Machine builder Orwin is reporting improved production flexibility on an unnamed customer's 18-axis brake pad machining and assembly line, since moving to a new automation system from Siemens partner...
PLCs
A commercial laundry in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, is reporting more reliable speed control of its calender ironing machine – plus a very rapid repair time – following installation of an ABB...
Electric Motors AC
Gosport-based food and drink packaging firm Huhtamaki UK has been fined £7,000 plus £3,088 costs after safety failings led to a long-serving worker losing a finger in an unguarded machine chain.
Machine Safety/Protection
Emerson Process Management is to work with Canadian software firm RtTech Software to develop an energy management information system capable of delivering real-time monitoring, analysis and detection...
Energy Audits
Vacancies in engineering and skilled trades are the most difficult to fill, due to skills deficiencies in the labour market.
Apprenticeships
Tata Steel's pipe mill, in Hartlepool, is reporting throughput improvement following installation of a new internal diameter welder line by engineering specialist Cordell Group working with Siemens...
PLCs
Exaggerated claims are being made for the energy saving benefits of boiler water treatment. That's the warning from independent energy consultant Vilnis Vesma, of Vesma.com.
Boilers
Chevler was fined £8,000 and plus £5,843 costs yesterday (27 January 2014), following an accident in which an employee's hand was drawn into a two centimetre gap between two counter-rotating drive...
Machine Safety/Protection
Eaton Bank Academy, in Congleton, Cheshire, has completed knockout round to select two top teams to go forward for the Siemens Roller-Coaster Challenge final, taking place on the 12 February 2014.
Plant Design
The British Safety Council has released a short film featuring a construction apprentice talking about the importance of formal health and safety training.
Occupational Health
A commercial-scale, plastic waste-to-synthetic crude energy plant, in Akron, Ohio, that will convert recyclable and non-recyclable plastic into higher-value energy products, is to get process controls...
Energy Recovery
Babcock and Scottish Water are the first two companies to be independently certified by BSI to the new asset management systems standard ISO 55001.
Maintenance Management Systems