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Drax speeds repairs with ProcessVue alarm management
(23/05/2012)
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Engineers at Drax power station, in Selby, north Yorkshire, say they can identify alarm trends faster and more easily – and analyse the causes – since implementing MAC Solutions' ProcessVue alarm management system. "Introducing ProcessVue to the power ...
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Rotterdam terminal cuts fuel costs on Hyster ReachStacker
(22/05/2012)
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Barge Center Waalhaven, a container terminal in Rotterdam, received such fuel cost reductions from its a new Hyster ReachStacker that the Waalhaven Group has placed another order for a new Hyster ReachStacker and an empty container handler in Born. ...
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Control Techniques Drives for Italian crane refurbishment
(22/05/2012)
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Digital dc drives and associated equipment, from Control Techniques, have been installed in the latest phase of crane upgrades in La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) in northern Italy. The latest project involves a ship-to-shore (STS) gantry crane, ...
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PM praises Siemens growth and employment commitment
(21/05/2012)
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Prime Minister David Cameron praised Siemens commitment to investment and boosting skills through its apprenticeship programme, during a visit to the firm's Princess Road site in Manchester last week (17 May 2012).. The visit was hosted by Siemens chief ...
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Sci-fi ballbot a reality, thanks to motion control technology
(21/05/2012)
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A team of Swiss students has turned science-fiction into reality by developing the world's first high agility, high stability 'ballbot'. Balancing on a single sphere, the robot, dubbed Rezero, can instantly accelerate in any direction, taking ball ...
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HES Tractec takes Molson Coors Brewery up a gear
(18/05/2012)
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UK brewery Molson Coors has installed 20 Comer gearboxes, supplied by HES Tractec, to power the rotating floors of four germination vessels at its maltings site in Shobnall, Burton-upon-Trent. Project and electrical engineering manager at the ...
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Quality award counts for Brammer in Ireland
(16/05/2012)
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Brammer in Ireland, part of the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services group that looks after Diageo and Kraft Foods, is celebrating the award of an international quality standard. The Dublin-based company, which rebranded from ...
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Baroness lifts the lid on new manufacturing plant
(16/05/2012)
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A new £1.2 million manufacturing plant that is already delivering a boost to Liverpool's economy was opened yesterday (15 May 2012) by Business Minister Baroness Wilcox. The minister visited Bootle Containers to see the company's new state-of-the-art ...
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Elgin platform gas leak plugged following well intervention
(16/05/2012)
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Total has today (May 16, 2012) announced that its well intervention operation, started yesterday, has stopped the G4 well leak on the Elgin complex, 240km from Aberdeen in the North Sea. The operation, which involved pumping heavy mud into the leaking ...
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NSK’s long life EP steel saves €38,400 on Sendzimir steel mill
(15/05/2012)
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NSK's extra long life EP steel is apparently saving an unnamed operator of a Sendzimir mill €38,400 annually, by overcoming a problem of inner ring wear on mill bearings. The Sendzimir mill, used for cold-rolling wide sheets of metal to close ...
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High efficiency water filter in demand for IPS
(15/05/2012)
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St Helens water filtration firm Industrial Purification Systems (IPS) has more than doubled its manufacturing to meet demand for its process water improvement technology. IPS attributes its growth to its new high efficiency water filter, called the ...
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Drives play major part with Royal Shakespeare Company
(14/05/2012)
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The four-year, £112 million transformation of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, which includes automation of back-drop and scenery movements, as well as lighting arrays, involved installing 100 ac drives and servo motors. Dutch ...
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EEMUA certifies design engineers for hazardous areas
(14/05/2012)
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EEMUA CompEx – the competency scheme for engineers and technicians involved in hazardous area working to IEC 'Ex' standards – has extended its scheme for engineers responsible for design and management in hazardous areas. To date, CompEx has focused ...
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Baxter Manufacturing’s Rieti plant reports steam trap payback
(11/05/2012)
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Italian healthcare firm Baxter Manufacturing is reporting a 12-month payback on GEM venturi orifice steam traps, installed at its Cittaducale, plant. Thermal Energy International had installed a total of 92 GEM steam traps throughout the process plant, ...
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ABB supports Imperial carbon capture teaching facility
(11/05/2012)
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ABB has invested close to £1 million and signed a 10-year deal with Imperial College London to support a new carbon capture pilot plant teaching facility. The instrumentation and controls giant is also sponsoring the university's chemical engineering ...
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Emerson acquires ISE Magtech for level gauges
(10/05/2012)
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Process control and instrumentation giant Emerson has acquired ISE Magtech, strengthening its level measurement equipment range for a spread of industries. "This acquisition is strategic to extending our solutions to help oil and gas, refining, chemical ...
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£16 million funding boost announced for UK robotics
(10/05/2012)
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UK research to develop smart machines that think for themselves gets a £16 million boost today, thanks to a partnership between government and industry. Speaking at the opening of the Bristol Robotics Laboratory at the University of the West of England, ...
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Do’s and don’ts of selecting high-vibe position sensors
(09/05/2012)
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For plant engineers covering machines subject to harsh or prolonged vibration, Mark Howard, of Zettlex, has issued a list of 10 simple rules for selecting position and speed sensors. First, use non-contact sensors: "Potentiometers are by far the most ...
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Top 10 tips on working with compressed air
(08/05/2012)
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Compressed air users wanting to use their utilities efficiently, cost-effectively and safely are being advised consider 10 key factors. Andy Jones, general manager of rotary vane compressor manufacturer Mattei, has committed his experience to paper, ...
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Hydrastore gets Micron Eagle back in production
(04/05/2012)
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Micron Eagle Hydraulics (Aberdeen) reports that Hydrastore saved the day recently, when the shaft on a hydraulic motor offshore fractured. The incident happened on a Friday morning at 10.00am and, due to the critical nature of the equipment concerned, ...
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Gast Group partners with BCAS on air handling
(04/05/2012)
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Air handling equipment manufacturer Gast Group has announced a partnership agreement with BCAS for supply and service of its Gast and Jun-Air ranges in London and the south east of England. Commenting on the restructuring, Gast Group's European ...
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Peristaltic pumps solve problems for chlorine monitors
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US water quality monitoring systems manufacturer Analytical Technology is using peristaltic pumps from Watson-Marlow following problems with similar pumps on its chlorine monitoring equipment. Typically, ATI's UK subsidiary, based near Oldham, imports ...
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Split bearing radically reduce maintenance for Wessex Water
(03/05/2012)
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Split-to-the-shaft design and improved sealing of Revolvo's SRB bearings has resulted in massively reduced maintenance on orbital aeration tanks at a Wessex Water treatment plant. The bearings allow easy maintenance, without having to remove the shafts ...
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Dawson Shanahan cuts production times by 20 per cent
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Precision engineering specialist Dawson Shanahan reports that it has cut production times for component manufacturing at its Potters Bar plant by 20%, principally by installing a robotic loading turning cell. More importantly, the rapid completion of ...
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CompAir puts energy savings on the menu at Marie
(02/05/2012)
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Since installing fixed and regulated speed compressors, from CompAir, at its plant in Sablé sur Sarthe, France, food processor Société Marie says it has been experiencing annual electricity savings of €10,500. Stéphane Lemiale, maintenance manager at ...
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