Search results for 'toby clark'
09/04/2024
In a wide variety of industries, people are being replaced by machines. What impact could automation and associated advanced ...
06/02/2024
Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) can be a powerful way of looking at – and quantifying – the performance of any process or ...
05/12/2023
An HSE alert has raised concerns about the safety of the design of maintenance lifts inside wind turbines. Now, publication of a ...
08/08/2023
Rotating assemblies apply the movement of incompressible fluids to mechanical advantage in many different ways, reports Toby Clark
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21/06/2023
Process intensification (PI) is an approach to chemical engineering that can have a transforming effect, reports Toby Clark
17/05/2023
Natural gas consists of about 90-95% methane (CH4), with small amounts of nitrogen, ethane and several other gases – and by law, ...
30/03/2023
When, after 12 years of operation, some elements of Vancouver, British Columbia’s light rail, needed to be refurbished, a ...
09/01/2023
A new approach to condition monitoring relies on computers making their own connections on bearing health from large datasets. By ...
14/11/2022
Illuminating hazardous and explosive environments can be quite a technical matter. Codes specify the technical solutions ...
15/09/2022
Information on its own is useless; it needs a context, and to be useful it needs to be translated into action. Modern storage and ...
19/04/2022
Condition monitoring of mechanical equipment – anything with rotating, oscillating or otherwise moving components – relies on ...
14/02/2022
Crucial parts of the steam supply system, these simple components let out water and condensate, but their failure could have a ...
19/01/2022
Plant operators are moving away from conventional diesel-powered equipment and into alternatives; but the reasons for this change ...
18/10/2021
Emergency shutdown valves may be the last line of defence against a major incident occurring in a pressurised system. Little ...
05/10/2021
Anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities are becoming ever more common in the UK, as a means of generating energy, in the form of ...
30/07/2021
The ‘hydrogen economy’ refers to the way hydrogen — the lightest and simplest of elements — could become a central pillar of a ...
25/06/2021
Vibration analysis is a powerful way of looking at rotating machinery, not just for one-off diagnosis of a problem but for ...
27/05/2021
Trials of wireless data networks aim to prove out that its promised data rates live up to expectations in the real world. By ...
13/05/2021
Although touted as more eco-friendly than liquid fuels, there’s a less benign side to methane, the main ingredient of natural ...
23/02/2021
An advanced computing system aims to improve utilities’ ability to detect blockages that might otherwise lead to sewage pollution ...
28/01/2021
A major change in the legislation on mobile plant engines is coming this year. The EU Stage V emissions requirements will mandate ...
12/11/2020
An EU research project aims to lead the way in the reuse and recycling of industrial equipment. By Toby Clark
14/10/2020
How can owners and safety regulators be confident that a plant won't pose a danger to staff or the local community when something ...