BAE Systems' massive 5.5m x 14m autoclave is back in action – having been completely refurbished by AIC Group – with an anticipated 10 more years of life and energy consumption cut by 20%.
Plant Refurbishing/Remanufacture
Saladworks of Leicester, one of the UK's major ready meals producers, is reporting savings of 25% on cooling costs since installing a single 55kW variable-speed drive (VSD), from ABB.
Electric Motors AC
ISO 11011:2013 – introduced in August 2013, with a framework for assessing and auditing compressed air systems – is being welcomed by the industry for its ability to rationalise and improve compressed...
Compressors
Steam systems specialist Spirax Sarco has introduced what the company is describing as "the industry's most comprehensive range of desuperheaters for precise control and efficient heat transfer when...
Steam Generation/Equipment
The plastics industry, among others, should be harnessing autumn's reducing ambient air temperatures to save energy and reduce cooling costs by up to 70%.
Energy Saving
NPL (the National Physical Laboratory) has developed a dynamic pressure sensor calibration facility, which, it says, improves confidence in high-speed sensors, such as those used in gas turbines and...
Pressure Testing/Measurement
Magnetically-coupled centrifugal pumps have helped an unnamed "leading electronics manufacturer" to reduce downtime and repair costs, while also contributing toward a safer working environment.
Pumps
Precision engineering firm Di-Spark is reporting a 15% energy saving from trials of a vertical GA15VSD+ rotary screw compressor, powered by Atlas Copco's permanent magnet motor technology, which...
Compressors
Viridor has upgraded equipment at its Priorswood materials recycling facility in Taunton with a new chain conveyor, fabricated and installed by recycling equipment engineering specialist Middleton...
Conveyors
The Crown Estate has appointed Midlands-based Lorien Engineering Solutions to design and project manage a woodchip boiler and district heating system, to be installed at Windsor Great Park.
Biomass Plant
Former cabinet minister Michael Portillo is to officially open instrument engineering specialist Endress and Hauser's new application, training and engineering centre next month.
Apprenticeships
An RHI Normag plant in Porsgrunn, Norway, is reporting reduced maintenance costs, minimised plant downtime and improved energy measurement accuracy since installing Coriolis flowmeters, from Emerson...
Flow Measurement