Atlas Copco Compressors, which is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its variable speed drive (VSD) air compressor technology, claims that UK industry has saved around 240 million kWh of electricity...
CompressorsAn SPX ClydeUnion Pumps advanced class boiler feed pump FK3C44 has run for more than 14 years equivalent without an overhaul at the Matimba plant, making it the longest running unit across all...
Pumps
Sarah Sillars OBE is to stand down as CEO of the engineering skills service Semta at the end of December this year (2014) as chief operating officer Ann Watson steps into her shoes.
Continuing Professional Development
Baileys, of Irish Cream fame, is reporting a 16% cost reduction at its manufacturing plant in Dublin since starting a partnership agreement with MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) specialist...
Maintenance Management Systems
Gas detection specialist Crowcon has officially opened new facilities in Milton Park, built to "improve customer access to Crowcon's knowledge and expertise".
Gas Detectors
Bestobell Marine has secured its first order to supply its new range of cryogenic high-pressure globe valves – to DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd) in South Korea.
control valves
A North London meat wholesalers has been sentenced for operating a faulty forklift truck and attempting to deceive safety inspectors by forging a good examination report.
Forklift Trucks
A-level physics students from Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr School, in Swansea, has won the Airbus Award for Best Innovative or Adaptive Design, in the Engineering Education Scheme Wales (EESW) scheme.
Heat Exchangers
Roeselare, Belgium-based food processor D'Arta has solved problems with its spinach slicing machine by installing split plummer block bearings, from Revolvo.
Bearings
Precision engineering firm Brooks Crownhill Patternmakers has been fined £7,000 plus £1,379 costs for five health and safety breaches at its Andover factory.
Health & Safety at Work Act
Bedford Hospital is reporting savings of £15,000 a year on air handling costs since installing variable-speed drives (VSDs) from ABB partner Inverter Drive Systems (IDS).
Variable Speed Drives
Total UK has installed two Babcock Wanson high-efficiency thermal fluid heaters at its Preston-based Bitumen division in a bid to improve operating costs and cut emissions.
Heating Systems