Twenty one apprentices graduated from the QinetiQ Apprentice School at MOD Boscombe Down last week (Thursday 6 September 2012).
Apprenticeships
Hach Lange's Biotector B7000 online TOC (total organic carbon) analyser has been awarded the 200th MCERTS certificate by SIRA – the body that manages the MCERTS scheme on behalf of the Environment...
Environmental Monitoring
Regain Polymers, of Castleford, West Yorkshire, is set to save nearly £50,000 a year on energy costs, following installation of an ABB industrial drive to one of its extruders.
Electric Motors AC
Until 31 December 2012, Fluke UK is offering a free pressure module or a free Fluke 700G pressure gauge to all purchasers of its 753 or 754 documenting process calibrator.
Pressure Testing/Measurement
Industrial companies are being encouraged to bid for a share of up to £1m of government investment in feasibility studies into energy harvesting technologies for autonomous sensing.
Sensors
Thermal Energy International's heat recovery system is proving so successful at reducing St George's Healthcare NHS Trust's carbon emissions and energy costs that the trust has been short-listed for...
Boilers
Bernard Matthews, the UK's largest turkey supplier, is installing a biogas plant to improve its waste handling and energy costs.
Biomass Plant
The BFPA (British Fluid Power Association) has welcomed yesterday's (29 August 2012) publication of the Holt Review on apprenticeships.
Apprenticeships
Five, first-of-a kind-hybrid excavators have been deployed at the major Crossrail project in London.
Mobile Plant
Medway Galvanising Company is set to save more than £10,000 a year in electrical energy, while also cutting CO2 by 60 tonnes annually, following the installation of an ABB standard drive on its fume...
Variable Speed Drives
Metso Minerals, which manufactured what is now the world's largest roller mill, for a copper mine in Arizona, has revealed that its huge bearings were designed and manufactured by Schaeffler.
Bearings
A white paper published by Spirax Sarco shows how steam users could save tens of thousands of pounds by improving their condensate recovery systems.
Steam Generation/Equipment