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ABB to expand condition monitoring services

ABB is to integrate Samotics’ monitoring solution into its digital portfolio as the first step in a partnership to provide enhanced condition monitoring services.

Condition Monitoring
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New CompAir heat recovery system for the Vinyl Factory

The Vinyl Factory Limited, based at the historic EMI pressing plant in Hayes, is set to save thousands in heating costs during the winter months, thanks to a compressed air heat ducting system from...

Heating Systems
Features

Power generation: heating in the city

E.ON is commissioning a £4 million project to install one of the UK’s largest zero carbon heating and cooling systems beneath the streets of London

Combined Heat & Power
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Sulzer EMS delivers synchronous motor for US cement plant

Sulzer Electro Mechanical Services (EMS), in partnership with GE Power Conversion, announced the supply of a custom built synchronous motor for end-user Phoenix Cement Company, which operates under...

Electric Motors AC
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IOGP: Third of work-related fatalities linked to transport

The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) database revealed that seven land-transportation fatalities reported in 2021 represent 35% of all work-related fatalities.

Oil & Gas
News

Automated winding cell developed for new motor production centre

Integrating Mitsubishi Electric’s robotic solutions, Horizon Instruments and the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), part of the University of Warwick, have created the first automated solution which...

Robots
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KEB Automation launches anti-remanence brake

KEB (Karl E. Brinkmann) Automation has redesigned its Combinorm B electromagnetic brake to address remanence, a situation where the housing of a brake can become magnetically energised.

Conveyors
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A new £87m skills strategy for construction

The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board, ECITB, has launched a new strategy to support growth in the engineering construction industry, pledging more than £87m to support workforce...

Apprenticeships
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LEIA reacts to easements on UKCA regime

LEIA (Lift and Escalator Industry Association) has published a statement relating to new easements that will require new safety components for lifts.

Lifts
News

Sulzer rebuilds hydro generator

Sulzer has used brazing technology to rebuild a generator that developed a fault at the Dinas hydrogen power station in Aberystwyth, Wales.

Plant Refurbishing/Remanufacture
News

Sulzer reverse-engineers old gearbox parts at South African electricity utility

In South Africa, the power generation sector is under intense pressure to keep up with growing demand. The country’s power utility, Eskom, is continuously looking to improve the reliability of the...

Gearboxes
News

Nord offers inverters for conveyors

Nord Drivesystems has designed two frequency inverters that can be combined with its motors to meet the requirements of horizontal conveyor technology.

Drives