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Mass production |
06/02/2012
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| 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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Plant & Asset Management 2012 |
06/02/2012
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| 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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Maintec 2012 |
06/02/2012
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| 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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Taking control |
06/10/2011
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| Plant engineers wedded to particular instrument and control types might do well to widen the net. Brian Tinham examines recent developments in instrumentation and control |
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Swedish tank farm stays safe with Emerson wireless |
06/10/2011
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| FH Tank Storage is using Emerson Process Management's Rosemount wireless level and pressure transmitters to provide overspill protection at its 13,000m3 68-tank Kalmar storage terminal, in Sweden. |
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Energy event 2011 |
08/08/2011
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| The upcoming Energy Event promises a packed agenda focused on optimising energy management, procurement and efficiency. Laura Cork reports |
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Picture perfect |
07/06/2011
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| With so much publicity surrounding infrared cameras as very effective plant condition monitoring tools, Steed Webzell looks at the substance behind the hype |
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Wired for water |
07/06/2011
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| Technologies available to cut the cost of treating waste water, by improving efficiency and obviating practical problems, are many and various. Dr Tom Shelley explains |
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Maintec 2011 preview |
09/02/2011
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| This year's tightly focused maintenance technologies event is aimed at engineers, technicians and managers specialising in plant assets. Brian Tinham reports |
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Instruments for control |
06/10/2010
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| Help is at hand for plant engineers facing up to the challenge of handling instrumentation and control. Brian Tinham reports on recent developments |
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Predicting problems |
06/10/2010
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| Using condition monitoring technologies to anticipate a requirement for critical plant maintenance isn't new, but novel systems are improving the potential, reports Dr Tom Shelley |
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Looking for trouble |
10/08/2010
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| Diagnosing problems in rotating machinery well before anything has a chance to break makes a whole lot of sense. Dr Tom Shelley reports on the range of technological making a difference |
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Energy Event |
10/08/2010
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| Energy efficiency and energy saving are right up there on plant engineers' agendas. Brian Wall previews the forthcoming Energy Event 2010 conference and exhibition |
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The heat is on |
07/06/2010
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| There is a world of difference between art, black art and science, but thermal cameras are ready to move from the former to the latter. Brian Tinham explains |
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Going with the flow |
07/06/2010
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| Water treatment plants are facing increasing legislative and operational pressures Brian Tinham looks at some of their engineering solutions |
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Choppers cut Severn Trent costs |
01/03/2010
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| Vaughan chopper pumps, supplied by P&M Pumps, have cut costs caused by unplanned maintenance at Severn Trent Water's Netheridge, Gloucester
treatment works, and are now also achieving significant savings on energy consumption. |
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Automatic for the people |
01/03/2010
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| REM probably didn't have plant automation on their minds when they released that album in 1992, but computing for the masses is reinvigorating control, writes Brian Tinham |
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