Plant engineers wanting to add online temperature measurements in areas where intrusive sensors are not possible – due to stress on sensors with thermowells – can now use Emerson's Rosemount 0085...
Temperature measurement
GAMBICA (the trade association for firms in instrumentation, control, automation and laboratory technology) and REMA (Retroreflective Equipment Manufacturers' Association, representing the electrical...
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Valvegeek, created by steam system and flow control specialist Valveforce, is a new free question and answer email service on anything to do with valves.
control valves
Some 350 DuraFlex couplings have been ordered from TB Wood – part of Altra Industrial Motion's industrial couplings division – for a Hungarian steel mill that is expanding its hot-strip runout table.
Bearings
Less than one third (32%) of managers are very confident that the gas detectors in their workplaces actually work.
Gas Detectors
High-efficiency electric motors and variable speed drives from Weg are behind Atlas Copco's latest range of energy-efficient screw blowers.
Blowers
NSK's L-PPS bearing cage technology has improved long-term performance and cost for an unnamed manufacturer of screw compressors in the refrigerant sector, according to the company.
Bearings
It's a poor workman that blames his tools, goes the proverb. But on machinery condition monitoring, it's been understandable. However, all of that is about to change, writes Brian Tinham
Vibration Monitoring
Building up individuals' plant engineering skills is always rewarding, but for one training company that took on Nigeria, the experience has been mega. Brian Tinham reports
Apprenticeships
Commercial laundry Bates of London is reporting savings of tens of thousands of pounds in energy since installing FREME (flash recovery energy management equipment) plant, from Spirax Sarco.
Steam Generation/Equipment
Yellow dump truck manufacturer Thwaites' paint line has been refurbished – and improved its efficiency and environmental sustainability on the way.
Plant Refurbishing/Remanufacture
Using a motor from Rotor UK, design engineers from Drive Lines Technologies have developed a discrete and sensitive solution to motorising a huge medieval door at Ripon Cathedral in North Yorkshire.
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