ABB is sponsoring the first Functional Safety 2014 conference organised by the Institute of Measurement and Control, which runs next week (4—5 November 2014).
Emergency Shutdown Systems
As energy efficiency continues as a top priority for for plants across the industrial landscape, understanding of pump energy consumption remains poor, according to maintenance service organisation...
Pumps
Scottish Water is reporting efficiency improvements following refurbishment of a pair of Archimedes screw pumps at its Skellyton site, near Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.
Pumps
Injury and ill-health statistics released yesterday (29 October 2014) by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reveal that some 28.2 million working days were lost due to work related ill health or...
Occupational Health
Safety Systems Technology (SST) is to operate as an independent company again, having bought itself out of TÜV SÜD, which acquired the company in 2010 alongside Laidler Associates.
Machine Safety/Protection
Steam plant specialist Spirax Sarco reckons hospitals and healthcare organisations can improve energy efficiency, reduce risk, cut emissions – and get closer to NHS targets.
Steam Generation/Equipment
WSP Textiles, which manufacturers yarn for billiard and snooker tables, as well as tennis ball brands including Slazenger and Dunlop, says it has significantly improved uptime while also saving...
Electric Motors AC
Energy prices fell by almost 7% between the first and second quarters of this year (2014) – overall 4% lower than the same period last year – latest data from Lorien's Energy Index reveals.
Energy Audits
Siemens and qualifications body OCR – collaborating with in conjunction with the Cabinet Office, DoE (Department of Education) and BIS (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) – are now...
Apprenticeships
New diagnostics on ABB's variable speed drive range are being claimed to reduce machine and process downtime by speeding up investigation times.
Variable Speed Drives
Spanish hydraulics experts Hine Renovables has chosen hydraulic valve and hose technology from Eaton for power packs being used at two large concentrated solar power (CSP) plants in South Africa.
Hydraulic Components/Equipment
In a bid to avoid costly and time consuming sludge clean-up, Danish sewage treatment plant Frederikshavn Renseanlaeg has installed a fixed total volatile organic compound (TVOC) detector from Ion...
Gas Detectors