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21/07/2022 Autonomous Machine Vision system increases accuracy and cuts waste at white ... The BSH Home Appliance Group wanted to implement a quality assurance system to spot defects early on and reduce material waste, with the goal of cutting costs while benefiting the environment. The company partnered with Inspekto, the ... » Read More

19/07/2022 Rolls-Royce secures funding to build Direct Air Capture demonstrator Rolls-Royce has secured £3m from the UK government to build a demonstrator Direct Air Capture (DAC) system, which could play a vital role in keeping global temperature rises to below 1.5C by removing CO2 from the atmosphere. » Read More

19/07/2022 Palintest doubles throughput with automated jet dispensing system Adhesives and dispensing equipment specialist Intertronics has supported water testing equipment manufacturer Palintest. The two companies worked together on the development of an automated liquid jetting system using a VERMES MDS 3020+ ... » Read More

18/07/2022 New compressed air/argon pipework system at Hitachi Rail carriage factory Hitachi Rail has invested £8.5 million to create bespoke welding and painting facilities within its Newton Aycliffe factory, thereby extending its UK role from assembly-only to the complete fabrication and fit-out of units - the first time ... » Read More

18/07/2022 UK workplace fatality figures drop slightly in 2021-22 A total 123 workers were killed in work-related accidents in Great Britain in the last year, according to figures published today by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The annual data release covers the period from April 2021 to March ... » Read More

18/07/2022 Thorworld installs large modular dock unit for supermarket chain Working with sales agent Darmax, Thorworld has installed its largest single bespoke modular dock to date, to support the efficient, environmentally friendly and safe loading and unloading activities of a major supermarket chain. » Read More

15/07/2022 Sulzer to spend a million on Aberdeen workshop Sulzer is merging the electrical and mechanical equipment service capabilities offered by its service centres in Dyce and Ellon, Aberdeenshire during the latter half of 2022. This move will see Sulzer investing £1 million to expand and ... » Read More

15/07/2022 Pennine Pneumatic Services wins Atlas Copco award A premier distributor of Atlas Copco Compressors for 31 years, PPS was named its 2021 distributor of the year. » Read More

14/07/2022 Timber plant reduces downtime with NSK linear guides Thanks to the adoption of NSK's linear guides with K1 lubrication units, a timber manufacturer managed to reduce conveyor downtime by a factor of more than 12, prompting annual cost savings of more than €77,000. » Read More

14/07/2022 New motor-pump combination improves wastewater plant energy efficiency Bauer Gear Motor, a manufacturer of geared motors, has teamed up with Allweiler to reduce the energy usage of eccentric screw pumps installed at the Stendal wastewater treatment plant in Germany, by fitting highly efficient permanent ... » Read More

13/07/2022 Remotely controlled robot will remove risk to humans during pressure vessel ... A semi-autonomous robot currently being manufactured to inspect pressure vessels will remove the risk to humans while also saving industries millions of pounds each year, claims one of the companies involved in its manufacture. » Read More

12/07/2022 Low public awareness of T Levels two years after their launch – IMechE poll Two years after their launch, only one in five people have heard of Technical Levels – or T Levels – which the government introduced to give 16–19-year-olds in England a mixture of classroom learning and “on the job” experience in an ... » Read More

12/07/2022 Northern to install LIDAR systems in what it calls the start of ‘intelligent ... Train operator, Northern, has revealed details of light detection and radar (LIDAR) scanning technology it is installing across its fleet of 345 trains to make journeys by railway safer and more efficient. » Read More

11/07/2022 Condition monitoring solution proves successful at Icelandic dam Voith Hydro's OnCare.Diagnostic Professional has proven itself at Landsvirkjun's Budarhals power station in the south of Iceland, providing early detection of anomalies and thereby enabling optimal plant uptime. » Read More

11/07/2022 TUV SUD UK appoints ex-REME engineer as head of machinery safety division TÜV SÜD UK has appointed Darren Hugheston-Roberts as the new head of its machinery safety division. » Read More

07/07/2022 Mechan plays integral role in £70m rail depot upgrade Rail depot equipment produced by Sheffield-based Mechan will be key to improving the efficiency and safety of maintenance teams working on the Tyne and Wear Metro. The specialist manufacturer is designing lifting and handling products for ... » Read More

07/07/2022 Pump retrofit eliminates EUR150,000 annual maintenance cost For a chemical plant in the Netherlands, years of maintenance issues with a group of ammonia pumps had incurred considerable expense and downtime despite repeated interventions from the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). All these ... » Read More

06/07/2022 Rapid service assures environmental accreditation In April 2022, Leeds based Alkali Environmental was awarded UKAS and MCERTS accreditation for its emissions testing services. However, just three weeks before the MCERTS audit, a vital piece of the company’s in-house instrumentation ... » Read More

06/07/2022 Howden launches Remote Assistance AR App: Howden Virtual Expert Provider of air and gas handling products, technologies and services, Howden, has launched an additional offering as part of its Remote Assistance service. » Read More

05/07/2022 Sick launches real-time compressed air energy monitor Sick has launched the FTMg with Monitoring App, an Industry 4.0 solution that helps users see the data they need to reduce energy consumption through better control of compressed air. » Read More

05/07/2022 Pressure testing of equipment: new resources from EEMUA To support those involved in the pressure testing of equipment and systems, EEMUA has issued a new edition of its key publication EEMUA 168 “Guide to pressure testing of equipment”, released an awareness level e-learning module on pressure ... » Read More

05/07/2022 Jungheinrich introduces POWERLiNE lithium-ion trucks to market Jungheinrich UK today announced a new forklift truck line named POWERliNE. Thanks to the integrated lithium-ion battery, the trucks are much more compact and agile, which makes them particularly suitable for use in narrow aisles and goods ... » Read More

05/07/2022 Ladder Association investigation finds fault with 80% of telescopic ladders ... New research commissioned by the Ladder Association has raised serious concerns that unsafe and potentially dangerous ladders are being sold to unsuspecting consumers in the UK. » Read More

29/06/2022 Emerson helps Albioma switch to renewable energy Global technology and software company Emerson has been selected by Albioma, a French energy provider, to help transition its coal-fired Bois Rouge plant to 100% renewable energy. » Read More

29/06/2022 Yokogawa acquires power plant technology firm Dublix Yokogawa Electric Corporation has acquired all shares of Danish company Dublix Technology ApS, a provider of solutions that improve the efficiency of waste-to-energy (WTE) and biomass power plants. » Read More