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Conveyor belting manufacturer Habasit Rossi has become the first to receive European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG) certification for one of its products.
EHEDG awarded the certificate of compliance to Habasit's HyClean plastic modular belts M5060 and M5065 with sprocket and clean in place (CIP) system.
The belts were evaluated by the research centre Weihenstephan for Brewing and Food Quality at the Technical University of Munich, Germany.
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Patent granted for award-winning cold energy storage
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Ford unveils universities for engineering scholarships
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Robots arise as British manufacturing rebuilds
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Idhammar upgrade keeps Rockwood Pigments in the pink
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Although control valve, actuator and positioner technologies develop only relatively slowly, there have been advances that offer practical, diagnostic and cost/benefit issues. Brian Tinham reports
Control valves, actuators and positioners aren't exactly renowned for their rapid pace of technological development. So it's easy to be fooled into believing that what was appropriate yesterday is still so today and likely to remain the same well into the foreseeable future. But that's not necessarily the ... More
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Restored Italian mill generates clean micro-hydrolelectric power |
| A former water mill, at Travesio in northern Italy, has been renovated and converted into a micro-hydroelectric scheme, and is now saving 500 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year.
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Welsh Water improves efficiency with new gearboxes |
| Welsh Water is reporting improved efficiency at one of its sewage treatment works since replacing old worm gear drives on six half-bridge scrapers with planetary gearboxes that were a direct fit for the original boxes.
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Cement fan solution keeps plant in production |
| A design fault on a large centrifugal fan that could have caused Hanson Cement's plant in Clitheroe to stop production, due to a failure to comply with emission regulations, has been resolved by Brammer.
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Really Useful Products’ makes really useful savings |
| International plastics manufacturer Really Useful Products says it is enjoying a 10% increase in productivity – equating to an extra £3 million of turnover – yet without investment in additional machinery.
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Maintec 2012 |
| With this year's Maintec show just a few short weeks away, Brian Tinham takes a lok at what engineers, technicians and mangers can expect to find
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Plant & Asset Management 2012 |
| Does the industrial maintenance sector need another exhibition? The organisers of MACH, Drives & Controls, Air-Tech and IFPEX clearly think so. Brian Tinham looks at the line-up
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Shock tactics |
| About 1,000 accidents at work involving electric shock or burns – of which around 30 prove fatal – are still reported to the HSE annually. Brian Wall investigates procedures that could prevent needless deaths
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Electric motor loading |
| Electric motor loading is key to energy efficiency. That's the warning from Marek Lukaszczyk, who wants plant engineers to assess their electric motors as a matter of urgency. Brian Tinham reports
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Mass production |
| Coriolis mass flowmeters have been improving in sophistication and reducing in cost for at least 25 years, but now the race is on for multi-phase metering. Brian Tinham reports
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DSEAR hazards |
| Although DSEAR (Dangerous Systems and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations) was enacted back in 2003, its implications for hazardous plant are still misunderstood. Barrie Church explains
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Bio or non-bio? |
| Bio energy plants are being touted as offering significant economic as well as environmental benefits. Steed Webzell explains the sustainable technologies involved and assesses what plant engineers need to know
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Power play |
| Combined heat and power, and energy storage plants are the biggest games in town. Brian Tinham looks at latest developments
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It’s all about engineering |
| As Chancellor George Osborne ramps up the rhetoric on manufacturing, with his 'march of the makers' theme, while Prime Minister David Cameron and much of the coalition cabinet dance to a similar 'rebalancing the economy' tune, British industry is seeing a gradual resurgence.
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