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Bürkert valves provide improved reliability for East London sugar refinery wash process

At a refinery in East London, repeated replacement of a control valve and a poor mean time between failures (MTBF) led the company to seek an alternative that could cope in a challenging washwater...

valve actuators
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Getac launches new version of K120 ruggedised tablet

Ruggedised computer manufacturer Getac is launching a new version of the K120 fully-rugged tablet, for mobile field professionals working in challenging industries.

Data Acquisition
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SKF bearings help Mars Rover collect rock and regolith samples on the planet’s surface

Enabling the Mars Rover’s core operations in the harsh environment on Mars are Kaydon RealiSlim thin-section ball bearings, designed and manufactured by SKF at the company’s global thin-section...

Bearings
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Vaillant Industrial reorganises warehouse around Jungheinrich electric forklifts

Vaillant Industrial, part of the Vaillant Group international heating and hot water corporation, has partnered with leading intralogistics provider, Jungheinrich UK, to deliver an optimised materials...

Mobile Plant
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Aesseal wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise innovation award

Mechanical seal manufacturer Aesseal has received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for a specialised mixer seal of the type required in vaccine manufacture and other complex...

Seals
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Seepex pump gets things moving at waste site

Seepex engineered solution encompassing progressive cavity pumps for dewatered sludge back mixing has increased sludge throughput at Anglian Water’s Cotton Valley cake import facility by 50%, enabling...

Pumps
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Rodriguez bearings prove cream of the crop at Tong Engineering

Tong Engineering, which designs and manufactures vegetable grading, handling and cleaning machinery, specified R. A. Rodriguez-supplied bearings for the FieldLoad PRO.

Bearings
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Rotamec serves up rapid geared motor replacement for food processing plant

When a major food processing plant in the South West suffered a critical gearbox failure on a large food mixer just before Christmas 2020, Rotamec was able to step in to minimise the impact.

Gearboxes
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Glacier Energy launches heat exchanger digital monitoring solution

Energy infrastructure service provider Glacier Energy has developed a new predictive maintenance tool for monitoring heat exchanger performance.

Heat Exchangers
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New Siemens fire protection system for small to medium-sized buildings

Siemens has launched a new version of the fire protection system, Cerberus FIT, specifically for the small-to-medium-sized buildings market. Various small to medium-sized buildings can now be covered...

Fire Protection
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Smiles all round at pizza maker after Mitsubishi Electric control system upgrade

Accredited automation solutions provider Control Freaks has applied the latest Mitsubishi Electric PLC technology to solve production challenges and increase competitiveness for Bakkavor’s...

Drives
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Sulzer fixes conveyor screws in round-the-clock repair

A UK food manufacturer asked Sulzer to carry out turnaround repairs to screw conveyors used on three of its production lines at the same time. Balancing consumer safety with ongoing production meant...

Bearings