Last month's introduction of legislation concerning new electric motor efficiencies should be focusing minds on cost and carbon saving projects. Brian Tinham reports
Electric Motors AC
Poorly managed MRO stores are costing plants serious money. Brian Tinham examines systems, methods, equipment and services that claim to help plant engineers work smarter and faster
Maintenance Management Systems
Office equipment manufacturer Ricoh reports savings of more than £100,000 per annum on energy costs at its production plant in Telford, since installing ABB variable-speed drives (VSDs).
Electric Motors AC
One of the UK's largest producers of pastry-based products is reporting 23% energy cost savings on its HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) plant, following installation of ABB...
Heating Systems
Absolute Energy is reporting increased uptime and reduced energy costs since changing to Emerson's Rosemount guided wave radar to monitor water level in a condensate receiver.
Level Measurement
Paksi Atomeromu (PAKS), the only operating nuclear station in Hungary, has selected Emerson's CSI 6500 machinery health monitor for real-time predictive monitoring on its eight turbine-generators.
Turbines
Yorkshire Water reports saving the cost of installing three-phase supplies at its the Black Horse, Kirklington, Pickhill, Tunstall and Colburn Village remote pumping stations, by installing ABB low...
Electric Motors AC
NSK's asset improvement programme (AIP), which offers a structured approach to bearing optimisation, can save significant costs, in terms of bearing replacement and plant downtime, according to the...
Bearings
Emerson Process Management says its new Fisher Fieldvue DLC3020f fieldbus digital level controller provides new levels of performance and information access, to drive process improvement.
Level Measurement
Safety Systems Technology has launched a guarding service that is claims will protect plant managers from being caught out by changes toi the Machinery Directive.
Machine Safety/Protection
Centrifugal pumps manufacturer Amarinth is to continue R&D on optimising impellers for best efficiency point, despite the Carbon Trust pulling the plug on funding.
Impellers
Switching its domestic hot water and heating from shell-and-tube calorifiers to EasiHeat systems, from Spirax Sarco, has delivered energy savings of at least 15% at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Heating Systems