QGC has signed ABB to provide long-term planned and unplanned maintenance services for up- and mid-stream facilities at the world's first coal-seam gas project, Queensland Curtis Liquefied Natural Gas...
Safety Related Control Systems
Former cabinet minister Michael Portillo officially opened the £650,000 Endress and Hauser Application, Training and Engineering Centre last Friday (Friday 8 November 2013), in Manchester.
Apprenticeships
Minesto's Deep Green 'underwater kite' marine power plant is now producing electricity in the waters off Northern Ireland – a world first for a system designed to harness low velocity sea currents.
Renewable Energy
British process and automation expertise has helped Nissui, one of Japan's largest seafood producers, to cut white sauce production time by 83%.
PLCs
A landmark 1,000th delegate has passed the Combustion Engineering Association's Boiler Operation Accreditation Scheme (BOAS) training course, undertaken at Spirax Sarco's Cheltenham UK Steam...
Steam Generation/Equipment
Engineers and engineering managers are being warned of using counterfeit copies of key publications like the IET Wiring Regulations BS 7671:2008(2011), following the seizure in Dover, by Kent Trading...
Wiring Regulations
The Coalition has announced £49 million of funding to help develop badly needed engineering skills to coincide with Tomorrow's Engineers Week – the campaign to promote careers in engineering to young...
Apprenticeships
Rockwell Automation has released Safety Maturity Index (SMI) software, aimed at helping manufacturers to assess the effectiveness of their existing safety programs and then to optimise plant...
Hazardous Areas
A new Robot Swappage Scheme, being introduced by ABB, is seeking to encourage manufacturers to adopt the latest robotic automation technology.
Robots
Impact Handling has used its all-makes expertise to secure a sole supplier servicing agreement with Leeds-based Q8Oils, to maintain its 16-strong fleet of materials handling equipment.
Forklift Trucks
Emerson Process Management's Fisher Fieldvue digital valve controller has passed the 1.5-million mark shipped worldwide.
Valve Positioners
A decade-long partnership has helped Siemens technology partner Saftronics build its hundredth motor control centre for use in mobile power plants.
Motors