MOL Group's gas distillation plant in Algyõ, Hungary, has improved energy efficiency and process stability to the tune of more than eur 1,200,000 per annum since implementing advanced process controls...
Process Management Systems
Emerson Process Management claims to have transformed safety system installation by combining the performance and reliability of its DeltaV safety instrumented system (SIS) with the flexibility and...
Safety Related Control Systems
It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good, they used to say. And so it is with interest that we observe a significant rise in the numbers of engineering, technology, science and maths students...
Apprenticeships
A dozen of the most significant inventions from the past 60 years have been selected by the Science Museum and the Royal Academy of Engineering to honour The Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Engineering Competence/Skills
Flame retardant coatings manufacturer Flameproofings is reporting improved quality and cost reductions since securing Thorite to produce a system to integrate pump controls and run batch and level...
Pneumatic Components/Equipment
ABB has won an order worth $44 million to deliver three gearless mill drive systems (GMDs) for a new copper mine to be operated by Kazakhmys in south eastern Kazakhstan.
Motors
Prime Minister David Cameron praised Siemens commitment to investment and boosting skills through its apprenticeship programme, during a visit to the firm's Princess Road site in Manchester last week...
Apprenticeships
A team of Swiss students has turned science-fiction into reality by developing the world's first high agility, high stability 'ballbot'.
Robots
EEMUA CompEx – the competency scheme for engineers and technicians involved in hazardous area working to IEC 'Ex' standards – has extended its scheme for engineers responsible for design and...
Continuing Professional Development
For plant engineers covering machines subject to harsh or prolonged vibration, Mark Howard, of Zettlex, has issued a list of 10 simple rules for selecting position and speed sensors.
Proximity Sensing
The Technology Strategy Board has appointed Bob Gilbert as chairman of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult centre.
Social Responsibility
Precision engineering specialist Dawson Shanahan reports that it has cut production times for component manufacturing at its Potters Bar plant by 20%, principally by installing a robotic loading...
Robots