Con Mech Engineers has been fined £20,000 plus £8,045 in costs in court, after an agency worker was crushed between a moving vehicle and a water tank.
Materials Handling
Sandvik Materials Technology has added zoned safety guarding to a large cold rolling mill at its Sandviken plant in Sweden, using ABB's new safety PLC as the controller.
PLCs
The Windscale chimneys – a major part of the Sellafield skyline since the 1940s – are now close to final demolition, with the last remaining filter galley now half way through decommissioning.
Plant Refurbishing/Remanufacture
Kent-based plastics manufacturer SK Engineering says that AB Systems solved problems with an unreliable and noisy cooling tower – installing an intelligent, two-stage system in a matter of hours.
Evaporate Cooling
Swiss chemicals group EMS-Chemie is reporting energy savings of 10% since installing a central compressed-air unit from Atlas Copco on its a new cooling water circuit – which, in turn, has cut water...
Compressors
Midlands-based engineering firm Lontra has signed a deal with Sulzer to supply the global pump systems manufacturer with its Blade Compressor technology.
Compressors
Chemical distribution specialist Brenntag reports significant improvements in plant efficiency, while retaining its local authority effluent monitoring compliance, having replaced its batch control...
Process Management Systems
Yesterday's (1 April 2014) worrying second report from the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), which speaks of a need for urgent action on emissions to mitigate inescapable global risks,...
Environmental Monitoring
Following Siemens investment in wind turbine production in Hull, engineering specialist Romax Technology is warning that R&D is key to driving the UK's renewable energy industry.
Wind Energy
Chilean pharmaceutical firm Laboratorio Sanderson is crediting Atlas Copco equipment as the driving force behind reduced costs and improved efficiency at its Fresnius Kabi plant.
Compressors
Staffordshire based thermal fluid specialist Global Heat Transfer has been awarded accreditation from safecontractor for its commitment to excellence in health and safety.
Heating Systems
Fieldbus systems associated with Emerson Process Management's asset management software can now be commissioned up to 80% faster, according to the company.
Computerised Maintenance Management Systems