Plant and equipment condition monitoring systems are invaluable in any maintenance engineer's armoury. But you might need to get the basics and backup right first, suggests Brian Tinham
Atlas Copco has re-designed the retrofit energy recovery units for its GA series air compressors, claiming improved performance from a smaller footprint.
Compressors
Amarinth, which specialises in centrifugal pumps for the oil, gas and petrochemical industries, is using its carbon reduction pump project expertise to supply equipment into Masdar City, in Abu Dhabi....
Pumps
A modular valve body pioneered by Bürkert is being claimed to increase the flow coefficient of conventional angle seat valves – so reducing energy requirements and improving flow characteristics.
control valves
ABB's UK transformer service team has launched a refurbishment and upgrading service that targets the two most common points of failure for power distribution transformers up to 132kV – the...
Electrical Distribution
Recycling, renewable energy and waste management specialist Viridor has installed a Babcock Wanson HEB 1050 hot water boiler at its anaerobic digestion plant at Walpole, near Bridgwater, Somerset.
Boilers
Precision sensor manufacturer Micro-Epsilon celebrates its 10th anniversary in the UK this month (August 2014).
Sensors
Worrying uncertainty about the impact revisions to the global standard for environmental management ISO 14001 will have is revealed in a new survey from specialist Cedrec.
Environmental Monitoring
ABB's direct torque control (DTC) – used on its variable speed drives since 1996 – has been significantly improved, bringing even higher accuracy motor speed and torque control, according to the firm....
Electric Motors AC
London's Regional Waste Recycling (RWR) has chosen Advetec Technologies to install a new water treatment system using the firm's first industrial scale, bio-thermic digester.
Biomass Plant
ECS Engineering Services has been contracted to replace or extend all hand railing, barriers and access steelwork at Severn Trent Water's Hinckley sewage treatment works, in Leicestershire.
Occupational Health
Pump designs may not be subject to radical change these days, but the sheer variety of types and the challenges of pumping applications make this a specialist sector. Brian Tinham reports
Pumps