London's multi-million pound, high profile Lee Tunnel wastewater project, seen as critical to the protection of the capital's growing population from sewage overflow, has seen the installation of a...
BearingsIt may come as a surprise to many to learn that some 25–30% of work-based fatalities in manufacturing industry (which for the last five years has recorded around 30 deaths annually) are related to...
Planned MaintenanceElectric motors and controls specialist WEG is supplying AMRC (the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre) with equipment and services for training apprentices and mechanic engineers.
Electric Motors ACYokogawa Electric has signed a deal with GasSecure which will see GasSecure's ISA100 wireless gas detectors distributed through Yokogawa's global sales network.
Gas DetectorsHeat transfer specialist Fulton has supplied a skid-mounted, dual-fuel steam boiler package to Southmead Hospital as part of North Bristol NHS Trust's £430 million PFI redevelopment, which partially...
BoilersConcrete construction products manufacturer Forticrete is reporting lighting energy costs down 69% at its Ibstock plant following installation of Hilux T5 fluorescent lighting with presence detection....
LightingSchneider Electric's Green Plant facility, in Telford, West Midlands, is now offering a fixed-price drive repair service comprising standard, express and 'no fault found' services.
Variable Speed DrivesSellafield is calling for specialist suppliers to help with the job of cleaning up and decommissioning the nuclear site – with an estimated 10 years of work valued at £1.5 billion.
Nuclear PlantOn January 1, 2015, efficiency requirements on electric motors in the European Union will become stricter, in line with Regulation (EC) 640/2009 implementing Ecodesign Directive 2005/32/EC.
Electric Motors ACCranes giant Konecranes has manufactured and installed a 110T fixed goliath crane at national rail fright operator Direct Rail Services' (DRS) new facility at Georgemas Junction, in the north of...
CranesTraditional German ice cream machines manufacturer Kälte-Rudi has solved recurring problems with machine stoppages by using Mitsubishi Electric's stall prevention feature on its FR-E700 inverters.
InvertersViable CCS (carbon capture and storage) is now one step closer, following commissioning of a Quantitech Gasmet FTIR multi-parameter gas analyser at the UK Carbon Capture & Storage Research Centre...
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