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07/11/2011 National Trust heats up with CFB Boilers Thanks to the installation of a new boiler, the Levant Mine beam engine – the only one of its kind still working in its original location – is running again, and providing visitors to the National Trust site with an authentic flavour of ... » Read More

07/11/2011 ABB appoints new manager for UK drives Neil Ritchie is to head up ABB's low voltage ac drives sales in the UK, replacing Steve Ruddell, who, after 10 years in the role, has been appointed head of global marketing for ABB's motors and generators. » Read More

04/11/2011 Self cleaning filters set Norwegian honey buzzing Self-Cleaning Russell Eco Filters have hugely improved the efficiency and running time of filtration at Norwegian honey processor Honningcentralen. » Read More

03/11/2011 HSE cost recovery is wake up call to plant managers Proposals by HSE (Health & Safety Executive) to recharge for inspectors' time, if health and safety breaches are detected, will have serious financial implications for plant managers. » Read More

03/11/2011 Spirax Sarco opens steam training technology centre Spirax Sarco's new UK steam technology centre, now officially opened, is the only training facility of its kind with a fully-operational steam system, including SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition). » Read More

03/11/2011 Emerson celebrates 10 years of Rosemount 3051S instrumentation Instrumentation and control giant Emerson Process Management is celebrating the 10th anniversary of launching its iconic Rosemount 3051S instrumentation – the first scalable platform for integrated pressure, flow and level monitoring. » Read More

02/11/2011 Doors open at BITA Academy for forklift apprentices The BITA (the British Industrial Truck Association) Academy – created under a partnership between BITA and City of Bristol College – has been opened by Jack Lopresti MP. » Read More

02/11/2011 Amarinth builds winterised pumps for Russian oil 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. » Read More

02/11/2011 European Week for Safety and Health focuses on safe maintenance Safe maintenance is the focus of the European Week for Safety and Health at Work this week (24—28 October 2011), which is witnessing a series of awareness-raising events, including workshops, seminars and exhibitions. » Read More

02/11/2011 Most powerful air hoist lifts 125 tonnes What is believed to be the world's first air-operated hoist with a lift capacity of 125 tonnes has been manufactured by materials handling specialist JD Neuhaus. » Read More

01/11/2011 Five tonne Allen Gwynnes pump restored by Axflow A 42-year-old Allen Gwynnes cooling water make-up pump for a power station in the East Midlands has been restored by AxFlow engineers. » Read More

01/11/2011 Microlease LEO asset management to support Galileo GPS project Plant rental specialist Microlease has been awarded an open-ended contract to supply its newly-acquired LEO asset management service and support software for the European Space Agency's satellite navigation system. » Read More

31/10/2011 Pulsonic selects Watson-Marlow for wastewater samplers New wastewater sampler systems developed by Halifax-based Pulsonic Technologies are to be equipped with Watson-Marlow 501FDC/RL OEM pumps. » Read More

31/10/2011 Ener-G opens clean energy R&D centre in Salford Clean technology and engineering group Ener-G has opened its research and development centre in Salford and celebrated the first production run of its new E-Magine building energy management system. » Read More

31/10/2011 Hot water judgement may have been ill advised The HVCA warning on hot water systems (http://www.plantengineer.org.uk/article/37779/Hot-water-warning-from-heating-and-ventilating-contractors-.aspx), while technically correct, is off the mark from a health standpoint. » Read More

28/10/2011 McGills shaves 40 per cent off steam energy bill McGills of Kensington is reporting that by changing out three ageing vertical steam boilers for one new 2,600 kg/hr high-efficiency unit from CFB Boilers, the plant has reduced its energy bills by £40,000 per year – and cut a shift from ... » Read More

28/10/2011 Hot water warning from heating and ventilating contractors The Heating and Ventilating Contractors' Association (HVCA) has issued new advice to hot water plant owners and operators, with responsibility for vulnerable people. » Read More

27/10/2011 Emerson announces first global users exchange in Europe Emerson has announces the first Global Users Exchange in Europe – a three-day event from 29—31 May 2012 in Düsseldorf, Germany, aimed at plant engineers and managers. » Read More

26/10/2011 Time is running out for compressed air dryers New environmental regulations mean that many compressed air dryer are about to become redundant. » Read More

26/10/2011 Welsh Water cuts emissions on energy-efficient lighting 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. » Read More

25/10/2011 Emerson leads wireless plant transformation Industrial process plant controls giant Emerson Process Management has surpassed 580 million hours of wireless operation across 6,100 networks, as industrial wireless moves slowly from extreme to mainstream. » Read More

25/10/2011 Mass crop start machine wins major award A set of equipment that packs into a shipping container, and germinates and grows up to 20,000 plant seedlings every five days, has been declared British Invention of the Year. » Read More

24/10/2011 Fluke offers free kit with a troubleshooting instrument Until 31 December 2011, Fluke is offering buyers of its 120 Series hand-held ScopeMeter a free Fluke SCC 120 Kit worth £330. » Read More

24/10/2011 Litre Meter helps Fives group keep heat on Glass and ceramics manufacturing plant builder Fives Stein has bought 58 Sierra gas flowmeters from specialist Litre Meter, because of their high accuracy in low pressure conditions. » Read More

21/10/2011 European Commission approves Caterpillar acquisition of MWM Caterpillar is now clear to acquire German power plant builder MWM from 3i, following agreement from the European Commission. » Read More