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Million litres of diesel saved by hybrid power generator

Hybrid power generators specialist Firefly, which supplies the construction sector with temporary power, says its Cygnus HPG has saved more than 1 million litres of diesel since its launch in April...

Power Plant
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Full steam ahead for Robey-Wellman Boilers

Industrial boiler and furnace manufacturer Wellman Group is now Robey-Wellman Boilers and Furnaces, following a management buyout.

Steam Generation/Equipment
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Plad pressure-boosting pumps turn to ABB PLCs

Specialist pump manufacturer Plad Equipment says it has become easier to customise systems for boosting water pressure in high-rise buildings since changing to ABB's AC500 PLC range.

Pumps
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Veolia designs 1.5MWe CHP plant for Crisp Malting

Crisp Malting Group's Great Ryburgh plant is replacing two ageing 600kWe Cogenco CHP (combined heat and power) units with a single 1.5MWe CHP system, under a turnkey design, supply, installation and...

Combined Heat & Power
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Recycling firm fined £118,000 after worker loses arm

Ayrshire waste recycling firm Lowmac Alloys has been fined £118,000 for serious safety failings that left an agency worker with a severed arm.

Machine Safety/Protection
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Energy from Waste industry set for expansion

Demand is growing for intelligent and innovative EfW (energy from waste) plant solutions, according to Mitsubishi Electric, which recently returned from the EfW hall at the September's RWM 2014...

Biomass Plant
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The future’s bright, the future’s L’Orange exhaust after-treatment

What's claimed to be a new concept in exhaust after-treatment for large marine, offshore, land-based power plant and railway engines has been launched by L'Orange, a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce Power...

Engines
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Firm fined after unguarded drill causes worker to lose fingertip

West Midlands fabrications firm H&H Alloy Sales has been fined £13,000 plus £1,391 costs in court after an employee lost the tip of his finger in an unguarded drill.

Machine Safety/Protection
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Rolls Royce fined for loss of radioactive source

Rolls Royce Marine Power Operations has been fined £200,000 plus £176,500 costs following loss of a radioactive source at its Derby plant.

Health & Safety at Work Act
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Rental NDT ultrasonics oust radiography for gas pipeline weld tests

Sophisticated gas pipeline quality controls have been developed by Forth Inspection Service using non-destructive testing (NDT) equipment hired from Ashtead Technology.

Instrumentation
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Atlas Copco grows custom service for oil and gas compressors

Atlas Copco's Hemel Hempstead custom engineering workshop has unveiled a £680,000 expansion to meet what it describes as rising global demand from the oil and gas industry.

Compressors
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Electroplating plant turns to Qdos pumps

BIA Kunststoff- und Galvanotechnik, which manufactures plastic components with metallic surfaces for the automotive industry, is reporting success since installing Qdos pumps, from Watson-Marlow, to...

Pumps