Huntingdon-based solids pumping and mixing specialist P&M Pumps has helped engineers at Peterborough prison to eliminate blocked pumps problems.
Pumps
GKN Wheels plant in Telford believes it will save some £25,000 per year following the installation of an ABB low voltage ac drive.
Variable Speed Drives
Speciality chemicals manufacturer, Allessa Chemie has implemented SCHAD's Extend7000 Mobile SCADA system to get instant notification of critical power plant problems.
SCADA
Hazardous areas and electrical/electronic circuits have been treated with caution ever since the Senghenydd colliery disaster of 1913. Brian Tinham provides a technology update
ATEX
Hydraulic ring mains and mixer circuits that respond in milliseconds, yet improve energy efficiency, are under development. Brian Tinham reports
Hydraulic Components/Equipment
Infrared cameras are getting a lot of air time, as among the most valuable tools for technicians concerned with plant and process condition monitoring. Brian Tinham reviews developments and issues
Thermography (infrared cameras)
Anglian Water has chosen Atlas Copco's low-pressure ZS blowers to supply air to aeration diffusers at four of its wastewater treatment re-development sites.
Blowers
Another regrettable death from Legionnaires' disease indicates that poor maintenance regimes or complacency are still too prevalent, according to B&ES (the Building & Engineering Services...
Occupational Health
An infra-red heating system from Heraeus Noblelight is helping to ensure the quality of composite aerospace structures manufactured at the new GKN Aerospace facility at Western Approach, near Bristol....
Heating Systems
The highlight of the Museum of Power, near Maldon, Essex – a Marshall 300hp vertical, triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, manufactured by the Lilleshall Company – is now back on steam after...
Steam Generation/Equipment
ABB-Dodge will be showing its range of maintenance-friendly bearings at this year's International Quarrying and Recycling show, at Hillhead Quarry, 19—21 June.
Bearings
Engineers at Drax power station, in Selby, north Yorkshire, say they can identify alarm trends faster and more easily – and analyse the causes – since implementing MAC Solutions' ProcessVue alarm...
Alarm Systems