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Industrial equipment, services and inspection news and information for manufacturing, process, facilities and related fields.

07/07/2011 Emerson is a gas with Net Safety Monitoring Emerson Process Management has acquired toxic and combustible gas detectors manufacturer Net Safety Monitoring to expand its range for process controls and safety monitoring. » Read More

07/07/2011 Liftoff for LiftEx 2011 lifting equipment show LiftEx 2011, organised by the LEEA (Lifting Equipment Engineers Association) is to go ahead on 17 and 18 November at Saviles Hall in Leeds. » Read More

06/07/2011 Northumbrian Water cuts energy bill by 10% Northumbrian Water reports that its advanced anaerobic digestion (AAD) project at Bran Sands, Teesport, has cut annual energy bills by 10% – and says steam systems specialist Spirax Sarco played an essential part. » Read More

06/07/2011 Atlas Copco appoints Lakeland Fluid Power Whitehaven, Cumbria-based Lakeland Fluid Power is the latest to be appointed an authorised premier distributor for Atlas Copco Compressors' industrial air compressors and accessories. » Read More

05/07/2011 GAMBICA calls for greater VSD awareness GAMBICA is calling for greater awareness of variable speed drives, following an IEA (International Energy Agency) white paper, which establishes that power usage could be slashed, if VSDs were more widely adopted. » Read More

05/07/2011 ABB University relocates to Staffordshire ABB's centre of excellence for training has relocated from Telford to a new purpose-built facility in Stone, Staffordshire – one of the company's main UK facilities. » Read More

04/07/2011 ABB wins metals plant orders worth $29 million in Germany ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe is to modernise the No 1 seven-stand hot strip rolling mill at its Duisburg-Bruckhausen steel plant in Germany, using ABB automation for drives, drives power systems and equipment. » Read More

01/07/2011 Emerson density meter transforms Italian paper mill operations The Cartiere del Garda paper mill, on the banks of Lake Garda in Italy, is reporting reduced costs, improved quality and less waste since commissioning a high accuracy density meter, from Emerson Process Management. » Read More

30/06/2011 Maltese energy giant plans power station decommissioning Enemalta, the Maltese state-owned energy utility, is currently reviewing two existing power stations – Marsa and Delimara – as part of its mid-term planning. » Read More

29/06/2011 Workplace fatalities rise sharply in 2010/11 Workplace fatalities have risen sharply during 2010/11, according to the HSE's workplace fatal injury statistics, published today (29 June 2011). » Read More

28/06/2011 Time to get serious about pressure system safety, warns Thorite Fluid power specialist Thorite is reminding plant engineers and managers of their duties under PSSR to comply with standards and inspection regimes for all pressure systems, including compressed air, steam, gas or any combination. » Read More

28/06/2011 Have your say on health and safety, says HSE The government and the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) are calling for plant engineers and managers to let them know their thoughts on existing legislation and bureaucracy. » Read More

27/06/2011 Speedy invests £4.5m in working at height equipment Plant and equipment rental specialist Speedy has invested more than £4.5 million in products for plant engineers and technicians working at height. » Read More

27/06/2011 Habasit Rossi improves efficiency at Harmsworth Quays Printing Newspaper printing giant Harmsworth Quays Printing has selected Habasit Rossi as its preferred supplier for belting to improve process efficiency and reduce replacement costs. » Read More

24/06/2011 Container benefits from longest ever Edbro telescopic cylinders Metals recycling specialist Dunn Bros' new horizontal container ejection loader depends on telescopic cylinders from Edbro, which, at a 12.5m stroke, are the largest ever produced by the British company. » Read More

24/06/2011 Glastonbury cuts water bills with flow instrumentation Organisers of the Glastonbury festival say they can now accurately monitor water consumption and solar energy, since installing videographic recorders and flowmeters. » Read More

24/06/2011 Self discharging bulk carrier operators implement wear protection Operators of self discharging bulk carriers and vessels that fit wear protection systems are likely to get their money back five times over, during the lifecycle of the vehicles. » Read More

24/06/2011 Beaumanor Engineering opens ParkerStore in Leicester Fluid power products distributor Beaumanor Engineering has opened a ParkerStore in Leicester, selling Parker Hannifin motion and control equipment. » Read More

23/06/2011 MSS boosts responsiveness with Masternaut tracking system Facilities management firm MSS (Managed Support Services) has bought a real-time tracking system to gain visibility of its mobile engineers, their jobs and vehicles live on screen. » Read More

23/06/2011 Amarinth builds specialist industrial pump testing facility Centrifugal pumps specialist Amarinth has completed its new test facility, providing additional capacity. » Read More

22/06/2011 United Utilities Kirkbride reports smoother pumping operations An EZstrip maintain-in-place pump and two SB Muncher twin shaft, low speed high torque grinders, from NOV Mono, have been installed at United Utilities pumping station in Kirkbride, North Cumbria, to improve efficiency and cut downtime. » Read More

21/06/2011 £1.6m wind energy centre to develop technologies of tomorrow A new centre to develop and test offshore wind energy condition monitoring technologies, while also helping Scotland to meet its renewable energy targets, is to be opened at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. » Read More

21/06/2011 Brammer expands maintenance centre in Cardiff Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services firm Brammer has relocated and expanded its Cardiff sales and service centre. » Read More

20/06/2011 UK first as TfL installs eco-lighting in London road tunnel In a UK-first, eco-friendly LED lighting, installed in a central London tunnel by TfL (Transport for London), is set to deliver 60% savings in energy consumption and maintenance costs. » Read More

20/06/2011 Softstart UK hammers motor starter costs for EdF When EdF (Cottam Power) needed a starter for the MV drive fitted to a hammer mill at its Nottingham site, most suppliers claimed that only a variable speed drive would be suitable. » Read More