Siemens Financial Services is extending its asset financing to the company's full range of industrial automation and management software.
Model-based Predictive Control
PVC-U profiles manufacturer Synseal Extrusions is using ABB's SynRM (synchronous reluctance) motor to cut the number of motor failures on two of its main extruders.
Electric Motors AC
While the temptation is understandably to tackle energy-saving projects piecemeal on the shopfloor, taking a holistic approach will reap far bigger rewards. Brian Tinham reports
Energy Recovery
Electronics and metal recycling specialist Sims Metals Management has selected electric motors firm WEG to design and build a bespoke, 6.6kV, 3MW motor for its Newark, Nottinghamshire, plant.
Electric Motors AC
Tidal energy firms Minesto and Atlantis Resources have been granted €750,000 from the Eurostars Programme, funded by the European Union, for R&D to reduce the cost of installations.
Wave/Tidal Energy
ADMA-OPCO ha awarded a contract to centrifugal pumps specialist Amarinth to supply 16 API 610 super-duplex pumps, some of which will be self-priming, for use on the SARB3 (Satah al-Razboot) project.
Pumps
The IET Wiring Regulations BS 7671:2008, incorporating Amendment 3:2015, will be available in January 2015 in print and online.
Electrical Distribution
Building and civil engineering contractor Britcon has handed over the new £20 million anaerobic digestion (AD) plant at food waste recycler ReFood, in Widnes.
Biomass Plant
Massive centrifugal pumps at the historic Queen Mary reservoir in Littleton, which serves much of London and surrounding counties, has been restored using Belzona polymers.
Pumps
ABB Robotics is to run a seminar and workshop at its Milton Keynes offices on 5 November 2014, aimed at helping smaller manufacturing operations appreciate the potential of current robotic automation....
Robots
Super precision ball bearing manufacturer Barden Corp will be among exhibitors at this year's Engineering Design Show, from 22—23 October 2014 at the Jaguar Exhibition Hall, Ricoh Arena, Coventry).
Bearings
Work has started on Control Techniques' new hi-tech engineering laboratory on land adjacent to its headquarters in Newtown, Mid Wales.
Variable Speed Drives