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St George’s hospital saves £45k with Spirax EasiHeat

St George's Hospital in Tooting says it is saving £45,000 per year since upgrading its heating and hot water systems to plate heat exchangers (PHEs).

Steam Generation/Equipment
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Bradford hospitals save £26,000 on air handling energy

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is reporting over £26,000 in annual energy savings since installing variable-speed drives from ABB across its sites at Bradford Royal Infirmary and St...

Variable Speed Drives
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Self cleaning filters set Norwegian honey buzzing

Self-Cleaning Russell Eco Filters have hugely improved the efficiency and running time of filtration at Norwegian honey processor Honningcentralen.

Filters/Filtering
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HJ Weir expands into US, helped by Weg and Eriks

Laundry finishing equipment manufacturer HJ Weir Engineering is expanding into the USA, in partnership, with maintenance products and services firm Eriks and electric motors giant Weg.

Electric Motors AC
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Electric motor loading is key to energy efficiency, warns Weg

Determining that electric motors are properly loaded enables users to make informed decisions about when to replace them and which to prioritise.

Electric Motors AC
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Chainflex cabling reduces powertrain design space

Chainflex CF11 and CF211 series energy chain cables can now operate reliably in much smaller bending radii than used to be considered safe.

Energy Chains
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Ten ways to cut MRO costs with industrial vending

MRO (maintenance, repair and operations) consumables represent up to 20% of industrial organisations' spend, according to Tony Goodwin of MRO services firm Propeller – who says that the resulting...

Computerised Maintenance Management Systems
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Ashtead invests in RAE gas monitor maintenance

Ashtead Technology has invested in a new service and calibration facility for RAE portable gas monitors, following increasing demand.

Instrument Calibrator
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Spanish automotive plant saves €2,500 per year on bearing audit

One of the production plants at an unnamed Spanish automotive group reports savings of €2.500 per annum on the operation of a drilling unit on one of its main assembly lines.

Bearings
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European Automation offers nine-hour parts service

An automation supply chain specialist is now offering a nine-hour component delivery for PLCs, servo drives, servo motors, HMIs and variable speed drives anywhere in Europe.

Electric Motors DC
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Auma electric actuators for Mangalore refinery upgrade

A major order for 150 Auma electric process valve actuators has been placed by Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals (MRPL).

valve actuators
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Huge solar electricity contract finished two weeks early

A Staffordshire company is celebrating after one of the largest factory roof solar PV electricity projects in the UK was switched on two weeks ahead of schedule – allowing thousands of pounds worth of...

Renewable Energy