Atlas Copco’s latest oil-injected rotary screw compressor – the GA 110-160 VSD – promises to cut energy costs by up to 35%.
Compressors
By installing electronic controls to replace manually operated flow valves at Nissan Sunderland’s engine casting plant, Bürkert has achieved a “significant improvement” in process efficiency and...
Closed Loop Control
MRO (maintenance, repair and operations) specialists Brammer and Buck & Hickman have notched up their 300th installation of the Invend industrial vending system for consumables and tools.
Maintenance Management Systems
Logistics specialist La Cisa has taken delivery of a new 32 tonne Tier 4 Final Hyster forklift for a tough, hot metal handling application in northern Italy.
Forklift Trucks
Plant and machinery condition monitoring is increasing used to prevent unplanned downtime through failure of critical equipment, but many engineers and technicians are making basic, yet costly,...
Condition Monitoring
Costain has been fined £19,000 and Southbay Civil Engineering £19,000 plus costs totalling £23,500 following an incident involving a four-tonne piling hammer, which broke free while being lifted into...
Manual Handling
Emerson Process Management has introduced a wireless totalising flow transmitter to monitor turbine meters in remote applications.
Flow Measurement
Today (Monday 20 April 2015), the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has launched Electrical Standards Plus, a digital suite of publications covering the Wiring Regulations, enhanced with...
Continuing Professional Development
Results from industry trials, released by the Carbon Trust, demonstrate that improved ventilation in ovens, through the use of variable speed drives (VSDs) and sensors can lead to significant energy...
Variable Speed Drives
BSI (the British Standards Institution) has installed Atlas Copco’s AIRnet piping system as part of a £4 million upgrade of its test facility in Hemel Hempstead.
Pneumatic Components/Equipment
Bearings giant SKF has unveiled a taconite seal design aimed at split block bearing housings requiring protection in extremely contaminated and/or wet environments.
Bearings
Variable speed drives (VSDs) soppier Halcyon Drives says it is making savings estimated at more than £12,000 per annum since installing an ABB Trio solar inverter as part of a photovoltaic power...
Variable Speed Drives