William Dalrymple

Events

Maintec 2021, NEC

Maintec is the longest standing exhibition dedicated to the maintenance, reliability and asset management industry. Throughout its 40 year history, the event has continued to meet the needs of the...

Maintenance Management Systems
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From drinks packaging to process management: an interview with Tetra-Pak

Tetra Pak was originally a packaging company, making liquid food brick packs. Through acquisitions and mergers, it has acquired process capability for almost any kind of liquid food product, including...

Process Management Systems
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Who does what? A SAFed guide to lift testing

Revision of the SAFed LG01 Guidelines on the supplementary tests of in-service lifts prompted a joint webinar with LEIA on 19 March 2021 for lift managers and duty holders

Lifts
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Tracking carbon in construction product manufacturing

At the Energy Management Exhibition (24-25 November), SOE is presenting a panel discussion on reducing energy consumption. It features members working across industry. Also speaking is Matthew...

Boilers
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She who watches the watchers

Jane Nash is Allianz Engineering’s new health, safety and quality manager for its 600 engineering surveyors in engineering, construction and power business that inspect plant and equipment across...

Occupational Health
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How to implement maintenance systems

Philipp Wallner, industry manager, industrial automation & machinery at MathWorks (developer of mathematical computing software tools including MATLAB and Simulink), offers his advice

Predictive Maintenance
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Singing from the same hymn sheet

Will Dalrymple speaks with Hywel Davies, technical director of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, about a new group that brings together eight built-environment trade bodies

Building Maintenance
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Inside a new BAE Systems digital factory demonstrator

With a big future project in mind, BAE Systems has built a demonstration facility to develop innovative manufacturing tools to improve its production efficiency over the next decade. Where it leads,...

Robots
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SPMTs: trailers that lead the way

Deployed linked together in ranks and files, SPMTs can meet the scale of huge structural components, unlike other types of construction equipment. That means that they are the solution to shift and...

Lifting Equipment
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Avoid forking out on costly repairs

Every forklift requires care from both a safety and operational perspective, but failing to make the right calls can prove expensive

Maintenance Management Systems
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Domestic gas boiler control developments

A Dutch association of boiler makers promotes a brand-agnostic communication standard between boilers and their controllers that reflects more efficient control methods then are currently in common...

Boilers
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Broaderband: 5G trials point the way to future of industrial connectivity

Trials of wireless data networks aim to prove out that its promised data rates live up to expectations in the real world. By extension, they explore how, if they do, industry will change as a result....

Wireless