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Shell Ireland selects Valla pick and carry crane for gas plant maintenance

Shell Ireland has taken delivery of a Valla 120D pick and carry crane, supplied by UK dealer Peter Hird and Sons, for maintenance and lifting work at a new gas plant in the west of Ireland.

Cranes
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Heat transfer choices revealed in Ormiston Wire paper

Wire specialist Ormiston Wire has published a free white paper to help plant engineers specify heat transfer components.

Pipeline Equipment
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Atlas Copco to acquire Edwards vacuum group

Swedish compressor plant giant Atlas Copco is buying UK vacuum pumps specialist Edwards for around £1.04 billion in cash.

Vacuum Pumps/Pipes
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Birmingham school project turns to Potterton condensing boilers

Holyhead School, in Handsworth, Birmingham, has replaced ageing and obsolete boilers with Potterton Commercial condensing boilers, matched to the original radiator installation, and the flow and...

Boilers
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Global Renewables cuts landfill waste with Brevini planetary box

Global Renewables is reporting that 12 planetary gearboxes supplied by Brevini Power Transmission and installed in its waste treatment plants are still going strong.

Sludge
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Engineering academy upgrades with Mitsubishi

Brinsworth Academy of Engineering, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, has upgraded its training facilities, with ,much of the new equipment supplied by Mitsubishi Electric.

PLCs
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Compact helical bevel gearboxes prove power at ArcelorMittal plant

Watt Drive (part of the WEG Group) compact helical bevel gearboxes are proving their performance on a new straightening unit at steel producer ArcelorMittal's plant in Belval, Luxembourg.

Gearboxes
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Steel wheel stress cracking gets new non destructive testing technique

Trains will spend less time out of service due to wheel stress cracks, thanks to a technique that uses neutron diffraction to measure several centimetres into steel wheels.

Digital Imaging
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High Speed Sustainable Manufacturing Institute welcomes Ubisense

location-based technology specialist Ubisense has joined the HSSMI (High Speed Sustainable Manufacturing Institute).

Data Acquisition
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Ultrasonic control proves itself at Mersey Estuary Pollution Alleviation Scheme

United Utilities' updated flagship MEPAS (Mersey Estuary Pollution Alleviation Scheme) is reporting success throughout the network with its non-contacting ultrasonic level monitoring instrumentation,...

Water Treatment
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Rockwell Automation launches industrial security initiative

Rockwell Automation has launched an initiative aimed at helping manufacturers to reduce cyber-security risks to their control systems.

Process Management Systems
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MOL gas processing plant shaves 9m eur off production costs

European oil and gas giant MOL Group says it has significantly increased throughput, improved product quality and cut energy consumption at its Algyõ gas processing plant in Hungary, following...

Process Management Systems