Although blessed with one of the best industrial health and safety records on the planet, statistics reveal that the UK cannot afford to become complacent. Brian Tinham examines problems and solutions...
Occupational Health
Split roller bearings from Revolvo have were specified as part of the diesel electric propulsion system for a refurbished icebreaker recently re-engined in the Ukraine.
Bearings
The Oil Firing Technical Association (OFTEC) has launched a consultancy service that, it says, will provide independent evaluations of oil-fired installations.
Boilers
Sainsbury's St Albans distribution centre is reporting success with a significant forklift truck refurbishment project involving more than 140 trucks.
Forklift Trucks
Atlas Copco Compressors has delivered its largest-ever UK-designed and built compressor plant – to Kazakhstan.
Compressors
Low voltage ac variable speed drive technology is set to save a woollen yarn spinner nearly £27,000 a year in energy costs alone.
Electric Motors AC
Bio-products manufacturer Becker Underwood says it has protected the supply of oil- and contaminant-free air for key processes with Atlas Copco ZS low-pressure, oil-free blower technology.
Blowers
Managers in the engineering sector are working longer hours in more stressful conditions to cope with the recession, according to a study that compares their wellbeing now with that in 2007.
Occupational Health
Hard landscaping products supplier Marshalls is reporting significant energy and operating cost savings since implementing remedial action following air leakage audits at nine of its plants.
Compressors
'Learnbubble', an e-learning programme from training specialist Elmstone Systems, now covers eight key health and safety topics online.
Continuing Professional Development
United Utilities' Drummer's Lane water pumping station in Lancashire is reporting energy savings of more than £19,000 per year, having replaced Heenan variable-speed drives with new units from ABB.
Electric Motors AC
The Advanced Digital Institute, Ener-G, Flexitricity, Smarter Grid Solutions and UK Power Networks have secured £100k of match funding from the Technology Strategy Board to explore next generation...
Combined Heat & Power