Maintenance, Repair and Operations Feature Library

Operations Engineer's library catalogues editorial features going back five years.

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18/03/2025 Accelerating the green revolution The transition of the UK power sector to clean energy presents challenges, but by embracing the opportunities industries can contribute to national decarbonisation goals while enhancing competitiveness, writes Tom Austin-Morgan » Read More

04/02/2025 Boosted boiler cleaning A novel boiler cleaning technology originally designed for waste-to-energy plants is now being embraced by various other engineering sectors, too. Louise Davis hears how this solution is proving a gamechanger for both cleaning and ... » Read More

04/02/2025 Powering a carbon-free future Impact Clean Power Technology has launched Europe’s most advanced battery production line for heavy transport » Read More

08/08/2024 Consumption considerations Have you developed an energy consumption hierarchy? If not, David Sing, managing director, metering and data at Energy Assets, suggests it’s a good time to start thinking about it – and shows you how » Read More

09/04/2024 AI and energy under the lens The International Center for Networked, Adaptive Production (ICNAP), an association of three Fraunhofer Institutes, has presented its latest findings on the digitalisation of production in its annual study report » Read More

09/04/2024 Comment: Rise up with resilience We continue to hear more and more from the UK Government about the issues surrounding the ‘resilience of systems’, whether they be financial, political, disaster or climate related. The prominence of the phrase is due to ever-increasing ... » Read More

06/02/2024 Comment: On the world stage For the first time, nations attending the COP28 climate conference in Abu Dhabi in December agreed to transition away from fossil fuels. » Read More

05/12/2023 Could consumers be paid to use power? Wholesale power prices were negative for significant periods in the spring. Does that mean consumers can be paid to use power? That may be the case: some current electricity contract products already give hints about the direction of travel » Read More

10/08/2023 All about energy Digitalisation and distributed energy allows even the smallest companies to have a two-way relationship with their energy supplier and grid connection » Read More

16/05/2023 Reducing supply chain problems The impact of supply chain issues on industry services has highlighted the importance of having an effective enterprise asset management (EAM) solution in place, writes Alan Cambridge, CEO of enterprise asset management specialist Peacock ... » Read More

29/03/2023 Show time The wide-ranging German industrial show has put the COVID years behind it as it returns to grapple with industry’s – and society’s – many other challenges. A show preview is below, accompanied by exhibitor projects profiled on surrounding ... » Read More

29/03/2023 Investing in ammonia Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microengineering and Microsystems (IMM) are developing ammonia-based systems for a mobile, decentralised energy supply in the infrastructure, transportation and industry sectors » Read More

06/09/2019 The wheel deal Bucket wheel reclaimers/excavators are among the largest machines ever built, shifting vast amounts of stored solid material – and all at remarkable speed. Operations Engineer gets up close to these Leviathans to find out more » Read More

09/02/2011 Chains need the right lubricant Tests by leaf chain manufacturer FB Chain reveal that the choice of lubricant, not just the frequency of greasing, has a dramatic impact on forklift truck chain performance. » Read More