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19/11/2020 Intelligent brake systems find favour in coal mine excavator Bucket wheel excavators (BWEs) need robust and reliable braking systems to withstand the harsh operating and environmental conditions they are exposed to. » Read More

18/11/2020 FLIR machine vision cameras are headed to Mars On 30 July, NASA successfully launched its Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission, scheduled to land on the red planet on 18 February 2021. » Read More

17/11/2020 Mitsubishi Electric launches higher-power VSD partner network Having already pioneered a more collaborative approach to designing and delivering automation systems employing low power drives, Mitsubishi Electric UK has announced a new network of drive solutions centres (DSCs). » Read More

16/11/2020 Aggreko launches Stage V generators Mobile generator supplier Aggreko has launched its first Stage V-compliant generators in the UK. » Read More

16/11/2020 Largest-ever LNG ship bunkering operation carried out in Rotterdam The Cma Cgm Jacques Saadé, the world’s largest container ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) has completed her first LNG bunkering with Total’s LNG bunker vessel, the Gas Agility, on 13 November 2020 at the Port of Rotterdam in the ... » Read More

13/11/2020 Digital maintenance monitoring system for French railway SNCF Réseau, the service provider that manages railway infrastructure in France, in partnership with consultancy Capgemini, is deploying an innovative application to optimize the supervision of its rail network in order to increase its ... » Read More

13/11/2020 CompAir launches air dryer series Compressed air brand CompAir has launched its latest refrigerant dryer range. » Read More

12/11/2020 New Robox turbo blower said to offer energy savings in wastewater treatment Robuschi has announced its new Robox Turbo package, providing wastewater treatment plants with three blower technologies from a single unit which are claimed to reduce energy costs by up to 40%. » Read More

12/11/2020 Innovations in packaging for the craft brewery market Siemens and packaging machinery manufacturer T Freemantle are toasting a partnership which has developed an innovative range of solutions specifically for the global craft brewery market. » Read More

11/11/2020 Pre-engineered trench and manhole box designs published by Mabey Hire Earlier this year, Mabey Hire’s team of engineers published a number project designs for low-risk groundworks schemes online. » Read More

11/11/2020 Saietta Group ramps up motor manufacture on back of production grant Oxfordshire based tech company Saietta has won a major grant, through the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) that will fast-track the first stage of the production process ramp-up for its innovative axial flux traction (AFT) electric motor. » Read More

10/11/2020 Walking jack-up barge used for Dawlish railway repairs Network Rail has started work on the second section of a new, bigger sea wall at Dawlish, Devon, to protect the Great Western Railway line and town from rising sea levels, and extreme weather. A section of the track was washed out in ... » Read More

10/11/2020 Smart pipe trial to begin at University of Birmingham Low carbon smart pipes for use in large-scale buried infrastructure projects are to be developed in a new partnership between the University of Birmingham and specialist manufacturing company Aquaspira Ltd. » Read More

09/11/2020 Siltbuster removes dissolved metal on Humber pipeline project Siltbuster has worked with Porr Skanska A Hak joint venture on a significant National Grid project in the North to build a new gas pipeline under the River Humber. » Read More

09/11/2020 Zeiss launches portable 3D scanner Zeiss has launched a portable hand-held 3D laser scanning system for shop-floor inspection tasks. » Read More

06/11/2020 Third-party spares storage service launched Northern Industrial’s new spare parts storage service aims to safeguard manufacturing businesses from downtime during obsolete equipment breakdowns. » Read More

06/11/2020 HSE releases annual injury and ill-health statistics for Great Britain More than half of Britain’s working days lost in 2019/20 were due to mental ill-health, according to statistics released in early November. Some 1.6 million workers were suffering from work-related forms of the condition. » Read More

05/11/2020 New way to recover copper fines from waste streams A combination of an electrostatic separator and a metal separation module is enabling the recovery of fine copper and other metals from a waste product at a UK metal recycling company. » Read More

05/11/2020 Comms upgrade supports Anglian Water pumping station automation network Westermo has helped Anglian Water upgrade its data network infrastructure and improve communication reliability to remote sites. » Read More

04/11/2020 Sulzer repairs turbine written off by OEM For one pulp plant in Spain, the failure of the emergency steam turbine required a quick repair to get it back online as soon as possible. » Read More

04/11/2020 Smart gantry crane trial begins in Germany Crane braking and power transmissions supplier Stromag is trialling a new intelligent crane monitoring system utilising industrial internet of things (IIoT) technology at the inland port Duisport in Duisburg, Germany. » Read More

03/11/2020 Vibration monitoring system saves Highland Spring £10,000 An AVT Reliability system has saved bottled water producer Highland Spring Group thousands of pounds after just one incident. » Read More

03/11/2020 Rittal installs new production line chillers for Irish insulation manufacturer Chiller manufacturer Rittal was approached by a manufacturing business based in Ireland that produces and distributes insulation products for the Irish and UK markets. » Read More

02/11/2020 Fans keep cows cool Industrial barn fans supplied by TH White have helped increase milk production at a Wiltshire dairy farm. » Read More

30/10/2020 NSK fights counterfeit bearing manufacture Japanese bearing manufacturer NSK continues to fight the production of counterfeit bearings. » Read More