Brian Tinham

Product Launches

Lighting cuts carbon

Low-carbon specialist Energys Group has launched a service providing hands-on training for sites wanting to install its lighting converter, Save It Easy.

Lighting
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Brammer opens Pembroke branch for plant maintenance

Cllr Maureen Colgan, mayor of Pembroke Dock, and Welsh badminton international Jordan Hart with Ian Ritchie, managing director of maintenance, repair and overhaul firm Brammer, officially opening its...

Lubricants/Greases
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HM Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations to report on Fukushima

Mike Weightman, HM Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations, is to produce a report on the implications for the UK nuclear industry of the devastation at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in...

Nuclear Plant
Product Launches

Valve actuators get stem synchronised

Valve actuators specialist Sipos Aktorik has successfully addressed the problem of synchronising valve stems, using a master actuator to reflect control signals from a PLC to slave devices via a...

valve actuators
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Speedy Hire launches members’ club for small plants

Plant and equipment rental and support firm Speedy has launched a members-only service for tradesmen and small to medium size businesses.

Occupational Health
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Rapeseed Oil Fuels Green Energy Revolution

Lincolnshire-based energy firm LowC Communities says it has developed a viable non-food rapeseed oil (break crop) power generation system that is providing low-carbon, green electricity, heating and...

Combined Heat & Power
Product Launches

Point and shoot thermal imaging

Flir says its E-Series compact camera range is "the best value in thermal imaging and digital camera resolution we have ever offered".

Thermography (infrared cameras)
Product Launches

Industry first software engineering framework will speed project building

Siemens has launched what it claims to be an 'industry first' software engineering framework covering the design, programming, building and running of all its automation equipment and systems.

PLCs
Product Launches

Rotary screw compressors run up to 250kW

CompAir has extended its regulated speed, energy efficient rotary screw compressors to cover from 7.5kW to 250kW while enabling energy savings of up to 25%.

Compressors
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Lifecycle service helps plant managers with legacy automation

Rockwell Automation is offering plant managers a new level of support minimise the risk of obsolescence.

PLCs
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£16.5m engineering laboratories to develop low carbon technologies

Aston University is building £16.5m engineering laboratories to showcase and develop renewable low carbon technologies, including a biomass fuelled power plant.

Biomass Plant
Product Launches

Compact inverters come with integrated PLC functionality

Nord Drivesystems has extended its SK 500E series of compact inverters, with the addition of a top-of-the-range model SK 540E, featuring basic PLC functionality.

Variable Speed Drives