Directive
Features

Gearing up

Choice of gearbox type, not just sizing, is critical to the performance, efficiency, reliability and cost of any application. Brian Tinham takes advice from Brevini sales manager Dave Brown

Gearboxes
News

Portable infrared gas detector shines for oil and gas industry

Gas detection specialist Crowcon has added the Gas-Pro IR infrared sensor to its Gas-Pro range, to cover methane, pentane and propane.

Gas Detectors
News

WEG launches world’s most energy-efficient flameproof motor

Automation and control technology firm WEG is launching its W22Xd super premium efficiency range of hazardous area motors – said to be the world's most energy efficient flameproof motors.

Electric Motors AC
News

Rapid HV rotor repair saves Italian refinery downtime

When recent maintenance checks on a high voltage 60MW generator at a large unnamed Italian oil refinery signalled a potential rotor earth fault, Sulzer prioritised repairs and had the plant back up...

Turbines
News

Energy providers launch flexible renewable energy offer

LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) supplier AvantiGas and renewable energy technologies specialist Duncan Renewables have partnered to launch AvantiRenewables, a joint venture supplying multi-fuel energy...

Energy Saving
News

Atlantic LNG rationalises plant alarms with Process Plant Computing

LNG (liquefied natural gas) producer Atlantic is working with PPCL to streamline control room alarms across four LNG process trains at its Point Fortin plant, on the southwest coast of Trinidad.

Alarm Systems