Mark Venables

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Beware of water hammer and thermal expansion as heating season approaches

In the run-up to the heating season, start-up dangers are a serious problem for many heating systems using steam as a source of heat, largely due to the fact that they have been lying dormant over the...

Boilers
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Health & Safety North is coming to Manchester

The Health & Safety North conference and exhibition will take place in Manchester for the first time on October 10th and 11th. The 2017 event has moved from Bolton to the larger EventCity venue in...

Health and Safety
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Control system for the manual control of indoor cranes

More crane technology companies rely on modern cable guidance with energy chains. With the new guidefast control system, igus has now developed an energy supply system that can also feed a manual...

Cranes
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Software helps food manufacturers stay on track

TRACS Version 2 supports Loma’s full range of inspection equipment, offers better functionality with CSV export facility and improved user experience

Plant Operations
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SMEs suffering because of culture of slow payments in UK

Two thirds of UK SMEs are of the opinion that there is a culture of slow payments in the UK, with the problem particularly acute in London (73 per cent), the South West (72 per cent) and Northern...

Plant Operations
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Engineers are putting in more than 13 extra days of work a year

The average engineer (38.7 per cent) puts in over 13 extra working days a year, with three quarters admitting that they often work more than their contracted hours. What’s more, one in four could be...

Plant Operations
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1.7 million new robots to transform the world´s factories by 2020

By 2020 more than 1.7 million new industrial robots will be installed in factories around the world.

Robots
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Honeywell introduces new way for industrial customers to modernise their control rooms

Experion Local Control Network will allow customers to seamlessly upgrade legacy TotalPlant Solution (TPS) systems

Control Panels
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Not enough being done to tackle work-related ill-health, say GB’s business leaders

Almost half of Britain’s industry leaders do not feel enough is being done across industry to tackle cases of work-related ill-health, according to new research from the Health and Safety Executive...

Occupational Health
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Dancing with robots

A new live art installation which challenges the dystopian views that the public have of robots has opened at the Victoria & Albert museum in London

Robots
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Honeywell connected plant takes centre stage at annual users conference

Honeywell Users Group EMEA to feature customer presentations, new products and technology demonstrations

Plant Operations
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Lack of sick pay leaves manufacturing employees on financial cliff edge

Two in three workers are at risk of financial shock if they fall ill, according to a nationwide report published by health and wellbeing provider BHSF.

Occupational Health