Mark Venables

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New standard for forklifts used where powders and dusts could ignite

The new EU standard EN1755:2015 is set to impact the design of materials handling equipment intended for use in Zone 21 and 22 hazardous areas, where powders and dusts are present. Food production and...

Forklift Trucks
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3D printed house offers glimpse of the future

A house made by a 3D printer? This is no longer just a dream… the façade of the Europa-Haus in the Amsterdam Marine Quarter, built for the duration of the Dutch Presidency of the EU, was partly...

Construction
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Cables ensure future-proof machines and processes

Phoenix Contact is helping customers to future-proof their machines and processes, while opening-up the potential for sales in Asian markets, by offering a comprehensive range of cables and connectors...

Fieldbus
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Designing access gantries for safety and efficiency

Access gantries and platforms are so much part of the industrial landscape that they are often taken for granted. However, they can make a massive contribution to site safety and operational...

Access Control
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Thermal fluid heaters improve efficiency in dairy nutrition processing

Babcock Wanson has supplied two new EPC ES series thermal fluid heating systems to Volac, one of Europe’s fastest growing international dairy nutrition businesses.

Heating Systems
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Onboard diagnostics boosts condition monitoring for British biomass power plant

The Danish engineering and contracting company Aalborg Energie Technik (AET) has selected a Brüel & Kjær Vibro online condition monitoring solution for machine condition monitoring of the 40MW Tilbury...

Biomass Plant
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A reliance on negative emissions technologies is locking in carbon addiction

The Paris Agreement on climate change and the carbon-reduction plans of many governments (including the UK) are unwittingly reliant on unproven technologies to suck hundreds of billions of tonnes of...

Carbon Emissions
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Fast purging of heat-treated pipework

High strength steel joints, such as those used in the power industry for high-pressure pipework, need to be pre-heated for welding and also require a post weld heat treatment.

Pipeline Equipment
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Energy efficient rotary screw blowers aid yeast production

Rotary screw blowers from Atlas Copco are providing a highly reliable source of vital process air for Lallemand GB, the UK’s largest commercial yeast producer, who is predicting to reduce its annual...

Blowers
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Leisure centre cuts air handling and pool energy costs by 20 per cent with VSDs

Successful retrofit delivers energy savings and helps simplify swimming pool operation

Variable Speed Drives
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AVEVA and AEGEX partner to deliver digital asset solutions in hazardous environments

First globally certified, intrinsically safe, mobile laser visualisation and information management solutions for UL Class I, II, III Division 1 and ATEX/IECEx Zone 1 hazardous environments on the...

ATEX
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BSRIA applauds monumental deal to cut the use of Hydrofluorocarbon gases

Delegates from over 150 countries meeting in Rwanda reached what was described as a monumental deal by agreeing an amendment to the Montreal protocol on the phase out of the use of Hydrofluorocarbons...

Refrigeration