Motors and drives giant ABB will be discussing intelligent pump solutions and the dos and don'ts of specifying energy-efficient electric motors at the Pump Centre Conference, 30 April 2104, in...
Drives
The world's first on-line guided wave radar (GWR) level monitoring transmitter and probe testing system has been released by Emerson Process Management.
Level Measurement
Industry is broadly supportive of yesterday's (19 March 2014) budget, with the CBI and Siemens – two useful barometers – describing Chancellor George Osborne's speech as putting wind in the sails of...
Engineering Competence/Skills
Wabtec Rail is reporting improvements in terms of noise and reliability since fitting a variable-speed drive to damper tester equipment, used in the upgrade and refurbishment of railway equipment.
Electric Motors AC
New guidance notes from ABB, published to coincide with the launch of ABB's Navigator analyser range, explain how to optimise boiler chemistry and steam quality in power generation applications.
Turbines
More than 20,000 new apprenticeships have been pledged by employers as part of last week's National Apprenticeship Week (3—7 March 2014).
Apprenticeships
The ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) boiler and pressure vessel codes (BPVC) have been updated and are now available from BSI.
Boilers
Maintenance engineers concerned about condition monitoring on applications, such as fans, electric motors and pumps are being courted by SKF, following its launch of a laser vibrometer.
Vibration Monitoring
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Occupational Health
Although from next April, all UK workplaces are required by law to display an updated health and safety law poster, many organisations appear unaware of this new obligation.
Health & Safety at Work ActMachine builder Orwin is reporting improved production flexibility on an unnamed customer's 18-axis brake pad machining and assembly line, since moving to a new automation system from Siemens partner...
PLCs
A commercial laundry in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, is reporting more reliable speed control of its calender ironing machine – plus a very rapid repair time – following installation of an ABB...
Electric Motors AC