Brian Tinham

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Accolade boosts bottling efficiency with oil-free compressors

Accolade Wines is using recovered heat from oil-free compressors to pre-heat CIP (clean in place) water for two high-speed bottling lines at its plant in Avonmouth, Bristol.

Compressors
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Thermal cameras now available for under £6,000

Following what Flir Systems describes as significant demand for its T335 and B335 thermal imaging camera, the company says it is now able to "pass on manufacturing economies to customers."

Thermography (infrared cameras)
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Babcock Wanson launches treatment service for coil boilers

Steam generators manufacturer Babcock Wanson has introduced a water treatment service that includes a five-year corrosion warranty on the boiler coil.

Boilers
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Spirax Sarco helps Provectus with rare decontamination project

Contaminated land specialist Provectus is reporting success with a novel approach, based on steam, it used to clean up the soil from an old printing works.

Steam Generation/Equipment
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Maersk Oil UK selects ESR Technology for Aberdeen QRA work

ESR Technology has been awarded a five-year technical safety framework by Maersk Oil UK to provide quantitative risk assessment (QRA).

Oil & Gas
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ABB solves 100-year old dc electrical grid puzzle

Power and automation giant ABB has announced "a breakthrough" in the ability to interrupt direct current, solving a 100-year-old electrical engineering problem.

Electrical Distribution
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Maintenance partnership recovers 4,000 hours of lost production capacity

Automotive engines remanufacturer Autocraft Drivetrain Solutions, which supplies OEMs including Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Aston Martin, Volvo, JCB and Chrysler, is reporting significant savings since...

Planned Maintenance
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Climate Centre set to supply Carrier chillers

Air conditioning and refrigeration distributor Climate Centre is now supplying Carrier chillers nationwide.

Heat Pumps
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Bauer reveals results of IE4 motor efficiency test

Bauer Gear Motor is offering plant engineers a free place at the 'Future-Oriented Drive System Engineering' technical symposiums, being held on 20th and 22nd November in Augsburg and Dusseldorf,...

Gearboxes
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Drives increase blast furnace reliability at UK steelworks

An unnamed UK steelworks has taken a new approach to the open gear systems typically used to convey material to the blast furnace – with the installation of a new enclosed gearbox solution.

Gearboxes
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Better operator alarms can improve process profitability

It is a mistake to believe that meeting the 'human-factors performance targets' of EEMUA 191 or SP 18.2 is sufficient to provide a 'good' operator alarm system.

Alarm Systems
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ABB extends high pressure range with 1,000 and 600 bar transmitters

ABB has launched 1,000 bar gauge and 600 bar differential pressure transmitters, as additions to its 266 range of transmitters.

Pressure Testing/Measurement