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02/06/2011 Firms fined £130,000 after worker's electric shock Two companies, a director and a subcontractor have been fined a total of £130,000 for health and safety failings, after a construction worker suffered serious burns following an electric shock from an overhead power cable. » Read More

02/06/2011 Drives maintenance service integrated with online data SEW-Eurodrive has launched what it calls a Complete Drive Management (CDM) service that integrates maintenance and servicing of industrial drives with an online databank. » Read More

01/06/2011 Heinz fined over finger loss at Wigan baked bean factory Food giant Heinz has been fined £20,000 plus £5,000 costs after a worker suffered serious injuries to his left hand on 11 April 2008 at its Kitt Green baked bean plant in Wigan. » Read More

01/06/2011 Laser sensors improve concrete blocks production quality German automation firm R&W Industrieautomation has developed a laser-based system for measuring the height of concrete blocks during production. » Read More

31/05/2011 Scotland’s premier water project goes for Hensel electrics Engineers working on Glencorse water treatment works, for Scottish Water, have installed over 400 top of the range electrical enclosures and junction boxes from Hensel. » Read More

31/05/2011 Alcoa cuts compressed air maintenance costs, with Hydrovane Thirty-three new 37kW Hydrovane compressors are helping global aluminium producer Alcoa to increase productivity and cut maintenance costs at its San Ciprián refinery, in Spain. » Read More

27/05/2011 Speedy takes steps to eradicate falls from height Equipment and plant rental firm Speedy says it is standardising on award-winning Xcalibre fall arrest blocks to eradicate falls from height among customers. » Read More

27/05/2011 Extrusion machine firm sees advantages of intelligent ac drives Extrusion, winding and coiling equipment manufacturer Meltech Engineering has taken the design of its semi-automatic plastics inline coiling equipment one step further, with the elimination of a separate PLC. » Read More

26/05/2011 UKAS accreditation for nuclear new build inspectors The HSE and the nuclear industry in the UK are working with UKAS (the UK Accreditation Service) to develop new accreditation for inspection bodies and agencies that work in the nuclear industry. » Read More

26/05/2011 Elantas sees significant steam savings with Gem Italian insulation materials manufacturer Elantas Deatech reports significant savings in steam consumption at its site in Ascoli Piceno, following installation of Gem steam traps. » Read More

25/05/2011 Baldor offers same-day build-to-order gearbox service Gearbox specialist Baldor has improved its fast turnaround assembly operation, which now has access to a large machine shop, enabling it to provide plants in Europe with a same-day build service. » Read More

24/05/2011 Microalgae to biofuel project set to generate new energy Nine partners from seven countries have joined in an innovative project to show that ethanol, biodiesel and other bio-products can be produced from algae on a large scale. » Read More

24/05/2011 Cumbria new biomass contract goes to Stobart Stobart Biomass, the supplier of timber-based biomass fuel, has agreed terms for a long-term supply and logistics contract with West Cumbria's Iggesund Paperboard. » Read More

23/05/2011 Romanian power plant goes for machinery health system Romanian energy firm SC Complexul Energetic Rovinari has selected Emerson Process Management's CSI 6500 machinery health monitor for predictive health monitoring of critical machinery at its Rovinari power plant. » Read More

20/05/2011 High efficiency motor inverter saves €45,000 on furnace cooling Engineering Steel Belgium (ESB) reports saving €45,000 per annum with three cooling pumps on one of its electrical steel furnaces, since installing WEG W22 132kW, IE2 high efficiency motors, controlled by CFW-09 variable speed drives. » Read More

19/05/2011 Inverters save feed manufacturer £17,000 per annum An unnamed animal feed manufacturer in Merseyside has seen plant electricity usage fall from £94,000 per year to £77,000, so lowering the cost per tonne of its end product by 18%. » Read More

18/05/2011 Kingfisher wear protection goes to Qatar energy from waste plant Kingfisher's experience of wear protection systems for energy from waste plants in the water industry has resulted in a major order for a sewage treatment works in Qatar. » Read More

18/05/2011 Forklift apprenticeship drive A new apprenticeship for forklift truck engineers has been announced by the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA), while the British Industrial Truck Association has separately committed to drive engineering apprenticeships in the market. » Read More

17/05/2011 Severn Glocon wins Petrofac control valves contract Severn Glocon, which has received the Queen's Award for Enterprise, has now been awarded a fast track contract to supply 48 control valves to Petrofac E&C Sdn Bhd in Malaysia, for the Berantai project. » Read More

16/05/2011 ABB workshop extends life for low voltage circuit breakers Managers at a new ABB plant dedicated to low voltage breaker repair are promising to extend the working life of this kind of equipment. » Read More

16/05/2011 Change needed for accident reporting, say health and safety experts A change in the type of work-related accidents plant managers ought to report has been backed by members of the UK's leading independent health and safety body. » Read More

13/05/2011 Robots the solution to carbon neutral energy Robotic engineers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA) believe they hold the key to future global electricity generation – robots that will. » Read More

13/05/2011 Electricity price hike to drive focus on energy UK plants are being forced to address their energy spend by improving efficiency, but massive savings available from variable-speed drives and high efficiency motors are not being recognised. » Read More

12/05/2011 Pump and fan payback calculator goes online Weg has put its payback calculator for electric motors online – enabling pump and fan users to work out energy savings and CO2 emission reductions when evaluating new projects and replacements. » Read More

11/05/2011 Solenoids clear the lanes for ten-pin bowling Solenoids manufactured by Penny + Giles Controls are being used in servicing US-manufactured machinery that cleans and oils the lanes in tenpin bowling centres throughout Europe. » Read More