Techniques such as vibration monitoring, acoustic emissions sensing and thermography are more accessible than ever, but what should you use where?
Condition Monitoring
Independent gas-to-power generator Alkane Energy – which runs 81MW of installed generating capacity – is reporting reduced pumping costs and maintenance, as well as improved equipment reliability and...
Pumps
Blackburn Skip Hire and its owner Zarif Mohammed have been ordered to pay £80,000 in fines and costs after a 21-year-old worker was crushed to death.
Machine Safety/Protection
Safety and reliability standards across manufacturing industry could be compromised, if the number of engineers specialising in NDT (non-destructive testing) and condition monitoring techniques...
Strain/Stress Monitoring
Stillage manufacturer JS Burgess Engineering, which says raw material flow into its factory depends on the efficiency of its side loader, has gone for a new replacement, this time from Baumann.
Forklift Trucks
When Mono pumps were switched off recently in Portsmouth, it marked the end of a 20-year operation to preserve the remains of Henry VIII's flagship, the Mary Rose.
Pumps
Nordic marine energy technology specialist Minesto won the Industry Pioneer Award at the International Tidal Energy Summit in London last week (27 November 2013).
Wave/Tidal Energy
Process plants generating thousands of alarms from their automation systems, and force control room operators to differentiate between safety-critical and routine process upsets, may be a thing of the...
Alarm Systems
Machine builder Precision Engineering, which manufactures the Dico container servo-capping and Gravfil liquid filling machines, is reporting success with its use of Siemens automation technology for...
PLCs
Lydia Feasey is the winner of the IET's (Institution of Engineering and Technology) Apprentice of the Year.
Apprenticeships
Staffordshire-based JWCI Process Engineering has solved a stilton cheese storage problem for an unnamed plant by using track roller guidance systems from Schaeffler UK.
Bearings
More than 99% of all arc flash incidents occur when a panel door is open, exposing workers to potentially lethal amounts of energy.
Personal Protective Equipment