GE Oil & Gas has signed a global licensing and collaboration agreement with liquid air energy storage (LAES) pioneer Highview Power Storage to explore opportunities for the technology where its gas...
Energy Saving
ABB has launched an online ROI calculator to help SMEs (small to medium size enterprises) discover the cost and productivity potential available to them from industrial robots.
Robots
ABB has achieved MCERTS certification for its AX400 pH measurement system, following tests in a field trial over nine months on an effluent discharge at Pembroke Power Station.
pH Measurement
Fitting Sumitomo Demag temperature control units on two of its highest output machines has enabled injection moulding specialist Warden Plastics not only to stabilise its process but also to shave a...
Temperature measurement
One of BASF plants at the Port of Antwerp is reporting significant cost savings replacing failed bearings on its axial cooling tower fans since installing Revolvo SRB split roller bearings.
Bearings
Models, methods and tools to help manufacturers make the transition to 'Industry 4.0' – smart, networked factories – by implementing cyber-physical systems (CPS) are being developed under the...
Machine Controls
Stafford-based ceilings manufacturer CEP Ceiling has been fined £24,000 with £1,194 costs after a worker's arm was caught in an unguarded laminator machine.
Machine Safety/ProtectionWith EEMUA 191 Revision 3 changing requirements in terms of generating and representing KPIs (key performance indicators), engineers responsible for process plant control systems need to update their...
Alarm Systems
Declaring that Flir thermal imaging cameras are increasingly treated as tools of the trade by maintenance technicians and service engineers, the firm has broaden its scope to include related tools –...
Multimeters
Wirral based conveyor manufacturer Sovex won the Manufacturing Innovation Award at the Made in the Northwest Business Awards 2014.
Conveyors
Pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi has extended its service contract with Dalkia for the Holmes Chapel, Cheshire manufacturing site by five years.
Combined Heat & Power
Researchers at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) have developed wireless sensors able to detect minute fissures in industrial machinery by the ultrasonic sounds they emit.
Vibration Monitoring