As we rush headlong towards 2013, it is likely that, way ahead of Britain's obsession with industrial strategies, this year will be remembered for the ongoing Eurozone crisis, the West's struggle with...
Continuing Professional Development
With applications for industrial compressors expanding, their demand for energy has reached unnecessarily dizzying levels. Brian Tinham and Brian Wall looks at how to put the beast back in its cage
Compressors
Taylor Woodrow BAM Nuttall is reporting reliable service from Atlas Copco compressors, which are driving concrete spraying for the £500 million upgrade of London's Tottenham Court Road underground...
Compressors
Three water companies have adopted advanced MBBR (Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor) technology from Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, based on technology developed subsidiary AnoxKaldnes in the late...
Water Treatment
Johnson Matthey has been fined £20,000 plus costs of £2,194 after an employee sustained serious hand injuries at a plant in Royston, Herts, operated by the company.
Machine Safety/Protection
Oil and gas industry pump manufacturer Amarinth has delivered a new bearing flush monitoring system to ZADCO for API 610 VS4 pumps, which it says sets new standards.
Bearings
Installation of a continuous oil-in-water monitor in coolant water at an unnamed steel reprocessing plant has prevented downtime and avoided costly and time-consuming laboratory analysis, according to...
Sensors
Bosch Rexroth is providing back-up generator drive equipment to Sir Ranulph Fiennes' polar expedition, The Coldest Journey – the first attempt to cross the Antarctic during the polar winter.
Forklift Trucks
A rotor insertion flowmeter that can be installed 'hot' into live pipework has been introduced by Spirax Sarco.
Flow Measurement
The Aldwarke Bloom Caster complex in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, is set to save £250,000 a year, following the installation of variable-speed drives on its fume extraction system.
Electric Motors AC
One of the most technically challenging crane lifts ever performed on the Sellafield site passed off without problems recently.
Lifting Equipment
Industrial Anti Corrosives, in Dunnockshaw, has been fined £5,000 plus £3,991 costs, after one of its employees narrowly avoided severing his fingers when his hand came into contact with a rotating...
Machine Safety/Protection