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19/11/2012 Defence firm sentenced over explosion death Wallop Defence Systems (WDS) has been ordered to pay £376,000 in fines and costs for safety failings that caused a fatal explosion at its Hampshire factory. » Read More

16/11/2012 Accolade boosts bottling efficiency with oil-free compressors Accolade Wines is using recovered heat from oil-free compressors to pre-heat CIP (clean in place) water for two high-speed bottling lines at its plant in Avonmouth, Bristol. » Read More

15/11/2012 UK drives manufacturer seals £6million automation deal British variable speed drives manufacturer Invertek Drives has secured new contracts with two unnamed international automation companies to supply a range of Optidrives (E2, P2 and HVAC) for global use. » Read More

14/11/2012 Notts company fined after worker loses finger ends A Nottingham firm that provides processing support for the brewing and food industries has been prosecuted for safety failures, after a worker lost four finger ends on a poorly guarded machine. » Read More

14/11/2012 £550K API 610 pump order for North Sea Quad 204 FPSO High-spec centrifugal pumps developer Amarinth, which serves the oil and gas sector, has secured an order for five API 610 pumps for the new Quad 204 FPSO vessel, currently under construction for the North Sea. » Read More

13/11/2012 Babcock Wanson launches treatment service for coil boilers Steam generators manufacturer Babcock Wanson has introduced a water treatment service that includes a five-year corrosion warranty on the boiler coil. » Read More

13/11/2012 Thermal cameras now available for under £6,000 Following what Flir Systems describes as significant demand for its T335 and B335 thermal imaging camera, the company says it is now able to "pass on manufacturing economies to customers." » Read More

12/11/2012 Ricardo acquires AEA Europe for environmental consulting Ricardo has acquired the UK operations of AEA Technology, which was spun out of the Atomic Energy Authority in 1996, from the administrators for £18 million. » Read More

12/11/2012 Spirax Sarco helps Provectus with rare decontamination project Contaminated land specialist Provectus is reporting success with a novel approach, based on steam, it used to clean up the soil from an old printing works. » Read More

09/11/2012 Maersk Oil UK selects ESR Technology for Aberdeen QRA work ESR Technology has been awarded a five-year technical safety framework by Maersk Oil UK to provide quantitative risk assessment (QRA). » Read More

08/11/2012 ABB solves 100-year old dc electrical grid puzzle Power and automation giant ABB has announced "a breakthrough" in the ability to interrupt direct current, solving a 100-year-old electrical engineering problem. » Read More

08/11/2012 Electric forklift highly commended in Noise Abatement awards A new range of super-quiet, all-electric forklift trucks, from Cargotec, has been highly commended this week in the Noise Abatement Society's 2012 John Connell Technology Awards, sponsored by the Acoustics Society. » Read More

07/11/2012 Crystal Rig wind farm turbines get online condition monitoring Fred Olsen Renewables (FOR), which operates the 50MW Crystal Rig wind farm in Scotland, says that its new online condition monitoring systems have already proved their worth by picking up faults in generator bearings and identifying early ... » Read More

07/11/2012 Crossrail risk and hazard management system to change future projects The hazard and safety management approach applied to the massive £14.8bn London Crossrail project is likely change how future major, world-class infrastructure projects are handled. » Read More

06/11/2012 Maintenance partnership recovers 4,000 hours of lost production capacity Automotive engines remanufacturer Autocraft Drivetrain Solutions, which supplies OEMs including Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Aston Martin, Volvo, JCB and Chrysler, is reporting significant savings since establishing a maintenance partnership ... » Read More

06/11/2012 Intelligent connectors mean more than smart In-flight refuelling Icon Aerospace, an engineered polymers firm supplying refuelling hoses to Tier 1 suppliers and air forces, has developed what it is describing as "a key enabling technology" for in-flight refuelling, but also potentially much more. » Read More

05/11/2012 Climate Centre set to supply Carrier chillers Air conditioning and refrigeration distributor Climate Centre is now supplying Carrier chillers nationwide. » Read More

02/11/2012 Bauer reveals results of IE4 motor efficiency test Bauer Gear Motor is offering plant engineers a free place at the 'Future-Oriented Drive System Engineering' technical symposiums, being held on 20th and 22nd November in Augsburg and Dusseldorf, Germany. » Read More

01/11/2012 Drives increase blast furnace reliability at UK steelworks An unnamed UK steelworks has taken a new approach to the open gear systems typically used to convey material to the blast furnace – with the installation of a new enclosed gearbox solution. » Read More

01/11/2012 BOC launches fuel-cell powered lighting package Industrial gases and engineering firm BOC has launched a long-lasting, low emissions temporary lighting package powered by hydrogen fuel-cell. » Read More

31/10/2012 Fewer people suffering injury or workplace ill health Figures published today (31 October) by the Health and Safety Executive show that in the year to March 2012 fewer people were killed or injured at work in the UK compared to 2010/11 and numbers remain below the five-year average. » Read More

31/10/2012 Better operator alarms can improve process profitability It is a mistake to believe that meeting the 'human-factors performance targets' of EEMUA 191 or SP 18.2 is sufficient to provide a 'good' operator alarm system. » Read More

31/10/2012 ABB extends high pressure range with 1,000 and 600 bar transmitters ABB has launched 1,000 bar gauge and 600 bar differential pressure transmitters, as additions to its 266 range of transmitters. » Read More

30/10/2012 Firm fined £8,000 after teenager loses four fingers in poorly guarded machine Midlands-manufacturer, W P Metals, has been hit with an £8,000 fine after a teenage apprentice's fingers were severed off by poorly guarded machinery. » Read More

30/10/2012 GAMBICA publishes new power drive systems installation guide GAMBICA (the trade association for firms in instrumentation, control, automation and laboratory technology) and REMA (Retroreflective Equipment Manufacturers' Association, representing the electrical drives industry) have updated their ... » Read More