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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

21/04/2021 NSK training resolves bearing failures at steel plant Maintenance technicians at the plant of a steel manufacturer were facing regular bearing failures and the need to source high-cost urgent replacements. However, the intervention of NSK – via best-practice training sessions – soon resolved ... » Read More

20/04/2021 SPIE takes charge of Mersey road tunnel ventilation switchgear installation Merseytravel has awarded energy and communications technical services provider SPIE UK a new contract. » Read More

20/04/2021 Crosby buys BlokCorp, maker of crane hook camera Rigging hardware company The Crosby Group has acquired BlokCorp Ltd. » Read More

19/04/2021 WEG project replaces critical London supply pump with minimal disruption Next to Battersea power station, Battersea shaft pumping station serves the Thames Water Ring Main, a critical component in London’s water infrastructure. Motor manufacturer WEG and Bedford Pumps supplied motor technology for this colossal ... » Read More

19/04/2021 Festo launches pneumatics training Drawing on its experiences as a manufacturer and employer, Festo has been running training courses for many years that take engineers through the fundamentals of pneumatic system design and operation. It has recently added a new course, to ... » Read More

16/04/2021 Pump supplier finds a test rig technology that talks the torque To analyse the long-term performance and reliability of valves and pumps, Manchester-based Bifold Group has adopted radio frequency based torque transducers from Sensor Technology Ltd for two of its specialist test rigs. » Read More

16/04/2021 Ultimo and UReason partner on asset solution Enterprise asset management (EAM) platform provider Ultimo and asset performance management (APM) specialist UReason are integrating their functionalities to provide real-time asset condition monitoring. » Read More

16/04/2021 Composite wrap repairs damaged chemical tank The ability of online repair specialist Hydratight to repair a chemical tank at speed with the LOCTITE Composite Repair System, saved its customer from serious consequences. » Read More