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Industrial equipment, services and inspection news and information for manufacturing, process, facilities and related fields.

28/06/2011 Time to get serious about pressure system safety, warns Thorite Fluid power specialist Thorite is reminding plant engineers and managers of their duties under PSSR to comply with standards and inspection regimes for all pressure systems, including compressed air, steam, gas or any combination. » Read More

28/06/2011 Have your say on health and safety, says HSE The government and the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) are calling for plant engineers and managers to let them know their thoughts on existing legislation and bureaucracy. » Read More

27/06/2011 Speedy invests £4.5m in working at height equipment Plant and equipment rental specialist Speedy has invested more than £4.5 million in products for plant engineers and technicians working at height. » Read More

27/06/2011 Habasit Rossi improves efficiency at Harmsworth Quays Printing Newspaper printing giant Harmsworth Quays Printing has selected Habasit Rossi as its preferred supplier for belting to improve process efficiency and reduce replacement costs. » Read More

24/06/2011 Container benefits from longest ever Edbro telescopic cylinders Metals recycling specialist Dunn Bros' new horizontal container ejection loader depends on telescopic cylinders from Edbro, which, at a 12.5m stroke, are the largest ever produced by the British company. » Read More

24/06/2011 Glastonbury cuts water bills with flow instrumentation Organisers of the Glastonbury festival say they can now accurately monitor water consumption and solar energy, since installing videographic recorders and flowmeters. » Read More

24/06/2011 Self discharging bulk carrier operators implement wear protection Operators of self discharging bulk carriers and vessels that fit wear protection systems are likely to get their money back five times over, during the lifecycle of the vehicles. » Read More

24/06/2011 Beaumanor Engineering opens ParkerStore in Leicester Fluid power products distributor Beaumanor Engineering has opened a ParkerStore in Leicester, selling Parker Hannifin motion and control equipment. » Read More

23/06/2011 MSS boosts responsiveness with Masternaut tracking system Facilities management firm MSS (Managed Support Services) has bought a real-time tracking system to gain visibility of its mobile engineers, their jobs and vehicles live on screen. » Read More

23/06/2011 Amarinth builds specialist industrial pump testing facility Centrifugal pumps specialist Amarinth has completed its new test facility, providing additional capacity. » Read More

22/06/2011 United Utilities Kirkbride reports smoother pumping operations An EZstrip maintain-in-place pump and two SB Muncher twin shaft, low speed high torque grinders, from NOV Mono, have been installed at United Utilities pumping station in Kirkbride, North Cumbria, to improve efficiency and cut downtime. » Read More

21/06/2011 £1.6m wind energy centre to develop technologies of tomorrow A new centre to develop and test offshore wind energy condition monitoring technologies, while also helping Scotland to meet its renewable energy targets, is to be opened at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. » Read More

21/06/2011 Brammer expands maintenance centre in Cardiff Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services firm Brammer has relocated and expanded its Cardiff sales and service centre. » Read More

20/06/2011 UK first as TfL installs eco-lighting in London road tunnel In a UK-first, eco-friendly LED lighting, installed in a central London tunnel by TfL (Transport for London), is set to deliver 60% savings in energy consumption and maintenance costs. » Read More

20/06/2011 Softstart UK hammers motor starter costs for EdF When EdF (Cottam Power) needed a starter for the MV drive fitted to a hammer mill at its Nottingham site, most suppliers claimed that only a variable speed drive would be suitable. » Read More

17/06/2011 Europe’s new motor efficiency requirements welcomed Electric motors and drives giant ABB has welcomed the EU's introduction of minimum efficiency levels for LV motors. » Read More

16/06/2011 Peristaltic pump eliminates printing machine breakdowns Bristol-based Portishead Press is reporting that peristaltic pumps have eradicated issues with printing machine breakdowns, previously caused by failures to its air-operated diaphragm pump. » Read More

15/06/2011 Kings Cross station first for solar test technology Hand-held solar photovoltaic PV electrical test instrumentation has been used for the first time as part of the installation of one of the UK's largest solar panel systems. » Read More

15/06/2011 Kittiwake acquires acoustic emission pioneer Holroyd Global equipment protection specialist Kittiwake Developments has acquired Holroyd Instruments, which pioneered acoustic emissions techno9logy for plant condition monitoring. » Read More

14/06/2011 Theory of Constraints giant Eli Goldratt dies, age 64 It is with great regret that Plant Engineer has to report the death of Dr Eliyahu Goldratt, aged 64, renowned developer of the application of Theory of Constraints. » Read More

14/06/2011 Vibration is on the up for condition monitoring The use of vibration equipment for monitoring industrial machinery is on the rise, according to Hansford Sensors, which reports increased sales of its systems. » Read More

13/06/2011 Safe maintenance gets new ambassadors from Europe In the second year of EU-OSHA's Healthy Workplaces Campaign on safe maintenance, the number of partners has risen to 52. » Read More

10/06/2011 LEEA boosts training and technical audit teams LEEA (Lifting Equipment Engineers Association) has expanded both its training and technical audit teams in response to what it calls rapidly growing membership and demand. » Read More

09/06/2011 Hose test and maintenance service prevents costly leaks Eriks UK is now offering an industrial hose testing services either on-site, with the firm's mobile testing teams, or at one of Eriks Hose Technology centres. » Read More

09/06/2011 Compressed air savings revealed with software system Plant engineers can now assess their plants' volumes of wasted air, caused by leaks and pressure losses on their compressed air networks, using Parker Hannifin's Transair energy efficiency calculator software. » Read More