Cardiff University is reporting improved boiler efficiency, better consistency of steam delivery and reduced maintenance on its Fulton boilers, following a 12-month trial of the firm's prototype...
Steam Generation/Equipment
Thermal Energy International is reporting that a major steel plant in India is saving on energy, replacement steam traps and maintenance, having replaced conventional thermodynamic traps with its GEM...
Energy Recovery
With latest statistics from the HSE revealing that 31% of fatal, serious and over-three-day injuries across all industries were due to manual handling, Penny Hydraulics says that engineers need to...
Manual Handling
New guidance is now available from The Energy Institute (EI) and DNV (Det Norske Veritas) on managing human factors in the analysis of safety critical tasks.
Risk Assessment
Energy and automation systems giant GE has completed its $3.2 billion acquisition of Converteam, which specialises in power conversion, power electronics and electrical drive equipment.
Motors
The new EU motor regulations, introduced last June, will drive more efficient compressor plant, while also reducing carbon and energy costs, according to rotary vane compressor manufacturer Mattei.
Electric Motors AC
Flir is repeating its trade-in programme for old infrared cameras, and offering a 20% discount against list price, regardless of age or brand.
Thermography (infrared cameras)
ABB has secured its single largest UK OEM account to date for PLC and HMI (human machine interface) products, following the signing of a two-year agreement with Spirax Sarco.
Boilers
Air pollution control specialist AirProtekt says equipment supplied to an unnamed aerospace finishing plant to abate VOC fumes and odours has effectively cut plant running costs and energy...
Local Exhaust Ventilation
Fiat's factory in Melfi, Italy reports that thermography inspections with Flir thermal imaging cameras are playing an important part in its predictive maintenance program.
Thermography (infrared cameras)
A new robotics centre, opening today (Thursday 1 September 2011) at the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University, is promising to boost research into animal-like robots, self-driving...
Robots
The Energy Event, which takes place form 13 to14 September at the Birmingham NEC, will sport five of the 'big six', along with some of the UK's leading instrumentation and control suppliers.
Energy Audits