Following a review of storage and handling at Laura Ashley's Newtown, Wales, distribution hub, the company has restricted picking to the first and second racking levels, with bulk goods stored in the...
Forklift Trucks
New Holland's twin rotor technology – which won the firm a Guinness World Record title for combine harvester performance – is using Loctite anaerobic adhesives for critical bolts.
Seals
Land Rover Vehicles has specified Hughes Pumps water jetting equipment to remove over-spayed paint from skids used to transport Range Rover, Discovery and Land Rover bodies through its paint shop.
Pollution Control
Engineering mobility firm SCHAD is partnering with Vanderlande Industries, which specialises in automated material handling systems, to offer a new maintenance system.
Maintenance Management Systems
A project led by The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is to examine the commercial viability of marine-derived peptones for high-value products.
Green Technology
Cambridge-based sensors specialist Zettlex has successfully built position monitoring devices light enough to track bumble bees in motion.
Proximity Sensing
Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change Greg Barker opened the new energy centre at Waitrose Bracknell this week (Monday 24 September 2012).
Social Responsibility
Academics, government officials and industry executives will meet at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on 2 October to kick off a programme aimed at harnessing liquid air to deliver a zero...
Carbon Footprint
Seventy UK firms, universities and research organisations are to share more than £7 million of government funding for research aimed at the development and commercialisation of innovative approaches...
Petrochemical
A free 'Steam Site Guide', designed for process engineers, covers sizing and optimisation of steam systems to ensure safety and efficiency.
Steam Generation/Equipment
Atlas Copco says it has applied its expertise in air compressors to vacuum pump technology, with the launch of its new GV oil-sealed rotary screw vacuum pump system, suitable for rough vacuums between...
Vacuum Pumps/Pipes
Commercial laundry Bates of London is reporting savings of tens of thousands of pounds in energy since installing FREME (flash recovery energy management equipment) plant, from Spirax Sarco.
Steam Generation/Equipment