Brian Tinham

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Flexitallic and Sealex join forces for Aberdeen

Static sealing products manufacturer Flexitallic and sealing and industrial hose distributor Sealex have centralised their operations in Aberdeen, and increased local manufacturing content.

Seals
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Vehicle-mounted platform lifts ease beer cooler maintenance for Adnams

Adnams, the Southwold-based brewer, is reporting that its Penny Hydraulics LoadLift platform lifts are enabling engineers to complete maintenance tasks on their own when they visit the brewer's pubs...

Lifting Equipment
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Sira signs up for Hazex at Maintec 2012 exhibition

Sira Test & Certification is to support Hazex, the new specialist hazardous area event being run as part of easyFairs Maintec 2012 Show.

Instrument Calibrator
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Wireless acoustic transmitter cuts steam bills by 20 per cent

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...

control valves
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Boulting and Siemens handle Alloa glassworks system retrofit

Four Honeywell 620 PLCs, a bespoke batch computer and a PCIM SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) system at the Alloa glassworks in Scotland have been replaced by four Siemens S7 PLCs and...

PLCs
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Watson-Marlow peristaltic pump shifts thinking at Severn Trent

A 520 DuN/REM high pressure peristaltic pump has met the immediate needs of three chemical dosing schemes implemented recently at various Severn Trent Water facilities.

Pumps
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Speedy places £3 million excavator order with JCB

Plant rental specialist Speedy has purchased £3.3 million worth of JCB 8018 mini excavators, the biggest order that JCB received for the model in the past 12months.

Mobile Plant
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IPAF launches MEWP and AWP incident database

IPAF (the International Powered Access Federation) has begun a project to collect worldwide data on incidents involving MEWPs (mobile elevating work platforms) and AWPs (aerial work platforms), with...

Mobile Plant
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Safety assured at Petroplus Coryton fuel processing refinery

Safety systems specialist Hima-Sella has received an order for end-of-life replacement of SIS (safety instrumented systems) on two processing units at the Petroplus' Coryton Refinery in...

Safety Related Control Systems
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Emerson Smart Energy promises cost savings on renewables

Emerson Process Management has kicked off what it's describing as a global programme to combine its industrial energy expertise with energy management technologies to enable plant managers to improve...

Heating Systems
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Shell chooses Parker Hannifin for instrumentation

Motion and control firm Parker Hannifin has signed a deal with Shell that makes it a single source supplier of instrumentation valves, manifolds, process-to-instrument valves, fittings, tubing,...

Pneumatic Components/Equipment
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Brammer launches second online Quick Tips video

Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services specialist Brammer has launched the second in its series of videos, aimed at sharing expertise online.

Planned Maintenance