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10/05/2021 Nominate now for Society Safety and Sustainability awards Nominations are now open to members and non-members for the 2021 Society Safety and Sustainability awards. » Read More

10/05/2021 QR codes provide compliance link for SOCOTEC Safety consultancy SOCOTEC’s Ground Investigation team has adopted a new data storage method which allows information on its drill rigs to be stored in a digital format. » Read More

10/05/2021 TVH’s technical classroom training goes virtual Parts specialist TVH now offers online technical training sessions. The supplier has launched two new and fully-virtual classroom training courses. Both are available through TVH University, initially for the UK, Ireland and Nordic ... » Read More

07/05/2021 BHS-Sonthofen offers control solutions for complete recycling plants BHS-Sonthofen now offers turnkey control systems for complete plants in the field of recycling and environment thanks to the newly founded BHS Control Systems. The customer receives complete solutions tailored to their needs, including ... » Read More

07/05/2021 Oxair promotes air drying kit for mines and pipelines Eliminating the build-up of moisture is an ongoing challenge in the mining and offshore sectors, where the harsh and hazardous environments make it daunting to maintain the integrity of key infrastructure and equipment, which needs clean ... » Read More

06/05/2021 Exporta builds a custom pallet box for Oceaneering Exporta has custom-built a pallet box for Oceaneering. » Read More

06/05/2021 Replacement bearings save downtime on outdoor steel plant installation By replacing plain-bush bearings with NSK HPS spherical roller bearings from NSK, a steel plant has eliminated six bearing failures a year on its walking beam to deliver savings of €15,556 per year. » Read More

05/05/2021 Bürkert valves provide improved reliability for East London sugar refinery wash ... At a refinery in East London, repeated replacement of a control valve and a poor mean time between failures (MTBF) led the company to seek an alternative that could cope in a challenging washwater application. Bürkert’s ELEMENT range of ... » Read More

05/05/2021 Personalised padlocks A lockout/tagout padlock is often the last obstacle to prevent a premature machine energisation, and a potential maintenance accident with impact on professionals and on their personal lives. To highlight that lockout/tagout padlocks ... » Read More

05/05/2021 Plant manufacturer Sugden invests in spray lubrication for baked goods ... Sugden, a manufacturer of production lines for bakery products, is investing in technotrans’ high-precision spray lubrication system spray.xact food. » Read More

04/05/2021 SKF bearings help Mars Rover collect rock and regolith samples on the planet’s ... Enabling the Mars Rover’s core operations in the harsh environment on Mars are Kaydon RealiSlim thin-section ball bearings, designed and manufactured by SKF at the company’s global thin-section bearing engineering centre in Muskegon, ... » Read More

04/05/2021 Getac launches new version of K120 ruggedised tablet Ruggedised computer manufacturer Getac is launching a new version of the K120 fully-rugged tablet, for mobile field professionals working in challenging industries. » Read More

29/04/2021 Vaillant Industrial reorganises warehouse around Jungheinrich electric forklifts Vaillant Industrial, part of the Vaillant Group international heating and hot water corporation, has partnered with leading intralogistics provider, Jungheinrich UK, to deliver an optimised materials handling fleet and updated warehouse ... » Read More

29/04/2021 Seepex pump gets things moving at waste site Seepex engineered solution encompassing progressive cavity pumps for dewatered sludge back mixing has increased sludge throughput at Anglian Water’s Cotton Valley cake import facility by 50%, enabling the site to generate more biogas, and ... » Read More

29/04/2021 Aesseal wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise innovation award Mechanical seal manufacturer Aesseal has received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for a specialised mixer seal of the type required in vaccine manufacture and other complex industrial operations. » Read More

28/04/2021 Rotamec serves up rapid geared motor replacement for food processing plant When a major food processing plant in the South West suffered a critical gearbox failure on a large food mixer just before Christmas 2020, Rotamec was able to step in to minimise the impact. » Read More

28/04/2021 Rodriguez bearings prove cream of the crop at Tong Engineering Tong Engineering, which designs and manufactures vegetable grading, handling and cleaning machinery, specified R. A. Rodriguez-supplied bearings for the FieldLoad PRO. » Read More

27/04/2021 Glacier Energy launches heat exchanger digital monitoring solution Energy infrastructure service provider Glacier Energy has developed a new predictive maintenance tool for monitoring heat exchanger performance. » Read More

26/04/2021 New Siemens fire protection system for small to medium-sized buildings Siemens has launched a new version of the fire protection system, Cerberus FIT, specifically for the small-to-medium-sized buildings market. Various small to medium-sized buildings can now be covered with a simple and cost-efficient ... » Read More

23/04/2021 Custom cabinet coolers for electrical enclosures EXAIR’s Cabinet Cooler systems, said to be the low-cost way to purge and cool electrical control panels, now come with new options. » Read More

23/04/2021 Sulzer fixes conveyor screws in round-the-clock repair A UK food manufacturer asked Sulzer to carry out turnaround repairs to screw conveyors used on three of its production lines at the same time. Balancing consumer safety with ongoing production meant that repairs needed to be completed as ... » Read More

23/04/2021 Smiles all round at pizza maker after Mitsubishi Electric control system upgrade Accredited automation solutions provider Control Freaks has applied the latest Mitsubishi Electric PLC technology to solve production challenges and increase competitiveness for Bakkavor’s Lincolnshire pizza production facility. » Read More

22/04/2021 Sellafield selects Aquila for nuclear laboratories upgrade Aquila Nuclear Engineering has been selected by the Sellafield Programme and Project Partners (PPP) to support the design and build of replacement nuclear laboratories. » Read More

22/04/2021 Airtightness sensor from Coltraco Coltraco Ultrasonics has launched a portable building airtightness sensor. The Portascanner Airtight 520 is said to be able to detect air leaks with a diameter as small as 0.5mm. » Read More

21/04/2021 Verlinde gantry crane lifts Italian helicopters Helicopters sometimes do not lift themselves. Elifrulia, a long-established operator in Italian helicopter services and flight school market, has taken delivery of a gantry crane on steerable wheels for its hangars. » Read More