Sellafield has successfully decommissioned a long-redundant facility dating from the 1950s, built to manufacture radioactive sources for the medical industry to treat cancers.
Nuclear Plant
Renewable energy specialist SunGift Solar has completed a flagship 250kW solar PV system for Numatic International, manufacturer of the Henry vacuum cleaner.
Solar EnergyDeaths from Legionnaires' disease at Basildon Hospital show that cutbacks on water treatment programme to save money, together with a complacent attitude, can have tragic consequences.
Occupational Health
An integrated heat exchanger monitoring system, designed to detect accelerated fouling rates and to suggest when cleaning is required, has been unveiled by Emerson Process Management.
Heating Systems
MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) products and services specialist Brammer says it has now enabled more than £100 million in cost savings for its customers in less than five years.
Maintenance Management Systems
Whitham Mills Engineering is reporting reduced eight and improved profitability since specifying a Brevini Power Transmission planetary drive for its latest commercial mobile shredder.
Gearboxes
ABB has been appointed the main electrical contractor for a new semi-submersible CPF (central processing facility) at the Ichthys oil and gas field in the Timor Sea off Western Australia.
Oil & Gas
Watson-Marlow's new Qdos 30 metering pumps have taken over from bellows pumps for turbidity testing at the Pontsticill water treatment works in the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Pumps
Pallet and container services giant CHEP has achieved massive savings since installing energy-efficient Atlas Copco compressors at its pallet production and repair sites in the UK.
Compressors
Spirax Sarco has won praise from local schools for giving engineering students the chance to train and gain hands-on experience using current industrial steam equipment.
Steam Generation/Equipment
New networking event Innovate UK – a joint venture from the Technology Strategy Board and UK Trade & Investment – launched yesterday (11 March 2013) to showcase engineering developments ranging from...
Robots
WR Refrigeration says it is adopting a zero tolerance approach to refrigerant leaks, rolling out its Trace-A-Gas leak detection system.
Gas Detectors