ABB has unveiled a network of integrators for PLC (programmable logic controllers), aimed at giving OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) easier access to programming expertise.
Control Panels
ExxonMobil Lubricants & Specialties has launched what it playfully calls Looble, an online industrial lubricant selector designed to help maintenance engineers make informed lubricant choices.
Lubricants/Greases
Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services specialist Brammer has launched the second in its series of how-to videos – this about drive belts.
Energy Chains
Greencore Foods plant in Selby has dramatically improved its wastewater treatment process, managed by Veolia Water Industrial Outsourcing, since installing a new continuous TOC (total organic carbon)...
Pollution Control
Promising to help process plants save energy and reduce their environmental impact, Emerson has introduced a wireless acoustic transmitter that provides instant visibility of critical steam traps and...
Condition Monitoring
3i Condition Monitoring Consultancy has been accredited as a distributor for the entire range of Flir thermal imaging cameras.
Thermography (infrared cameras)
Henry Ford's classic assertion about the importance of purchasing equipment for which there is a commercial case is as true today for UK manufacturing as it was a century ago.
Electric Motors AC
Peter Luff, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, formally opened TRaC's new Southern Labs in Three Legged Cross, Wimborne, Dorset late last week (2 February 2012).
Strain/Stress Monitoring
Conveyor belting manufacturer Habasit Rossi has become the first to receive European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG) certification for one of its products.
Conveyors
Two enhancements to radar level measurement devices by Siemens Industry Automation & Drive Technologies are leading the company to claim a new standard in operational efficiency for plant operators.
Level Measurement
As Chancellor George Osborne ramps up the rhetoric on manufacturing, with his 'march of the makers' theme, while Prime Minister David Cameron and much of the coalition cabinet dance to a similar...
Apprenticeships
Combined heat and power, and energy storage plants are the biggest games in town. Brian Tinham looks at latest developments
Combined Heat & Power