United Utilities is reporting that split roller bearings are now providing heavy-duty support for the crankshaft of a large sludge pump at its Oldham waste water treatment plant, following operational...
Bearings
The British Safety Council has welcomed the extension to the planned review of the HSE's (Health and Safety Executive) 'Fee for Intervention', as announced in its report from the Triennial Review of...
Health & Safety at Work Act
Super precision bearings manufacturer Barden has celebrated the production of its one-millionth deep groove ball bearing for dry vacuum pumps at is plant in Plymouth.
Bearings
A tropical carnivorous plant (the pitcher plant, or Nepenthes) – which traps its prey inside its tubular body, using a virtually frictionless surface – is inspiring a new generation of coatings...
Protective Coatings
Professor Helen Atkinson, head of the Department of Engineering at the University of Leicester and vice president of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Iain Gray, chief executive of the Technology...
Continuing Professional Development
PD 5500:2012 – the latest specification for unfired fusion welded pressure vessels, covering vessels manufactured from carbon, ferritic alloy and austenitic steels, aluminium, copper and nickel – is...
PSSR
McQuay UK launched what it describes as the world's most advanced air-cooled chiller, at the London Transport Museum, yesterday (18 November 2013).
HVAC/Cooling systems
Cuadrilla Resources, Veolia Environnement and National Grid are to work with a European consortium, led by the Centre for Carbon Measurement at NPL (the National Physical Laboratory), to develop and...
Gas Analyses
Pontypridd bread manufacturer Easibake Foods has been fined £14,000 plus £9,931 costs after an employee's hand was trapped by moving blades on an unguarded dough-cutting machine.
Machine Safety/Protection
Flintshire pharmaceutical firms Archimica Chemicals and its trading partner Euticals have been fined £80,000 and £20,000 respectively for safety breaches and a further £20,000 for environmental...
Occupational Health
French fruit syrup manufacturer Teisseire, which recently saw a major investment in process equipment at its Crolles plant, is reporting improved performance, thanks to smart control technology.
control valves
As the UK strives to rebalance its economy in favour of manufacturing, Brian Tinham talks to Dr Peter Jost about the still unfulfilled roles for tribological science and technology.
Engineering Competence/Skills