Teesside University has teamed up with recycling and resource management firm SITA to help its workforce learn the best ways of producing energy from waste.
Combined Heat & Power
China Erzhong Heavy Industry Company, which developed the world's largest hydraulic press (an 800 mega Newton closed-die forging machine) is using Shell Tellus hydraulic to meet its high pressure and...
Hydraulic Components/Equipment
Centrifugal pumps manufacturer Amarinth, which specialises in the oil and gas, petrochemical and chemical industries, has launched a range of smaller, lighter, more efficient condensate recovery...
Steam Generation/Equipment
A monitoring system, supplied by OTT Hydrometry and installed by Wavelength Environmental, is helping to protect water quality on the Somerset Levels during the ongoing dredging operation following...
Data Acquisition
Liquid air energy storage (LAES) systems developer Highview Power Storage is co-sponsoring a research chair with the Royal Academy of Engineering at the world's first research centre for cryogenic...
Energy Recovery
Non-destructive examination (NDE) is a useful tool for the evaluation of plant and equipment's continuing fitness for service, but it must be used appropriately – particularly where hazardous...
Density Measurement
Forty years on from the Flixborough disaster, Brian Tinham looks at the lessons learned then and since – and the repercussions for safety throughout the process industries.
Materials Handling
The multi-million pound Institute for Innovation in Sustainable Engineering (IISE) was opened yesterday (Thursday, 26 June 2014) in Derby.
Continuing Professional Development
A scrap metal firm and a businessman have been sentenced for serious safety breaches that led to a site worker losing both legs as the doors of a 16-tonne baling machine closed on him.
Machine Safety/Protection
Business Secretary Vince Cable has called for a new model of high-level technical education, combining academic and applied knowledge to generate elite apprenticeships.
Apprenticeships
NSK bearings fitted to the first batch of Hitachi Intercity Express Programme (IEP) trains are based on those used for the high-speed Shinkansen trains in Japan.
Bearings
EEMUA (Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association) has published Edition 4 of its tank guidance, EEMUA 159, 'Above ground flat bottomed storage tanks – a guide to inspection, maintenance...
Thorough Examination