Mark Venables

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New bridges in just three weeks could be a boon for flood hit areas

In the wake of the recent flooding events, many district and local authorities are faced with the challenge of replacing large numbers of damaged and broken bridges as soon as possible.

Plant Refurbishing/Remanufacture
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Faster and safer construction of tanks and silos

Martin Grant of Lipp Systems explains how an alternative technology is minimising risks, while at the same time providing a faster and more convenient method of construction.

Wastewater Plant
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Air motors stir it up in automotive paint shops

A number of automotive manufacturers have adopted Huco Dynatork Air Motors to drive the agitators in their paint shops, with hundreds already in use operating around the clock in plants across the UK,...

Motors
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TGW to implement Turkey’s largest automated apparel solution

After the successful implementation of the first installation in Turkey at DeFacto in 2013, TGW was awarded the expansion of the existing DeFacto site in Cerkezkoy.

Materials Handling
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Planetary gearheads – their time is now

Ian Carr, Managing Director of Drive Lines in Bedford, explains how planetary gearheads have precision and power designed into them.

Gearboxes
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New Thames bridge is made from Fibre Reinforced Polymer

ECS was recently commissioned by the Environment Agency to design, supply and install a new bridge at their site at Mapledurham on the river Thames.

Plant Operations
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Roller coaster gets innovative chain solution

Drawing on years of experience of supplying special conveyor chain to theme park rides, Renold has recently supplied an innovative chain solution to a roller-coaster at one of Europe's largest theme...

Energy Chains
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Canadian passenger ferry equipped with LED lighting

MV Veteran, the first of two new 80-metre, Ice Class, roll-on, roll-off passenger ferries that will service island routes in Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada, has been equipped with a range of...

Marine Engineering
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Making FIT payments cost effective through innovative AD plant design

The future of the UK renewable energy sector is at a crossroads, with renewable heat generation in particular, being a primary focus for the UK Government.

Biomass Plant
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Brake upgrade boosts productivity and quality

Cable lapping tape and twine supplier Cable Tapes UK is poised for growth having installed seven new taping machines as well as a state of the art duplex slitting machine.

Plant Operations
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On-site surveys offer answer to maintenance problems

Global water, energy and maintenance solutions provider NCH Europe is calling for businesses to help drive down the annual global cost of rust by conducting regular maintenance surveys.

Planned Maintenance
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Non-contacting liquid velocity sensor – maintenance-free and cost-effective

Pulsar Process Measurement’s latest launch is MicroFlow, a microwave based non-contacting velocity sensor that mounts simply above a channel to provide maintenance-free, reliable, repeatable and...

Flow Measurement