Laura Cork

Features

Energy event 2011

The upcoming Energy Event promises a packed agenda focused on optimising energy management, procurement and efficiency. Laura Cork reports

Steam Generation/Equipment
Product Launches

FDA approved food belt is for wet environments

Habasit Rossi has extended its high performance HabaSync timing belts for food production and packaging to include a blue Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) unit.

Energy Chains
Product Launches

Speedy invests £1.8 million in survey equipment

Equipment rental firm Speedy has upgraded its fleet of surveying instruments, with an investment of more than £1.8 million in Leica Geosystems products.

Environmental Monitoring
Product Launches

Poster pack launched for workforce safety

To support safety managers and leaders in implementing effective workforce involvement programmes, the Energy Institute has launched a series of informative posters.

Occupational Health
Product Launches

Hydraulic torque wrench handles range of engineering

Tentec's SD Series square-drive hydraulic torque wrenches look ideal for a wide range of engineering applications.

Planned Maintenance
Features

Machine safety

Following last year's update of the Machinery Directive, Laura Cork uncovers concerns and confusion over safety-related issues – for machine builders, specifiers and users

Machine Safety/Protection
Product Launches

Confined space gas detector launched

A portable Gas-Pro confined space entry (CSE) gas detector is to be shown by specialist Crowcon at the Health and Safety Expo in Birmingham this May.

Gas Detectors
Product Launches

Device configurator handles all HART instruments

Software designed to save plant engineers time, by allowing them to manage HART-based instrumentation from any manufacturer, has been released by Honeywell.

Instrumentation
Product Launches

High efficiency motors down to 0.55kW

IE2-compliant three-phase motors with outputs down to 0.55kW are now available from NORD Drivesystems, ahead of the mandatory European energy-saving standard that comes into force in June.

Electric Motors AC