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26/06/2014 Poor baler isolation and remote control failure cost worker both legs A scrap metal firm and a businessman have been sentenced for serious safety breaches that led to a site worker losing both legs as the doors of a 16-tonne baling machine closed on him. » Read More

26/06/2014 FTIR gas analyser supports carbon capture research Viable CCS (carbon capture and storage) is now one step closer, following commissioning of a Quantitech Gasmet FTIR multi-parameter gas analyser at the UK Carbon Capture & Storage Research Centre facility, near Sheffield. » Read More

25/06/2014 Britain needs advanced technical education for elite technicians Business Secretary Vince Cable has called for a new model of high-level technical education, combining academic and applied knowledge to generate elite apprenticeships. » Read More

25/06/2014 IBC Vehicles fined over serious safety failings Van manufacturer IBC Vehicles has been fined nearly £180,000 in court for safety failings after a crane operator suffered severe crush injuries in July 2011 at its press shop in Luton. » Read More

25/06/2014 Tomintoul distillery raises a glass to energy efficient boiler The energy-intensive process of creating one of Scotland's finest malt whiskies is being made more efficient, thanks to the installation of a new Wellman boiler system. » Read More

25/06/2014 NSK extends wheelset bearing life for Intercity Express NSK bearings fitted to the first batch of Hitachi Intercity Express Programme (IEP) trains are based on those used for the high-speed Shinkansen trains in Japan. » Read More

24/06/2014 New edition of EEMUA 159 tank guidance launched EEMUA (Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association) has published Edition 4 of its tank guidance, EEMUA 159, 'Above ground flat bottomed storage tanks – a guide to inspection, maintenance and repair'. » Read More

24/06/2014 LEEA publishes new safe lifting COPSULE code LEEA has launched the eighth edition of its Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Lifting Equipment (COPSULE) – along with a new version of the User's Pocket Guide to Lifting Equipment. » Read More

24/06/2014 Worker's injury reveals Blackburn factory's 'appalling' safety A Blackburn packaging firm was fined £50,010 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £23,102 after an investigation into a worker's injury revealed safety standards described as 'appalling'. » Read More

24/06/2014 Cable meets brains behind new British inventions Business Secretary, Vince Cable, came face-to-face with bionic limbs, an airship and a model of a hypersonic aircraft when he launched a report – Pioneering Great British Products – at Liverpool's Life Sciences University Technical College. » Read More

23/06/2014 Autofil Worldwide reports £37,000 energy savings Textiles manufacturer Autofil Worldwide is reporting average cost savings of £37,000 a year and annual CO2 emissions reduced by 260,000 tonnes since commissioning Atlas Copco's air compressor energy recovery technology. » Read More

23/06/2014 Emerson commissions new density calibration facilities Emerson Process Management has now commissioned state-of-the-art liquid density meter calibration facilities in Slough, UK and Boulder, USA, which, it claims, are a world first for multiple temperature and pressure conditions mimicking ... » Read More

23/06/2014 David Palmer-Jones kicks off Energy from Waste essays The Energy from Waste essays – a monthly series from the Energy from Waste conference and Recycling and Waste World magazine (both from the Mark Allen group) have started publication. » Read More

20/06/2014 Oil contamination 'a major cause of machinery failure' warning Between 70 and 80% of all hydraulic failures which can lead to machinery breakdown can be traced back to contaminated oil, according to leading drives and controls manufacturer, Bosch Rexroth. » Read More

19/06/2014 Arco launches PPE range with extra protection from second degree burns Arco has launched a flame-retardant PPE range that offers four times as much protection from second degree burns when worn as multiple layers. » Read More

19/06/2014 Double win for Ellie Ellie Dunnington is celebrating after securing an apprenticeship and a place in a prestigious competition for young engineers in the same week. » Read More

18/06/2014 Smash manufacturing output myth, says EEF Consumers are being urged to ditch urban myths and misconceptions about British manufacturing after research showed that three quarters (74%) mistakenly believe that the UK used to manufacture more goods 30 years ago (in the 80s) than it ... » Read More

16/06/2014 Government's wellbeing agenda under threat The government's 'Fit Note' programme is failing to deliver on getting people back to work four years on from its introduction, while long term absence rates have increased. » Read More

16/06/2014 Worker’s floor slip led to loss of fingertips A Leeds-based company has been sentenced after a worker suffered serious injuries to his hand when it came into contact with the drive chain of a conveyor at a Newcastle factory. » Read More

16/06/2014 WMG Academy for Young Engineers topped out One of the first students to join the WMG Academy for Young Engineers in Coventry has laid a final brick as part of the topping out ceremony for the new building. » Read More

13/06/2014 University Of Warwick champions CHP plant with Dalkia Following completion of two more CHP (combined heat and power) plant projects – replacing one engine with a 400kWe unit on the main campus and installing another 400kWe on its Gibbet Hill campus – the University of Warwick is reporting ... » Read More

13/06/2014 Rosemount 5300 GWR certified for safety-critical level Emerson Process Management's Rosemount 5300 guided wave radar (GWR) process level transmitters have now been certified to IEC 61508 for safety instrumented process plant functions to SIL 3. » Read More

12/06/2014 Davyhulme waste to energy plant boilerhouse complete The £1.5 million boiler house for United Utilities' innovative £4.3 million waste-to-energy plant, at Davyhulme in Manchester, has completed final testing and been handed over for operation by Spirax Sarco. » Read More

12/06/2014 HSB honoured by ASME for 100 years of boiler safety Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB) has been cited by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for 100 years of creating, adopting and enforcing the national code for the construction and inspection of ... » Read More

12/06/2014 Siemens appoints Juergen Maier as new UK chief executive Juergen Maier, managing director of Siemens Industry, has been appointed chief executive of Siemens in the UK from July 1. » Read More