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Stromag clutches ensure reliable torque transmission for marine gearbox in large ferry

When a major Chinese manufacturer of marine propulsion systems needed a robust clutch to integrate into a roll-on-roll-off ferry gearbox, it turned to Stromag for a solution.

Gearboxes
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ICS Cool Energy provides temporary cooling to continue production during outage

Temperature control solutions provider ICS Cool Energy helped Dutch mattress manufacturer Vita Talalay keep its operations running with a bespoke temporary Very Low Temperature (VLT) process cooling...

HVAC/Cooling systems
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Stratasys wins US Navy contract

In August, the US Navy issued Stratasys a $20 million contract to purchase up to 25 Stratasys F900 3D printers over the next five years, with delivery of the first eight expected before the end of...

Planned Maintenance
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ChampionX’s developments toward net zero

ChampionX has developed new remote working and other software products that help address the oil and gas industry’s drive toward net-zero emissions targets.

Condition Monitoring
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New compressed air and vacuum technician apprenticeship ready to receive first candidates

The British Compressed Air Society (BCAS) reports that EAL, part of the Enginuity group, has been selected as the end point assessor organisation for the new compressed air and vacuum technician...

Vacuum Pumps/Pipes
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NSK self-lube bearing units save steel plant €292,136

One international steel plant was struggling with up to three bearing failures a year on a rotary coal valve used in its ore preparation process. In addition to the cost of replacement bearings, the...

Bearings
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Workplace fatality figures rise in 2020/21

Provisional data released last month shows that a total of 142 workers were killed at work in Great Britain in 2020/21, an increase of 29 from the previous year, though the number of deaths in 2019/20...

Health and Safety
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Atlas Copco launches machine learning app for manufacturing

Atlas Copco Tools and Industrial Assembly Solutions has launched a software application that harnesses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to identify risks in production before they...

Model-based Predictive Control
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ABB’s technology in Singapore’s first dual-mode desalination plant helps tackle water scarcity in region

Singapore is using desalination as part of the solution to its water supply issues to provide enough clean drinking water for its ever-growing population of 5.5 million. Though surrounded by water,...

Water Treatment
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Industry collaboration to turn power grid transformers into heat network ‘boilers’

SSE Energy Solutions and National Grid have today unveiled a project that could decarbonise heat networks, capturing waste heat from electricity transformers to generate hot water and space heating...

Heat Exchangers
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PCE Scotland becomes Yokogawa UK channel partner

PCE Scotland has become a Yokogawa UK channel partner for instrumentation. This agreement will give PCE Scotland full access to the instrumentation product portfolio of Yokogawa.

valve actuators
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New remote connected service offers customers global support

Global instrumentation and gas analysis firm Process Insights Inc. has enhanced its customer support with the launch of GO Remote Connected Service (GO).

Vibration Monitoring