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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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Peristaltic pumps solve problems for chlorine monitors
(04/05/2012)
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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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Britain well placed to win smart grid global race
(01/05/2012)
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Britain could be a world-leader in the technology that will create 'smart grids' – the intelligent networks set to will revolutionise the way power is generated and used. That's among key findings of a report by engineering consulting group Ernst and ...
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Courtaulds is first eco-factory for M&S, thanks to Spirax Sarco
(20/04/2012)
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Courtaulds' West Mill hosiery plant in Belper, Derbyshire became Marks & Spencer's first UK supplier site to gain eco-factory status last year, thanks in large part to Spirax Sarco's steam system expertise and long-term support. And now, Spirax Sarco is ...
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Power play
(06/02/2012)
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Combined heat and power, and energy storage plants are the biggest games in town. Brian Tinham looks at latest developments Few would disagree with the imperative today for engineers to work towards reducing our dependence on fossil fuels and bearing ...
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Maintec 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 Now in its 37th year, the industrial maintenance and asset management show Maintec returns to Birmingham's ...
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Emerson’s smart wireless technology helps Swedish paper mill
(06/02/2012)
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Swedish paper and board firm Korsnäs Gävle is reporting better environmental compliance verification since installing Emerson Process Management's Smart Wireless instrumentation. Its Gävlebukten plant implemented conductivity and temperature ...
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Speedy places £3 million excavator order with JCB
(11/01/2012)
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Plant rental specialist Speedy has purchased £3.3 million worth of JCB 8018 mini excavators, the biggest order that JCB received for the model in the past 12months. Speedy says it bougtht the plant to look after customers in the utilities sector, which ...
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Emerson Smart Energy promises cost savings on renewables
(09/01/2012)
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Emerson Process Management has kicked off what it's describing as a global programme to combine its industrial energy expertise with energy management technologies to enable plant managers to improve their use of renewable fuels, cut costs and reduce ...
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Energy efficiency is effective now
(07/12/2011)
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Just a few short weeks ago, npower raised concerns that, with the UK's wide portfolio of energy regulations, this country simply cannot now raise the investment to build the low carbon future to which it is already committed. Adding weight to its ...
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Adding value
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Talk to Lean specialists and, surprisingly, they'll tell you the real deal in equipment service is not planned, nor even preventive maintenance. Brian Tinham talks to Dennis McCarthy about how transform engineering "Most engineers don't want to fix the ...
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BSIA launches access control guide for utilities
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The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has launched a free guide to assist the utilities sector in the use of access control systems. The guide explains how access control systems can improve the protection of sites such as water, oil and ...
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Emerson’s smart wireless technology helps Swedish paper mill
(17/11/2011)
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Swedish paper and board firm Korsnäs Gävle is reporting better environmental compliance verification since installing Emerson Process Management's Smart Wireless instrumentation. Its Gävlebukten plant implemented conductivity and temperature ...
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BSIA launches access control guide for utilities
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The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has launched a free guide to assist the utilities sector in the use of access control systems. The guide explains how access control systems can improve the protection of sites such as water, oil and ...
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Amarinth builds winterised pumps for Russian oil
(02/11/2011)
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Heavy duty centrifugal pumps specialist Amarinth has won an $850,000 order for eight pumps to be used in the polar conditions off Sakhalin Island, Russia. Six Amarinth API 610 VS4 vertical pumps, manufactured in duplex steel, together with two ...
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Welsh Water cuts emissions on energy-efficient lighting
(26/10/2011)
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Welsh Water is reporting that it has reduced its electricity bills by £70,000 per year, as a result of upgrading old T8 fluorescent lamps to energy-efficient T5 equivalents, using the retrofit converter Save It Easy. Adam Fairman, energy innovation and ...
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OEE lite provides entry level analytics
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Products4Automation's so-called Pilot OEE-Lite, from production data specialist Felten, is a low cost OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) module said to enable plants on limited budgets to monitor performance without buying full MES solutions. The ...
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Edwards wins chemical dry pump order from China
(30/09/2011)
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Vacuum pumps specialist Edwards has won an order worth more than £190,000 to supply chemical dry vacuum pump systems to adhesives manufacturer Bostik. Bostik believes that by using Edwards' systems it will be able to make operational cost savings while ...
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On-site energy utility set to revolutionise UK CHP plants
(09/09/2011)
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American utility firm EuroSite Power is to launch in the UK, promising "to revolutionise" small-scale CHP (combined heating and power) plant provision, with a service-based approach. Newly appointed managing director Paul Hamblyn, who is well known in ...
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Big names confirmed for NEC’s Energy Event
(31/08/2011)
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The Energy Event, which takes place form 13 to14 September at the Birmingham NEC, will sport five of the 'big six', along with some of the UK's leading instrumentation and control suppliers. Sponsored by systems-based utility consultancy British ...
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Dalkia’s biomass energy gets cream of royal visit
(22/08/2011)
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Prince Charles recently visited Dairy Crest's creamery in Davidstow, Cornwall, to open the site's new energy centre, which is leading sustainability in production, thanks to biomass energy technology. Mark Allen, chief executive of Dairy Crest and ...
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Northumbrian Water to save £100,000 energy costs with ABB drives
(15/08/2011)
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Northumbrian Water says it will save more than £100,000 a year on pump running costs, following a project with ABB Drives Alliance partner, Quantum Controls, to install ABB low voltage ac drives on its anaerobic digester. Ian Clark of Northumbrian Water ...
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Fresh pair of eyes
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Most plants might benefit from an energy audit, but many could also do with a review of operations, aimed at improving everything from efficiency to product quality. Dr Tom Shelley reports Significant improvements to plant operations and equally ...
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Energy event 2011
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The upcoming Energy Event promises a packed agenda focused on optimising energy management, procurement and efficiency. Laura Cork reports Since it was established 10 years ago, The Energy Event has grown into one of the largest energy exhibitions and ...
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Ricoh saves £100,000 with plant-wide drives project
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Office equipment manufacturer Ricoh reports savings of more than £100,000 per annum on energy costs at its production plant in Telford, since installing ABB variable-speed drives (VSDs). Ricoh energy specialist Andy Smith explains that the 52-acre site, ...
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