Sixteen new R&D projects aimed at stimulating innovation in the UK's manufacturing sector are to share government funding of more than £6.5 million.
Atlas Copco has welcomed revisions to WIMES (the Water Industry Mechanical and Electrical Specifications), which emphasise measuring blower performance according to the ISO 1217 standard for...
Blowers
Working with Kunststoff-Zentrum SKZ KTT in Germany, sensor manufacturer Micro-Epsilon has developed an inline, non-contact temperature monitoring system for injection moulding machine quality control....
Thermography (infrared cameras)
Energy equivalent to the output of 31 nuclear power station blocks was saved by the installed base of ABB drives, which regulate the speed and power of electric motors, in 2011 – an increase of 19%...
Variable Speed Drives
Seven companies are each to receive up to £75,000 government funding to carry out feasibility studies that could lead to the development and commercialisation of innovative approaches to sustainable...
Social Responsibility
Pyroban has launched a new explosion-proof control system for diesel engines used in hazardous areas offshore.
Machine Safety/Protection
Pump manufacturer Nov Mono is to move from its current location at Martin Street in Audenshaw to a larger site at Greengate in Chadderton, following successful talks with Oldham Council.
Pumps
One of the first companies to champion the green agenda, IsoCool was set up in May 2002 to provide energy, carbon and cost saving process cooling solutions to manufacturers. To achieve this
Refrigeration
PC-based automation, in various forms, has been around for decades, but PLCs and related systems remain as popular as ever. Brian Tinham examines the differences and establishes which approach makes...
PID Control
GF is reporting reduced filling times, improved accuracy and repeatability and tighter filling tolerances on its filling machines since installing the latest Micro Motion FMT filling mass transmitter,...
Flow Measurement
Since installing fixed and regulated speed compressors, from CompAir, at its plant in Sablé sur Sarthe, France, food processor Société Marie says it has been experiencing annual electricity savings of...
Compressors
Split-to-the-shaft design and improved sealing of Revolvo's SRB bearings has resulted in massively reduced maintenance on orbital aeration tanks at a Wessex Water treatment plant.
Bearings