Mark Venables

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New standard for traffic safety barrier systems

BSI, the business standards company, has published Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 13, Code of practice for safety barriers used in traffic management within workplace environments with test...

Health and Safety
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Industry group develops safety alert protocol

A Safety Alert Protocol has been developed by the Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group (SFPSG) MEWPs Group.

Health and Safety
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Improving cable management for industrial cranes and gantries

When igus approached Kasen Cranes with an alternative solution for cable management, the industrial cranes and gantries specialist was quick to spot an opportunity.

Cranes
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Survey shows leadership and management skills have room for improvement to tackle productivity challenge

Improving management and leadership performance remains one of the biggest challenges facing UK manufacturing companies according to a major survey of over 300 HR professionals

Plant Operations
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ATEX lift trucks for Witton Chemicals

Manufacturer Witton Chemicals has selected Pyroban to provide explosion protection on its latest forklift trucks operating in Zone 2 hazardous areas

Forklift Trucks
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Making an ally of old foes

Chelating agent offers safe and simple solution to rust removal

Plant Refurbishing/Remanufacture
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World’s largest mirror telescope relies on nanometre accuracy inductive sensors

The European Southern Observatory based in Garching, Germany, is relying on high precision displacement measurement systems from Micro-Epsilon for a project to build the world’s largest mirror...

Sensors
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British chain company is first in UK with ISO 9001:2015

Renold Chain has achieved the very latest quality assurance accreditation, ISO 9001:2015, and says it is proud to be the first chain manufacturer in the UK to achieve the certification.

Plant Operations
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Custom machined seals raise the bar for reliability in chocolate manufacturing

Special seal design stops high pressure chocolate leaks, eliminating costly machine downtime.

Seals
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Gearing up Holborn Station's escalators for a reliable future

Renold Gears has won a prestige order to supply seven new escalator drive packages to London Underground as part of Transport for London's (TfL) refurbishment of escalators at Holborn underground...

Gearboxes
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World's smallest bend radius servo cables launched

The CF29 servo cable series from igus offers possibilities for energy supply to drives, motors and industrial machines.

Ropes/Cables
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SMS group to modernise continuous caster and heavy-plate mill

Russian steel producer Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) has awarded SMS group the order to modernize its No. 6 continuous slab caster and the heavy-plate mill, and upgrade both plants’ X-Pact...

Conveyors