Brian Tinham

Product Launches

Double protection comes at half the price

3M says plant managers can stock up on respiratory protection and save money with its 'buy one, get one free' offer, which applies to the 7500 series reusable half mask respirators.

Personal Protective Equipment
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Flexible conduit protects student hybrid racing car

Flexicon has helped a team of young engineers develop a hybrid propulsion system for its Formula Student racing car, by providing a flexible conduit system to protect the cabling.

Fixings/Adhesives
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Rocol gains first ISO 21469:2006 food lube certification

Rocol is the UK's first ISO 21469:2006 certified lubricants producer, and now says food, drink and clean industry manufacturers using its Foodlube will now find it easeier to pass retailer, EFSIS and...

Lubricants/Greases
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Severn Glocon opens specialist valve centre in Aberdeen

Severn Glocon has opened a valve automation centre in Aberdeen, for design, supply and maintenance of valve and actuator products through its Severn Ball Valves and Severn Unival divisions.

valve actuators
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Bakkavör achieves rapid plant transformation and fast ROI

Food manufacturer Bakkavör says it is driving improvements in plant output and efficiency at two of its Lincolnshire operations, following assistance from change management consultancy Reliable...

Engineering Competence/Skills
Product Launches

Visual and thermal imaging camera is half price

A thermal imaging camera, claimed to be around half the price of comparable units, may bring dual imaging technology to engineers everywhere.

Thermography (infrared cameras)
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Waste to energy plant controls migration is hot solution

Lerwick's energy recovery plant, which generates heat for the town's district heating system, has now been running successfully with its new control system throughout the winter months.

Combined Heat & Power
Product Launches

Invensys unveils HART migration for Fisher Provox controls

A HART-enabled plug-in migration tool for Fisher Provox Series 20 distributed control systems (DCS) has been launched by Invensys Operations Management.

Process Management Systems
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Doha stadium to keep cool on carbon neutral aircon plant

Football fans in Qatar – which is undertaking a major refurbishment programme ahead of the 2022 Fifa World Cup – will soon be kept cool with ABB variable speed drives.

HVAC/Cooling Systems
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TSB fund to speed wave and tidal energy innovation

Three R&D projects aimed at developing wave and tidal stream power plants of the future are set to benefit from government investment of more than £2.5 million.

Gearboxes
Product Launches

Temperature calibrators offer more functions

Improved accuracy and versatility are the claims for Jofra's RTC-158 and RTC-250 dry-block reference temperature calibrators, from Ametek.

Instrument Calibrator
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Wireless control network boosts production for steelworks

US-based Northstar Bluescope Steel says it has boosted production and reduced maintenance costs at its mini-mill by installing a Smart Wireless network for furnace control.

Temperature measurement